Paul Hills (born 20 September 1972) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Australian Football League (AFL).
| Paul Hills | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth | (1972-09-20) 20 September 1972 (age 49) | ||
| Original team(s) | North Ballarat (Ballarat FL) | ||
| Draft | No. 93, 1988 national draft | ||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1991–1996 | Essendon | 63 (11) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1996. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Hills usually played on the wing and after being recruited from North Ballarat he joined Essendon for the 1991 season despite not having played a reserves game. In 1993 he was part of the premiership side, playing 20 games during the year for 357 disposals.
The following season he suffered form and injury problems and until he was delisted in 1996 he managed to add just 11 more games.
| G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
| B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
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| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 1991 | Essendon | 49 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 95 | 109 | 204 | 34 | 20 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 6.8 | 7.8 | 14.6 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1 |
| 1992 | Essendon | 33 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 145 | 162 | 307 | 56 | 25 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 18.1 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 6 |
| 1993† | Essendon | 11 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 192 | 165 | 357 | 49 | 27 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 9.6 | 8.3 | 17.9 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 0 |
| 1994 | Essendon | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 48 | 99 | 16 | 8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 12.4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 1995 | Essendon | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 10.7 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0 |
| 1996 | Essendon | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Career | 63 | 11 | 17 | 502 | 503 | 1005 | 159 | 81 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 16.0 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 7 | ||
Essendon Football Club 1993 AFL premiers | |
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