29 Facts About Sam Frost

Samuel Frost was born on 28 August 1993 and is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Sam Frost entered top-level football early when he played as a bottom-aged player for the Sandringham Dragons in the TAC Cup.

Sam Frost was recruited by the Greater Western Sydney Giants with the first selection in the 2012 rookie draft and made his debut during the 2012 season.

Sam Frost was born to Wendy and David Sam Frost, and after having a junior career of playing both volleyball and basketball, he focused on Australian rules football when he joined the Sandringham Dragons in the TAC Cup as a bottom-aged player in 2010 where he played as a ruckman.

Sam Frost completed year twelve at Wesley College in 2011 and returned to the Sandringham Dragons in the same year, in which he moved into the backline and played in the eight-point grand final win against the Oakleigh Chargers.

Sam Frost received mid-year state honours when he represented Vic Metro in the 2011 AFL Under 18 Championships and played in the winning final against Vic Country.

Sam Frost spent the first half of the 2012 season playing for the UWS Giants in the North East Australian Football League before he made his AFL debut in the ninety-five-point loss against Fremantle at Patersons Stadium in round seventeen where he recorded ten disposals, four tackles, three marks and a goal.

Sam Frost played the next two matches before requiring hip surgery, which ended his season with three AFL matches in total.

Sam Frost played his first AFL match of the 2013 season in the forty-one point loss against Melbourne at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round four, he was omitted the next week for the match against Gold Coast at Manuka Oval before returning to the senior side the next week for his last AFL match of the year in the thirty-nine-point loss against Essendon at Etihad Stadium.

Sam Frost played the majority of the year in the NEAFL where he played 22 matches for the season.

Sam Frost played in the first eight matches of the year before being omitted for the first match after the mid-season bye in the round ten match against Richmond at Spotless Stadium.

Sam Frost returned the next week for the seven-point loss against Hawthorn at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, and played the next five matches before he was dropped for the round seventeen match against Fremantle at Patersons Stadium.

Sam Frost played in two of the remaining six matches to finish with sixteen matches for the year.

Sam Frost played his first match for Melbourne in the twenty-six-point win against Gold Coast at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round one.

Sam Frost played the first three matches of the year before breaking his toe during the twenty-five-point loss against Adelaide at the Adelaide Oval in round three.

Sam Frost was initially ruled out for "four to six weeks," but he did not return to any football during 2015.

The start of the 2016 season saw Sam Frost move into the forward line and he played in the opening round match against Greater Western Sydney at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in a two-point win.

Sam Frost was omitted the next week for the match against Essendon, before returning for the five-point loss against North Melbourne at Blundstone Arena the next week; he played the next four matches before he was dropped for the round seven match against Gold Coast at Metricon Stadium.

Sam Frost spent the next three weeks in the Victorian Football League playing for Melbourne's affiliate team, the Casey Scorpions and returned for the eighteen point loss against Hawthorn at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round eleven.

Sam Frost's return to the senior side saw him return to playing as a defender; the move to the backline proved successful for Frost as he played every match for the remainder of the season apart from the round seventeen match against St Kilda at Etihad Stadium where he was a late withdrawal due to illness to finish the season with sixteen matches in total.

Sam Frost played his first AFL match of the year in the two-point loss to Fremantle at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round four.

Sam Frost played sixteen consecutive matches, including his fiftieth AFL match in the three-point win against West Coast at Domain Stadium in round fourteen, before he was omitted for the round twenty-one match against St Kilda at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Sam Frost did not return to the AFL side for the remainder of the year and speculation was starting to arise by the media that he would be involved in a trade with Adelaide so the club could try and secure Jake Lever.

Sam Frost dispelled the speculation in September when he signed a two-year contract, tying him to the club until the end of the 2019 season.

Sam Frost was traded to Hawthorn at the conclusion of the 2019 AFL season.

Sam Frost was assigned guernsey number 8 for the 2020 season.

Sam Frost made an immediate impact with his aerial dominance in defence He missed just one game in his first year at the club, the following year he played every game.

Sam Frost has proven his versatility, with stints up forward and in the ruck.

In 2023 he had to battle some minor injury niggles across the year, Sam Frost's season was cut short again.