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EARLY CAREER Hawkins hailed from the rough Western suburbs of Melbourne, Australia , and from a young age he wanted to play for his nearest team, the Footscray Bulldogs . He got his wish, making his debut for the Footscray Football Club in 1978 as a teenager. RISE TO STARDOM Hawkins made a name for himself over the ensuing years as one of the finest wingers the game has ever seen, so much so that at the team's home ground, the Western Oval , one of the wings of the ground was named the "Doug Hawkins Wing". Much has also been made about his rocky relationship with coach Mick Malthouse during the 1980's, but during Hawkins' AFL Hall Of Fame induction ceremony in 2004, Hawkins played this down. After playing 329 games and kicking 216 goals for the Bulldogs from 1978-1994, Hawkins moved to the financially strapped Fitzroy Football Club for one last season in 1995, one year before the team folded. He played 21 games and kicked 11 goals for the club, before retiring. He won All-Australian selection in 1984 and 1986. MEDIA CAREER Off the field, Hawkins was known as an old-fashioned Aussie larrikin, someone who himself acknowledged he was not one of the smartest people going around, but was always up for a laugh. On the The Footy Show during the mid-1990's, he was bagged mercilessly by Sam Newman and Jason Dunstall on the Nine Network . In 1999 , Hawkins moved to the Seven Network and appeared on a Wednesday night rival to The Footy Show , '' Live And Kicking ''. |
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