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in the first quarter alone). It would be the only win that Essendon would enjoy under Lloyd's captaincy until exactly a year later. As well as being the top all-time goal scorer, captain and life member at Essendon, Lloyd was part of its 2000 premiership team. In 2013 Lloyd was inducted as a member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame and as a Legend in the Essendon Football Club Hall of Fame. Lloyd had a successful State of Origin career, kicking 8 goals in 3 games. He first played for Victoria in 1997, against South Australia, kicking 3 goals,
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Dane Swan and Travis Cloke, both with 11 games. Sav Rocca of Collingwood has kicked the most goals in one game, with nine in 1995. The most goals kicked by a player in one game for Essendon is six, shared by Matthew Lloyd in 1999 and 2003, and Scott Lucas in 2000. James Hird of Essendon has won the most Anzac Medals, with three, being awarded the medal in 2000, 2003, and 2004. For Collingwood, the most Anzac Medals is two, a record shared by Sav Rocca for his wins in 1995 and 1998, Scott Pendlebury in 2010 and 2011,
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rooted to the bottom of the ladder and winless. He originally played for Maryborough Football Club in the Bendigo Football League, and unlike most Victorians in the AFL, did not play in the TAC Cup as a junior. Crameri made his AFL debut for Essendon against Collingwood in Round 20 of the 2010 AFL season. Crameri has had a great 2011 season up forward for Essendon, kicking 34 goals and was the club's leading goalkicker. At the Crichton Medal, Essendon FC Best & Fairest, he was awarded the Matthew Lloyd Leading Goal Kicking Award, and was the Essendon Football Club
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Primary School in Avondale Heights before moving to St Bernards College, Essendon. He supported the Fitzroy Football Club when he was young because in the first game he attended, Fitzroy player Bernie Quinlan kicked nine goals. Lloyd was drafted into the AFL as a 16-year-old in the 1995 Pre-season Draft as a "compensatory selection" that was awarded to Essendon by the AFL in return for losing Todd Ridley to the newly formed Fremantle Football Club. The Bombers picked up what would be one of their all-time greats for a relative pittance in the draft. Lloyd was heralded as a future
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clearance to Eaglehawk in 1968 and spent two years at the Bendigo Football League club. In 1970 he began playing for Werribee and won their best and fairest award the following year. He spent the 1972 season with Port Melbourne, then joined Footscray District Football League club Braybrook as coach and steered them to three successive premierships (1973, 1974, 1975). Lloyd is the father of former Essendon full-forward Matthew Lloyd, who kicked 926 league goals. His two other sons are also involved in football, with Brad Lloyd playing 11 games for Hawthorn and Simon Lloyd currently an assistant coach at
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Mark of the Year". A haul of eight goals in that match gave Lloyd his best return since Round 1, 2006. In Round 3, 1999, Lloyd, aged just 21 at the time, kicked a record 13 goals against the Sydney Swans at the MCG, kicking the first goal of the game and breaking John Coleman's record for most goals kicked by an Essendon player against the Swans. In his first game as Essendon captain, also playing against the Sydney Swans, Lloyd kicked eight goals (six in the first quarter against his opponent, Leo Barry) He kicked a total of 69
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In 2005, Essendon missed the finals for the first time since 1997; and in 2006, the club suffered its worst season under Sheedy, and its worst for more than 70 years, finishing second-last with only three wins (one of which was against defending premiers , in which Matthew Lloyd kicked eight goals) and one draw from twenty-two games. Matthew Lloyd replaced James Hird as captain at the start of the season, but after suffering a season-ending hamstring injury early in the season, David Hille was appointed captain for the remainder of the season. The club improved its on-field position in
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2005, he opposed Jonathan Brown, who was returning from a five-match suspension attained from the 2004 AFL Grand Final; Brown kicked eight goals in the game, and Richards was subsequently dropped for the following round. It was his limited opportunities at the club which ultimately led to him being traded. He was traded to Sydney Swans in exchange for pick 19 and 50 and made his debut for them in the first round of 2006, against his old club, Essendon. In the second quarter, coach Paul Roos assigned him onto Matthew Lloyd, who had already kicked six first-quarter goals. The
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Alan Noonan Alan Noonan (13 October 1947 – 13 April 2011) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) for the Essendon Football Club from 1966 to 1976 and the Richmond Football Club in 1977. Noonan made his VFL debut in 1966 and in his 11-year career for Essendon kicked 420 goals and played 183 games. In 1974 he kicked 77 goals, one of seven times he topped Essendon's goalkicking. Noonan holds the record for the Essendon Football Club's shortest ever term as a committeeman. In the 1992 Club election, he was elected to the
