Paul Hills
Australian rules footballer
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Paul Hills (born 20 September 1972) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Born
20 September 1972
Original team
North Ballarat (Ballarat FL)
Draft
No. 93, 1988 national draft
Height
185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
| Paul Hills | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | 20 September 1972 | ||
| Original team | North Ballarat (Ballarat FL) | ||
| Draft | No. 93, 1988 national draft | ||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1991–1996 | Essendon | 63 (11) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1996. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Hills usually played on the wing and after being recruited from North Ballarat he joined Essendon for the 1991 season, despite not having played a reserves game. In 1993, he was part of the premiership side, playing 20 games during the year for 357 disposals.
The following season, Hills suffered form and injury problems; until he was delisted in 1996, he managed to play just 11 more games.
In 2024, Paul Hills was named at Number 100 in Don The Stat’s Countdown of the Best 100 Essendon players since 1980.[1]
Statistics
G |
Goals | K |
Kicks | D |
Disposals | T |
Tackles |
B |
Behinds | H |
Handballs | M |
Marks |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 1991 | Essendon | 49 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 95 | 109 | 204 | 34 | 20 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 6.8 | 7.8 | 14.6 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1 |
| 1992 | Essendon | 33 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 145 | 162 | 307 | 56 | 25 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 18.1 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 6 |
| 1993† | Essendon | 11 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 192 | 165 | 357 | 49 | 27 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 9.6 | 8.3 | 17.9 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 0 |
| 1994 | Essendon | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 48 | 99 | 16 | 8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 12.4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 1995 | Essendon | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 10.7 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0 |
| 1996 | Essendon | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Career | 63 | 11 | 17 | 502 | 503 | 1005 | 159 | 81 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 16.0 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 7 | ||