Full name Josh Hill Height 1.85 m Name Josh Hill Education Trinity College, Perth | Position(s) Forward Career start 2007 Height/Weight 185 cm / 86 kg Weight 86 kg Nominations AFL Rising Star | |
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Date of birth (1989-01-19) 19 January 1989 (age 26) Place of birth One Arm Point, Western Australia Draft 61st overall, 2006 National Draft (Western Bulldogs) Role Australian Rules Footballer Profiles | ||
Original team Claremont Football Club | ||
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Josh Hill (born 19 January 1989) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Western Bulldogs.
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Career
Originally from Broome in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, Hill moved to Perth, where he attended Trinity College. He was zoned to Claremont in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), but did not play a senior game for the club.
He was drafted by the Western Bulldogs with selection 61 in the 2006 National Draft, and made his AFL debut in round 17 of the 2007 season against the West Coast Eagles. In round two, 2008, Hill was named the Rising Star nominee. In 2009, Hill played 23 games, kicking 33 goals as a half-forward flanker and forward pocket. Hill struggled for form in 2010 and 2011, playing 24 games between the two seasons, and kicking 26 goals.
Hill was traded to the West Coast Eagles in October 2011 in exchange for the 49th pick overall in the 2011 National Draft. He made his debut for West Coast in round one of the 2012 season, scoring three goals. Hill again kicked three goals in the second round of the season, against Melbourne.
Family
Hill is the second cousin of Fremantle's Stephen and Bradley Hill.