Beau Dowler was selected at no.6 in the 2005 AFL Draft as a forward prospect for the Hawks. Unfortuantely he was involved in a car accident late in 2005 which limited his impact on the field, and struggled in his two games late in the season. His first game for 2007 came in round 17 against North Melbourne Football Club at Launceston's Aurora Stadium. Hawthorn struggled that match, as three players were late withdrawals. Lance Franklin was ill, and Thomas Murphy replaced him, Sam Mitchell was a late withdrawal was out from a leg injury, and Travis Tuck, drafted at pick 38 in the NAB National AFL Draft in 2005 as a Father and Son Pick, debutted. He is the son of hawks legend Michael Tuck, who played four-hundred and twenty-six games for Hawthorn Football Club in the Number 17 guernsey. Michael Tuck has the record for most amount of games in an AFL career, most finals games (39), and he has a medal named after him, which is awarded for the best on ground in the pre-season Grand Final Match. Beau Dowler replaced Mitch Thorp, who had tightness in his calf after Friday's practice match. This made the way for Beau Dowler's success in Hawthorn Football Club, as he kicked his first two goals in his AFL career, had his highest amount of possesions, and also highest amount of kicks, handballs, marks and Frees Against. He finished with 8 disposals, and 5 of them were kicks, and the other 3 were handballs. He also finished the match with 5 marks. National Draft In total there were 76 picks in the 2005 AFL Draft. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Its true that everything old is new again which is why youre once again seeing people wearing KangaROOS shoes. ... York Park (now known as Aurora Stadium) is the major Australian rules football ground located in Inveresk, an inner city suburb of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. ... Sam Mitchell refers to: Sam Mitchell (footballer), Australian rules player for the Hawthorn Football Club. ... Michael Tuck (born June 24, 1953) is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL with the Hawthorn Football Club. ...

Nicknames include: B1

Career StatsItalic text: 3 games, 8 kicks (2.67 per game), 7 marks (2.33 per game), 6 handballs (2 per game), 14 disposals (4.67 per game), 2 goals (0.67 per game), 2 behinds (0.67 per game), 7 tackles (2.33 per game) and 3 Frees Against (1 per game).

He was originally recruted from the TAC side, Oakleigh Chargers into the U/18 Championships. From there, he played for Vic Metro, and all of a sudden, he was named All Australian. Everything seemed clean as a whistle in his career, and in some corners of the media, was regarded as a potential number one draft pick, until disaster struck. He was involved in a car accident, and broke his pelvis.

Dowler can lead quickly and is an excellent reader of play.

External links

• Beau Dowler profile on the Official AFL Website of the Hawthorn Football Club
• Beau Dowler's statistics from AFL Tables