Hugh Dixon

Hugh Dixon (born 26 February 1999) is an Australian rules footballer who currently plays for the Tasmania Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL), having previously played for and West Coast in the Australian Football League (AFL), in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and in the VFL.

Early career Drafted with the 44th selection in the 2017 AFL draft from the Kingborough Football Club in the Tasmanian State League, he played most of the junior football as a key forward and part-time ruckman. After playing for the Allies at the 2017 AFL Under 18 Championships, he was the only player from Tasmania to be invited to the 2017 AFL Draft Combine.

Career Upon moving to Fremantle, he played for Peel Thunder in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), Fremantle's reserve team, however ankle and hamstring injuries restricted him to only 9 games in 2018 and 13 games in 2019.

Dixon made his AFL debut for Fremantle in the last round of the 2019 AFL season at Adelaide Oval against Port Adelaide, as a late replacement for Sean Darcy who withdrew due to delayed concussion. He then joined the East Fremantle Football Club in the West Australian Football League for the 2021 season.

Dixon was re-drafted as a rookie by ahead of the 2022 AFL season as part of the supplemental selection period (SSP). However Dixon ended up being de-listed at the end of the same season.

After leaving West Coast, Dixon re-joined East Fremantle for the 2023 WAFL season. Dixon helped East Fremantle to their 30th WAFL premiership and first since 1998.

After his WAFL premiership success, Dixon moved over east to the Southport Sharks in the VFL. He played in the club's six-point 2024 VFL grand final loss to .Dixon won the leading goalkicker for Southport and came 6th in the overall league individual tally kicking 43 goals across the season.

In round 10 of the 2025 VFL season, Dixon kicked 13 goals against the Northern Bullants and was awarded the Alex Aurrichio Medal as the best on ground player. It was the most goals from a player in the VFL since 's Jack Aziz kicked 15 goals against in round 15 of the 1997 season.

Statistics AFL statistics Updated to the end of the 2022 season.

11 5 3 48 45 93 28 26 21 0.5 0.3 4.4 4.1 8.5 2.5 2.4 1.9

WAFL statistics Updated to the end of the 2023 season.

57 61 25 431 308 739 239 172 421 1.1 0.4 7.6 5.4 13.0 4.2 3.0 7.4

VFL statistics Updated to the end of 2025.

40 94 42 356 186 542 217 58 93 2.4 1.1 8.9 4.7 13.6 5.4 1.5 2.3