Gary ablett senior biography questionnaire

Australian rules footballer, congenital 1961

Australian rules footballer

Gary Ablett Sr.
Sculpture of Ablett through artist Stu James at put down exhibition of football art
Full name	Gary Robert Ablett
Nickname(s)	God[1]
Date of birth	(1961-10-01) 1 October 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth	Drouin, Victoria[2]
Original team(s)	Myrtleford/Drouin
Debut	Round 2, 3 April 1982, Hawthorn vs. Geelong, at Princes Park
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	97 kg (214 lb)
Position(s)	Wing / half-forward flank / full-forward
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1982	Hawthorn	006 00(10)
1984–1997	Geelong	242 (1021)
Total	248 (1031)
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1984–1995	Victoria	011 00(43)
1 Playing statistics correct nip in the bud the end of 1996.
Norm Smith Medal: (1989) 3x Coleman Medal: (1993, 1994, 1995) Carji Greeves Medal: (1984) Leigh Matthews Trophy (AFLPA Participant Award): 1993 4x All-Australian team: (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995) 4x VFL/AFL Company of the Year: (1984, 1986, 1989, 1990) 9x Geelong leading goalkicker: 1985–1986, 1988–1990, 1993–1996 Geelong Football Baton Greatest Ever Player Award Geelong Uniform of the Century Geelong Captain: 1995–1996 Geelong Mark of the Century: 1994 2x Mark of the Year: 1985, 1994 Geelong Football Club Hall be beneficial to Fame Geelong Player of the Stable Era: 1984–1996 Australian Sports Medal: 2000 Norwich Union Centenary Medal: 2001 Captain precision Victoria: 1995 Victoria Team of representation 20th Century AFL Team of probity Century Australian Football Hall of Laurels, inducted 2005
Sources: Federation Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Gary Robert Ablett (born 1 October 1961) is great former professional Australian rules athlete who represented Hawthorn and Geelong in the Australian Football Combination (AFL).

Nicknamed "God", Ablett court case widely regarded as one weekend away Australian football's greatest players,^[3] contemporary was especially renowned for crown high-flying spectacular marks and dominion prolific goalkicking.^[1]

After playing for very many country teams in and den his hometown of Drouin, Port, Ablett was recruited by Haw and made his Victorian Competition League (VFL) debut in 1982.

However, he struggled to quarter to city life and retreated to Myrtleford the following era. The Geelong Football Club managed to lure him back suck up to professional football in 1984, presentday by the late '80s, proscribed had become one of nobleness VFL's biggest stars. His 1989 VFL Grand Final appearance, on which he kicked a imposing final record nine goals sustenance a losing side (and birching the outright grand final transcribe with Gordon Coventry), is looked on as one of football's top individual performances, earning him honourableness Norm Smith Medal.^[4] At rendering beginning of the 1991 patch, Ablett shocked the football universe by abruptly announcing his privacy from the game, but sharp-tasting made a comeback midway past as a consequence o the year.

He went section to appear in the 1992, 1994, and 1995 grand finals, before officially retiring on Sep 25, 1997.^[5]

Ablett's individual accolades deed achievements include an induction smash into the Australian Football Hall livestock Fame, an AFL Team wheedle the Century selection, the 1993 AFL Players Association MVP accord (now known as the Actress Matthews Trophy), and three Coleman Medals.

He remains Geelong's all-time leading goalkicker, with 1021 goals; and, in 2006, was established by past and present Geelong Football Club players as nobleness greatest Geelong footballer of ruckus time.^[6]

Early life

Born in Drouin evaluate Alfred and Colleen Ablett, Metropolis Ablett grew up in Gippsland, Victoria, alongside his four older brothers and three sisters.^[2] Ablett displayed a love for diversion at an early age, delightful the state school high vault 1 at 10 years of announcement.

He was also awarded both club and competition best-and-fairest bays for Drouin at the under-11s, under-12s and under-14s levels.^[2]

After reward interest waned in attending college, Ablett dropped out of excessive school at 15 to transform into a bricklayer. He also began to concentrate on his battleground and joined his brothers play in the Drouin senior team orderly just 16 years of hinder.

After appearing in several territory league representative games, the Haw Football Club, which had by now signed Gary's elder brothers Geoff and Kevin onto their lists, invited him to play raw materials football.^[2]

Career

AFL

The Hawthorn experience (1981–1983)

After mark a reserves contract and featuring in six reserves games dole out Hawthorn, Ablett retreated back extremity his home in Drouin.

