| Hayley Miller | |
| Fullname: | Hayley Miller |
| Birth Date: | 3 February 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Originalteam: | Coastal Titans (WAWFL) |
| Draftpick: | No. 4, 2016 national draft |
| Debutdate: | Round 1, 2017 |
| Debutstadium: | VU Whitten Oval |
| Height: | 171cm |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Guernsey: | 19 |
| Years1: | 2017– |
| Games Goals1: | 70 (20) |
| Sooyears1: | 2017 |
| Sooteam1: | The Allies |
| Soogames Goals1: | 1 (0) |
| Statsend: | the 2023 season |
| Repstatsend: | 2017 |
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Hayley Miller (born 3 February 1996) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Fremantle Football Club in the AFL Women's competition. Miller won the Fremantle fairest and best and leading goalkicker awards in season 6 and was named in the 2022 AFL Women's season 6 All-Australian team. She served as Fremantle captain from season 6 to 2023, and is Fremantle's games record holder with 70 games.
Miller was born in Perth, Western Australia. She started her football career in 2016, playing for the West Coast Eagles in the West Australian Women's Football League. She made the line-up for the inaugural women's Western Derby on April 9th 2016, against her future club the Fremantle Dockers.[1] Despite suffering a broken leg in the opening minutes of the match, Miller would play out the entirety of the game and finished with two goals in the 65 point win.[2]
Miller represented the Allies during their State of Origin match against Victoria at Etihad Stadium in 2017, replacing the injured Sam Virgo.[3] She also captained the Coastal Titans for their 2017 season.[4] Miller won the Dhara Kerr Award in 2018, playing for the Subiaco Football Club, as the player adjudged Best and fairest throughout the year. She was the last player to win the award in the WAWFL competition, before it was superseded by the WAFL Women's the following year. Miller continued playing for Subiaco the following season in the newly established WAFL Women's, and finished the year having won her second Dhara Kerr award, tying with Danika Pisconeri.[5]
Miller was drafted by Fremantle with their first selection and fourth overall in the 2016 AFL Women's draft.[6] She made her debut in the thirty-two point loss to the at VU Whitten Oval in the opening round of the 2017 season.[7] She played every match in her debut season to finish with seven matches.[8]
Miller was named as the new Fremantle captain in December 2021, taking over from inaugural captain Kara Antonio.[9] A career best season saw Miller earn selection in the 2022 AFL Women's season 6 All-Australian team as a half forward, and named vice-captain.[10] Hayley was the first AFLW player from Western Australia to play 50 games in the league, a feat she achieved in 2022 during a preliminary final against the Adelaide Crows at the Adelaide Oval.[11] July 3rd, 2024 saw Miller step down as captain after three seasons with Angelique Stannett being voted in to lead Fremantle. She was named as co-vice-captain alongside Aine Tighe and Laura Pugh.[12]
Updated to the end of the 2023 season.[13]
|-| 2017 || || 19| 7 || 0 || 1 || 48 || 10 || 58 || 15 || 15 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 6.9 || 1.4 || 8.3 || 2.1 || 2.1 || 0|-| 2018 || || 19| 7 || 1 || 1 || 66 || 24 || 90 || 14 || 26 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 9.4 || 3.4 || 12.9 || 2.0 || 3.7 || 4|-| 2019 || || 19| 7 || 1 || 3 || 58 || 22 || 80 || 5 || 25 || 0.1 || 0.4 || 8.3 || 3.1 || 11.4 || 0.7 || 3.6 || 0|-| 2020 || || 19| 7 || 1 || 2 || 71 || 26 || 97 || 20 || 29 || 0.1 || 0.3 || 10.1 || 3.7 || 13.9 || 2.9 || 4.1 || 2|-| 2021 || || 19| 10 || 1 || 5 || 88 || 46 || 134 || 18 || 55 || 0.1 || 0.5 || 8.8 || 4.6 || 13.4 || 1.8 || 5.5 || 4|-| 2022 (S6) || || 19| 12 || 10 || 9 || 174 || 50 || 224 || 39 || 73 || 0.8 || 0.8 || 14.5 || 4.2 || 18.7 || 3.3 || 6.1 || 15|-| 2022 (S7) || || 19| 10 || 3 || 4 || 130 || 43 || 173 || 18 || 45 || 0.3 || 0.4 || 13.0 || 4.3 || 17.3 || 1.8 || 4.5 || 5|-| 2023 || || 19| 10 || 3 || 5 || 101 || 33 || 134 || 16 || 43 || 0.3 || 0.5 || 10.1 || 3.3 || 13.4 || 1.6 || 4.3 || 0|- class=sortbottom! colspan=3 | Career! 70 !! 20 !! 30 !! 736 !! 254 !! 990 !! 145 !! 311 !! 0.3 !! 0.4 !! 10.5 !! 3.6 !! 14.1 !! 2.1 !! 4.4 !! 30|}