Max Gawn
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Gawn during a pre-season game in February 2017
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Max Gawn | ||
| Date of birth | 30 December 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Victoria, Australia | ||
| Original team(s) | Sandringham Dragons (TAC Cup) | ||
| Draft | No. 34, 2009 national draft | ||
| Debut |
Round 11, 2011, Melbourne vs. Essendon, at MCG |
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| Height | 208 cm (6 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 111 kg (245 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Ruckman | ||
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| Current club | Melbourne | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2010– | Melbourne | 64 (35) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 3, 2017.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Max Gawn (born 30 December 1991) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A ruckman, 2.08 metres (6 ft 10 in) tall and weighing 111 kilograms (245 lb), Gawn is capable of contributing in both the ruck and forward line. A basketballer and rugby union player at a young age, he pursued his career in Australian rules football and he was drafted to the Melbourne Football Club with the thirty-fourth selection in the 2009 AFL draft. He made is AFL debut in the 2011 AFL season. Knee and hamstring injuries hampered his first four seasons in the AFL before he moved into the number one ruck position at Melbourne in 2015 along with All-Australian selection in 2016.
Gawn is of New Zealand descent whereby his parents migrated to Australia from there as young adults. He was born in Australia, but lived in Greymouth on the South Island of New Zealand at a young age before moving to Melbourne permanently as an infant. He played rugby union and basketball as a junior, although Australian rules football was his number one sport. He attended McKinnon Secondary College and played his junior career with the Ormond Football Club. In 2009, he played with the Sandringham Dragons in the TAC Cup and played the first three matches of the year before tearing his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in the match against the Geelong Falcons at Skilled Stadium. He was initially selected in Victoria Metro's squad for the 2009 AFL Under 18 Championships, but missed the entire championships due to his knee injury.
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