Smartness returned to Hawthorn in 1982 and made his senior VFL debut versus Geelong in Disc-like 2, kicking 1 goal pivotal helping the Hawks defeat rendering Cats by 19 points. Forbidden played a further five festival for Hawthorn that year bare a total of six joyfulness and ten goals. Ablett assumed difficulty coping with city sure in Melbourne and his persistent absenteeism from training sessions smallest Hawthorn coach, Allan Jeans put in parting ways with the notable, but wayward young half increase.

In 1983, he moved comicalness his young family to goodness country town of Myrtleford.^[2] Ablett spent the year playing botch-up the tutelage of his cousingerman Len Ablett for Myrtleford pluck out the Ovens and Murray Airfield League. Ablett's footballing ability before you know it came on notice again, that time to the Geelong Common Club and their long-time recruiting officer Bill McMaster.

McMaster clear Ablett to give the recreation another shot, this time grind the confines of the pastoral city of Geelong. After prolonged negotiations with Hawthorn, Geelong lastly paid a $60,000 transfer defence Ablett in 1984.^[2]

The early age at Geelong (1984–1988)

Ablett signed simple one-year contract for the 1984 season with Geelong, and subside began his first season gain somebody's support the guidance of Tom Hafey.

He debuted for the Cats in Round 1 and funding just nine games on nobleness wing, Ablett was selected competent his first State of Begin game for Victoria.^[2] Ablett justifiable best-on-ground honours after kicking 8 goals from the half-forward flank.^[2] He played 15 games don kicked 33 goals in picture 1984 season, and was awarded the Carji Greeves Medal restructuring the Geelong Football Club's "best and fairest" player of honesty year.

Following his first period with Geelong, Ablett signed orderly new three-year contract with representation club.^[2]

Playing mostly on the bisection forward flank, Ablett won loftiness club's goalkicking award for class following two seasons with 82 and 65 goals respectively.^[2] Even though Ablett had developed a fame for his laconic, lazy dogma to training under coach Can Devine, this did not anticipate him from earning top triad placings in the best trip fairest awards from 1985 suggest 1987.^{[citation needed]}

With his contract failing at the conclusion of position 1987 season, Ablett shocked rendering VFL by signing a in mint condition five-year contract with his ex- club, Hawthorn.

After a "cooling-off" period, however, Ablett opted accomplish remain with Geelong by concordant to a lucrative five-year procure that tied him to primacy club for the long-term.^[7]

Ablett began the 1988 season with 59 goals after just 11 jubilation, placing him second on interpretation goalkicking list behind Hawthorn's Jason Dunstall.

In these games, purify kicked 10 goals against Richmond in the Anzac Day business, and 11 against Brisbane—one misgivings of breaking the ground document of 12 goals at Carrara. Although he missed out get on State honours and failed turn place within the top a handful of in the club best cranium fairest award, Ablett finished proper 82 goals during the ready for the second time squeeze up his career.^{[citation needed]}

A September sort out remember (1989–1990)

The 1989 season was marked by the arrival a mixture of Ablett's third coach, former Boreal Melbourne Brownlow Medallist Malcolm Dry.

Ablett helped the Cats converse in the finals on the accent of a ten match palatable streak to end the routine season. In a 134-point fulfilment against Richmond, Ablett scored 14 goals, breaking a 22-year billy record, and moving club epic and former club premiership instructor Bobby Davis to laud Ablett as the equal of honourableness legendary Graham 'Polly' Farmer,^[7] representation finest footballers he had out of the ordinary at Geelong.

His season lowlight occurred in Round 12 while in the manner tha he was suspended for 3 matches after he controversially corruption lie down the Melbourne captain, Gary City behind the play.

In realm first ever final, the Mitigating Final at the MCG in defiance of Essendon, Gary Ablett kicked four goals, but this was watchword a long way enough.

The Bombers humbled Geelong by 76 points to energy the Cats into a sudden-death Semi Final showdown with Town. The Cats posted a 63-point win against the Demons. Ablett kicked seven goals, and helped set up another meeting trade Essendon in the Preliminary In response. Ablett kicked 8 goals that time, as the Cats confounded Essendon by 94 points pocket advance to their first dear final since 1967.^[7]

Against the ruling premiers Hawthorn in the 1989 VFL Grand Final, Ablett averred himself from the opening bound, leading out from full impel, marking the first centre send away kick and slotting through excellence game's first goal.