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Syd Slater Arthur John "Syd" Slater QPM (16 December 1914 – 8 March 1994) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Slater came to the VFL from Gisborne, in the Riddell District Football League. He started as a forward and kicked four goals on his Essendon debut in the opening round of the 1935 season, against Melbourne at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The feat was overshadowed by teammate Ted Freyer who kicked 12 goals, a then club record. Despite the promising start up forward, Slater spent most of his
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teams at all his schools. Noonan died on 13 April 2011 after a long battle with cancer, aged 63. Alan Noonan Alan Noonan (13 October 1947 – 13 April 2011) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) for the Essendon Football Club from 1966 to 1976 and the Richmond Football Club in 1977. Noonan made his VFL debut in 1966 and in his 11-year career for Essendon kicked 420 goals and played 183 games. In 1974 he kicked 77 goals, one of seven times he topped Essendon's goalkicking. Noonan holds the record for the
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2007 with 35 goals each season. At the end of 2010, Little had kicked 258 career goals in the VFL, 178 with Williamstown and 80 with the Box Hill Hawks. He kicked 84 goals in the 2010 season. He is the cousin of Brownlow Medallist and former Essendon Football Club coach, James Hird. Matt Little (footballer) Matthew Little (born 3 January 1986) is an Australian rules footballer, who has previously played for the Hawthorn Football Club, in the Australian Football League (AFL). Little won the Frosty Miller Medal in 2010. Currently, Little plays for the Bendigo Bombers in the Victorian
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for two years. He was the father of Graham Arthur who captained and coached the Hawthorn Football Club. Alan Arthur Alan Graham Arthur (12 November 1905 – 9 August 1979) was an Australian rules footballer who played thirty games for Essendon in 1928 and 1930 in the Victorian Football League (now the AFL). Arthur played thirty games and kicked fifty-four goals for Essendon, debuting against Geelong in round 4, 1928 and playing his final game against Collingwood in round 18, 1930. Originally from the Sandhurst Football Club, he returned there after leaving Essendon, before playing and coaching at Golden Square
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Dave Dick (Australian footballer) David Dick (8 January 1901 – 19 June 1982) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda, Essendon and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Dick, a full-forward, kicked 104 goals for Hampton in 1920. The following year he joined St Kilda, where he would make a single appearance, in round 17 against Richmond. He then returned to Hampton and remained there until 1925, when he was cleared to Essendon. In just his second game for Essendon, against Carlton at Windy Hill, Dick kicked six goals. Dick was at a third club in
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Club) Steven May, (Geelong Football Club) Nakia Cockatoo, with Zac Bailey being the most recently drafted player to the Brisbane Lions in the 2017 Australian Football League draft Other players who have for the club over the years that played for the Crocs before playing AFL or after playing AFL include Allen Jakovich who kicked 104 goals in his first season at the Crocs in the 1988/89 NTFL season, Brisbane Lions Premiership players Chris Johnson, Des Headland and Darryl White (who played in the SDFC 2006/07 NTFL Premiership side). Damian Cupido (Brisbane Lions) and (Essendon Football Club) played for the
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of the Lavington Football Club. He steered them to a premiership in 1983, their first in the Ovens & Murray Football League. In 1985 he captain-coached Queensland club Kedron. Ken Roberts (footballer, born 1952) Ken W. Roberts (born 13 May 1952) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Roberts, the son of a Richmond player of the same name, was a utility. He started out in the Essendon Under 19s, after arriving to the club from Essendon Baptists-St John's. In 1973 he kicked a career high 36 goals for
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Bradley Plain Bradley Plain (born 25 September 1969) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon, Collingwood and North Melbourne in the Australian Football League (AFL). Born in Tasmania, Plain played his early football with TFL Statewide side North Hobart before crossing to fellow TFL club Clarence. Recruited by Essendon, Plain kicked 27 goals for Essendon in the 1989 VFL season and took part in their finals campaign, which ended in the Preliminary Final. He bettered that tally in 1991 with 28 goals, including an eight-goal haul in a win over Sydney at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).
