Matthew Hammelmann
Matthew Hammelmann
Personal information
Nickname(s) Hammer, Hammertime, Goober
Date of birth (1996-03-08) 8 March 1996
Original team(s) Morningside (QAFL)
Draft No. 75, 2015 AFL rookie draft (Academy selection)
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight 88 kg (194 lb)
Position(s) Utility
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2015–2017 Brisbane Lions 12 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2017.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Matthew Hammelmann (born 8 March 1996) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by the Brisbane Lions with their fourth selection and seventy-fifth overall in the 2015 AFL rookie draft.[1] He debuted in the forty-two point loss against Richmond in round 14, 2016.[2] In October 2017, he was delisted by Brisbane.[3]

Playing for Aspley in the 2021 VFL season, Hammelmann won the 'Frosty' Miller Medal as the leading goalkicker of the competition, kicking 42 goals from 10 matches.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Draft Recap: 15 NEAFL players drafted in 2014". NEAFL.com.au. Fox Sports Pulse. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Whiting, Michael (21 June 2016). "Another Brisbane Lions academy graduate to debut". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  3. ↑ Whiting, Michael (26 October 2017). "Lions cut five as Fagan reshapes list". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  4. ↑ Rhodes, Brendan (18 August 2021). "Aspley out: Hornets not renewing VFL licence". afl.com.au. Retrieved 19 August 2021. Spearhead Matthew Hammelmann booted 42 goals from just 10 matches to win the Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal after claiming the last two leading goalkicker awards in the NEAFL – the first time in the VFA/VFL's 154-year history that a player has topped the tally in a wooden spoon team.
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