Bailey Macdonald

Bailey Macdonald (born 4 August 2004) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League. He grew up in Burwood and played junior football for the Surrey Park Panthers, then played school football at Wesley College and was invited to train with the Oakleigh Chargers, with whom he played four games, earned a Vic Metro selection and was part of the team that won the 2022 national championship. Hawthorn took him with the fifty first selection in the 2022 draft, and after strong form for its affiliate Box Hill Hawks he debuted against Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval in round 12 of 2023. He has been described as a player with bold dashing runs out of the defensive lines.