Max Holmes (born 29 August 2002) 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 plays for

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung language, Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River (Victo ...

in the

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(AFL). Geelong traded their future first round pick with

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to secure Pick 20 in the 2020 AFL draft to select Holmes. Holmes made his AFL debut in round 3 of the

2021 AFL season The 2021 AFL season was the 125th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest-level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season feature ...

against Hawthorn in the traditional Easter Monday clash. Holmes' mother is former Olympian Lee Naylor. Holmes grew up in East Malvern and played junior football for Prahran and East Malvern Knights in the South Metro Junior Football League. Holmes was an integral part of Geelong's 2022 premiership campaign, but injured his hamstring in Geelong's preliminary final against

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. Holmes was reportedly very close to playing in the Grand Final, but Geelong chose not to select him due to the risk of re-injury, and the significant depth they had. Holmes won the Grand Final Sprint on AFL Grand Final Day 2023.

Statistics

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Honours and achievements

Team *

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Individual * Geelong F.C. Best Young Player Award: 2021 *

Carji Greeves Medal The Carji Greeves Medal is a name given in recent decades to an Australian rules football award given to the player(s) adjudged best and fairest for the Geelong Football Club for the season. The voting system has changed a number of times. Fo ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Holmes, Max 2002 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Geelong Football Club players Sandringham Dragons players People educated at Melbourne Grammar School 21st-century Australian sportsmen People from the City of Stonnington