Adrian Hickmott (born 30 March 1972) is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He is currently an assistant coach with the Hawthorn Football Club. As a player, he played with the Geelong Football Club and Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Adrian Hickmott
Hickmott with West Coast in April 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-03-30) 30 March 1972 (age 52)
Original team(s) Horsham
Debut Round 24, 1992, Geelong vs. Essendon, at Waverley Park
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 88 kg (194 lb)
Club information
Current club Hawthorn (assistant coach)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1992–1995 Geelong 050 0(24)
1996–2003 Carlton 134 (107)
Total 184 (131)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2003.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Hickmott was a utility player who had a tough style of play. He was usually used up forward but was also seen across half-back.

He started his career with Geelong in 1992 and played in the 1995 Grand Final loss to Carlton. It turned out to be his final game for the club, and he was traded to the side that won the Grand Final, Carlton.

With 22 games in his debut season at Carlton, he won their award for best first-year player, adding 17 more games the following year. Due to a knee injury, he missed all of the 1998 season, and in 1999 he played in another Grand Final, this time losing to North Melbourne.

In 2000 he kicked a career high of 27 goals for the year. The next season saw him gather 10 Brownlow Medal votes, the equal most by a Carlton player that season. For the next two years he was vice captain of the club and at the end of 2003 he was forced to retire after suffering a groin injury.

Hickmott was a development coach at the Essendon Football Club[1] and until recently was serving as the backline coach at the West Coast Eagles. After serving as an assistant coach for West Coast over the past 10 years in a variety of different roles, including backline coach, contested ball coordinator and midfield coach, Hickmott joined the Hawthorn Football Club at the end of 2021.[2]

Statistics

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Legend
  G  
Goals
  K  
Kicks
  D  
Disposals 
  T  
Tackles
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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
1992 Geelong 42 3 1 1 19 15 34 10 5 0.3 0.3 6.3 5.0 11.3 3.3 1.7 0
1993 Geelong 42 8 5 5 49 47 96 28 15 0.6 0.6 6.1 5.9 12.0 3.5 1.9 1
1994 Geelong 42 20 8 11 139 146 285 64 38 0.4 0.6 7.0 7.3 14.3 3.2 1.9 0
1995 Geelong 42 19 10 15 131 101 232 92 21 0.5 0.8 6.9 5.3 12.2 4.8 1.1 3
1996 Carlton 9 22 13 10 219 143 362 91 43 0.6 0.5 10.0 6.5 16.5 4.1 2.0 5
1997 Carlton 9 17 5 3 200 96 296 92 27 0.3 0.2 11.8 5.6 17.4 5.4 1.6 2
1998 Carlton 9 0 0
1999 Carlton 9 19 6 4 121 95 216 72 19 0.3 0.2 6.4 5.0 11.4 3.8 1.0 0
2000 Carlton 9 21 27 12 226 184 410 130 63 1.3 0.6 10.8 8.8 19.5 6.2 3.0 2
2001 Carlton 9 23 22 16 277 183 460 145 83 1.0 0.7 12.0 8.0 20.0 6.3 3.6 10
2002 Carlton 9 17 14 5 125 130 255 88 47 0.8 0.3 7.4 7.6 15.0 5.2 2.8 0
2003 Carlton 9 15 20 10 101 60 161 37 22 1.3 0.7 6.7 4.0 10.7 2.5 1.5 0
Career[3] 184 131 92 1607 1200 2807 849 383 0.7 0.5 8.7 6.5 15.3 4.6 2.1 23

Honours and achievements

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References

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  1. ^ "Ex-Roo Grant to take reins at Bendigo in 2010". AFL BigPond Network. 18 October 2009. Archived from the original on 9 January 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
  2. ^ "Hawthorn bolsters its coaching line-up". Hawthorn Football Club. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Adrian Hickmott". AFLTables. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  • Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
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