years clubs statsend name originalteam birth_date article_title heightweight
1997 -- 2004 carlton 2004 darren hulme dandenong stingrays 19 july 1977 darren hulme
 175 ; kg & nbsp ; cm / 77 & nbsp
darren hulme

darren hulme -lrb- born 19 july 1977 -rrb- is a former australian rules footballer who played with carlton .
hulme played junior football for the frankston bombers , and the dandenong stingrays in the tac cup .
he was recruited to the afl with the 8th selection in the 1997 afl preseason draft .
very small in stature , but tough and hard at the ball , hulme played primarily as a midfielder and/or tagger with stints in the forward-line .
his kicking was the biggest deficiency in his game , but this improved as his career progressed .
when he arrived at the club , both his playing style and his hairstyle were similar to that of ten-year veteran fraser brown ; brown 's nickname had been `` dog '' , and hulme accordingly received the nickname `` pup '' , which stayed with him throughout his time at carlton .
hulme played eight games in his debut season .
he went on to be a solid contributor for carlton over a career spanning eight years , including a fifth-placing in the 2003 best and fairest , and tying with craig bradley and adrian hickmott for the peter sullivan memorial trophy -lrb- most votes in the brownlow medal by a carlton player -rrb- in 2001 .
his career was plagued by injury : a quadriceps injury ruled him out of the 1999 finals series , a knee injury meant he could only play the first 3 games of 2002 and he missed the second half of the 2004 season with a groin injury .
he was delisted at the end of 2004 .
since being delisted , hulme has continued to play state and local football for a wide range of teams : mansfield -lrb- gvfl -rrb- in 2005 ; karingal -lrb- mpnfl peninsula division -rrb- in 2006 and 2007 ; clayton -lrb- sfl -rrb- as playing coach in 2008 ; bendigo -lrb- vfl -rrb- , as playing assistant coach in 2009 ; a return to karingal in 2010 , and then back to his junior team , frankston bombers -lrb- mpnfl nepean division -rrb- in 2011 and 2012 .
