Sam Frost
| Sam Frost | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Frost playing for Melbourne in June 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Samuel Frost | ||
| Date of birth | 28 August 1993 | ||
| Original team(s) | Sandringham Dragons (TAC Cup) | ||
| Draft | No. 1, 2012 rookie draft | ||
| Debut | Round 17, 2012, Greater Western Sydney vs. Fremantle, at Patersons Stadium | ||
| Height | 194 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Key defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Hawthorn | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2012–2014 | Greater Western Sydney | 21 (2) | |
| 2015–2019 | Melbourne | 70 (6) | |
| 2020– | Hawthorn | 92 (1) | |
| Total | 183 (9) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2024. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Samuel Frost (born 28 August 1993) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A utility, 1.95 metres (6 ft 5 in) tall and weighing 94 kilograms (207 lb), Frost has the ability to play as either a forward or defender, and is capable of also playing in the ruck. He entered top-level football early when he played as a bottom-aged player for the Sandringham Dragons in the TAC Cup. His final year as a junior saw him play in both the winning grand final for Sandringham and the winning final for Vic Metro in the 2011 AFL Under 18 Championships. He was recruited by the Greater Western Sydney Giants with the first selection in the 2012 rookie draft and made his debut during the 2012 season. After three seasons with Greater Western Sydney and twenty-one matches in total, he was traded to the Melbourne Football Club during the 2014 trade period. On 11 October 2019 he was traded to Hawthorn.
Early life
[edit]Frost was born to Wendy and David Frost,[1] and after having a junior career of playing both volleyball and basketball, he focused on Australian rules football when he joined the Sandringham Dragons in the TAC Cup as a bottom-aged player in 2010 where he played as a ruckman.[2] He completed year twelve at Wesley College in 2011 and returned to the Sandringham Dragons in the same year, in which he moved into the backline[2] and played in the eight-point grand final win against the Oakleigh Chargers.[3] He received mid-year state honours when he represented Vic Metro in the 2011 AFL Under 18 Championships[4] and played in the winning final against Vic Country.[5] Heading into the 2011 AFL draft he was predicted to be drafted inside the top thirty.[6][7]
AFL career
[edit]2012–2014: Early career at Greater Western Sydney
[edit]After missing selection in the 2011 national draft, Frost was ultimately recruited by the Greater Western Sydney Giants with the first overall selection in the 2012 rookie draft.[8] He spent the first half of the 2012 season playing for the UWS Giants in the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL)[9] before he made his AFL debut in the ninety-five-point loss against Fremantle at Patersons Stadium in round seventeen where he recorded ten disposals, four tackles, three marks and a goal.[10] He played the next two matches before requiring hip surgery, which ended his season with three AFL matches in total.[11] After spending the season on the rookie list, he was promoted to the senior list at the end of the season through the 2012 national draft.[12]
Frost played his first AFL match of the 2013 season in the forty-one point loss against Melbourne at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round four,[13] he was omitted the next week for the match against Gold Coast at Manuka Oval[14] before returning to the senior side the next week for his last AFL match of the year in the thirty-nine-point loss against Essendon at Etihad Stadium.[15] He played the majority of the year in the NEAFL where he played 22 matches for the season.[9]
After a strong pre-season in 2014,[16][17] and injuries to fellow backmen, Phil Davis and Tim Mohr, saw Frost given the opportunity to play in the seniors for an extended period of time.[18] He played in the first eight matches of the year before being omitted for the first match after the mid-season bye in the round ten match against Richmond at Spotless Stadium.[19] He returned the next week for the seven-point loss against Hawthorn at the Melbourne Cricket Ground,[20] and played the next five matches before he was dropped for the round seventeen match against Fremantle at Patersons Stadium.[21] He played in two of the remaining six matches to finish with sixteen matches for the year.[22] After twenty-one matches in total for Greater Western Sydney, he requested a trade in September to return to his home state of Victoria,[23] and was officially traded to the Melbourne Football Club in October.[24]
2015–2019: Move to Melbourne
[edit]Frost played his first match for Melbourne in the twenty-six-point win against Gold Coast at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round one.[25] He played the first three matches of the year before breaking his toe during the twenty-five-point loss against Adelaide at the Adelaide Oval in round three.[26] He was initially ruled out for "four to six weeks," but he did not return to any football during 2015.[27]
The start of the 2016 season saw Frost move into the forward line[28] and he played in the opening round match against Greater Western Sydney at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in a two-point win.[29] He was omitted the next week for the match against Essendon,[30] before returning for the five-point loss against North Melbourne at Blundstone Arena the next week;[31] he played the next four matches before he was dropped for the round seven match against Gold Coast at Metricon Stadium.[32] He spent the next three weeks in the Victorian Football League (VFL) playing for Melbourne's affiliate team, the Casey Scorpions[33] and returned for the eighteen point loss against Hawthorn at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round eleven.[34] His return to the senior side saw him return to playing as a defender;[35] the move to the backline proved successful for Frost as he played every match for the remainder of the season apart from the round seventeen match against St Kilda at Etihad Stadium where he was a late withdrawal due to illness[36] to finish the season with sixteen matches in total.[22]
