Career
In his senior year at high school, Hille and seven other schoolmates from The Peninsula School lodged themselves into a station wagon and crashed it 500m up the road from where they took off in South Frankston. Three of the boys in the car were killed, and the other three seriously injured, but Hille was not injured. The accident report claims that Hille was wearing his seatbelt, which is why he has appeared on commercials about buckling up when driving.
He made his debut in 2001 with the Essendon Football Club and has been a solid ruckman for a number of years.
In a surprise decision, Hille was appointed stand-in captain for the 2006 American Federation of Labor-Congress season after Matthew Lloyd suffered a season-ending hamstring injury. He captained his first game in Round 6, 2006.
During 2007 through to 2012 he upheld the role of Vice-Captain of the Essendon Football Club which was shared with Mark McVeigh for the most part. At the 2008 Essendon Best and Fairest, Hille swept the floor by taking the most prestigious award of the night, the "Best and Fairest".
Hille also came away with the "Cheersquad award".
Hille suffered a knee injury in the second minute of the Bomber"s annual ANZAC Day match against Collingwood in Round 5, 2009. Scans confirmed he had ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament, requiring a full knee construction and ending his season. On 29 August 2013, Hille announced his intention to retire from American Federation of Labor-Congress Football at season"s education
On 12 January 2016 Hille was named as one of 34 past and present Essendon players found guilty over their use of illegal supplements during the 2012 American Federation of Labor-Congress season.
As a result, Hille was suspended from playing at all levels for twelve months, effective from November 2015, however, as he has already retired, his suspension cannot be served. Studied a Bachelor of Business at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University and currently lives in Melbourne.