Erin Hoare

Erin Hoare (born 17 July 1989) is an Australian academic and a former professional Australian rules footballer who last played for the Geelong Football Club.

A former national level netballer, Hoare was primarily a goal shooter, but also played goal attack.

Netball career
Beginning her career with the Melbourne Vixens in 2013, Hoare was primarily a bench player, earning two ANZ Championship caps during her time at the club. In 2014, Hoare with the Melbourne Vixens won the ANZ Championship premiership.

At the end of the 2014 ANZ Championship season, it was announced that Hoare would be leaving the Melbourne Vixens to join the NSW Swifts for the 2015 ANZ Championship season. Hoare joined Caitlin Thwaites, Susan Pratley and Stephanie Wood as the shooters for the NSW Swifts. At 194 cm, Hoare was the tallest of the NSW Swifts shooters and one of the tallest players in the ANZ Championship.

Accolades

 * 2013 Melbourne Vixens Coaches' Award
 * 2013-14 Australian Netball League Premiers (with Victorian Fury)
 * 2014 ANZ Championship Premiers (with Melbourne Vixens)
 * 2012 Victorian Fury ANL team
 * 2012 Victorian Netball League Team of the Year
 * 2012 Geelong Cougars Best and Fairest

Australian rules football
Hoare first played football in 2017 with in the VFL Women's competition. Later that year she signed a rookie contract with to play in the AFL Women's competition in 2018.

In May 2018 Hoare accepted an offer from expansion club to play with the club in the 2019 AFLW season.

Hoare announced her retirement from the AFLW following the 2019 season.

In April 2023, Hoare was drafted by as the first selection in the 2023 AFL Women's supplementary draft. She is the tallest player in the history of the AFL Women's competition at 194 cm, and returns to the league after continuing her studies at Cambridge University (where she played with the Cambridge University Australian Rules Football Club) and having two children.

In June 2024, on the eve of the 2024 AFL Women's season, Hoare announced her immediate retirement from football.

Academic career
Hoare completed her PhD in Public Health/Psychology at Deakin University in 2016, and has worked as Australian Rotary Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention at Deakin University and the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, in Victoria, Australia. She has published a number of papers on epidemiology of lifestyle factors for physical and mental health outcomes using large datasets, especially relating to adolescents, depression and obesity in Australia.