Max Gawn

Max Gawn (born 30 December 1991) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. A ruckman at 209 centimetres, he has captained Melbourne since 2020 and led the club to the 2021 premiership, its first since 1964. He is a nine-time All-Australian, the most selections by any player in league history. Selected with the 34th pick in the 2009 draft, he made his senior debut in 2011, was held back by knee and hamstring injuries, and became the club's first-choice ruckman in 2015. He is noted for his ruck work, marking and contribution around the ground and in attack, and played basketball and rugby union as a junior.