| Garry Hocking | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Garry Andrew Hocking | ||
| Nickname(s) | Buddha[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 October 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Cobram, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Cobram (MFL) | ||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1987–2001 | Geelong | 274 (243) | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 1992–1999 | Victoria | 8 (10) | |
| Coaching career3 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 2005 | Peel Thunder | 20 (3–17–0) | |
| 2012 | Port Adelaide | 4 (0–3–1) | |
| 2014–2015 | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | 41 (26–15–0) | |
| 2017 | South Adelaide | 18 (8–10–0) | |
| 2020 | Collingwood (VFL) | 0 (0–0–0) | |
| Total | 83 (37–45–1) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2001. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of 2017. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Garry Andrew Hocking (born 8 October 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Tough and skilled in equal measure, Hocking was an integral part of Geelong's midfield who was recognised at both club and League level as one of the finest players of the 1990s, winning club best and fairests, All-Australian honours and finishing top three in the Brownlow Medal vote count on four occasions. Recognisable on the field with his curly brown mullet hairstyle and nicknamed "Buddha", Hocking was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2008, and was also named in Geelong's Team of the Century and Hall of Fame.
Since retiring from playing, Hocking has coached at various clubs. He coached Port Adelaide in the 2012 AFL season for four games after Matthew Primus was sacked. He has also been head coach of Peel Thunder, the Port Adelaide SANFL side,[2] South Adelaide, and the Collingwood VFL side.