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Charlie Dixon
Dixon playing for Port Adelaide in April 2018
Personal information
Full name Charles Dixon
Date of birth (1990-09-23) 23 September 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Cairns, Queensland
Original team(s) Redland (QAFL)
Cairns Saints (AFL Cairns)
Draft Zone Selection, 2009, Gold Coast
Height 200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Weight 107 kg (236 lb)[1]
Position(s) Key forward / ruckman
Club information
Current club Port Adelaide
Number 22
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
2011–2015 Gold Coast 65 (94)
2016–2024 Port Adelaide 156 (263)
Total 221 (357)
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Charlie Dixon (born 23 September 1990) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Gold Coast and Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by the Gold Coast Football Club as a Queensland zoned selection made available to Gold Coast under the AFL's draft concessions. He scored the first ever goal in the history of the Gold Coast Suns, in their first ever match on 2 April 2011 against Carlton.[2]

Early life and junior football

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Dixon was born and raised in Cairns, Queensland.[3] His parents both played basketball in their younger years and Charlie began playing basketball at the age of four where he made several junior representative sides through the eight years he played the sport.

Dixon began playing junior football with the Redlynch Lions Football Club in 2003. He would then join the Cairns Saints Football Club and made the seniors team at the age of 16. In his last game for the Saints he played in the 2007 AFL Cairns Grand Final on his 17th birthday; the Saints would finish runners-up.

Following graduation from high school at the end of 2007, he and his brother moved to Brisbane, where they were invited to play for the Redland Bombers in the AFL Queensland State League. He worked his way through the Redland ranks before playing for the senior side in 2008. In August 2008, Dixon was the first player ever to sign a contract with the newly formed Gold Coast Football Club for their inaugural year in the TAC Cup. At the beginning of the 2009 TAC Cup season, Dixon was named vice-captain of the club. He played 15 games for the season and also represented the Queensland under 18 teams in the AFL Under 18 Championships 3 times and was a standout.

Dixon's efforts in 2009 would see him officially drafted to the Gold Coast team at the start of 2010 by way of the local talent access selection. In the 2010 season with Gold Coast competing in the Victorian Football League, Dixon was again a standout when he finished the year with 22 goals from 14 games. Halfway through the season Dixon broke the player's code and was sent down to play for the Labrador Tigers for one match before returning to the VFL. He, along with teammate Brandon Matera, were the two leading goalkickers for the Suns in the 2010 VFL season.

AFL career

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Gold Coast

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He made his debut in Round 2, 2011 in the Gold Coast Suns' inaugural AFL match against Carlton at the Gabba, with Dixon kicking two of the Suns' goals in their heavy loss, including the club's first ever goal. Two weeks later it was found that Dixon had been playing half-blind his entire football career and required contact lenses. In Round 5, wearing contacts for the first time, Dixon was part of Gold Coast's first AFL victory over Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium and kicked two goals during the win. He would continue to play each game until round 6 when the Suns suffered their second-worst loss to date, a 139-point loss to the Essendon Bombers. Dixon was subsequently dropped and struggled to regain fitness which would only see him return to the senior side five more times for the season. He ended the 2011 season with 6 goals from 10 games.

Following the 2012 pre-season in which Dixon raced the clock to gain fitness, he managed to shed 5 kg and would return in round 5 against the North Melbourne Kangaroos, kicking two goals in the process. He was then tested in the ruck position for the next few games. In round 7 he suffered a soft tissue injury that would rule him out for 7 games. Upon return Dixon was tried in defence for the Suns and subsequently shone in the following weeks against the likes of Tom Hawkins, Jack Riewoldt and Jonathan Brown.

On 4 July 2015, in a win over North Melbourne, Dixon became the first Suns player to kick seven goals in a game.[4]

Port Adelaide

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In the 2015 AFL Trade Period Dixon was traded to Port Adelaide.[5] At the end of the 2020 AFL season, Dixon finished outright second in the Coleman Medal and earned his first All-Australian selection. He was also Port Adelaide's leading goalkicker, kicking 34 goals in 18 games.

Dixon announced his retirement from the AFL after the conclusion of the 2024 season.[6]

Statistics

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Statistics are correct to the end of round 22, 2022[7]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
H/O
 Hit-outs
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T H/O G B K H D M T H/O
2011 Gold Coast 23 10 6 4 39 38 77 14 18 9 0.6 0.4 3.9 3.8 7.7 1.4 1.8 0.9 0
2012 Gold Coast 23 12 4 6 89 62 151 48 21 93 0.3 0.5 7.4 5.2 12.6 4.0 1.8 7.8 0
2013 Gold Coast 23 13 19 7 93 73 166 42 31 135 1.5 0.5 7.2 5.6 12.8 3.2 2.4 10.4 4
2014 Gold Coast 23 14 24 9 74 55 129 37 28 69 1.7 0.6 5.3 3.9 9.2 2.6 2.0 4.9 0
2015 Gold Coast 23 16 41 15 102 49 151 59 27 32 2.6 0.9 6.4 3.1 9.4 3.7 1.7 2.0 6
2016 Port Adelaide 22 18 30 16 102 103 205 70 31 21 1.7 0.9 5.7 5.7 11.4 3.9 1.7 1.2 2
2017 Port Adelaide 22 23 49 30 218 117 335 149 71 29 2.1 1.3 9.5 5.1 14.6 6.5 3.1 1.3 8
2018 Port Adelaide 22 20 26 24 158 107 265 82 51 159 1.3 1.2 7.9 5.6 13.3 4.1 2.6 8.0 3
2019 Port Adelaide 22 9 13 11 61 40 101 29 19 23 1.4 1.2 6.8 4.4 11.2 3.2 2.1 2.6 0
2020[a] Port Adelaide 22 18 34 21 110 60 170 69 30 46 1.9 1.2 6.1 3.3 9.4 3.8 1.7 2.6 9
2021 Port Adelaide 22 24 48 24 178 117 295 97 50 104 2.0 1.0 7.4 4.9 12.3 4.0 2.1 4.3 3
2022 Port Adelaide 22 11 16 7 84 72 156 37 24 81 1.5 0.6 7.6 6.6 14.2 3.4 2.2 7.4
Career 188 310 174 1308 893 2201 733 401 801 1.7 0.9 7.0 4.8 11.7 3.9 2.1 4.3 35

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.

References

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  1. ^ "Charlie Dixon". Port Adelaide Football Club. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  2. ^ Strafford, Andrew (3 April 2011). "Blue skies turn grey for Suns' first night". The Age. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  3. ^ Russell, Tom (6 November 2015). "10 things you might not know about Charlie Dixon". Port Adelaide Football Club.
  4. ^ Gold Coast Suns vs North Melbourne, Round 14
  5. ^ Rucci, Michelangelo (20 October 2015). "Port Adelaide seals trade for Gold Coast key forward Charlie Dixon in three-club deal". The Advertiser. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  6. ^ "'I've been incredibly lucky': Powerhouse Dixon calls it a day". afl.com.au. 25 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Charlie Dixon". AFL Tables.
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