Introduction
Anthony Rock (born 29 September 1970) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne and Hawthorn in the VFL/AFL.
Rock played his junior football at St Dominic's Junior FC - a club that later folded due to lack of parent volunteers that leaving him without a club at Age 13.
He soon found his way to Hadfield and it was this club from which he was recruited, debuting in the league during the 1988 season with North Melbourne. He stayed with the club a further 3 years after playing in their 1996 Centenary Premiership, moving to Hawthorn until his retirement in 2001. His final game was with VFL affiliate, Box Hill Hawks securing another flag in the club's first Premiership.
From 2002-2004 Rock was the Head Coach/Development Manager of the North Ballarat Rebels in the TAC Cup. During this period, Rock guided many young players into AFL careers. Among those drafted under his tutor-ledge were Jed Addock, Clinton Young, Troy Chaplin, Shaun Grigg, Liam Picken, Matt Rosa, Michael Jamieson and Brad Sewell.
From 2005-2008, Rock was the Midfield Coach at Melbourne, St. Kilda and then back to North Melbourne after departing the AFL system.
During this period (2011-2015), it was announced that Rock would become the new senior Coach at Greenvale in the Essendon District Football League. Here, he led the club to back-to-back Premierships (2012/13) before heading to St Bernards Old Collegians in the Victorian Amateur Football Association where he coached them to a flag in the 2015 Premier Division . His time at St.Bernard's saw a further two of his players drafted in Mitch Hannan (Melbourne) And Ben Ronke (Sydney).
He then joined Fremantle as a development coach for the 2016 season and was then promoted to their Midfield Coach from 2017-2019.
Statistics
| Legend | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | Goals | B | Behinds | K | Kicks | H | Handballs | D | Disposals | M | Marks | T | Tackles |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | Averages (per game) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | North Melbourne | 52 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 2.0 | 7.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 1989 | North Melbourne | 44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 27.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0 |
| 1990 | North Melbourne | 3 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 212 | 63 | 275 | 39 | 24 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 15.1 | 4.5 | 19.6 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 7 |
| 1991 | North Melbourne | 3 | 20 | 25 | 14 | 301 | 144 | 445 | 62 | 24 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 15.1 | 7.2 | 22.3 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 1 |
| 1992 | North Melbourne | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 140 | 58 | 198 | 25 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 15.6 | 6.4 | 22.0 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0 |
| 1993 | North Melbourne | 3 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 249 | 73 | 322 | 34 | 19 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 14.6 | 4.3 | 18.9 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 2 |
| 1994 | North Melbourne | 3 | 23 | 11 | 16 | 243 | 114 | 357 | 39 | 33 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 10.6 | 5.0 | 15.5 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1 |
| 1995 | North Melbourne | 3 | 24 | 19 | 13 | 273 | 114 | 387 | 59 | 38 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 11.4 | 4.8 | 16.1 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 0 |
| 1996† | North Melbourne | 3 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 368 | 159 | 527 | 95 | 43 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 14.7 | 6.4 | 21.1 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 3 |
| 1997 | North Melbourne | 3 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 297 | 115 | 412 | 69 | 40 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 13.5 | 5.2 | 18.7 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 0 |
| 1998 | North Melbourne | 3 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 157 | 81 | 238 | 44 | 17 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 8.3 | 4.3 | 12.5 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 5 |
| 1999 | Hawthorn | 32 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 129 | 85 | 214 | 40 | 23 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 8.6 | 5.7 | 14.3 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2000 | Hawthorn | 32 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 235 | 129 | 364 | 91 | 32 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 9.8 | 5.4 | 15.2 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 0 |
| 2001 | Hawthorn | 32 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 21 | 56 | 15 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 7.0 | 4.2 | 11.2 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 0 |
| Career | 222 | 155 | 125 | 2674 | 1177 | 3851 | 618 | 320 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 12.0 | 5.3 | 17.3 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 19 | ||