Ernie Hug
Collingwood and South Melbourne
AFL career
74 games5 goals
- Debut
- R10 1963 v SME29 June 1963
- Most recent
- R15 1971 v RCH10 July 1971
Stats
1971 | SME | 15 | 10.7 | 1.7 | 12.4 | 5.7 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
1970 | COL | 2 | 7.5 | 0.5 | 8.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
1969 | COL | 2 | 6.0 | 0.5 | 6.5 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
1968 | COL | 18 | 11.5 | 2.1 | 13.6 | 5.4 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
1967 | COL | 19 | 11.5 | 1.8 | 13.3 | 6.2 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
1965 | COL | 15 | 8.9 | 1.1 | 10.0 | 4.3 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
1964 | COL | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | - |
1963 | COL | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | - |
Bio
Recruited from St Patrick's College in Sale, Ernie Hug was a unique figure at Victoria Park, famously commuting to training in a Rolls Royce from his family’s wealthy Gippsland estate. Standing 193cm with enormous hands, he developed into a formidable key defender who controlled the airwaves with his marking power and physical strength. After overcoming early struggles and missing the entire 1966 season with a knee injury, Hug peaked in 1967, playing every game at centre half-back and finishing third in the Copeland Trophy. His form tapered in subsequent seasons, leading to a final year with South Melbourne in 1971 before he retired to the family farm, where he tragically died in an accident at just 34 years of age.
Profile
- Born
- 04 Mar 1944
- Died
- 17 June 1978 (aged 34y 105d)
- Deathplace
- Heyfield, VIC
- Height
- 193 cm
- Weight
- 87 kg
Teams
Honours
- Collingwood B&F
- 3rd
- 1967
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from St Patrick's College in Sale, Ernie Hug was a unique figure at Victoria Park, famously commuting to training in a Rolls Royce from his family’s wealthy Gippsland estate. Standing 193cm with enormous hands, he developed into a formidable key defender who controlled the airwaves with his marking power and physical strength. After overcoming early struggles and missing the entire 1966 season with a knee injury, Hug peaked in 1967, playing every game at centre half-back and finishing third in the Copeland Trophy. His form tapered in subsequent seasons, leading to a final year with South Melbourne in 1971 before he retired to the family farm, where he tragically died in an accident at just 34 years of age.