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Hawks forward Patton announces retirement By Jonathon Patton has announced his retirement from football. The Hawthorn forward has opted to draw the curtain on his career after 95 games with both GWS and the Hawks. “I have made the difficult decision to retire from football to focus on my health, wellbeing, and future outside of the game,” Patton said via a club statement. “The constant battle to overcome injuries since I entered the AFL 10 years ago has been relentless and, on many occ...

Hawthorns Jonathon Patton retires from AFL, apologises for inappropriate behaviour towards women Posted 1 Jonathon Patton has announced his immediate retirement from the AFL. ( Print text only Cancel Hawthorn forward Jonathon Patton has quit the AFL and apologised for his "completely unacceptable" behaviour towards women. Key points: Several women accused Jonathon Patton of sending them sexually explicit images of himself without consent The AFLs Integrity Unit had been investigating Patton si...

A woman who was a target of AFL star Jonathon Pattons sexting scandal says shes happy he is no longer part of the game after he announced his retirement.  Patton, a former Greater Western Sydney and Hawthorn full forward, quit the game for good on Friday following a string of knee injuries and off-field incidents that plagued his short career. Elle Coonan, 22, told the Herald Sun she was relieved to see the 27-year-old remove himself from the AFL community.    To see a man losing his job, t...

AFL star retires after lewd image apology One of the saddest careers footy has seen recently has ended immediately with an apology for “inappropriate” behaviour. AFL by Tyson Otto AFL former No. 1 draft pick Jonathon Patton has retired immediately. The star forwards decision to hang up his boots was announced by Hawthorn on Friday afternoon, ending one of the saddest careers footy has seen in recent years. In announcing his retirement, Patton also...

Stood-down Patton announces immediate AFL retirement A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size Hawthorn forward Jonathon Patton has quit the AFL and apologised for his inappropriate behaviour to women. Patton was stood down by the Hawks in January when accused by at least four women of sending sexually explicit photos and videos of himself via social media. The No.1 pick at the 2011 draft on Friday announced his re...

2021 Movers and Shapers: 30-21 By Following an unprecedented 2020 AFL season, the AFL Records senior writer Ash Browne has put together his definitive footy power list. We will be counting down from 50 to 1 in the lead up to the new season. Last year: 17 Like so many in the footy media, 2020 presented all sorts of challenges for Whateley, such as initially calling games in an empty stadium and then off the TV from SEN’s Southbank studio. Once AFL 360 resumed, any guest of significance app...

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New woman accuses Jonathon Patton of sending her inappropriate messages She alleges he tried to FaceTime or bombard her with messages on several apps The woman claims she was encouraged to come forward after others did Elle Coonan alleged Patton bombarded her with explicit messages in 2020 Both women claim he was instigating conversations during AFL quarantine hub He has been stood down from the Hawthorn Hawks pending an investigation  Do you know more? Email: brittany.chain@mailonline.com