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Karl Amon
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Amon playing for Port Adelaide in 2018
Personal information
Full name Karl Amon
Date of birth (1995-08-19) 19 August 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Melbourne, Victoria
Original team Sandringham Dragons (TAC Cup)
Draft No. 68, 2013 national draft
Debut Round 7, 2015, Port Adelaide
v. Brisbane Lions, at the Gabba
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Hawthorn
Number 10

Karl Amon (born 19 August 1995) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Port Adelaide Football Club from 2014 to 2022.

Early life

Amon was born and raised in Melbourne to mother Katrina, an Aboriginal woman from Stradbroke Island in Queensland.

At the age of five, Amon was diagnosed with Perthes disease, undergoing several operations, including five on his hip. Between the ages of 5 and 8, he was regularly in hospital and spent a year in a wheelchair followed by a year on crutches. Karl Amon played his junior football at the Hampton Rovers Football Club and also played one senior VAFA game at the football club he was participating in at that time.

Amon was a member of the Flying Boomerangs Under 15 team. He played U18 football with the Sandringham Dragons in the TAC Cup.

AFL career

Amon was drafted by Port Adelaide with the 68th selection in the 2013 AFL draft.

Amon built up his form at SANFL level in 2014, picking up more of the ball and improving his skill level under pressure. He made his senior debut in round 7, 2015 against the Brisbane Lions at the Gabba, where he gathered 9 disposals and kicked a goal. He played 7 matches for the season, being a substitute in 5 of them. In one of his two full games against the Gold Coast Suns, he had 16 possessions and kicked 3 goals.

After an injured-ravaged 2018 season, Amon returned in 2019 and cemented his spot in the senior side, playing 73 games in a row from mid-2019 to the end of 2022.

At the end of the 2022 season, Amon opted to exercise his rights as a free agent and moved to Hawthorn.

Statistics

Updated to the end of 2024.

Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
AFL playing statistics
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2015 Port Adelaide 15 7 5 3 48 25 73 17 17 0.7 0.4 6.9 3.6 10.5 2.4 2.4 0
2016 Port Adelaide 15 15 10 6 134 77 211 45 38 0.7 0.4 8.9 5.1 14.0 3.0 2.5 0
2017 Port Adelaide 15 14 5 5 153 109 262 58 34 0.4 0.4 10.9 7.8 18.7 4.1 2.4 0
2018 Port Adelaide 15 6 2 0 46 46 92 14 10 0.3 0.0 7.7 7.7 15.3 2.3 1.7 0
2019 Port Adelaide 15 17 9 11 188 146 334 63 52 0.5 0.7 11.1 8.6 19.7 3.7 3.1 1
2020 Port Adelaide 15 19 5 8 199 107 306 58 55 0.3 0.4 10.5 5.6 16.1 3.1 2.9 1
2021 Port Adelaide 15 24 11 17 370 196 566 141 98 0.5 0.7 15.4 8.2 23.6 5.9 4.1 11
2022 Port Adelaide 15 22 8 15 342 178 520 128 81 0.4 0.7 15.5 8.1 23.6 5.8 3.7 15
2023 Hawthorn 10 21 9 2 326 160 486 113 37 0.4 0.1 15.5 7.6 23.1 5.4 1.8 2
2024 Hawthorn 10 25 4 2 425 127 552 143 50 0.2 0.1 17.0 5.1 22.1 5.7 2.0 3
Career 170 68 69 2231 1171 3402 780 472 0.4 0.4 13.1 6.9 20.0 4.6 2.8 33

Notes

Honours and achievements

Port Adelaide

  • Minor premiership: 2020

Hawthorn

  • McClelland Trophy: 2024
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