Clinton Young (born 16 February 1986) is an

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coach and former player who is currently an assistant coach with the

Box Hill Hawks Football Club The Box Hill Hawks Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Box Hill, currently competing in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and the VFL Women's (VFLW). Since 2000, Box Hill has had a reserves a ...

in the

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. As a player, he played with the

Hawthorn Football Club The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Mulgrave, Victoria, that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club was founded in 1902 in the inner-east suburb of Hawth ...

and

Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. ...

in the

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. Young was widely considered to be one of the best left foot kicks on the run in the AFL, often kicking in excess of 50 metres.

Hawthorn

He was recruited from Minyip-Murtoa and North Ballarat U18's. Young started the 2005 season on the

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, he was promoted to the senior list later that year. Young made his debut at AFL level in Round 16, 2005 for the

. He finished the season with seven games of experience where he showed a lot of potential. In 2006 he played the first seven games of the season, his performance was reasonably consistent during this period. After being out of the side several weeks, Young made a return in Round 12 against

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in Launceston. This was to be his best game for the season as he recorded then career highs of 21 kicks, 24 disposals and 13 marks as his team defeated Richmond comfortably. His 13 marks was equal best on his team. Young could play on the wing or up forward. His speed and ball skills made him a good wingman whilst his height and kicking ability made him a versatile forward. He played an important role in the Hawks 2008 Grand Final victory over

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where he was the Hawks leading possession getter in the first half before succumbing to an ankle injury early in the third quarter. Young missed most of the 2009 season with a hip injury. After a lean couple of seasons, in 2012 Young was able to maintain his spot in the Hawthorn team. His last game for the club was in the

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Collingwood

Young became a Collingwood player after leaving the Hawks as an unrestricted free agent. It was the opportunity to play a key role on the wing at Collingwood that saw Young make his decision, and he signed a three-year contract. His first season with the Magpies was ruined by injury. He managed two games in an injury interrupted year. In his second season at Collingwood Young did not lived up to his expectation. He had been up and down and towards the end of the season was playing in the VFL. Young was delisted by Collingwood In September 2015, and announced his official retirement on 29 October.

Post-AFL

After concluding his AFL career, Young played for Gisborne in the

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. He was appointed the club’s coach at the start of 2018.

Statistics

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2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

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2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

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2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

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2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

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2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

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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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2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

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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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Honours and achievements

Team * AFL premiership player ():

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Individual * AFL Rising Star nominee:

Family

His cousin, Ross Young, is the current captain of the Richmond reserves team in the

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Clinton Collingwood Football Club players Hawthorn Football Club players Hawthorn Football Club premiership players 1986 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Greater Western Victoria Rebels players Box Hill Football Club players People educated at St Patrick's College, Ballarat VFL/AFL premiership players 21st-century Australian sportsmen