Angus Dewar (born 12 October 1992, formerly known as Angus Litherland) is a professional

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er who played for the

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in the

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(AFL). In 2022 he returned to the AFL as a top-up player for West Coast when numerous players were excluded from the team for to

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related health and safety protocols.

AFL career

Hawthorn selected Dewar with pick 55 in the 2010 AFL Draft. He was drafted as a tall defender from , and represented Western Australia at the

2010 AFL Under 18 Championships The 2010 NAB AFL Under 18 Championships was the 15th edition of the AFL Under 18 Championships. Eight teams competed in the championships: Vic Metro, Vic Country, South Australia and Western Australia in Division 1, and New South Wales/Australi ...

. A foot injury finished his 2011 season whilst developing at Hawthorn's affiliate club Box Hill. He spent 2013 developing in the VFL playing for Hawthorn's affiliate side Box Hill and was a member of their premiership winning side. Dewar made his AFL debut against Essendon in Round 2, 2014 as a late replacement for Sam Mitchell. Dewar was used as a defender for the Hawks, he had a booming right foot kick and had plenty of dash off the half back line. Finding it difficult to break into a premiership winning side, Gus managed to play half a dozen games a season. In 2016 he started the year in the side only to drop out and ended the year with the Box Hill Hawks. At the conclusion of the 2016 season, he was delisted by Hawthorn. In 2022, as a COVID-19 top-up player on the West Coast Eagles list, he played one game against the North Melbourne Kangaroos. Dewar now plays for Subiaco in the WAFL where he has won three premierships.

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2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

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2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

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2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

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Honours and achievements

Team * VFL premiership player (): 2013 * Minor premiership ():

References

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* * * Claremont Football Club players Hawthorn Football Club players Box Hill Football Club players 1992 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Western Australia Subiaco Football Club players West Coast Eagles players 21st-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub