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Key Facts

Full name
Simon Cox

Known as
Simon Cox

Born
25 January 1977 (age 46)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 18y 122d
Last game: 26y 181d

Height and weight
Height: 192 cm
Weight: 95 kg

Senior clubs
Western Bulldogs; Hawthorn

Jumper numbers
Western Bulldogs: 26
Hawthorn: 24

Recruited from
Western Bulldogs (2002)

Simon Cox

Advanced stats
ClubLeagueCareer spanGamesGoalsAvgWin %AKIAHBAMKBV
Western BulldogsAFL1995-200158240.4147%8.123.554.531
HawthornAFL2002-200335170.4951%10.467.094.865
AFL1995-200393410.4448%9.004.884.666
Total1995-200393410.4448%9.004.884.666

AFL: 10,619th player to appear, 2,563rd most games played, 2,373rd most goals kickedWestern Bulldogs: 854th player to appear, 228th most games played, 229th most goals kickedHawthorn: 809th player to appear, 326th most games played, 271st most goals kicked

A product of Glenelg where he played senior football at the age of just sixteen, Simon Cox went on to play in the AFL with Footscray/Western Bulldogs (58 games, 24 goals, 1995-2001) and Hawthorn (35 games, 17 goals, 2002-3). A fleet-footed, highly mobile, strong marking wingman or defender he can be adjudged unfortunate to have been de-listed by the Hawks just a year after he had run second in the club’s best and fairest count, but such is the cut-throat world of the modern AFL.

After leaving Hawthorn Cox returned to his home town of Keith and went on to play football firstly for Keith and later for Naracoorte in the Kowree Naracoorte Football League.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers by Russell Holmesby & Jim Main; Wikipedia article

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.