Ian Hinks
Hawthorn
AFL career
16 games3 goals
- Debut
- R1 1955 v FIT16 Apr 1955
- Most recent
- R6 1958 v SME17 May 1958
Stats
Bio
Recruited from Merbein in the Sunraysia district, Ian Hinks was a sturdy, tall defender who joined Hawthorn during the club's gradual ascent in the mid-1950s. Standing 183cm, he possessed the size to hold down key defensive posts and was a central figure in the club's reserves grade, notably lining up in the backline for their historic 1956 finals campaign. He showed early promise by breaking into the senior lineup as a teenager for the opening round of the 1955 season, but struggled to command a regular position in the starting eighteen against stiff competition. Hinks played sporadically over four years, eventually departing Glenferrie Oval at the end of 1958 just as the Hawks were assembling the nucleus of their breakthrough premiership side.
Profile
- Born
- 17 Apr 1937 (age 89y 187d)
- Height
- 183 cm
- Weight
- 86 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from Merbein in the Sunraysia district, Ian Hinks was a sturdy, tall defender who joined Hawthorn during the club's gradual ascent in the mid-1950s. Standing 183cm, he possessed the size to hold down key defensive posts and was a central figure in the club's reserves grade, notably lining up in the backline for their historic 1956 finals campaign. He showed early promise by breaking into the senior lineup as a teenager for the opening round of the 1955 season, but struggled to command a regular position in the starting eighteen against stiff competition. Hinks played sporadically over four years, eventually departing Glenferrie Oval at the end of 1958 just as the Hawks were assembling the nucleus of their breakthrough premiership side.