Erin Hoare

Erin Hoare
Hoare playing Australian rules football for Geelong in 2019
Born (1989-06-17) 17 June 1989 (age 35)
Victoria, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Personal information
Height 194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Netball career
Playing position(s): GS, GA
Years Club team(s) Apps
2013–2014 Melbourne Vixens 2
2015 New South Wales Swifts 3
Last updated: 17:31, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[1]
Australian rules football career
Personal information
Height 194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Ruck
Club information
Current club Geelong
Number 46
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2018 Melbourne 04 (0)
2019;
2023		 Geelong 19 (0)
Total 23 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season.
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Erin Hoare (born 17 July 1989) is an Australian academic and a former professional Australian rules footballer who last played for the Geelong Football Club.

A former national level netballer, Hoare was primarily a goal shooter, but also played goal attack.

Netball career

Beginning her career with the Melbourne Vixens in 2013, Hoare was primarily a bench player, earning two ANZ Championship caps during her time at the club. In 2014, Hoare with the Melbourne Vixens won the ANZ Championship premiership.[2]

At the end of the 2014 ANZ Championship season, it was announced that Hoare would be leaving the Melbourne Vixens to join the NSW Swifts for the 2015 ANZ Championship season.[3] Hoare joined Caitlin Thwaites, Susan Pratley and Stephanie Wood as the shooters for the NSW Swifts. At 194 cm, Hoare was the tallest of the NSW Swifts shooters and one of the tallest players in the ANZ Championship.

Accolades

  • 2013 Melbourne Vixens Coaches' Award
  • 2013-14 Australian Netball League Premiers (with Victorian Fury)
  • 2014 ANZ Championship Premiers (with Melbourne Vixens)
  • 2012 Victorian Fury ANL team
  • 2012 Victorian Netball League Team of the Year
  • 2012 Geelong Cougars Best and Fairest

Australian rules football

Hoare first played football in 2017 with Geelong in the VFL Women's competition. Later that year she signed a rookie contract with Melbourne to play in the AFL Women's competition in 2018.[4]

In May 2018 Hoare accepted an offer from expansion club Geelong to play with the club in the 2019 AFLW season.[5]

Hoare announced her retirement from the AFLW following the 2019 season.[6]

In April 2023, Hoare was drafted by Geelong as the first selection in the 2023 AFL Women's supplementary draft. She is the tallest player in the history of the AFL Women's competition at 194 cm (6 ft 4 in), and returns to the league after continuing her studies at Cambridge University (where she played with the Cambridge University Australian Rules Football Club) and having two children.[7]

In June 2024, on the eve of the 2024 AFL Women's season, Hoare announced her immediate retirement from football.[8]

Academic career

Hoare completed her PhD in Public Health/Psychology at Deakin University in 2016, and has worked as Australian Rotary Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention at Deakin University and the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, in Victoria, Australia.[9] She has published a number of papers on epidemiology of lifestyle factors for physical and mental health outcomes using large datasets, especially relating to adolescents, depression and obesity in Australia.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ "ANZ Championship statistics". Champion Data. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Winning End for Cox and Vixens". Archived from the original on 5 September 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Erin Hoare Departs Vixens for Swifts". Archived from the original on 5 September 2014.
  4. ^ Ractliffe, Damien (15 August 2017). "Geelong VFLW: Erin Hoare earns AFLW rookie contract at Demons". Geelong Advertiser. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  5. ^ Black, Sarah (11 May 2018). "AFLW: Roos, Cats start list builds ahead of '19". AFL Media. Telstra Media. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  6. ^ Black, Sarah. "AFLW Trade and Signing Period wrap: Lion becomes a Tiger". AFLW. Australian Football League. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  7. ^ Vinall, Marnie (4 April 2023). "Cats select Hoare as No.1 pick in AFLW supplementary draft". theage.com.au. Nine Media. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Erin Hoare Calls Time on Career". Geelong Football Club. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Deakin University Food and Mood Centre Staff". Deakin University Food and Mood Centre. Archived from the original on 4 September 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  10. ^ "Erin Hoare Research Profile". ResearchGate. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  11. ^ "Citations of Erin Hoare's Academic Papers". Google Scholar. Retrieved 25 February 2019.