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| Max Bailey | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Max Bailey | ||
| Date of birth | 23 October 1986 | ||
| Original team | West Perth (WAFL) | ||
| Draft | #18, 2005 National Draft, Hawthorn | ||
| Height/Weight | 206cm / 101kg | ||
| Position(s) | Ruckman | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Hawthorn | ||
| Number | 39 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2006 | Hawthorn | 21 (3) | |
| 1 Playing statistics to end of 2011 season . | |||
Max Bailey (born 23 October 1986) is an Australian rules footballer with the Hawthorn Football Club of the Australian Football League.
Drafted 18th overall by the Hawks in the 2005 AFL Draft, the ruckman from West Perth made his AFL debut in Round 18 of the 2006 season. However, he would miss the 2007 season after suffering a right knee ACL injury during training before the season started.[1]
Max returned to the Box Hill Hawks Reserves team for a game in June 2008, only to rupture his right ACL again which required another knee reconstruction. Max postponed the surgery to concentrate on his study then when the timing was right went under the knife. In May 2009 Max resumed training and is expected to play at the Box Hill Hawks in the later part of the season.
However he made his return in Round 21, 2009 and had 23 hit outs in a win over Richmond. The following week against Essendon, Bailey suffered another ACL injury after he landed awkwardly and badly twisted his good left knee 5 minutes into the game and had to be helped from the ground. He sat on the bench in frustration and missed the 2010 season.
Throughout his succession of knee injuries, the Hawthorn Football Club kept the faith, retaining him on the senior list despite his first five years at the club yielding just 6 senior appearances.
Max Bailey returned in Round 9 of 2011 in a win over Sydney. Looking finally free of the injury curse, Bailey made a total of 16 senior appearances in the side that year. By trading 2008 premiership ruck Brent Renouf to Port Adelaide at the end of the 2011 season, the club effectively endorsed Bailey and the other rucks on the list to carry the mantle in 2012 and beyond. This plan struck a snag during the 2012 pre-season, when Bailey aggravated a wrist injury, which was set to keep him on the sidelines for around 12 weeks.
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