[1] His efforts at fullback in Fitzroy's round 13 against Hawthorn at Waverley Park, where he kept Jason Dunstall goalless, earned him a 1994 AFL Rising Star nomination.
At the end of 1996, the Brisbane Lions were formed, and Hawking was one of the Fitzroy players selected to join the new club.
Brisbane traded him to the Sydney Swans, along with Brent Green, in return for the 31st selection of the 1997 AFL Draft, used on future Brownlow Medalist Simon Black.
[3] Plagued by injuries, Hawking didn't make any league appearances for the Swans and retired at the end of the '98 season.
He was again plagued by injuries and unable to make it into the seniors, announced his (permanent) retirement, four years after playing his last AFL game.