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Conor Glass

Conor Glass (born 28 September 1997) is a Gaelic footballer and former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He signed with Hawthorn as a category B rookie in October 2015 and was subsequently drafted with their fourth selection and sixty-second overall in the 2016 rookie draft.[1] He retired at the end of the 2020 season and returned to Ireland.[2]

Conor Glass
Glass playing for Hawthorn in April 2018
Born (1997-09-28) 28 September 1997 (age 27)
Australian rules football career
Personal information
Original team(s) Glen (club); Derry (county)
Draft No. 62, 2016 rookie draft
Debut Round 18, 2017, Hawthorn vs. Fremantle, at Domain Stadium
Height 189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Hawthorn
Number 13
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2016– 2020 Hawthorn 21 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2020.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Sporting career

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Glass captained the Derry minors side in the All-Ireland semi-finals.[3] Glass was recruited by Hawthorn as a class B rookie in 2015.[4] Arriving in Australia in July 2016, Glass played 6 games for the Box Hill development squad that included the squad's victorious grand final team. After a full summer pre-season training regime, Glass had played 12 games in the Box Hill's senior team before getting a call up for the Hawthorn team.

AFL career

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He made his debut for Hawthorn in their fifty-two point win against Fremantle at Domain Stadium in round eighteen of the 2017 season.[3] Glass was widely seen as performing well in his debut.[5] Glass performed well throughout the rest of the season,[6] and on August 2, 2017, he signed a two-year rookie/player contract extension to stay on Hawthorn's rookie list until the end of 2018.[7]

Glass played only four senior games in 2018, but despite this was seen as having improved his skills during the year.[8]

Glass was elevated to the senior list in 2019. Glass kicked his first goal during the 2019 season, during Hawthorn's round 13 loss to Essendon.[9]

Glass played four games in 2020 and decided to return to Ireland at season's end.[2]

GAA career

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Glass made his debut for Derry against Longford in the 2020 National Football League, a fixture delayed by many months due to the pandemic.[10]

During the first half of the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final game against Galway, a Glass effort at scoring a point was ruled wide by Hawk-Eye. That decision came under scrutiny when Hawk-Eye was shown to have malfunctioned later in the game by overturning an umpire decision's to award a point to Galway player Shane Walsh.[11][12][13] He won an All Star at the end of the season.[14]

On 21 January 2024, Glass scored 1-2 as Glen won the 2023–24 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship for the first time after a 2-10 to 1-12 win against St Brigid's in the final at Croke Park.[15]

Statistics

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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
2016 Hawthorn 44 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0
2017 Hawthorn 44 6 0 0 45 31 76 20 17 0.0 0.0 7.5 5.2 12.7 3.3 2.8 0
2018 Hawthorn 44 4 0 0 31 17 48 11 13 0.0 0.0 7.8 4.3 12.0 2.8 3.3 0
2019 Hawthorn 13 7 1 1 57 38 95 25 10 0.1 0.1 8.1 5.4 13.6 3.6 1.4 0
2020[a] Hawthorn 13 4 1 0 26 16 42 13 10 0.3 0.0 6.5 4.0 10.5 3.3 2.4 0
Career[16] 21 2 1 159 102 261 69 50 0.1 0.0 7.6 4.9 12.4 3.3 2.4 0

Notes

  1. ^ 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.

Honours and achievements

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Hawthorn

Glen

Derry

References

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  1. ^ King, Travis (28 October 2015). "Hawks sign rising Irish star Conor Glass as B rookie". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Homesick Hawk retires, returns to Ireland". 23 September 2020.
  3. ^ a b Duffy, Emma (20 July 2017). "Derry youngster Conor Glass set to make AFL debut on Saturday". TheJournal.ie. Distilled Media. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  4. ^ King, Travis (28 October 2015). "Hawks sign rising Irish star Conor Glass as B rookie". Australian Football League. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  5. ^ Casey, Gavan (22 July 2017). "Australians rave about Derry's Conor Glass after impressive AFL debut". The 42. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Season review: Conor Glass". Hawthorn Football Club. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Young Hawks sign on". Hawthorn Football Club. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Season snapshot: Conor Glass". Hawthorn Football Club. 13 November 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  9. ^ O'Brien, Kevin (14 June 2019). "Derry's Conor Glass scores first ever AFL goal for Hawthorn". The 42. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Derry shine as Glass returns". 19 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Is there a problem with HawkEye? Shane Walsh's free late in the half was deemed wide by the technology at Croke Park, but the replay would suggest otherwise". The Sunday Game. 9 July 2022.
  12. ^ "'The technology got it wrong' — Jim McGuinness slams Shane Walsh Hawkeye decision". JOE.ie. 9 July 2022.
  13. ^ "More Hawkeye Controversy After Conor Glass Shot Appeared To Go Over". Balls.ie. 11 July 2022.
  14. ^ Roche, Frank (27 October 2022). "Kerry lead way as 11 rookie All Stars signal the changing landscape". Irish Independent.
  15. ^ "Glen go one better with dramatic win over St Brigid's in All-Ireland final". RTE Sport. 21 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  16. ^ "Conor Glass' player profile at AFL Tables". AFL Tables.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Derry Senior Football Captain
2023–present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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