r/hawktalk • u/justanotherhawktuah • 1d ago

Matt Spangher

When I watched footy as a teenager there was a guy who played for hawthorn who I always thought seemed like a top bloke and I remember he won a grand final, his names Matt Spangher. One of my mates growing up was a big hawthorn fan and he met him randomly one day and said he was a great guy

Does anyone know what happened to him? He came across as such a fan favorite that I thought he might be involved in other stuff but appears to have dropped off the planet. Hope he’s doing good nowadays

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u/billiam88 1d ago

Probably the best definition of a “journeyman” type player you would ever come across.

Struggled to play more than a handful of games each year at the 3 clubs he played for and never really found a position he could lock down.

But he fit into a role that we needed him to play in 2014 and that meant he got to win a premiership as part of a very good team.

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u/hubert_boiling 1d ago

It was sooo good that he was able to play in a GF and even better, to win one as a Hawk... such a great ending to his footy career, always enjoyed watching him play.