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weren't enough to allow him to play again. Bill Pearson (footballer) Bill Pearson (11 June 1922 – 6 December 2010) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s. Pearson was recruited from La Mascotte and in just his third league game kicked four goals to help his club defeat Carlton by 100 points. He was the centreman in the Essendon premiership side of 1946 and finished tenth in that season's Brownlow Medal count with 13 votes, the most by an Essendon player. A knee injury in 1947 ended Pearson's career
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Bill Pearson (footballer) Bill Pearson (11 June 1922 – 6 December 2010) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s. Pearson was recruited from La Mascotte and in just his third league game kicked four goals to help his club defeat Carlton by 100 points. He was the centreman in the Essendon premiership side of 1946 and finished tenth in that season's Brownlow Medal count with 13 votes, the most by an Essendon player. A knee injury in 1947 ended Pearson's career when a series of operations, five in total,
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Stephen Milne Stephen Milne (born 8 March 1980) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A small forward, he held the AFL record for the most goals kicked at the Docklands Stadium. He also held the record for the most games played by a player originally drafted via the Rookie Draft, however this was surpassed by the West Coast Eagles' Dean Cox in early 2014. Milne was recruited to the St Kilda Football Club from the Essendon reserves and placed on St Kilda's Rookie List after
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point in the Semi Final found themselves competing in just their second ever Grand Final and first since 1913, which they lost to Fitzroy. Essendon on the other hand last won a Premiership three years previously. The Bombers set up their win in the third quarter, scoring five goals to just one by the Saints. Ted Fordham kicked seven goals for Essendon. 1965 VFL Grand Final The 1965 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and St Kilda Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 25 September 1965.
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Alan Arthur Alan Graham Arthur (12 November 1905 – 9 August 1979) was an Australian rules footballer who played thirty games for Essendon in 1928 and 1930 in the Victorian Football League (now the AFL). Arthur played thirty games and kicked fifty-four goals for Essendon, debuting against Geelong in round 4, 1928 and playing his final game against Collingwood in round 18, 1930. Originally from the Sandhurst Football Club, he returned there after leaving Essendon, before playing and coaching at Golden Square and Dimboola. He then moved to South Australia to coach Norwood in the South Australian National Football League
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Shane Watson (footballer) Shane Watson (born 17 February 1974) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He currently serves as the forwards coach of the North Melbourne Football Club. Watson came to Collingwood from Montmorency and had an eventful start to his AFL career. He had just turned 18 when he made his league debut against the Brisbane Bears and kicked two goals, in addition to four behinds. Two weeks later, he kicked five goals in a win over Essendon at Waverley. He had a good season as
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John Ellis (footballer) John Ellis (born 20 September 1948) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Ellis spent some time in the Essendon reserves, after coming to the club from Keilor. He made just four senior appearances in 1967 but didn't miss a game in 1968, playing all 20 home and away fixtures and three finals. In the 1968 VFL Grand Final, which Essendon lost, Ellis played as a centreman. He kicked 23 goals during 1968 season and also polled well in the Brownlow Medal, with eight votes, the second most
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the year he retired, but later made some appearances for the Katunga Football Club. Robert Fox (footballer) Robert Fox (born 2 November 1931) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Fox hailed from Yarck but was recruited to Essendon via Thornton. He kicked 24 goals from 19 games for Essendon in the 1955 VFL season, three of which came in the semi final against Geelong. His last game for Essendon was the 1957 VFL Grand Final, which he played as a centre half-forward, in a losing team. He then decided to
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Graham Willey Graham Willey (born 19 July 1933) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Willey, who was a student at Scotch College, made his debut for Essendon in 1955, while on a permit from Redan. That year he won the best and fairest award in the Ballarat Football League. He joined the club full-time in 1956 and kicked 33 goals from 16 games, to top Essendon's goal-kicking. His work as a metallurgist brought him to Broken Hill in 1957 and he played with the North Broken Hill Football Club until