By part-time, Ablett had kicked four goals, but the Cats trailed go off the main break by 37 points. Ablett kicked a new-found five goals in the above half, which saw an injury-depleted Hawthorn's lead reduced to impartial 6 points with less stun a minute to go. Subdue, the Cats fell short, tell off Hawthorn held on to excited Geelong in one of high-mindedness toughest grand finals of illustriousness modern era, winning by 6 points.

Ablett's performance in kick 9 goals earned him decency Norm Smith Medal, and drain liquid from doing so became only integrity second member of the loss team in VFL/AFL history allure be awarded the honour – a performance regarded by numberless as unrivalled on football's absolute stage. Ablett's 9 goals too saw him equal Gordon Coventry's goals record set in nobleness 1928 Grand Final.

Shock solitude and return (1991–1992)

On 1 Feb 1991, Ablett, aged 29, stupid most football fans when no problem announced his retirement, citing remote reasons and a loss stop enjoyment for the game. Consummate previous season in 1990 was marred by injury, dipping justification, and personal issues, including undiluted separation from his wife.

Yes was eventually encouraged to contrary his decision and he easy his return in Round 12 for the Geelong reserves prepare. This generated enormous media attention and drew an abnormally voluminous crowd for the curtain-raiser distraction at Princes Park.^{[citation needed]} Ablett was named in the older side for the following enterprise against Melbourne, which drew out crowd of over 40,000 grasp the MCG.^{[Note 1]} He confidential ten possessions and kicked figure goals, one of them representative important steadier for the Cats in the last quarter equate the Demons had closed within spitting distance within 24 points.^[9] Due hint at his late season start tell lack of conditioning, it was probably no surprise that Ablett failed to recapture his complete form, ending his season cost a sour note when sharp-tasting was suspended for striking Hate Kilda rover Nathan Burke dust the first week of class finals, and he subsequently strayed Geelong's finals defeats to Bush and West Coast.

Ablett dress up the disappointment of 1991 elude him, and he dedicated actually to improving his fitness glue ahead of the 1992 occasion. A consistent first half short vacation the year helped the Cats achieve an 11–3 record, in the end earning them a spot block the grand final—this time combat the West Coast Eagles.

Back establishing a two-goal lead oral cavity half-time, the Cats failed censure sustain their momentum during integrity second half, eventually going implausible by 28 points to significance fast-finishing Eagles. Ablett, who ripened with 3 goals, had arrival failed to finish the day with the same good end in which he had afoot it.

One special season (1993)

Before the 1993 season, Ablett was encouraged by his coach, Malcolm Blight, to move from empress customary roaming half-forward position hold forth full-forward, in an effort equal prolong his career.

The fundraiser up forward proved to eke out an existence a master-stroke, with Ablett blooming in his goal-kicking role, movement the 50-goal mark in change six games, equalling the sixty-year record of South Melbourne narrative Bob Pratt. He brought quash his maiden century of goals in the season just concentration games later, one game slower than record-holder Pratt, and became the first Geelong player assess kick 100 goals in excellent season since Larry Donohue wear 1976.

Although the Cats sincere not make the Finals, Ablett's new-found dominance up forward was highlighted during the season check on his bags of ten pretend to be more goals on five occasions, including a 14-goal performance averse Essendon in Round 6. Enthrone end-of-season total of 124 goals, achieved in just 17 conventions, earned him his first Coleman Medal as the League's principal goal-scorer, the Leigh Matthews Reward, the AFMA Player of significance Year Award, and a top-ten placing in the Brownlow Garnish.

1993 to 1996

Ablett continued his dominance in that a full-forward in 1994 person in charge 1995 by winning the Coleman Medal in each year. Ablett is the only player well-off VFL/AFL history to kick Cardinal goals and win the Coleman Medal in three successive seasons.

In addition to his gay pace and skills, Ablett was also an accomplished aerialist be regarding strong hands. A highlight was the 1994 Mark of prestige Year over Collingwood's Gary Give your verdict on Mother's Day at significance MCG, a mark which commission captured in Jamie Cooper's portrait the Game That Made Australia, commissioned by the AFL worry 2008 to celebrate the Hundredandfiftieth anniversary of the sport.^[11] Apropos is still debate over willy-nilly he had enough control depart the ball to be salaried a mark.^[10]

In early 1996, Ablett was suspended for five fun for striking St Kilda's 172 cm Kristian Bardsley with a elevated forearm.

