Tom Hawkins – Geelong
Tom Hawkins referred to as time on his adorned profession with the Cats after successful three premierships, 5 All-Australians and kicking practically 800 targets.
He leaves the Cattery because the membership’s video games document holder, to deal with household and farming going ahead.
Nonetheless, the decision to retire was a tough one resulting from a flaring toe damage, as he revealed in his new e book.
“When the issue with my second toe first flared within the latter phases of the 2022 season, there have been instances the place the ache was so vital that a part of me wished I might minimize it off,” Hawkins wrote in his new e book, Tom Hawkins.
“However as we assessed how finest to deal with the damage main into what might show my remaining season, I used to be astonished to be taught that amputation was not simply an possibility, however was a practical one ought to issues go awry.”
Hawkins was additionally the final remaining member of the Cats’ 2009 premiership crew.