Heading into the 2017 season, Frost sustained a foot injury which forced him to miss the opening round clash against St Kilda and instead start the season in the VFL with Casey.[37] He played his first AFL match of the year in the two-point loss to Fremantle at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round four.[38] In his third match back, he was praised for his performance in the three-point loss to Hawthorn at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round seven, in which he recorded twenty disposals, seven rebound 50s and seven marks, by senior coach, Simon Goodwin, with Melbourne reporter, Matt Burgan, stating it was one of Frost's "best AFL performances"[39] and he was named in AFL Media's team of the week.[40] He played sixteen consecutive matches, including his fiftieth AFL match in the three-point win against West Coast at Domain Stadium in round fourteen,[41] before he was omitted for the round twenty-one match against St Kilda at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[42] He did not return to the AFL side for the remainder of the year and speculation was starting to arise by the media that he would be involved in a trade with Adelaide so the club could try and secure Jake Lever.[43] He dispelled the speculation in September when he signed a two-year contract, tying him to the club until the end of the 2019 season.[44]
2020–present: Hawthorn
[edit]Frost was traded to Hawthorn at the conclusion of the 2019 AFL season.[45] Frost was assigned guernsey number 8 for the 2020 season.[46]
Frost made an immediate impact with his aerial dominance in defence He missed just one game in his first year at the club, the following year he played every game. In 2022 he accepted a contract extension for two years.[47] Frost has also proven his versatility, with stints up forward and in the ruck. Sam Frost’s experience as an defender has helped guide and develop a young backline. His 2022 season finished early with a knee injury.[48] In 2023 he had to battle some minor injury niggles across the year, Frost’s season was cut short again. The experienced defender managed to trigger a contract extension during 2024 but he sustained a stress fracture in his foot during the Elimination final and that ended his season.[49]
Statistics
[edit]Updated to the end of 2024.[22]
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| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
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| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 2012 | Greater Western Sydney | 48 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 7.7 | 4.7 | 12.4 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 0 |
| 2013 | Greater Western Sydney | 48 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 6.0 | 9.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2014 | Greater Western Sydney | 48 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 99 | 94 | 193 | 59 | 26 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 12.1 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 0 |
| 2015 | Melbourne | 17 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 8.3 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Melbourne | 17 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 113 | 93 | 206 | 57 | 35 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 7.1 | 5.8 | 12.9 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 0 |
| 2017 | Melbourne | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 127 | 89 | 216 | 61 | 40 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 7.9 | 5.6 | 13.5 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 2018 | Melbourne | 17 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 61 | 149 | 46 | 30 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 4.7 | 11.5 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 0 |
| 2019 | Melbourne | 17 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 188 | 108 | 296 | 95 | 35 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 8.5 | 4.9 | 13.5 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 0 |
| 2020[a] | Hawthorn | 8 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 96 | 68 | 164 | 55 | 20 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 6.0 | 4.3 | 10.3 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 0 |
| 2021 | Hawthorn | 8 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 194 | 139 | 333 | 112 | 44 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.8 | 6.3 | 15.1 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Hawthorn | 8 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 91 | 68 | 159 | 55 | 24 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 7.6 | 5.7 | 13.3 | 4.6 | 2.0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Hawthorn | 8 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 116 | 114 | 230 | 75 | 36 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 12.8 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 2 |
| 2024 | Hawthorn | 8 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 96 | 220 | 80 | 38 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 9.2 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 0 |
| Career | 183 | 9 | 16 | 1278 | 969 | 2247 | 716 | 341 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 7.0 | 5.3 | 12.3 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 2 | ||
Notes
- ^ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Honours and achievements
[edit]Hawthorn
- McClelland Trophy: 2024
Individual
Personal life
[edit]His father, David Frost, played thirty-four matches for the Glenelg Football Club and seventy-two matches for the Sturt Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) during the 1980s[2][50] and his older brother, Jack Frost played fifty-four matches for the Collingwood Football Club and two matches for the Brisbane Lions.[51][52]
