Max Ramsden

Max Ramsden (born 19 April 2003) is a professional Australian rules footballer with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early career
Max Ramsden started as a junior at South Melbourne Districts under 9s. A keen supporter, He played for several years rising thought the age groups before concentrating on basketball. A handy basketballer, he played representative basketball for the Melbourne Tigers. After the lifting of Covid restrictions, Ramsden decided to play football because his friends all were playing. On a recommendation from his school's sporting coach, Ramsden joined the Sandringham Dragons. Ramsden time at the Dragons he became one of the most talked about prospects in the lead up to the 2022 mid-season draft.

AFL career
Ramsden was the sixth player picked in the 2022 mid-season draft, having made an impression playing for Sandringham Dragons in the under 18 competition. By being drafted he lined up with Box Hill Hawks in the Victorian Football League. It was a fast learning curve, but with improvement he show some of the potential that the selectors had in him. He accepted a two-year contract extension in April 2023. A series of strong performances in 2023 led to the debutation on round 7 2023 against at Marvel Stadium.

Dropped after the one game, Ramsden returned to the VFL for further development.

Study
He is currently studying commerce at Melbourne University

Statistics
Updated to the end of round 7, 2024.

! colspan=3| Career ! 5 !! 1 !! 1 !! 12 !! 19 !! 31 !! 12 !! 6 !! 0.2 !! 0.2 !! 2.4 !! 3.8 !! 6.2 !! 2.4 !! 1.2 !! 0
 * 2022 || || 38
 * 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 0
 * 2023 || || 38
 * 2 || 0 || 1 || 5 || 9 || 14 || 5 || 0 || 0.0 || 0.5 || 2.5 || 4.5 || 7.0 || 2.5 || 0.0 || 0
 * 2024 || || 38
 * 3 || 1 || 0 || 7 || 10 || 17 || 7 || 6 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 2.3 || 3.3 || 5.7 || 2.3 || 2.0 ||
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 * 2024 || || 38
 * 3 || 1 || 0 || 7 || 10 || 17 || 7 || 6 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 2.3 || 3.3 || 5.7 || 2.3 || 2.0 ||
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 * }