David Hille
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| Full name | David Barry Hille | ||
| Date of birth | 2 June 1981 | ||
| Original team(s) | Dandenong Stingrays (TAC Cup) | ||
| Draft | No. 40, 1999 National Draft, Essendon | ||
| Height | 202 cm (6 ft 8 in) | ||
| Weight | 108 kg (238 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Ruckman | ||
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| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2001–2013 | Essendon | 197 (153) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2013.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
David Hille (born 2 June 1981) is a former Australian rules footballer with the Essendon Football Club.
In his senior year at high school, Hille and seven other schoolmates from The Peninsula School lodged themselves into a station wagon and crashed it 500m up the road from where they took off in South Frankston. Three of the boys in the car were killed, and the other three seriously injured, but Hille was not injured. The accident report claims that Hille was wearing his seatbelt, which is why he has appeared on commercials about buckling up when driving.
He made his debut in 2001 with the Essendon Football Club and has been a solid ruckman for a number of years. In a surprise decision, Hille was appointed stand-in captain for the 2006 AFL season after Matthew Lloyd suffered a season-ending hamstring injury.
He captained his first game in Round 6, 2006. During 2007 through to 2012 he upheld the role of Vice-Captain of the Essendon Football Club which was shared with Mark McVeigh for the most part.
In the Round 17, 2006 clash between Essendon and Brisbane Lions (the first match Essendon won under his captaincy, and since the beginning of April that year), Brisbane ruckman Jamie Charman fell heavily in a contest, seriously injuring his shoulder. The image of David Hille comforting his opponent whilst medical help arrived was often replayed by the football media as a rare example of sportsmanship in such a competitive game.
At the 2008 Essendon Best and Fairest, Hille swept the floor by taking the most prestigious award of the night, the 'Best and Fairest'. Hille also came away with the 'Cheersquad award'.
Hille suffered a knee injury in the second minute of the Bomber's annual ANZAC Day match against Collingwood in Round 5, 2009. Scans confirmed he had ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament, requiring a full knee construction and ending his season.
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