Hayden Crozier

Originally from Rowville, Crozier played junior football for the Eastern Ranges in the TAC Cup. He performed well at the AFL Draft Combine, recording the second highest running leap and elite-level sprinting and endurance results.{{cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/News/NEWSARTICLE/tabid/208/Default.aspx?newsId=123440|title=Hot prospects: Hayden Crozier|first=Jason|last=Phelan|date=28 October 2011|access-date=1 June 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021015711/http://www.afl.com.au/News/NEWSARTICLE/tabid/208/Default.aspx?newsId=123440|archive-date=21 October 2011}} He represented Victoria Metro at the 2011 AFL Under 18 Championships where he took a spectacular high mark against Western Australia.{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/archives/old-sport-pages/top-marks-for-hayden-crozier/story-fnau1fjg-1226193965701 |title=Top marks for Hayden Crozier|first=Jay |last=Clark |work=Herald Sun|date=14 November 2011|access-date=1 June 2012}}

He was drafted by Fremantle with their second selection, 20th overall, in the 2011 AFL Draft.{{cite news|url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/afl/west-coast-picks-two-local-players-while-fremantle-dockers-opt-for-interstate-talent/story-e6frg1xu-1226205356035 |title=West Coast picks two local players while Fremantle Dockers opt for interstate talent|first=Braden |last=Quartermaine |work=PerthNow |date=24 November 2011|access-date=1 June 2012}}

A high leaping left-footed forward, Crozier was selected to play his first games for Fremantle in round 10 of the 2012 AFL season against the Adelaide Football Club after performing well in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) for East Perth.{{cite news|last=Duffield|first=Mark|title=Crozier in as Lyon rings the changes|work=The West Australian|date=1 June 2012|access-date=1 June 2012|url=http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/afl/13835867/crozier-in-as-lyon-rings-the-changes/}}

At the conclusion of the 2017 AFL season, Crozier was traded to the Western Bulldogs.{{cite news|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-10-13/dogs-nab-talented-dockers-utility-hayden-crozier|title=Talented Docker off to Dogs for draft picks|date=13 October 2017|work=afl.com.au|publisher=Bigpond|access-date=13 October 2017}}

His father is Sri Lankan.[http://www.footyalmanac.com.au/asia-pacific-team-of-the-century/ The Footy Almanac – Asia-Pacific Team of the Century]{{cite web|url=http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/2014-07-18/a-multicultural-freo|title=A multicultural Freo|first=Costa |last=Kastanis |date=18 July 2014}}

: Statistics are correct to the end of the 2020 season{{cite web|title=Hayden Crozier|url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/H/Hayden_Crozier.html|work=AFL Tables|access-date=2 March 2021}}

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|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2012

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Fre}}

| 17 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 13 || 17 || 30 || 5 || 3 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 4.3 || 5.7 || 10.0 || 1.7 || 1.0

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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2013

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Fre}}

| 17 || 9 || 10 || 4 || 75 || 25 || 100 || 33 || 21 || 1.1 || 0.4 || 8.3 || 2.8 || 11.1 || 3.7 || 2.3

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2014

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Fre}}

| 17 || 11 || 8 || 6 || 77 || 44 || 121 || 33 || 36 || 0.7 || 0.6 || 7.0 || 4.0 || 11.0 || 3.0 || 3.3

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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2015

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Fre}}

| 17 || 11 || 7 || 3 || 58 || 34 || 92 || 23 || 31 || 0.6 || 0.3 || 5.3 || 3.1 || 8.4 || 2.1 || 2.8

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2016

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Fre}}

| 17 || 16 || 6 || 6 || 187 || 78 || 265 || 87 || 48 || 0.4 || 0.4 || 11.7 || 4.9 || 16.6 || 5.4 || 3.0

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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2017

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Fre}}

| 17 || 19 || 13 || 17 || 148 || 92 || 240 || 86 || 74 || 0.7 || 0.9 || 7.8 || 4.8 || 12.6 || 4.5 || 3.9

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2018

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL WB}}

| 9 || 17 || 1 || 1 || 210 || 104 || 314 || 83 || 47 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 12.4 || 6.1 || 18.5 || 4.9 || 2.8

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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2019

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL WB}}

| 9 || 22 || 0 || 0 || 257 || 108 || 365 || 136 || 44 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 11.7 || 4.9 || 16.6 || 6.2 || 2.0

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2020{{efn|The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL WB}}

| 9 || 15 || 2 || 2 || 154 || 55 || 209 || 59 || 40 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 10.3 || 3.7 || 13.9 || 3.9 || 2.7

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! colspan=3| Career

! 123

! 47

! 39

! 1179

! 557

! 1736

! 545

! 344

! 0.4

! 0.3

! 9.6

! 4.5

! 14.1

! 4.4

! 2.8

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• [http://www.wafl.com.au/players/view/4513 Hayden Crozier's profile] on the Official WAFL Website
• {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdmCiiJpeFY |title=Hayden Crozier takes what could be Mark of the Year... |publisher=Bigpond AFL|format=video}}

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