Matthew Hammelmann (born 8 March 1996) 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

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in the

Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional sports, professional competition of Australian rules football. It was originally named the Victorian Football League (VFL) and was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition ...

(AFL). He was drafted by the Brisbane Lions with its fourth selection and 75th overall in the 2015 AFL rookie draft.

Career

Hammelmann debuted for Brisbane in a 42-point loss against in round 14, 2016. In October 2017, he was delisted by Brisbane. Hammelmann joined for the

2021 VFL season The 2021 VFL season was the 139th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), a second-tier Australian rules football competition played in the states of Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland. The season began on 16 April but was curtailed ...

. He won the 'Frosty' Miller Medal as the leading goalkicker of the competition, kicking 42 goals from 10 matches. In 2022, he joined

Queensland Australian Football League The Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL or "Q-A-F-L") is an Australian rules football competition organised by the AFL Queensland, contested by clubs from South East Queensland. Founded in 1903 it was previously known as the Queens ...

(QAFL) club . Hammelmann was the leading goalkicker in the

2023 QAFL season The 2023 QAFL season was the 112th season of the Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL), the highest-level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Queensland. The season featured 12 clubs, beginning on 1 April and concluding on ...

, kicking 106 goals. He kicked 5 goals in the club's

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loss to Aspley the same year.

References

External links

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Team Hammertime - Matthew Hammelmann Facebook Group
1996 births Living people Brisbane Lions players Morningside Australian Football Club players Redland Football Club players Aspley Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Brisbane 21st-century Australian sportsmen People educated at Brisbane Grammar School {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub