Matthew Little (born 3 January 1986) is an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er, who has previously played for the Hawthorn Football Club, in the

Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the gam ...

(AFL). Little won the Frosty Miller Medal in 2010. Currently, Little plays for the Bendigo Bombers in the Victorian Football League (VFL). After playing one senior game for Hawthorn, Little was delisted at the end of the 2007 season. During his three years with Hawthorn, Little played 40 games with the Club's VFL affiliate the

Box Hill Hawks Box Hill Hawks Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the Victorian Football League. It has an alliance with the Hawthorn Football Club, which plays in the Australian Football League. Early Australian rules football in B ...

and kicked 80 goals. He was the club's leading goalkicker in both 2006 and 2007 with 35 goals each season. At the end of 2010, Little had kicked 258 career goals in the VFL, 178 with Williamstown and 80 with the

. He kicked 84 goals in the 2010 season. He is the cousin of Brownlow Medallist and former

Essendon Football Club The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed the Bombers, is a professional Australian rules football club. The club plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the game's premier competition. The club was formed by the McCracken family in their A ...

coach,

James Hird James Albert Hird (born 4 February 1973) is a former professional Australian rules football player and past senior coach of the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Hird played as a midfielder and half-forward, but h ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Little, Matthew Hawthorn Football Club players Box Hill Football Club players Williamstown Football Club players Bendigo Football Club players Living people 1986 births Calder Cannons players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)