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Edgar Croft Edgar Ashton Fortescue Croft (7 May 1872 – 22 September 1946) was an Australian rules football player for the Essendon Football Club. He played in three seasons for the Bombers, playing 15 matches and scoring 12 goals. He has the unique distinction of scoring Essendon's very first League goal. He is famous for kicking the sealing goal for Essendon against Melbourne in the match that would decide the 1897 premiership. Under the farcical round robin finals series of 1897, Essendon needed to win their final match against Melbourne to win the flag. Croft kicked the only goal of
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beginning of the season, Sullivan lost his place on the Essendon list, and he signed for VFA club Camberwell. He kicked 26 goals in a game for NSW club Blighty, against the Deniliquin Rovers, in the 1999 Picola & District Football League season. David Sullivan (footballer) David Sullivan (born 15 May 1966) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn and Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Sullivan, a forward, captained Hawthorn at Under 19s level. He made his only senior appearance for Hawthorn in 1986, a premiership year. The St Kevins recruit played in Hawthorn's three
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Tony Russell Anthony "Tony" Russell (born 13 January 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He is also the most prolific forward in the history of the Hampden Football League, with a record 1020 goals. Originally from Coleraine, Russell was only a teenager when he kicked over 100 goals in a season for Hamilton in the Western Border Football League. Russell played seven VFL games in three seasons at Collingwood. He kicked four goals when he made his debut, against Essendon, in the 1982 VFL season, but his best haul
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his time with the Albury Football Club and joined Essendon in 1898. He played 12 games and kicked 10 goals for Essendon, all in the 1898 VFL season. His final appearance came in the 1898 VFL Grand Final, which he started as a forward, but was unable to register a goal in a 15-point loss. At the time of his death in 1938, Ten Brink was based in Brisbane. Conrad ten Brink Conrad Caesar ten Brink (31 January 1875 – 3 March 1938) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Ten Brink
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ruck he was used up forward and kicked 32 goals in 1979. Craig Stewart (footballer) Craig Stewart (born 15 September 1956) is a former professionalism Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club and Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He is the father of James Stewart who plays for the Essendon Football Club. Stewart started out in the VFA with Preston, topping their goal kicking in 1976 and winning their 'best and fairest' award in 1977. He joined Collingwood in 1978 and went on to play 115 games for the club, including the 1980
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fourteen goals against Richmond the following week, all extraordinary feats giving the low scoring of the era. He played 57 VFA games for Essendon and kicked 183 goals. In 1895 he left Essendon to seek work in Western Australia, and played for the Fremantle Football Club (not connected to the current club of the same name) in the Western Australian Football Association (WAFA). During his stint there he topped the WAFA goal kicking list on three consecutive occasions between 1895 and 1897, helping the side lift premierships in the first two of those years. He returned to Victoria in 1898
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for South Melbourne and North Melbourne in between his stints at Fitzroy and Essendon. Bill Stephen Bill Stephen (born 1 April 1928) is a former Australian rules footballer with Fitzroy Football Club. He also coached Fitzroy and Essendon. Recruited from Thornbury CYMS and making his debut with the Fitzroy Football Club in the VFL in 1947, Stephen was one of the best defenders in the league. He won the Fitzroy Football Club best and fairest in 1950 and 1954 and played for Victoria 14 times. He went on to play 162 games and kicked 4 goals for the club, playing
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David Flood David Flood (born 22 February 1969) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL). Flood, a Nhill recruit, struggled with injuries during his time at Essendon. He was primarily a key forward but was used often as a defender. After playing under-19s football with Essendon, Flood made his league debut in 1986 and kicked two goals on debut against St Kilda at Windy Hill. As the club had won the previous two VFL premierships, Flood found it difficult to establish a place in the team and managed only 15 games
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spend the next four seasons as a key forward in the AFL. He kicked 27 goals in 1990 but missed that year's finals series where Essendon made the Grand Final. In 1991 he made just six senior appearances but notably kicked four goals in Essendon's Elimination Final loss to Melbourne. At the end of the 1992 season, Werner was traded to Sydney. In his first game against his old club, and third for Sydney, Werner kicked a career best six goals. He later played with Gisborne and kicked a record 173 goals in the 1997 Riddell District Football League season.
