Harold James "Dribbler" Hawke (26 August 1909 – 16 June 1995) was 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 with

North Adelaide North Adelaide is a predominantly residential precinct (Australia), precinct and suburb of the City of Adelaide in South Australia, situated north of the River Torrens and within the Adelaide Park Lands. Laid out in a grid plan in three section ...

in the

South Australian National Football League The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's sports governing body, governing body for the sport. ...

(SANFL). Hawke was a centre half forward and first played with North Adelaide in the 1927 season. The next year he moved to a farm on the

Yorke Peninsula The Yorke Peninsula, known as Guuranda by the original inhabitants, the Narungga people, is a peninsula located northwest and west of Adelaide in South Australia, between Spencer Gulf on the west and Gulf St Vincent on the east. The peninsula ...

to work and over the coming years only played for North Adelaide on occasions, such as playing finals football in 1930 and 1931. Hawke played a full season in 1937, winning the

Magarey Medal The Magarey Medal is an Australian rules football honour awarded annually since 1898 to the fairest and most brilliant player in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), as judged by field umpires. The award was created by Willi ...

for the best and fairest player in the SANFL. Despite playing in eleven different seasons, he finished his SANFL career with just 70 games, as well as representing South Australia at two interstate carnivals. Hawke was named a half forward flanker in North Adelaide's official Team of the Century. Hawke later served in the 13th Field Regiment of the

Australian Army The Australian Army is the principal Army, land warfare force of Australia. It is a part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF), along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. The Army is commanded by the Chief of Army ...

during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

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* Magarey Medal winners North Adelaide Football Club players Australian rules footballers from South Australia Australian Army personnel of World War II 1909 births 1995 deaths Australian Army soldiers {{AFL-bio-1909-stub