Kingsley Hunter
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Kingsley Hunter is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League
between 1995 and 2003.
He started his AFL career with the Fremantle Football Club
in their inaugural year after being the leading goalkicker for WAFL
team Claremont
in 1994. He started slowly with Fremantle, playing only three goalless games in 1995, but impressed in 1996 by kicking the most goals for Fremantle and being awarded a AFL rising star nomination in round 14. The following year saw a continuation of his good goalkicking form with a second consecutive goalkicking award for Fremantle, including a career best 7 goals in a 100 point loss against Collingwood.
Despite kicking a goal in each of his 11 games in 1998, he was traded to the Western Bulldogs
for the 1999 season. At the Bulldogs he often played in the backline and had three successful seasons between 2000 and 2002. In 2003 he went to Hawthorn
but only managed 2 games before announcing his retirement from AFL football.
He returned to the WAFL in 2004, but switched to East Fremantle
, rather than returning to Claremont before retiring from professional football at the end of 2005.
Kingsley was awarded the official AFL Goal of the Year
for 2000 with a running goal which began in the defensive 50.
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
between 1995 and 2003.
He started his AFL career with the Fremantle Football Club
Fremantle Football Club
The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed The Dockers, is an Australian rules football team which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in the port city of Fremantle at the mouth of the Swan River in Western Australia...
in their inaugural year after being the leading goalkicker for WAFL
West Australian Football League
The West Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The WAFL is the second-most popular in the state, behind the nation-wide Australian Football League...
team Claremont
Claremont Football Club
The Claremont Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian rules football club in the West Australian Football League . Its official colours are navy blue and gold....
in 1994. He started slowly with Fremantle, playing only three goalless games in 1995, but impressed in 1996 by kicking the most goals for Fremantle and being awarded a AFL rising star nomination in round 14. The following year saw a continuation of his good goalkicking form with a second consecutive goalkicking award for Fremantle, including a career best 7 goals in a 100 point loss against Collingwood.
Despite kicking a goal in each of his 11 games in 1998, he was traded to the Western Bulldogs
Western Bulldogs
The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne...
for the 1999 season. At the Bulldogs he often played in the backline and had three successful seasons between 2000 and 2002. In 2003 he went to 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...
but only managed 2 games before announcing his retirement from AFL football.
He returned to the WAFL in 2004, but switched to East Fremantle
East Fremantle Football Club
The East Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Sharks, is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League . The team's home ground is East Fremantle Oval...
, rather than returning to Claremont before retiring from professional football at the end of 2005.
Kingsley was awarded the official AFL Goal of the Year
Goal of the Year (Australia)
The Goal of the Year is a competition for the best goals kicked in the VFL/AFL during that season. It is run in conjunction with the Mark of the Year competition and is currently sponsored by Panasonic. The award is also known as the Phil Manassa Medal....
for 2000 with a running goal which began in the defensive 50.