Nick Holland

Personal information
Birth	29 July 1974 (1974-07-29) (age 35)
Recruited from	North Adelaide Football Club (SANFL)
Playing career¹
Debut	Round 3, 8 April 1994, Hawthorn vs. North Melbourne, at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Team(s)	Hawthorn (1994-2005) 179 games, 239 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2005 season
Career highlights
AFL Rising Star award winner 1995 Hawthorn Best and Fairest winner 2000 International rules series 1998

Nick Holland (born 29 July 1974) is a former Australian rules football player. He played 179 games for the Hawthorn Football Club between 1994 and 2005, serving as vice-captain between 1999 and 2003. He is a previous winner of the AFL Rising Star and Hawthorn's Best and Fairest awards, Hawthorn's leading goal kicker is both 1997 and 2000 and represented Australia in International Rules.

[edit] Football career

[edit] AFL career

Holland was recruited in the 1992 AFL Draft as a centre half-forward for the Hawthorn Football Club. He played his first two games at full-back and, although not given another game during that season, returned as a centre-half forward the following year. It was in that role that he established himself. He was awarded the Norwich Rising Star Award in 1995 and also achieved a second placing in Hawthorn's Best and Fairest award. Holland was Hawthorn's leading goalkicker in both 1997 and 2000. In 2000 he also shared the Peter Crimmins Trophy for the best and fairest player with Daniel Chick.

During 2001 Holland suffered both shoulder and thigh injuries but recovered in time to play in the finals, yet struggled to make an impact.^{[citation needed]} At the end of 2001, Holland signed a contract, worth millions of dollars, to play for Hawthorn for four years.^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] End of career

Holland retired from AFL football at the end of the 2005 season, following a shoulder injury sustained while playing for Hawthorn's VFL side, the Box Hill. He had played 179 games for Hawthorn, kicking 239 goals.

[edit] After football

Holland studied during his AFL career gaining both science law degrees. He was admitted as a barrister and solicitor to the Supreme Court of Victoria in March 2007 and is currently working for the Melbourne law firm, Holding Redlich. He is a member of the Sports Law Committee and works in the media with sports radio station SEN 1116 and is a regular contributor to ABC Unleashed.

He also regularly plays in the E. J. Whitten Legends Game game, in which he captained the All Stars teams in 2007 and 2008.

[edit] Awards and achievements

1995: Norwich Rising Star

1997 and 2000: Hawthorn leading goalkicker

1998: International Rules selection.

1996-1999: Represented South Australia (Vice Captain in 1998)

1999-2003: Hawthorn vice-captain

2000: Peter Crimmins Trophy

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

• Nick Holland's statistics from AFL Tables