Glynn Maxwell Hewitt is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the SANFL

South Australian National Football League

The South Australian National Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the governing body for the sport of Australian rules football in South Australia....

 and for Richmond

Richmond Football Club

The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...

 in the VFL

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

 during the 1970s. He is the father of Australian tennis player Lleyton Hewitt

Lleyton Hewitt

Lleyton Glynn Hewitt born 24 February 1981) is an Australian professional tennis player and former world no. 1.In 2000, Hewitt had won ATP titles on all three major surfaces and reached one final on carpet. By 2001, he became the youngest male ever to be ranked no. 1 at the age of 20...

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Hewitt was a key position forward and kicked 529 goals in the SANFL, from 285 games. He made his league debut in 1970 at the age of 17 for the West Adelaide Football Club

West Adelaide Football Club

West Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club in the South Australian National Football League . Commonly known as The Bloods and Westies, the clubs home base is City Mazda Stadium located in Richmond, an inner-western suburb of Adelaide.-Early Years :West Adelaide was formed in...

. He would top the Bloods goal kicking twice (1972 and 1976) and would go on to play 101 games and kick 248 goals for the club.

In 1973 and 1974 he played in the VFL with the Richmond Football Club and although he couldn't bring with him his prolific goal-kicking from South Australia he did once manage five goals in a game against Fitzroy

Fitzroy Football Club

The Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897...

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Hewitt returned to West Adelaide in 1976 and stayed for two seasons before joining Woodville

Woodville Football Club

Woodville Football Club was an Australian rules football club that competed in the South Australian National Football League from 1964 to 1990, when it merged with the West Torrens Football Club to form the Woodville-West Torrens Eagles....

 in 1978. There he would kick 203 goals from 80 games with the club, including 83 in 1979 which saw him finish as the SANFL's leading goal kicker. He finished his career at South Adelaide

South Adelaide Football Club

South Adelaide Football Club competes in the South Australian National Football League . Known as the Panthers, their home ground is Hickinbotham Oval , located in Noarlunga Downs in the southern suburbs of Adelaide....

 with whom he played 86 games and kicked 78 goals before retiring in 1986.

Hewitt represented South Australia at the 1972 Perth Carnival

1972 Perth Carnival

The 1972 Perth Carnival was the 18th edition of the Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian rules football interstate competition....

and played five interstate football games in all, for 13 goals.