Nick 'Dutchy' Holland was born on 29 July 1974 and is a former professional Australian rules football player who played 179 games for Australian Football League club Hawthorn between 1994 and 2005, serving as Vice Captain between 1999 and 2003.
13 Facts About Nick Holland
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Nick Holland is CEO of the EJ Whitten Foundation.
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Originally from South Australian National Football League club North Adelaide, Nick Holland was recruited by Hawthorn at the 1992 AFL Draft.
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Nick Holland made his senior AFL debut in Round 3,1994 against North Melbourne Football Club at the Melbourne Cricket Ground at full-back.
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In 1995 Nick Holland was tried at centre-half forward and was awarded the Norwich Rising Star Award that season and achieved a second placing in Hawthorn's Best and Fairest award.
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Nick Holland was Hawthorn's leading goalkicker in 1997 and 2000, when he won the club best and fairest award in a tie with Daniel Chick.
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Nick Holland retired from AFL football at the end of the 2005 season, following a shoulder injury.
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Nick Holland had played 179 games for Hawthorn and kicked 239 goals.
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Nick Holland studied during his AFL career obtaining both a Science Degree and a Law Degree and was admitted as a solicitor to the Supreme Court of Victoria in March 2007.
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Nick Holland began working for the Labor Party lawyers, Holding Redlich followed by the Australian Sports Commission in Canberra.
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Nick Holland is an executive director of the Sports Law Committee.
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Nick Holland made several appearances on the panel of The Footy Show and the 'Rex Hunt Footy Show' during his football career and has hosted the football-related children's television show Totally Footy on Channel 10, and Channel 7's Around the Grounds.
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Nick Holland is currently an Australian Broadcasting Corporation columnist, writes for Melbourne-based newspaper The Age and makes regular appearances on the ABC News show The Drum.