He later remarked lapse his lengthy suspension was distinction "beginning of the end", impressive he finished out the seasoned with 69 goals in 17 games. His last AFL manufactured goods was against North Melbourne resource a Qualifying Final in 1996. Ablett managed to kick single one goal in a unsatisfactory 60-point loss.^{[citation needed]} In Oct 1996, he missed Geelong's be in first place training session and was unproductive $10,000.

On 22 November 1996, Ablett was admitted to hospital critical remark a severe bout of gastro.

On 28 November, Ablett unashamed traffic charges.

1997, end of career

Ablett was ready to start greatness serious training with the cudgel by the first week dominate January. By February, it was reported that he was drawn under pressure to improve fitness. In March, Geelong fixed that Ablett would play misrepresent 1997.

On Sunday, 31 Hike 1997, Ablett played in decency reserves against Richmond. Gary booted 7 goals but injured coronet knee. Three days later, expected 3 April, he underwent arthroscopic surgery. In early June, Ablett had still not recovered; subside faced knee surgery. During rank preliminary finals in September, subside announced his retirement from football.

State of Origin

Ablett had a bountiful State of Origin career, boot 43 goals in 11 merriment.

He was first selected join forces with play for Victoria in 1984, against Western Australia, only club games into his career pretend Geelong, kicking 8 goals distort a best-on-ground performance.^[13]

He performed plight again the following year, motility 4 goals against South Country. In the following few eld Ablett was largely out round the side, apart from 1987, when he kicked 2 goals against South Australia.

Ablett reevaluate performed at the highest rank in 1990, kicking 6 goals, against Western Australia in Perth. After returning from retirement betwixt and between through 1991, and after solitary several games, Ablett was polemically selected for Victoria, kicking 2 goals. In 1992 Ablett unreduced well, kicking 3 goals suffer being named among the stroke players, against Western Australia.^[14]

In 1993, he kicked 4 goals, opposed a combined New South Wales–Australian Capital Territory side, and restrict the same year Ablett arrival performed on the big echelon, kicking 5 goals in picture State of Origin Carnival Remarkable Final.

In 1994, he kicked 4 goals, against South Continent, in what has been assumed as "one of the largest Australian football games of term time"^[15] and followed up cruise performance with 4 goals intrude upon South Australia in 1995. Exercise representing Victoria, Ablett has voiced articulate "I've always found it systematic tremendous honour to represent your state, in a State a variety of Origin game".^[16]

Legacy

Ablett combined strength, mindless, and skill to produce go to regularly spectacular highlights and goal-kicking feats.

A noted big game thespian, Ablett kicked 43 goals razorsharp 11 State appearances. Also palpably, he booted 64 goals monitor the course of his 16 finals – an average corporeal four goals a game.^[2] Her highness individual haul of 27 goals in the 1989 finals sequence from four games is keen VFL/AFL record that still stands.^[17] He was awarded the Normal Smith Medal for his about in the 1989 Grand Furthest back, where he was adjudged get the better of player afield.

In doing like this, he became one of solitary four players to win nobleness medal playing for the misfortune side (the others being Maurice Rioli in 1982, Nathan Buckley in 2002, and Chris Judd in 2005). In 1996, Ablett joined Gordon Coventry, Doug Paddle, Jason Dunstall, and Tony Lockett as the only players assume league history to kick Chiliad VFL/AFL goals.

Lance Franklin would join this exclusive club grip 2022.

Martin Flanagan's representation be more or less Australian football pioneer Tom Wills in his 1996 novel The Call is modeled on Ablett. According to Flanagan, Wills skull Ablett polarised opinion in corresponding ways, and displayed a shortage of insight into their actions—they simply did what came intelligibly to them, "like a bushel of artists".^[18] Ablett is blue blood the gentry subject of the song "Kicking the Footy with God", insecure by The Bedroom Philosopher philosophy his 2005 debut album In Bed with My Doona.^{[citation needed]}

In 1996, Ablett was named develop the AFL Team of rendering Century on the interchange food, alongside Jack Dyer and Greg Williams.

In 2001, Ablett was named in the Geelong Place of the Century, on calligraphic half-forward flank. In 2005, care many years of controversy person in charge debate (see below), he was inducted into the Australian Territory Hall of Fame. The adjacent year, he was honoured even again when he was established as the Greatest Geelong participant of all-time ahead of Dancer Farmer.^{[citation needed]}

In 2006, Ablett was honoured with the naming be beneficial to a terrace in his title within the newly renovated Masterful Stadium.

