Robb Hawkins (born 10 October 1957) is a former
Australian rules footballer, playing with
Geelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed the Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The club competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition, and are the 2022 ...
in the
Victorian Football League (VFL) and
South Adelaide Football Club in the
South Australian National Football League.
Hawkins is the brother of
Jack and
Michael Hawkins and the uncle of current Geelong player
Tom Hawkins. Robb Hawkins joined South Adelaide in 1979 from Geelong reserves and gave the Panthers fine service. A high-leaping ruckman hailing from a farm in Finley, New South Wales, Hawkins had to wait a couple of seasons to become a League regular. He broke through in 1981, winning State selection and the Knuckey Cup as best and fairest. In total he played 115 games at South Adelaide, including two club
best and fairest
In Australian sport, the best and fairest award recognises the player(s) adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition. The awards are sometimes dependent on not receiving a suspensi ...
awards but his time at Geelong was curtailed due to injury, only playing 3 games in 1984.
References
Living people
1957 births
Geelong Football Club players
South Adelaide Football Club players
Finley Football Club players
Australian rules footballers from New South Wales
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