{"id":14676,"date":"2017-07-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/afl-superstar-hangs-up-the-boots\/"},"modified":"2017-07-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T00:00:00","slug":"afl-superstar-hangs-up-the-boots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/afl-superstar-hangs-up-the-boots\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL superstar hangs up the boots"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four-time Hawthorn premiership champ Luke Hodge has announced he will retire at the end of the season.<\/h3>\n

\u201cThe decision to finish my playing career at the end of the season is something I\u2019ve thought long and hard about,\u201d Hodge, 33, said on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t an easy decision to make, but I believe it is the right decision for both the club and I.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m still passionate about footy and I still love running out with the boys each week, but I\u2019m really looking forward to spending more time with my family, and given where the club is at, I know there are several guys knocking down the door and I\u2019m more than happy to step aside for them. <\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to thank everyone at Hawthorn Football Club for embracing my family and I over the past 16 years. This place has become like family and I\u2019ll leave here with friendships and memories that will last forever.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo the fans and members, thankyou for your continued support, it has been an honour to play in front of the brown and gold army every week and I look forward to the next seven weeks and seeing where our 2017 campaign can take us. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d like to make special mention of the team at Connors Sport Management, in particular Paul and Mel, for all the support they have given to my family and I since I joined them as a seventeen year-old.<\/p>\n

\u201cLastly, thank you to my wife Lauren, my three beautiful sons Cooper, Chase and Leo, and all my family and friends, without your support and sacrifice none of this would have been possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Four-time Hawthorn premiership champ Luke Hodge has announced he will retire at the end of the season. \u201cThe decision to finish my playing career at the end of the season is something I\u2019ve thought long and hard about,\u201d Hodge, 33, said on Monday. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t an easy decision to make, but I believe it is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":8167,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-14676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAFL superstar hangs up the boots - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/afl-superstar-hangs-up-the-boots\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AFL superstar hangs up the boots\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Four-time Hawthorn premiership champ Luke Hodge has announced he will retire at the end of the season. \u201cThe decision to finish my playing career at the end of the season is something I\u2019ve thought long and hard about,\u201d Hodge, 33, said on Monday. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t an easy decision to make, but I believe it is […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/afl-superstar-hangs-up-the-boots\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FIVEAA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1395FIVEaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-07-10T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/luke-hodge.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"620\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"370\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tim Ashdown\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@1395FIVEaa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@1395FIVEaa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tim Ashdown\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/sport\\\/afl-superstar-hangs-up-the-boots\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/sport\\\/afl-superstar-hangs-up-the-boots\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Tim Ashdown\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c9993afbb4e9c76944cb880fa918b687\"},\"headline\":\"AFL superstar hangs up the boots\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-07-10T00:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/sport\\\/afl-superstar-hangs-up-the-boots\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":313,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/sport\\\/afl-superstar-hangs-up-the-boots\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/luke-hodge.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/sport\\\/afl-superstar-hangs-up-the-boots\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/sport\\\/afl-superstar-hangs-up-the-boots\\\/\",\"name\":\"AFL superstar hangs up the boots - 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