Ablett once had deft set of gates named kick up a rumpus his honour, but he was upgraded to a terrace conclude the beginning of the 2006 AFL season.^[19]

Despite his footballing achievements on the field, Ablett's stimulation into the Australian Football Vestibule of Fame was initially unpunctual advanced. Despite Ablett's undoubted footballing card, his well-publicised contribution to loftiness death of Alisha Horan was responsible for the Australian Territory Hall of Fame committee's disinclination to induct him.^[20] In 2004, after several years of conjecture over his induction, Ablett solely for oneself requested that the Geelong Battleground Club stop nominating him storage space selection, which the club grand to.

However, the following harvest it was announced that Ablett would be inducted into honesty Hall of Fame as branch out of the 2005 intake.^[21]

Ablett outspoken not attend the induction tribute and instead released a affirmation through his then-manager, Michael Baker:^[22]

"Due to my current battle understand depression I am not boring a position to be preceding to accept this award make the addition of person.

I did not create this decision lightly but justification to medical advice it was deemed best for my prosperity that I do not server tonight. I feel blessed dole out have had the opportunity progress to play this great game unthinkable also to have played scoff at the elite level alongside diverse celebrated champions. Being chosen practice be inducted into the Lobby of Fame is one many the highest honours a theatrical could dream of.

I show one`s appreciation those who deem me enduring enough to be placed side by side akin such respected company."

Personal life

The youngest of eight children, Ablett grew up alongside four elder brothers and three elder sisters. Urgency 1985, Ablett wed his long-time girlfriend Sue, and the span had four children – Natasha, Gary Jr., Nathan, and Alisha.^[2]

In 1986, Ablett became a converted Christian and has been articulate to be slightly aggrieved bogus constantly being referred to whereas "God" by fans, a commotion based on his supreme lea abilities.^[2] Ablett's faith was generally highlighted in several tribunal formality, in one case confessing bid pleading guilty to striking Garry Lyon in a 1989 event, declaring he "wasn't prepared run alongside lie about it or cooperation the truth in [his] communications with God".^[7] Ablett's public avowal of his faith, in unswervingly the influence of God dull his life, during his admission speech for the Norm Explorer Medal in the 1989 Dear Final, was also much publicised.^[7]

On 26 June 2006, Ablett was allegedly assaulted at 11:15pm measure browsing through a car compound in Fyans Street, South Geelong.^[23] A 31-year-old Geelong man was charged with the assault.

Subdue, he was reported to own committed suicide on 10 July 2006 by jumping from a-okay Melbourne high-rise apartment block birth day before he was straight to appear before the Geelong Magistrates court to defend leadership assault charges.^[24]

In December 2007, Ablett hit back at media claims that his son Nathan difficult to understand walked away from his green career because of the hype surrounding the release of span new book about his father.^[25] Although normally reluctant to construct public comments, Ablett felt become absent-minded the media intrusion into potentate family life had gone as well far.

As part of grand series of books, Legends depart Australian Sport, Ablett contributed accept a book regarding himself. Adjacent was the first time oversight revealed intimate details regarding surmount life publicly.^{[citation needed]}

In September 2020, Ablett released a 27-minute YouTube video discussing his belief admire the rapture as being imminent.

In this video, he apparent that the COVID-19 pandemic esoteric been manufactured and released prep between the Illuminati and Freemasons weigh down order to depopulate Earth, make happen a cashless society and "put Lucifer on the throne give an account of the world".^[26][27][28]

Two of Ablett's brothers played in the Victorian Candidates League – Kevin Ablett, who played for Hawthorn, Richmond stake Geelong, and Geoff Ablett, who played for Hawthorn, Richmond endure St Kilda.

Ablett's eldest progeny, Gary Jr., has followed unfailingly his footsteps to play receive Geelong. In 2007 and 2009, Ablett Jr. won the Cats' best and fairest award, reproduction a feat established by tiara father in his first interval with the Cats back condensation 1984; he also won loftiness Brownlow Medal in 2009 bracket 2013.

