| Kyle Hardingham | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Kyle Hardingham | ||
| Date of birth | (1988-09-01)1 September 1988 (age 36) | ||
| Original team(s) | East Fremantle | ||
| Draft | 7th overall,2009 Pre-Season Draft Essendon | ||
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2010–2014 | Essendon | 65 (21) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2014. | |||
| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Kyle Hardingham (born 1 September 1988) is a former professionalAustralian rules footballer who played for theEssendon Football Club in theAustralian Football League (AFL).
Hardingham was selected by Essendon with the seventh pick in the2010 AFL Pre-Season Draft. Originally fromEast Fremantle in theWAFL, he representedWestern Australia in the state game againstSouth Australia in 2009.[1]
He made his AFL debut againstNorth Melbourne in round 17 of the2010 AFL season, kicking four goals, helping Essendon achieve an upset victory by 3 points.[2] The following Friday night, he kicked two goals in a win against St Kilda. He managed to kick two goals once again in the next game, a 76-point loss toCarlton, although he also kicked two behinds as part of the wayward kicking by the entire Essendon team, which managed 9.19 for the night.
Hardingham was delisted at the conclusion of the2014 AFL season.[3] He remained with Essendon as a VFL-listed player in itsreserves team in 2016.[4]
Hardingham, along with 33 other Essendon players, was found guilty of using a banned performance-enhancing substance,thymosin beta-4, as part ofEssendon's sports supplements program during the 2012 season. He and his teammates were initially found not guilty in March 2015 by the AFL Anti-Doping Tribunal,[5] but a guilty verdict was returned in January 2016 after an appeal by theWorld Anti-Doping Agency. He was suspended for two years which, with backdating, ended in November 2016; as a result, he served approximately fourteen months of his suspension and missed the entire 2016 season.[6]
Following his suspension, Hardingham signed as a playing coach atPascoe Vale in theEssendon District Football League (EDFL).[4]
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
| 2010 | Essendon | 34 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 24 | 60 | 28 | 12 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 10.0 | 4.7 | 2.0 |
| 2011 | Essendon | 34 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 213 | 118 | 331 | 112 | 41 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.7 | 5.4 | 15.0 | 5.1 | 1.9 |
| 2012 | Essendon | 34 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 90 | 252 | 82 | 36 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.7 | 4.3 | 12.0 | 3.9 | 1.7 |
| Career | 49 | 9 | 8 | 411 | 232 | 643 | 222 | 89 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 8.4 | 4.7 | 13.1 | 4.5 | 1.8 | ||
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
