Bowman "Bo" Nixon is an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played with Collingwood

Collingwood Football Club

The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

 and Hawthorn

Hawthorn Football Club

The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...

 in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (AFL).

Nixon was drafted while at the Calder Cannons

Calder Cannons

The Calder Cannons are an Australian rules football club from Melbourne, Australia.The club competes in the TAC Cup and fields squads in the U15, 16 and most importantly the U18s. The club was formed in 1995 after the need for two more metropolitan clubs...

, but originally from Yarrawonga

Yarrawonga Football Club

The Yarrawonga Football Club, nicknamed the Pigeons, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in the town of Yarrawonga, Victoria located on the Murray River....

. He didn't feature in the 2003 AFL season

2003 AFL season

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, when Collingwood were grand finalists, but made three appearance in 2004. At the end of the year he had surgery to remove a malfunctioning kidney.

He was traded to Hawthorn prior to the 2005 season, along with the seventh selection of the 2004 AFL Draft

2004 AFL Draft

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, Jordan Lewis

Jordan Lewis

Jordan Michael Lewis is an Australian rules footballer, currently playing for the Hawthorn Football Club of the Australian Football League. His nicknames are "Taz" and "Chief".Lewis was voted Hawthorn's best first-year player in 2005...

, in return for draft picks 10 and 37. His only senior AFL game came in round 16 against the Kangaroos

North Melbourne Football Club

The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...

 at Docklands and he had 11 disposals. After being delisted he joined Port Melbourne

Port Melbourne Football Club

The Port Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Borough, is an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Port Melbourne and is currently playing in the Victorian Football League ....

.