Robert Hansen Jr. (born 13 March 2004) is a professional

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 for the

North Melbourne Football Club The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos or colloquially the Roos, is a professional Australian rules football club. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AF ...

in the

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(AFL).

Early life

Hansen hails from

Kalgoorlie Kalgoorlie-Boulder (or just Kalgoorlie) is a city in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, located east-northeast of Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway. It is referred to as Kalgoorlie–Boulder as the surroundi ...

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. He played for

Mines Rovers Football Club Mines Rovers Football Club is an Australian rules football team playing in the Goldfields Football League, a league based in the Goldfields region of Western Australia. Founded in 1898 as Mines Football Club, the club has enjoyed a long-stan ...

as a child before moving to

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at age 10 and went through

Subiaco Football Club The Subiaco Football Club, nicknamed the Lions and known before 1973 as the ''Maroons'', is an Australian rules football club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW). It was founded in 1896, and admitted to the WAF ...

's development pathways, as well as school football for

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AFL career

Hansen was recruited by with the 2nd overall selection in the 2023 mid-season rookie draft. Hansen debuted for North Melbourne in round 20 of the

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in a 5-point loss to .

Statistics

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Personal life

Hansen's father, Robert Hansen, played football in Kalgoorlie and tallied 38 senior games in the late 1990s for Subiaco Football Club. Hansen's cousin, Tyrell Dewar, was on the

West Coast Eagles The West Coast Eagles are a professional Australian rules football club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and first competed in 1987 as one of two expansion teams in the Australian Football League (AFL), then known ...

playing list as of 2023.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hansen, Robert 2004 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Kalgoorlie North Melbourne Football Club players 21st-century Australian sportsmen