Jonathon Ceglar (born 14 February 1991) is a former

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player who played for the Hawthorn Football Club and

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in the

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(AFL). Ceglar was also listed with the

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but did not play a game for them.

Early career

In 2010 he was drafted by the

at pick 25 as part of a trade by Gold Coast. Ceglar was a major contributor to Vic Country's win in the AFL Under 18 Championships.

AFL career

Ceglar was picked up by Hawthorn as a rookie in the 2012 AFL Rookie Draft with their 15th pick. After being elevated off the Rookie list Ceglar made his debut against the Brisbane Lions in Launceston in round 14, 2013. He played a second game against in which he kicked his first goal. He was promoted to the main player list with selection 59 in the 2013 AFL Draft. He became a senior team regular in the 2014 season and played 15 games, including the Qualifying and Preliminary Finals, but he was unluckily replaced by

Ben McEvoy Ben “Big Boy” McEvoy (born 11 July 1989) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Early career McEvoy is an Austr ...

in Hawthorn's winning Grand Final team. Ceglar had a good start to the 2015 season, playing the first 13 games, but was hampered by injury in the second half. Due to his good performance in the first half of 2015, Ceglar signed a two-year contract extension, which ensured that he remained remain a Hawk until the end of 2017. While playing his 50th game against he ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his knee in the penultimate round of the 2016 season requiring a reconstruction. On September 7, 2017, Ceglar signed a two-year contract extension keeping him at Hawthorn until the end of 2019. He returned to senior football in 2018, sharing the ruck duties with

until McEvoy was injured. Following said injury, Ceglar became Hawthorn's primary ruckman for the rest of the season. Following the

2021 AFL season The 2021 AFL season was the 125th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featu ...

, Ceglar was traded to . .

Statistics

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Honours and achievements

Team * Minor premiership (): 2013 * Minor premiership (): 2022 * VFL premiership player (): 2013 * Minor premiership ():

Individual * best clubman: 2019

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ceglar, Jonathon Box Hill Football Club players Hawthorn Football Club players 1991 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Murray Bushrangers players Wodonga Raiders Football Club players Geelong Football Club players