Jack Hutchins (footballer)

Jack Hutchins is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He has played with the Casey Scorpions in the Victorian Football League (VFL) since 2015, and he has served as the captain since the 2016 season.

Jack Hutchins
Personal information
Full name Jack Hutchins
Date of birth (1992-02-20) 20 February 1992
Original team(s) Sandringham Dragons (TAC Cup)
Draft Underage recruit, Gold Coast
Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 92 kg (203 lb)
Position(s) Defender
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2011–2014 Gold Coast 19 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2014.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Originally from Mansfield, Victoria, he attended Haileybury College, Melbourne[1] and played for the Sandringham Dragons in the TAC Cup. Hutchins was a promising junior swimmer and swam in the national swimming championships in 2009.[2] He was recruited by Gold Coast as one of the club's underage recruits prior to their entry to the AFL in 2011.[3] Hutchins made his debut in round 5, 2011 against Port Adelaide.[4] After nineteen matches with Gold Coast in four seasons, he was delisted at the conclusion of the 2014 season,[5] and he joined the Casey Scorpions in the VFL.[6] His second season with Casey saw him win the Gardner Medal as the club best and fairest player.[7]

Hutchins captained Casey to Grand Finals in 2016 and 2018 but the team "were on the wrong side of the win in those grand finals, however those three years we had some really awesome finals wins, as the club hadn’t won any finals for a few years."[8] Hutchins retired from the VFL at the end of 2021 and moved back to his hometown of Mansfield to play football for the town in the Gouldburn Valley League.[9]

References
  1. "Haileybury's AFL Stars". Archived from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  2. Quayle, Emma (12 April 2009). "Teenager in the swim for AFL career". The Age.
  3. Smart, Nick (23 April 2011). "Suns' Hutchins to make his AFL debut".
  4. Hamilton, Andrew (23 April 2011). "Jack Hutchins set for Gold Coast Suns debut against Port Adelaide Power". The Courier-Mail.
  5. "Gold Coast Suns say goodbye to Jackson Allen, Jack Hutchins, Jeremy Taylor, Matthew Warnock and Leigh Osborne". Gold Coast Bulletin. News Corp Australia. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  6. "Former Gold Coast Suns player Jack Hutchins has signed with the Casey Scorpions". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  7. "VFL 2016 best-and-fairest winners". VFL.com.au. Fox Sports Pulse. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  8. "VFL: 100 for Hutch". melbournefc.com.au. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  9. "100 and out: Why a century of VFL games was enough for Casey star". afl.com.au. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
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