Erin Hoare
{{Short description|Australian netball player}}
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| caption = Hoare playing Australian rules football for Geelong in 2019
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|06|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Victoria, Australia
| nationality = Australian
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|height = 194 cm
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|positions = GS, GA
| clubyears1 = 2013–2014
| clubteam1 = Melbourne Vixens
| clubapps1 = 2
| clubyears2 = 2015
| clubteam2 = New South Wales Swifts
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| height = 194 cm
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| position = Ruck
| currentclub = {{AFLW|Gee}}
| guernsey = 46
| years1 = 2018
| club1 = {{AFLW|Mel}}
| games_goals1 = {{0}}4 (0)
| years2 = 2019;
2023
| club2 = {{AFLW|Gee}}
| games_goals2 = 19 (0)
| games_goalstotal = 23 (0)
| statsend = the 2023 season
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Erin Hoare (born 17 July 1989) is an Australian academic and a former professional Australian rules footballer who last played for the Geelong Football Club.
A former national level netballer, Hoare was primarily a goal shooter, but also played goal attack.
Netball career
Beginning her career with the Melbourne Vixens in 2013, Hoare was primarily a bench player, earning two ANZ Championship caps during her time at the club. In 2014, Hoare with the Melbourne Vixens won the ANZ Championship premiership.{{cite web|title=Winning End for Cox and Vixens|url=http://www.anz-championship.com/News/Latest-News/ArtMID/1500/ArticleID/2477/WInning-end-for-Cox-and-Vixens|access-date=5 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905095750/http://www.anz-championship.com/News/Latest-News/ArtMID/1500/ArticleID/2477/WInning-end-for-Cox-and-Vixens|archive-date=5 September 2014|url-status=dead}}
At the end of the 2014 ANZ Championship season, it was announced that Hoare would be leaving the Melbourne Vixens to join the NSW Swifts for the 2015 ANZ Championship season.{{cite web|title=Erin Hoare Departs Vixens for Swifts|url=http://melbournevixens.com.au/news/latest-news/177-hoare-departs-vixens |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905103234/http://melbournevixens.com.au/news/latest-news/177-hoare-departs-vixens |archivedate=2014-09-05 }} Hoare joined Caitlin Thwaites, Susan Pratley and Stephanie Wood as the shooters for the NSW Swifts. At 194 cm, Hoare was the tallest of the NSW Swifts shooters and one of the tallest players in the ANZ Championship.
= Accolades =
- 2013 Melbourne Vixens Coaches' Award
- 2013-14 Australian Netball League Premiers (with Victorian Fury)
- 2014 ANZ Championship Premiers (with Melbourne Vixens)
- 2012 Victorian Fury ANL team
- 2012 Victorian Netball League Team of the Year
- 2012 Geelong Cougars Best and Fairest
Australian rules football
Hoare first played football in 2017 with {{AFL Gee}} in the VFL Women's competition. Later that year she signed a rookie contract with {{AFLW|Mel}} to play in the AFL Women's competition in 2018.{{cite news|url=http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/sport/afl/geelong-vflw-erin-hoare-earns-aflw-rookie-contract-at-demons/news-story/dcf7d0d94d5220df0960dde723fe7194|title=Geelong VFLW: Erin Hoare earns AFLW rookie contract at Demons|first=Damien|last=Ractliffe|newspaper=Geelong Advertiser|publisher=News Corp Australia|date=15 August 2017|accessdate=20 October 2017}}
In May 2018 Hoare accepted an offer from expansion club {{AFLW|Gee}} to play with the club in the 2019 AFLW season.{{cite news|last1=Black|first1=Sarah|title=AFLW: Roos, Cats start list builds ahead of '19|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-05-11/aflw-roos-cats-start-list-builds-ahead-of-debuts|accessdate=11 May 2018|work=AFL Media|publisher=Telstra Media|date=11 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511150349/http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-05-11/aflw-roos-cats-start-list-builds-ahead-of-debuts|archive-date=11 May 2018|url-status=dead}}
Hoare announced her retirement from the AFLW following the 2019 season.{{cite web |last1=Black |first1=Sarah |title=AFLW Trade and Signing Period wrap: Lion becomes a Tiger |url=https://womens.afl/news/17827/aflw-sign-and-trading-period-wrap-lion-becomes-a-tigerhttps://womens.afl/news/17827/aflw-sign-and-trading-period-wrap-lion-becomes-a-tiger |website=AFLW |publisher=Australian Football League |accessdate=20 April 2019}}
In April 2023, Hoare was drafted by {{AFLW|Gee}} as the first selection in the 2023 AFL Women's supplementary draft. She is the tallest player in the history of the AFL Women's competition at {{convert|194|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}, and returns to the league after continuing her studies at Cambridge University (where she played with the Cambridge University Australian Rules Football Club) and having two children.{{cite web |last1=Vinall |first1=Marnie |title=Cats select Hoare as No.1 pick in AFLW supplementary draft |url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/cats-select-hoare-as-no-1-pick-in-aflw-supplementary-draft-20230403-p5cxrz.html |website=theage.com.au |publisher=Nine Media |access-date=4 April 2023 |date=4 April 2023}}
In June 2024, on the eve of the 2024 AFL Women's season, Hoare announced her immediate retirement from football.{{cite news |title=Erin Hoare Calls Time on Career |url=https://www.geelongcats.com.au/news/1581040/erin-hoare-calls-time-on-aflw-career |access-date=18 June 2024 |publisher=Geelong Football Club |date=19 June 2024}}
Academic career
Hoare completed her PhD in Public Health/Psychology at Deakin University in 2016, and has worked as Australian Rotary Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention at Deakin University and the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, in Victoria, Australia.{{cite web |title=Deakin University Food and Mood Centre Staff |url=https://foodandmoodcentre.com.au/about/meet-the-team/ |website=Deakin University Food and Mood Centre |accessdate=25 February 2019 |archive-date=4 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904103011/http://foodandmoodcentre.com.au/about/meet-the-team/ |url-status=dead }} She has published a number of papers on epidemiology of lifestyle factors for physical and mental health outcomes using large datasets, especially relating to adolescents, depression and obesity in Australia.{{cite web |title=Erin Hoare Research Profile |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Erin_Hoare |website=ResearchGate |accessdate=25 February 2019}}{{cite web |title=Citations of Erin Hoare's Academic Papers |url=https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=go6nDZUAAAAJ |website=Google Scholar |accessdate=25 February 2019}}
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140905103917/http://nswswifts.com.au/extra.asp?ID=17782 NSW Swifts profile]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140618054751/http://www.melbournevixens.com.au/erin-hoare Melbourne Vixens Profile]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20231209180800/https://www.geelongcats.com.au/players/aflw/1893/erin-hoare Geelong Cats profile]
{{2023 AFL Women's supplementary draft}}
{{AFL Women's number-one draft picks}}
{{2014 Melbourne Vixens squad}}
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Category:Australian netball players
Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen
Category:New South Wales Swifts players
Category:Melbourne Vixens players
Category:Melbourne Football Club (AFLW) players
Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Category:Geelong Football Club (AFLW) players
Category:Victorian Netball League players
Category:Netball players from Victoria (state)