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Liam Shiels (born 29 April 1991) is a former Australian rules footballer who played his entire career for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Shiels is a midfielder who developed into a key member of the midfield that would win three premierships in a row from 2013 to 2015. Shiels would also serve as vice-captain of the club from 2017–2018.

Liam Shiels
Shiels playing for Hawthorn in June 2017
Personal information
Full name	Liam Shiels
Date of birth	(1991-04-29) 29 April 1991 (age 31)
Original team(s)	The Basin / Eastern Ranges
Draft	No. 34, 2008 national draft
Debut	Round 10, 2009, Hawthorn vs. Adelaide, at AAMI Stadium
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2009–2022	Hawthorn	255 (90)
International team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
2011	Australia	1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2022 season. 2 State and international statistics correct as of 2011.
Career highlights
3× AFL premiership player: 2013–2015
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

AFL career

Shiels was a 2nd round selection in the 2008 AFL draft, being selected at No. 34 overall. He was the youngest player drafted that year. Shiels was still a high school student when he joined the Hawks; as a result, Hawthorn needed to obtain special dispensation from Shiels' high school in order to enable him to train during periods where training clashed with his afternoon classes.[1]

Not expected to play in his first year, Shiels was training part-time and completing his schooling at Aquinas College Melbourne but after performances playing for Box Hill, Shiels was promoted to play against Adelaide.[2] He played eleven games in his debut season.^{[citation needed]}

Shiels and Josh Gibson were the only Hawthorn players to play every game in 2011.[3]

Shiels was made joint Vice-Captain of the club in 2017, together with Isaac Smith.[4] During Hawthorn's poor start to the 2017 season, Shiels instigated an assessment that the club was not playing satisfactorily.[5] In the preseason, Shiels was sent to the AFL tribunal for striking Darcy Lang, but was not suspended.[6] Shiels was widely regarded as having performed well as vice-captain and player during the 2017 season, registering a personal record for number of clearances per game.[7]

Liam Shiels was regarded as having another good season in 2018, recording the sixth highest number of tackles in the league and setting a new disposal average record.[8]

Shiels, along with Smith was replaced as Co-Vice-Captain prior to the 2019 season with Jack Gunston, though he remained part of the leadership group.[9] Shiels played his 200th game during that season, which was a 24-point victory over rivals Geelong.[10]

Statistics

Legend

G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks
#	Played in that season's  premiership team

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)							Votes
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
2009	Hawthorn	26	11	1	3	65	85	150	25	49	0.1	0.3	5.9	7.7	13.6	2.3	4.5	0
2010	Hawthorn	26	6	0	0	37	27	64	25	26	0.0	0.0	6.2	4.5	10.7	4.2	4.3	0
2011	Hawthorn	26	25	11	14	344	221	565	138	150	0.4	0.6	13.8	8.8	22.6	5.5	6.0	0
2012	Hawthorn	26	22	7	7	243	177	420	74	106	0.3	0.3	11.0	8.0	19.1	3.4	4.8	1
2013#	Hawthorn	26	17	3	8	164	96	260	61	54	0.2	0.5	9.6	5.6	15.3	3.6	3.2	0
2014#	Hawthorn	26	21	8	11	292	184	476	79	129	0.4	0.5	13.9	8.8	22.7	3.8	6.1	7
2015#	Hawthorn	26	22	13	9	248	229	477	79	162	0.6	0.4	11.3	10.4	21.7	3.6	7.4	5
2016	Hawthorn	26	18	4	8	191	124	315	41	153	0.2	0.4	10.6	6.9	17.5	2.3	8.5	0
2017	Hawthorn	26	21	9	10	239	216	455	76	129	0.4	0.5	11.4	10.3	21.7	3.6	6.1	5
2018	Hawthorn	26	23	9	3	332	200	532	85	149	0.4	0.1	14.4	8.7	23.1	3.7	6.5	8
2019	Hawthorn	26	19	10	12	249	192	441	65	126	0.5	0.6	13.1	10.1	23.2	3.4	6.6	5
2020[lower-alpha 1]	Hawthorn	26	16	6	0	162	124	286	46	55	0.4	0.0	10.1	7.8	17.9	2.9	3.4	1
2021	Hawthorn	26	21	5	4	244	200	444	93	99	0.2	0.2	11.6	9.5	21.1	4.4	4.7	0
2022	Hawthorn	26	13	4	4	84	62	146	32	39	0.3	0.3	6.5	4.8	11.2	2.5	3.0	0
Career[11]			255	90	93	2894	2137	5031	919	1426	0.4	0.4	11.3	8.4	19.7	3.6	5.6	32

Notes

Honours and achievements

Team

• 3× AFL premiership player (Hawthorn): 2013, 2014, 2015
• 2× Minor premiership (Hawthorn): 2012, 2013

Individual

• Hawthorn vice-captain: 2017–2018
• Hawthorn best player in finals: 2018
• Hawthorn best clubman: 2017
• Hawthorn most improved player: 2011
• Hawthorn best first year player (debut season): 2009
• Australian international rules football team: 2011
• Hawthorn life member

Cited references

External links

• Liam Shiels's playing statistics from AFL Tables

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