| Nick Holland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | (1974-07-29)29 July 1974 (age 51) Adelaide, Australia | ||
| Original team | North Adelaide (SANFL) | ||
| Debut | Round 3, 8 April 1994,Hawthorn vs.North Melbourne, atMCG | ||
| Height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Weight | 97 kg (214 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1994–2005 | Hawthorn | 179 (239) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2005. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Nick ‘Dutchy’ Holland (born 29 July 1974) is a former professionalAustralian rules football player who played 179 games forAustralian Football League (AFL) clubHawthorn between1994 and2005, serving as Vice Captain between1999 and2003. Holland is anAFL Rising Star Award winner, a best and fairest and leading goal kicker at Hawthorn and representedAustralia inInternational Rules. He is now CEO of the EJ Whitten Foundation.
Originally fromSouth Australian National Football League (SANFL) clubNorth Adelaide, Holland was recruited by Hawthorn at the1992 AFL draft. Holland made his senior AFL debut in Round 3, 1994 againstNorth Melbourne Football Club at theMelbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) at full-back. In1995 Holland was tried at centre-half forward and was awarded theNorwich Rising Star Award that season and achieved a second placing in Hawthorn'sBest and Fairest award. Holland was Hawthorn's leading goalkicker in1997 and2000, when he also won the club best and fairest award in a tie withDaniel Chick.
During2001, Holland suffered injuries to both shoulders[1] and his thigh but recovered in time to play in the finals.[2] At the end of 2001, Holland signed a contract, worth millions of dollars, to play for Hawthorn for four more years.[3]
Holland retired from AFL football at the end of the2005 season, following a shoulder injury. Holland had played 179 games for Hawthorn and kicked 239 goals.
Holland studied during his AFL career obtaining both a Science Degree and a Law Degree and was admitted as a solicitor to theSupreme Court of Victoria in March 2007. He began working for the Labor Party lawyers, Holding Redlich followed by the Australian Sports Commission in Canberra.
Holland is an executive director of the Sports Law Committee. He also plays in theE. J. Whitten Legends Game, in which he Captained the All Stars teams in2007 and2008.
Holland also recently became a member of the VFL Tribunal.
Holland made several appearances on the panel ofThe Footy Show and the 'Rex Hunt Footy Show' during his football career and has hosted the football-related children's television showTotally Footy on Channel 10, and Channel 7'sAround the Grounds.
Co-hosted SEN's 'Ford League Teams' and 'Sunday Sports Central' and 3AW 'Sports Today' withGerard Healy.
Holland is currently anAustralian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) columnist, writes for Melbourne-based newspaperThe Age and makes regular appearances on the ABC News showThe Drum.
