David Hille

Personal information
Birth	2 June 1981 (1981-06-02) (age 28)
Recruited from	Dandenong Stingrays
Height and weight	202cm / 109kg
Playing career¹
Debut	Round 8, 20 May 2001, Essendon vs. Melbourne, at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Team(s)	Essendon (2001-) 147 games, 107 goals
¹ Statistics to end of Round 3, 2009 season
Career highlights
9 Career Brownlow Medal Votes W. S. Crichton Medal (2008)

David Hille (born 2 June 1981) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

He debuted 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.

In the Round 17, 2006 clash between Essendon and Brisbane Lions (the first match Essendon won under his captaincy, and since April Fools' Day 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 freak knee injury in the second minute of the Bomber's annual ANZAC Day match against Collingwood in Round 5, 2009. Landing on a straight left leg he fell to the ground and limped off the ground. Scans confirmed he had ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament, requiring a full knee construction and ending his season.^[1]

Hille is studying Business and Property at RMIT.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• David Hille profile on the official Essendon Football Club website
• David Hille's statistics from AFL Tables