Doug Hawkins (born 5 May 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer who played 329 games and kicked 216 goals for Footscray, now the Western Bulldogs, between 1978 and 1994, before a final season at Fitzroy in 1995. A winger from Melbourne's western suburbs, he won the club best and fairest award in 1985, was named in the VFL team of the year in 1984 and 1986, captained Footscray from 1990 to 1993 and broke Ted Whitten's club games record in 1994. He was named vice-captain of the Bulldogs' Team of the Century in 2002 and inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame in 2004. Away from the field he worked in television as a panel member on The Footy Show and stood for the Senate in 2013.
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Douglas James Hawkins (born 5 May 1960)
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winning the Charles Sutton Medal, his first and only best and fairest award of his career
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is a former Australian rules footballer
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represented Footscray and Fitzroy in the Australian Football League (AFL)
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after playing 329 games and kicking 216 goals for the Bulldogs
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