| George Hawkins | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth | 7 December 1908 | ||
| Place of birth | Brunswick, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 20 July 1979 (aged 70) | ||
| Place of death | Chiltern, Victoria | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1932–1946 | Prahran | 151 (657) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1947. | |||
George William Hawkins (7 December 1908 – 20 July 1979)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Prahran in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).
Hawkins was a full-forward and centre half-forward for Prahran during the 1930s. He began his senior career in 1932, and became a prolific goalkicker during the era. He scored his first century of goals in the 1934 season, kicking 107 goals.[2] He was a premiership player with Prahran in 1937, and kicked six goals in that season's Grand Final.[3] In 1939, Hawkins kicked a new Association record of 164 goals and was the VFA leading goalkicker for the only time in his career; his record surpassed Western Australian George Doig's national senior record of 152 goals, although Hawkins' claim to the record was disputed because the VFA, having introduced the throw-pass rule in 1938, was no longer considered to be playing the national code.[4]
Hawkins retired during the 1940 season due to ongoing difficulties with an ankle injury; at this stage, he had a career total of 596 goals.[5] But, he returned to play in September that same year,[6] and was still with the club in 1946, leading the club as captain its Association rules exhibition match in Broken Hill following that season.[7] After he retired altogether, he had played a total of 151 games and kicked 657 goals for Prahran.[8]
Hawkins also played cricket in summer during his career. He played one first-class match for Victoria against Tasmania in Launceston in 1933/34,[1] and played 59 district cricket matches for the Prahran Cricket Club.