Australian Football

Few if any top level footballers have boasted a premiership strike rate as impressive as that of ruckman Malcolm Hill, whose tally of just 62 league games included no fewer than four winning grand finals. After playing amateur football with Old Scotch he was recruited by Hawthorn in 1960, and in three seasons with the club he played a total of 22 VFL games, including the winning Grand Final of 1961 against Footscray, when he was among the Hawks' best.

In 1962 Hill moved to Renmark, and between 1963 and 1969 played intermittently for Sturt, in some seasons only being called upon during the finals. His 40 SANFL games for the Double Blues included the winning Grand finals of 1966, when he was most observers'  choice as best afield, 1968 (as 20th man) and 1969 (as 19th man). A powerful, dynamic player, combining strength overhead with more than adequate ball skills, Hill would almost certainly have been a regular interstate player had he been available to play more league games.

Author - John Devaney