Assessment of player age at Hawthorn

[Neville Bartos]

From oldest to youngest, age as of 28 May, 2008

Senior List:

Shane Crawford - 33
Stuart Dew - 28
Trent Croad - 27
Chance Bateman - 26
Tim Clarke - 26
Robert Campbell - 26
Brent Guerra - 25
Michael Osbourne - 25
Simon Taylor - 25
Sam Mitchell - 25
Mark Williams - 25
Campbell Brown - 24
Tim Boyle - 24
Brad Sewell - 24
Stephen Gilham - 24
Rick Ladson - 24
Luke Hodge - 23
Ben McGlynn - 22
Clinton Young - 22
Zac Dawson - 22
Tom Murphy - 22
Jordan Lewis - 22
Max Bailey - 21
Beau Muston - 21
Lance Franklin - 21
Luke McEntee - 21
Jarryd Roughead - 21
Travis Tuck - 20
Beau Dowler - 20
Grant Birchall - 20
Xavier Ellis - 20
Brent Renouf - 20
Josh Kennedy - 19
Gary Moss - 19
Jarryd Morton - 19
Mitch Thorp - 19
Cameron Stokes - 18
Cyril Rioli - 18
Brendan Whitecross - 18

(Note that it's Guerra's b'day 2moro)

Average age: 22.6

Rookies:

Alex Grima - 18
Hugh Sandilands - 19
Matthew Suckling - 19
Tim Walsh - 18

Best Starting 22:

B: Brown (24) - Gilham (24) - Guerra (25)
HB: Ladson (24) - Croad (27) - Birchall (20)
C: Bateman (26) - Mitchell (25) - Young (22)
HF: Crawford (33) - Franklin (21) - Hodge (23)
F: Williams (25) - Roughead (21) - Rioli (18)
Foll: Campbell (26) - Lewis (22) - Sewell (24)
Int: Taylor (25) - Ellis (20) - Dew (28) - Osbourne (25)

Average Age: 24.0

In Reserve:

Tim Boyle - 24
Ben McGlynn - 22
Zac Dawson - 22
Tom Murphy - 22
Max Bailey - 21
Beau Muston - 21
Luke McEntee - 21
Travis Tuck - 20
Beau Dowler - 20
Brent Renouf - 20
Josh Kennedy - 19
Gary Moss - 19
Jarryd Morton - 19
Mitch Thorp - 19
Cameron Stokes - 18
Brendan Whitecross - 18

Average Age: 20.31


I find it interesting that our best 22 has alot of 24 year olds playing and they all seem to have hit their peak. The average team age of 24, could be an indication as to why we're playing so well at the moment and challenging for the premiership.

Thoughts and discussion?

 

[flyby hawk]

Good post nev

 

[Neville Bartos]

Good post nev

Mark Robinson will probably rip it off and write a story on it in 2moro's HUN

 

[flyby hawk]

Wouldn't put it past him!!!

 

[Roughie]

Top post we are in very good shape

 

[Clinic]

It's good to know that most of our stars have 7-10 years left to play, and that so many haven't even reached their peak yet.

With some clever drafts and trading we could well be playing finals football forever!!!

 

[#6 Mark Williams]

Neville, words cannot describe what I think of your article, so I'll use emoticons instead

 

[Mervyn Beasley]

Great work Nev.

 

[lethalselbow]

Top stuff, Neville. Interesting figures.

 

[MisterBean]

Sterling Effort Neville.

Something to fill every Hawk fan with confidence.

 

[WOTTAMACHINE]

I like it Neville f___en Bartos..
What would top off the great post would be a picture of Vince Colosimo in your avator, or if you can actually find a real picture of Neville Bartos..
Great post, gives all of us ammunition when know-it-alls diss our list..

 

[Main Man]

It's hard to believe that Hodge is still only 23 years of ages, younger than Stephen Gilham..

 

[cambo39]

thanks for this
One of our guessing games on the train to games has been to rank players by age, now I know.

 

[browneyyy30]

this is a wicked post nev
u really must have too much time on your hands
but it is very indepth and i like ur best 22
hopefully will bring years of joy for us over the next decade