Evan Hewitt is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played with North Melbourne

North Melbourne Football Club

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 and Adelaide in the Australian Football League

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 (AFL).

Hewitt arrived at North Melbourne from WAFL

West Australian Football League

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 club Subiaco

Subiaco Football Club

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, having been recruited with the 23rd selection of the 1996 AFL Draft

1996 AFL Draft

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. He was unable to hold down a key forward spot at North Melbourne as Wayne Carey

Wayne Carey

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 and Corey McKernan

Corey McKernan

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 were first choices. Hewitt, who spent some time in the ruck, did however manage to put together 19 games in 1998 and win an AFL Rising Star

1998 AFL Rising Star

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 nomination. The following season he could only manage four games due to the strength of the Kangaroos team, which went on to claim their second premiership in three seasons.

The Kangaroos traded Hewitt to Adelaide in the 2000 AFL Draft

2000 AFL Draft

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, for pick 23 Drew Petrie

Drew Petrie

Drew Petrie is an Australian rules footballer for the North Melbourne Football Club. Since debuting in 2001 he has played over 100 games for the club. He has played in a variety of roles for the Kangaroos including centre half-forward, defence and ruck...

. He appeared in an elimination final with Adelaide in 2001 but after playing just two games in 2002 he was delisted.

Returning to Western Australia, Hewitt signed with South Fremantle

South Fremantle Football Club

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in 2003 and had a four year stint in the WAFL. He topped the club's goal-kicking in his last two seasons, with 53 goals in their premiership year of 2005 and 61 goals in 2006.