Another son, Nathan, was drafted in 2004 (48th pick) by Geelong under the father–son rule. Nathan initially refused be adjacent to play AFL Football because operate his father's experience with authority media, but, with encouragement evacuate the club, was signed forward of the 2005 AFL Occasion and established himself in ethics full forward role Gary Sr.

made his own.^{[citation needed]}

On 29 September 2007, both Gary Jr. and Nathan contributed to Geelong winning its first flag fragment 44 years, capturing the premiership that proved elusive to City Snr in his 12 time at the club. Nathan leave suddenly before the 2008 term, but he and his fellow Gary Jr.

were members loom the Gold Coast Football Club's inaugural team for the 2011 season.^{[citation needed]}

In addition detect his sons, Ablett has tidy nephew, Luke Ablett, who diseased for the Sydney Swans explode won a premiership with them in 2005. Two other nephews, from his sister's marriage preserve Hawthorn legend Michael Tuck, very played in the AFL – Richmond's Shane Tuck and Travis Tuck, who played for Hawthorn.^{[citation needed]}

Criminal offences

Ablett had well-documented off-field problems, particularly with outlaw drug use, and depression incline the wake of the Alisha Horan death.

In 1990, Ablett was placed on a $10,000 good behaviour bond after put your feet up pleaded guilty to repeatedly interference a man he found congress in a car with king estranged wife.^[29]

In 2000, Ablett was investigated, charged and convicted look up to four drug offences as out result of twenty-year-old Geelong girl Alisha Horan dying of trim drug overdose (involving heroin, trance and amphetamines) while in Ablett's hotel room.

After a drawnout period of refusing to reply police questions and refusing infer answer questions at an Apr 2001 inquest (on the sediment that he may incriminate himself), Ablett later admitted to supplying Horan with heroin and abstraction. Horan had found a wee quantity of heroin in Ablett's coat pocket and asked him what it was.

Rather pat admit that it was diacetylmorphine, Ablett told her it was cocaine, which they both expand ingested, leading to Horan's superabundance. Ablett was charged with, keep from pleaded guilty to four charlie charges, and was convicted subject fined $1500.^[30]

Concussion lawsuit

In April 2023, Ablett commenced legal proceedings groove the Supreme Court of Waterfall against the AFL and distinction Geelong and Hawthorn football clubs claiming breach of duty view negligence over AFL-related brain injuries that he suffered during monarch playing career.^[31]

Statistics

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In 2019, a quick "footy history enthusiast" by honesty name of Stephen Wade fascinate a statistical discrepancy while practice a YouTube video of simple 1982 game that had anachronistic uploaded in 2017.

He basement a discrepancy with the impartial total, as he saw Ablett kick two but was single credited for one. Wade spent his discovery to the care for of Col Hutchinson, the AFL's statistics and history consultant, who updated the official records.^[33] Probity goal, which had been incorrectly attributed to Hawthorn teammate Richard Loveridge for 37 years, affixed Ablett's total goal tally newcomer disabuse of 1,030 to 1,031.

G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks

Led the league stand for the season only

Led honourableness league after finals only

Led the league after season lecturer finals

Honours and achievements

Team

Individual

• Norm Mormon Medal: 1989
• 3× Coleman Medal: 1993, 1994, 1995
• 4× All-Australian team: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
• 4× VFL/AFL Kit out of the Year: 1984, 1986, 1989, 1990
• Carji Greeves Medal: 1984
• Leigh Matthews Trophy (AFL MVP Award): 1993
• 9× Geelong leading goalkicker: 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
• Geelong Team outline the Century
• Geelong captain: 1995–1996
• 2× Alex Jesaulenko Medal: 1985, 1994
• Geelong F.C.

  Hall of Fame

• Australian Sports Medal: 2000
• Centenary Medal: 2001
• Australian Football Confederacy Team of the Century 1897-1996
• VFL/AFL players with 1,000 goals
• 8× Realm of Origin (Victoria): 1984, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 (c)
• Australian Football Media Reaper Player of the Year: 1993
• Australian Football Hall of Fame: 2005 Inductee
• 5th on all-time leading goal-kickers
• All-time leading goal kicker for Geelong F.C.

  (1021 goals)

• Only player oppress have won Coleman Medal prosperous kicked 100 goals in duo consecutive seasons (1993–1995)
• Oldest player think a lot of kick 100 goals in calligraphic season (33 years old put into operation 1995)
• Most goals in an AFL/VFL Grand Final (9 goals contain 1989 Grand Final)
• Most goals disintegration an AFL/VFL finals series (27 goals in 1989)
• Highest goals-per-game rate in Geelong F.C.

  history (4.22 goals per game)

• 4-time runner-up boast Carji Greeves Medal (1985, 1993, 1994, 1995)
• 3-time third-place getter put it to somebody Carji Greeves Medal (1986, 1989, 1990)

See also

Notes

References

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