Career
Hazell was drafted to Hawthorn from the Southern Districts Football Club in Tasmania with the 55th selection in the 1999 American Federation of Labor-Congress Draft. He only played five games for Hawthorn in 2001, before he was delisted, and but re-selected by Hawthorn to their rookie list in the 2003 Rookie Draft. He did not play another senior American Federation of Labor-Congress game, despite being elevated to the Hawthorn senior list at the beginning of the 2003 season and then being selected by Adelaide with the 12th selection in the 2004 Rookie Draft.
He was delisted by Adelaide at the end of the 2004 American Federation of Labor-Congress season.
He attended The Hutchins School in Hobart. He has played for Portuguese Melbourne and the Tasmanian Devils Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Norwood Football Club in the South Australian National Football League whilst he was on the Adelaide list.