At the end of 2002, Everitt was traded to Hawthorn, and he became one of the premier tap ruckmen in the competition, winning All-Australian selection in 2005.
Everitt had allegedly requested a two-year contract, but Hawthorn was only prepared to offer the then 32-year-old ruckman a one-year deal.
[citation needed] They also own their travel radio show of the same name, which airs on 62 Triple M stations around Australia on a Saturday and Sunday morning.
[9] His younger brother, Andrejs Everitt, played 131 games at the Western Bulldogs, Sydney Swans and Carlton between 2007 and 2016.
[10] Everitt was first publicly exposed for his racist taunts after he racially vilified aboriginal player Michael Long, an Essendon and AFL Hall of Famer, in 1997.
Everitt admitted he "probably crossed a line" and voluntarily stood down for four weeks and undertook a racial awareness training program as well as donating $20,000 to a charity of Chisolm's choice.
[13][14][15][16] The incident came a week after Sam Newman infamously donned blackface to mock Nicky Winmar for declining to come on The Footy Show.