Angus Dewar (born 12 October 1992, formerly known as Angus Litherland) is a professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). In 2022 he returned to the AFL as a top-up player for West Coast when numerous players were excluded from the team for to Covid-19 related health and safety protocols.

Angus Dewar
Personal information
Full name Angus Dewar (formerly Litherland)
Date of birth (1992-10-12) 12 October 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Perth, Western Australia
Original team(s) Ongerup, Claremont
Draft No. 55, 2010 national draft
Debut Round 2, 2014, Hawthorn vs. Essendon, at Etihad Stadium
Height 192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 90 kg (198 lb)
Position(s) Defender
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2011–2016 Hawthorn 25 (1)
2022 West Coast 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2022.
Career highlights
Sources: A/Angus_Dewar.html AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

AFL career edit

Hawthorn selected Dewar with pick 55 in the 2010 AFL Draft. He was drafted as a tall defender from Claremont, and represented Western Australia at the 2010 AFL Under 18 Championships. A foot injury finished his 2011 season whilst developing at Hawthorn's affiliate club Box Hill.[1] He spent 2013 developing in the VFL playing for Hawthorn's affiliate side Box Hill and was a member of their premiership winning side. Dewar made his AFL debut against Essendon in Round 2, 2014 as a late replacement for Sam Mitchell.[2]

Dewar was used as a defender for the Hawks, he had a booming right foot kick and had plenty of dash off the half back line. Finding it difficult to break into a premiership winning side, Gus managed to play half a dozen games a season. In 2016 he started the year in the side only to drop out and ended the year with the Box Hill Hawks. At the conclusion of the 2016 season, he was delisted by Hawthorn.[3] In 2022, as a COVID-19 top-up player on the West Coast Eagles list, he played one game against the North Melbourne Kangaroos. Dewar now plays for Subiaco in the WAFL where he has won three premierships.

Statistics edit

Legend
  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
2011 Hawthorn 42 0 0
2012 Hawthorn 42 0 0
2013 Hawthorn 31 0 0
2014 Hawthorn 31 13 0 1 96 65 161 37 25 0.0 0.1 7.4 5.0 12.4 2.9 1.9 0
2015 Hawthorn 31 6 1 0 38 26 64 22 5 0.2 0.0 6.3 4.3 10.7 3.7 0.8 0
2016 Hawthorn 17 6 0 0 30 32 62 15 15 0.0 0.0 5.0 5.3 10.3 2.5 2.5 0
Career[4] 25 1 1 164 123 287 74 45 0.0 0.0 6.6 4.9 11.5 3.0 1.8 0

Honours and achievements edit

Team

References edit

  1. ^ "Box Hill fall to Casey".
  2. ^ "Hawk Sam Mitchell a late withdrawal from clash with Bombers".
  3. ^ Browne, Ashley; Ryan, Peter (28 October 2016). "Axe falls at Hawthorn with cult hero among seven cut". AFL.com.au. BigPond. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Angus Litherland". AFL Tables. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

External links edit