Doug Hawkins

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'It was nearly worse than playing on Dipper': AFL legend Doug ... (The Age)

Hawkins is back at work after doctors checked his heart following the ordeal during the thunderstorm that swept Victoria on Thursday.

“I went to Jake and he said ‘Listen, Hawky, get straight to the emergency and get an ECG and get that heart checked’,” he said. “I jumped in the car and drove to the main hut, and I went in there, and it was like a delayed response,” he said. “I was talking to some of the first aiders in there and I said ‘Listen, I’m not feeling too great, I’m a bit light-headed, and I’ve got shivers up my left arm’.”

'Most scary experience I have ever, ever had': AFL great struck by ... (Fox Sports)

The former Bulldogs great and Victoria representative told 3AW that he was on a Yarraville worksite on Thursday morning while wild weather was lashing Melbourne ...

I’m a bit light headed and I’ve got these shivers up my left arm. I’m back up and about.” He was named in the VFL Team of the Year in 1984 and 1986, kicking 227 goals in a celebrated 350-game career. “It was nearly worse than playing on Dipper in the 1980s and not knowing where he was,” he said. Hawkins said he was forced to take shelter in a booth during the storms, saying he was “too scared to get out of the box”. “It actually scared the crap out of me,” he said.

'Scared the sh-t out of me': AFL great sent to hospital after lightning ... (9News)

AFL great Doug Hawkins has spoken of the terror he felt when lightning struck the booth he was sheltering i...

[Sign up here](https://9.nine.com.au/Z8tJCf)to receive our daily newsletters and breaking news alerts, sent straight to your inbox. "I'm lucky," he said. "I was going to get to my car but it was about eight metres away," he said.

AFL great Doug Hawkins struck by lightning and rushed to hospital (7NEWS.com.au)

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“I was too scared to get out of the box,” he said. “It actually scared the crap out of me.“ “(It) scared the crap (out of me). “I was too scared to get out of the box and go to my car.” Stream them all for free on [Western Bulldogs/Footscray](https://7news.com.au/sport/western-bulldogs) champion was taken to Footscray Hospital after the incident which “scared the crap” out of him.

Western Bulldogs VFL legend Doug Hawkins hit by lightning at ... (Daily Mail)

The Western Bulldogs legend compared the life-frightening ordeal during a severe storm to playing against Hawthorn Hawks arch rival Robert DiPierdomenico in ...

this is a lot of manure.' I don't want to go and see him,' Hawkins told Nova 100's Chrissie, Sam and Browny show. I can't be doing this ... Doug Hawkins (pictured) was back at work on Friday joking about the frightening ordeal, hours after he was struck by lightning 'It was a walk in the park compared to playing against Dipper!' The much-loved 350-gamer was back on the job in inner-city

RUMOUR CONFIRMED: Lightning strike sends AFL great to hospital (3AW)

RUMOUR CONFIRMED: AFL great Doug Hawkins was taken to hospital after lightning struck his Yarraville work site during Thursday morning's storms.