Damian Monkhorst
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Damian Monkhorst | |||
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Personal information | |||
Original team(s) | Woori Yallock | ||
Height | 202 cm (6 ft 8 in) | ||
Weight | 116 kg (256 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Ruckman | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1988–1999 | Collingwood | 205 (45) | |
2000 | St Kilda | 10 (0) | |
Total | 215 (45) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2000. | |||
Career highlights | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Damian Monkhorst is a former Australian rules football player who played with the Collingwood Football Club and St Kilda Football Club.
Playing career
During his playing career with Collingwood, Monkhorst was known as one of the league's best and toughest ruckmen to play against.[1]
'Monkey' came to
Monkhorst developed well, and performed at his peak in years 1992–1994, where he finished third in the best and fairest in each of the seasons. Monkhorst proved as a tough man, but in 1994 he was involved in a controversial incident which then introduced the melee rule, as he had started a melee after running through Essendon's huddle at the start of a match.
In 1995 during the drawn
1996 took a turn on Monkhorst's career where he was outed several times with hamstring and back injuries. In 1997 he came back but had put on weight after a foot injury plagued him. He played some decent matches and went past a 10-year mark with the Magpies before playing game 200. At the end of 1999 he was traded to
Post VFL/AFL career
Following his retirement from the AFL, Monkhorst returned to the Woori Yallock club to play. He maintained a strong friendship with Dermott Brereton formed during the time at Collingwood, which resulted in Brereton playing for the same club after retirement.
He has made several appearances in
At the start of the 2010 pre-season, Monkhorst was appointed head ruck coach of the Hawthorn Football Club, to help impart his ruck knowledge onto their ruckmen.
Monkhorst is currently (September 2023) the rucks coach at North Melbourne.
Personal life
Monkhorst's eldest son, Brent, was in an induced
References
- ^ "Coaches". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ "Michael Long and Damian Monkhorst look back on AFL racism incident 20 years on". ABC News (Australia). 29 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- ^ "Pies star's son fights for life". Herald Sun. news.com.au. 8 April 2007. Archived from the original on 10 April 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- ^ "Mt Arapiles death leads to 'knee-jerk reaction': Calls to ban rock-climbing dismissed". The Wimmera Mail-Times. 13 November 2014.
External links
- Damian Monkhorst's playing statistics from AFL Tables