Derick Wanganeen (born 5 February 1991) is an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played for 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 ...

. Wanganeen was born in

Port Lincoln, South Australia Port Lincoln is a city on the Lower Eyre Peninsula in the Australian state of South Australia. Known as Galinyala by the traditional owners, the Barngarla people, it is situated on the shore of Boston Bay, which opens eastward into Spencer G ...

, and is the eldest of four children.

Drafting

Drafted via the 2011 Rookie Draft, Wanganeen was unable to find consistency as a small forward in his early career but a late switch to the backline he found his niche and showed natural ability to read the play and then set up teammates with his disposal. He spent the maximum three years on Hawthorn's rookie list, but had to be delisted at the end of last season and then re-selected via the Rookie Draft at number 33. He spent 2013 developing in the VFL and was rewarded with a Box Hill premiership. His development as a player was noticed by the Hawthorn coaching staff. After an impressive pre-season, he was upgraded onto the primary list in place of the injured Brendan Whitecross. He made his AFL debut in

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against . Wanganeen, along with Ben Ross and Jordan Kelly were delisted by Hawthorn on 9 October 2014.

Statistics

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Honours and achievements

Team * VFL premiership player (): 2013

References

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* Hawthorn Football Club players Box Hill Football Club players 1991 births Living people Port Adelaide Magpies players Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions) Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football 21st-century Indigenous Australian people Australian rules footballers from South Australia People from Port Lincoln 21st-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub