Max Gawn

Quick Facts

Full Name	Max Gawn
Occupation	Australian Rules Footballer
Date Of Birth	Dec 30, 1991(1991-12-30)
Age	33
Birthplace	Victoria
Country	Australia
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Max Gawn Biography

Max Gawn is one of the most popular and richest Australian Rules Footballer who was born on December 30, 1991 in Victoria, Australia. Australian rules football player for Melbourne Football Club. He has played both the forward and ruckman positions.

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Max Gawn (born 30 December 1991) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A ruckman, 2.08 metres (6 ft 10 in) tall and weighing 109 kilograms (240 lb), Gawn is capable of contributing in both the ruck and forward line. A basketballer and rugby union player at a young age, he pursued his career in Australian rules football and was drafted to the Melbourne Football Club with the thirty-fourth selection in the 2009 AFL draft. He made his AFL debut in the 2011 AFL season. Knee and hamstring injuries hampered his first four seasons in the AFL before he moved into the number one ruck position at Melbourne in 2015 along with All-Australian selection in 2016. Gawn was named as Melbourne’s captain at the start of the 2020 AFL season.

Gawn was recruited by the Melbourne Football Club with their fifth selection and thirty-fourth overall in the 2009 national draft. At the time of the draft, he was the second tallest player in the league at 208 cm, behind Aaron Sandilands at 211 cm. After undergoing surgery in 2009 to repair his ACL, he missed the majority of the 2010 season. He played a few matches at the end of the season for Melbourne’s affiliate team, the Casey Scorpions, in the Victorian Football League (VFL) development league. After strong performances in the VFL for Casey in the first half of 2011, he made his AFL debut in the thirty-three point win against Essendon at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round eleven, where he played primarily as a forward and recorded eight disposals, ten hitouts and two behinds. For his debut match, he had the number 37 jumper presented to him by 1991 Brownlow Medallist, Australian football and Melbourne hall of famer, Jim Stynes, who wore the same guernsey number in his first season. He played in the next two matches before being omitted for the round fourteen match. He returned to the senior side for the seventy-six point loss against Carlton at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round 20, but he was dropped the next week and managed four matches in his debut season.

Through his New Zealand-born parents, he is of New Zealand descent.

Max Gawn Net Worth

Max Gawn is one of the richest Australian Rules Footballer from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Max Gawn 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Before deciding to play Australian football, he played both rugby and basketball.

He suffered injuries in his four first seasons at Melbourne but was able to recover and was named to All-Australian Team 2016.

Apart from his tapwork, Gawn’s ability to kick goals and take contested marks drew the attention of the media with many predicting he would be the All- Australian ruckman after his form continued in the second half of the season. In particular, his match in the twenty-nine point win against Hawthorn in round twenty, where he recorded eight contested marks, which saw Hawthorn coach, Alastair Clarkson, note that “his second half was one of the best halves of footy by a ruckman [he’d] seen in a long time”. Fox Sports Australia journalist, Tom Morris, noted in August that Gawn had achieved his goal of becoming the best ruckman in the competition set the previous November. His rapid rise saw him move from 295th at the start of the season to twelfth at the end of the home and away season in the AFL official player ratings. He played all matches for the season and finished with the most hitouts in the league with 928 and averaged 42.2 per game, he also broke the record for the most hit-outs to advantage in a season with 314.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Max Gawn height 6 ft 10 in Max weight 108 kg & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Max Gawn Dating?

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After Gawn’s All-Australian year in 2016, external expectations on him were high, especially with the third-man ruck rule change—whereby only the two nominated ruckman were allowed to compete in the ruck—with Fox Footy personality and former player, David King, saying Gawn would relish in the rule change and “take his game to another level.” Furthermore, he was named inside the top twenty players heading into the 2017 season by AFL Media and was touted as “undoubtedly one of the game’s finest and most influential players” by Fox Sports Australia’s Riley Beveridge. His season was recognised internally too as he was retained in Melbourne’s leadership group for the 2017 season.

Facts & Trivia

Max Ranked on the list of most popular Australian Rules Footballer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Max Gawn celebrates birthday on December 30 of every year.

After strong form in the 2016 pre-season, Gawn was added to Melbourne’s leadership group. In the round three match against North Melbourne at Blundstone Arena, he lined up against the 2015 All-Australian ruckman, Todd Goldstein; the contest drew high attention from the media, in which Gawn recorded sixty-three hitouts, the fourth most for an AFL match at the time. His rise in the first half of the season led commentators to question whether he had become the best ruckman in the league and if he would be the All- Australian ruckman. In the Queen’s Birthday, forty-six point win against Collingwood at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, he was awarded the Neale Daniher trophy as the best player on the ground, in which he recorded a career-best twenty-seven disposals, along with three goals, six marks and thirty-one hitouts.

Top Facts about Max Gawn

1. Max Gawn is a professional Australian rules footballer.
2. He was born on December 30, 1991 in Melbourne, Australia.
3. Gawn plays as a ruckman for the Melbourne Football Club.
4. He made his AFL debut in 2011 and has played over 150 games.
5. In 2018, he was named All-Australian captain and won the AFL Coaches Association Player of the Year award.
6. Gawn is known for his exceptional tap work and marking ability.
7. He stands at 208cm tall (6’10”) and weighs 109kg (240lbs).
8. Gawn has been selected to represent Victoria in State of Origin matches.
9. He has also represented Australia in International Rules Football matches.
10. As of August 2021, Gawn is considered one of the best ruckmen in the AFL.

Is Max Gawn a dad?

Melbourne Demons captain Max Gawn and his wife Jessica have announced the arrival of their first child together, a baby boy named George Oliver Gawn. The AFL star, 29, shared the joyful news to his Instagram page on Thursday alongside a series of photos of the adorable tot. ‘George Oliver Gawn. 27.10.

How much does Max Gawn weigh?

245 lbs

Which school did Max Gawn go to?

McKinnon Secondary College – Main Campus

How tall Max Gawn?

6′ 10″

Who did Max Gawn marry?

Melbourne AFL Footballer Max Gawn married his love Jess in a stunning New Year’s Day celebration on the Mornington Peninsula.