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[1] to mother Katrina, an Aboriginal woman from Stradbroke Island in Queensland.[2] He grew up in the suburb of Sandringham.[3]

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.[4] Karl Amon played his junior football at the East Sandringham Zebras[5] and later 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.[2] He played U18 football with the Sandringham Dragons in the TAC Cup.[2]

AFL career

Amon playing for Port Adelaide in 2018

Port Adelaide (2014–2022)

Amon was drafted by Port Adelaide with the 68th selection in the 2013 AFL draft.[6]

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.

Hawthorn (2023–present)

At the end of the 2022 season, Amon opted to exercise his rights as a free agent and moved to Hawthorn.[7][8]

Statistics

Updated to the end of round 17, 2026.[9]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2015Port Adelaide15 75348257317170.70.46.93.610.42.42.40
2016Port Adelaide15 151061347721145380.70.48.95.114.13.02.50
2017Port Adelaide15 145515310926258340.40.410.97.818.74.12.40
2018Port Adelaide15 62046469214100.30.07.77.715.32.31.70
2019Port Adelaide15 1791118814633463520.50.611.18.619.63.73.11
2020[a]Port Adelaide15 195819910730658550.30.410.55.616.13.12.91
2021Port Adelaide15 241117370196566141980.50.715.48.223.65.94.111
2022Port Adelaide15 22815342178520128810.40.715.58.123.65.83.715
2023Hawthorn10 2192326160486113370.40.115.57.623.15.41.82
2024Hawthorn10 2542425127552143500.20.117.05.122.15.72.03
2025Hawthorn10 2543426174600116530.20.117.07.024.04.62.12
2026Hawthorn10 14052319532683270.00.416.56.823.35.91.9
Career 20972772888144043289795520.30.413.86.920.74.72.635

Notes

  1. ↑ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Honours and achievements

Team

Representative

References

  1. ↑ ‘I was the kid in a wheelchair who just wanted to play sport’ from Adelaide Now 28 May 2022
  2. 1 2 3 "Pssst". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Sandringham teen Karl Amon drafted by the Power".
  4. ↑ Cannon, Jack (18 May 2015). "Karl Amon overcomes Perthes' disease to make AFL debut for Port Adelaide". Fox Sports.
  5. ↑ "Player Accolades". East Sandringham Zebras Junior Football Club. 25 April 2025. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  6. ↑ Amy, Paul (22 November 2013). "Sandringham teen Karl Amon drafted by the Power". Bayside Leader.
  7. ↑ "Karl Amon makes call". 25 August 2022.
  8. ↑ @AFLHouse (30 September 2022). "The AFL has received paperwork for Unrestricted Free Agent Karl Amon to sign with Hawthorn" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ↑ "Karl Amon". AFL Tables. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Amon