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- ^ a b c Daffey, Paul (24 October 2011). "Frost warning". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Archived from the original on 29 December 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ Quayle, Emma (23 September 2011). "Frosts warm up as draft draws near". The Age. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ "TAC Cup Victorian Squads For National Championships". TACCup.com.au. Fox Sports Pulse. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ "NAB Under 18s". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. 2011. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ Phelan, Jason (2 November 2011). "Hot prospects: Sam Frost". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Archived from the original on 6 January 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ Quayle, Emma (19 November 2011). "Emma Quayle's Club by Club Guide to the 2011 AFL National Draft". The Age. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ Quayle, Emma (14 December 2011). "Port beats Tigers to punch on McCarthy". The Age. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ a b "Player Profile–Samuel Frost". NEAFL.com.au. Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ Conn, Malcolm (18 July 2012). "Sam Frost gets AFL shot with GWS Giant after binning basketball". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney: News Corp Australia. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ Wilson, Chris (15 August 2012). "Injuries cut season short for GWS stars". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ Quayle, Emma (17 November 2012). "Emma Quayle's Club by Club Guide to the 2012 AFL National Draft". The Age. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ Landsberger, Sam (19 April 2013). "See all the Round 4 AFL teams headlined by Jack Watts' return to Melbourne". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
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- ^ Zell, Alison (18 January 2014). "Sand of the GIANTS". GWSGiants.com.au. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
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- ^ "2014 Round 17 AFL teams". The Age. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
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- ^ Clark, Jay (9 September 2014). "Melbourne eyes homesick Greater Western Sydney big man Sam Frost to replace James Frawley". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ Quayle, Emma (16 October 2014). "Melbourne snares Sam Frost in 11th-hour plunge". The Age. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ Guthrie, Ben (4 April 2015). "Five talking points: Melbourne v Gold Coast". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ "Adelaide prevails over Melbourne for 25-point win in fiery AFL clash". ABC Online. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 18 April 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ Guthrie, Ben (20 April 2015). "Cracked toe to sideline Demon recruit for at least a month". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ Clark, Jay (17 February 2016). "Melbourne turns to Sam Frost to play forward and help Demons star Jesse Hogan". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ Harrington, Anna (24 March 2016). "Round one team selection". MelbourneFC.com.au. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
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- ^ Malcolm, Alex; Bowen, Nick (6 May 2016). "TEAMS: Wingard confirmed, Lions drop Rising Star". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ "Player Profile–Samuel Frost". VFL.com.au. Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ Twomey, Callum (2 June 2016). "Round 11 teams: the ins and outs". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ Burgan, Matt (9 June 2016). "Back to the future for Frost". MelbourneFC.com.au. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
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- ^ Burgan, Matt (15 March 2017). "Frost set to miss round one". MelbourneFC.com.au. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ "AFL Round 4 teams: Full line-ups and the best SuperCoach advice". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ Burgan, Matt (8 May 2017). "Dashing defender Sam on show". MelbourneFC.com.au. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ Phelan, Jennifer (9 May 2017). "Team of the week, R7: Did we get it right?". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ Bowen, Nick (20 June 2017). "Demon Frost keeps cool on contract re-signing". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ "AFL Teams - Round 21". Triple M. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ Cleary, Mitch (4 September 2017). "Sam Frost knocks back offers to stay with Melbourne". AFL Nation. Crocmedia. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ Ryan, Peter (4 September 2017). "Dees lock in key defender for another two years". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ "Frost secures trade to Hawthorn".
- ^ "Hawks 2020 jumper numbers revealed".
- ^ https://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/1160750/frost-re-signs
- ^ https://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/1149347/aia-injury-update-frost-to-spend-extended-time-on-the-sidelines
- ^ https://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/1650954/frost-sidelined-for-remainder-of-finals
- ^ "David Frost". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ Landsberger, Sam (11 December 2012). "Collingwood has plundered the VFL in today's AFL rookie draft with Sam Dwyer now a Magpie". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia.
- ^ "Frost heads to Lions from Pies in complex deal". AFL.com.au. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
External links
[edit]
- Sam Frost's profile on the official website of the Hawthorn Football Club
- Sam Frost's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Sam Frost on Twitter
- Sam Frost's profile from Demonwiki