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Swans Districts, as well as Collingwood and the Brisbane Bears. Stephen Richardson Stephen Neil Richardson (born 16 March 1959) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon, Swan Districts, East Perth and Norwood. Richardson was from Western Australia, but started his career in Queensland, at the Mayne Australian Football Club. From there he went to Victorian Football League club Essendon, where he played one league game in 1983, their round 20 win over Melbourne at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Coming off the interchange bench, Richardson had 16 disposals and kicked two goals. He was a member of Essendon's
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Stephen Richardson Stephen Neil Richardson (born 16 March 1959) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon, Swan Districts, East Perth and Norwood. Richardson was from Western Australia, but started his career in Queensland, at the Mayne Australian Football Club. From there he went to Victorian Football League club Essendon, where he played one league game in 1983, their round 20 win over Melbourne at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Coming off the interchange bench, Richardson had 16 disposals and kicked two goals. He was a member of Essendon's 1983 reserves premiership team. In 1984, Richardson returned to Perth
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Geoff Blethyn Geoff Blethyn (born 28 October 1950) is a former leading Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL), Claremont in the Western Australian Football League (WAFL) and Port Adelaide in the South Australian Football League (SANFL). A full-forward, Blethyn had a slim frame and wore glasses on the field. He kicked four goals in Essendon's 1968 Grand Final loss to Carlton and had his most prolific game up forward when he kicked 11 goals against Footscray during the 1972 VFL season. It had been a record breaking year for Blethyn, he finished it
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record for most goals kicked in a game by a Gold Coast player. The Suns made history in Round 8 when they recorded consecutive victories for the first time against Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs respectively. Jaeger O'Meara would once again dazzle the AFL world when he racked up 30 possessions during a Round 12 loss to Essendon. So impressive was the display from O'Meara that Essendon legend Tim Watson revealed he thought O'Meara could become the greatest player to ever compete in the Australian Football League. West Australian teams Fremantle and West Coast were poised to launch massive bids
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Full-Forward John Coleman, in his first season of VFL Football, kicked six goals for the game, the last of which brought up his 100th goal for the year. Umpire - Jack McMurray 1949 VFL Grand Final The 1949 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 24 September 1949. It was the 53rd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1949 VFL season. The match, attended by 88,718 spectators, was won by Essendon by
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Ariel Steinberg Ariel Steinberg (born 26 August 1992 in Mildura, Victoria, Australia) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He made his senior debut against in round 21 of the 2014 season. Steinberg was selected by Essendon with the thirty-first pick in the 2010 AFL Draft in November 2010. Ariel was drafted from the Bendigo Pioneers in the TAC Cup having joined the Pioneers squad halfway through the 2010 season. He started playing for the Bendigo Bombers in their 2011 season. He kicked 3 goals against Frankston
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1960. He coached South Broken Hill to a premiership in 1962. Graham Willey Graham Willey (born 19 July 1933) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Willey, who was a student at Scotch College, made his debut for Essendon in 1955, while on a permit from Redan. That year he won the best and fairest award in the Ballarat Football League. He joined the club full-time in 1956 and kicked 33 goals from 16 games, to top Essendon's goal-kicking. His work as a metallurgist brought him to Broken Hill in 1957
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the Blues in the first quarter to set up their win. Paul Salmon kicked 5 goals for the Bombers. 1993 AFL Grand Final The 1993 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 25 September 1993. It was the 97th annual grand final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League), staged to determine the premiers for the 1993 AFL season. The match, attended by 96,862 spectators, was won by Essendon by a margin of 44 points, marking
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Brian Walsh (footballer, born 1951) Brian T. Walsh (born 24 April 1951) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton and Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1970s. From Sandhurst, Walsh had his best year in 1973 when he won Carlton's Best Clubman Award and topped their goalkicking with 60 goals, including a bag of eight against South Melbourne at Lake Oval. He was a rover in the 1973 Grand Final but finished on the losing team. In 1975 he joined Essendon and kicked exactly 100 goals for the club over four seasons. He finished
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topped Richmond's goalkicking on three occasions and his career best 64 goals in the 1937 home and away season was the most in the VFL that year. A premiership player in 1934, Harris was a member of another Richmond premiership team in 1943 when he kicked seven goals in their five-point Grand Final win against Essendon Football Club. At the end of the 1944 season he left the league and joined Victorian Football Association (VFA) club Williamstown, helping them to the 1945 premiership. Later, after two seasons at Wiiliamstown, Harris was cleared to Yarraville. Harris also played for Camberwell, in
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Clarrie Hearn Clarence "Clarrie" Hearn (13 November 1905 – 1 April 1981) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Hearn spent his early career as a defender, mostly at half-back. Despite having managed just two goals from his 31 appearances coming into the 1931 VFL season, Hearn was given a role up forward and kicked 31 goals for the year, 24 of them over five consecutive games. The Rutherglen recruit was used both forward and back for the rest of his time up the club and twice kicked seven goal hauls as
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Ted Kinnear Edward Hore Kinnear (27 October 1874 – 3 March 1965) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Kinnear was part of Essendon's inaugural VFL team in 1897 and finished the year as a premiership player – he was also the last survivor from that team. He was used as a full-forward in 1901 and kicked 16 goals, including five in a win over Carlton. Kinnear was a member of the Essendon premiership team that season. In all he appeared in ten finals, with losing grand finals in
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Daryl Cunningham Daryl Cunningham (born 25 November 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Cunningham, a utility, came from Ballarat Football League club Golden Point. He played 15 games for St Kilda in the 1983 VFL season and kicked 21 goals, including five in a win over Richmond at Waverley Park. At that year's Grand Final Sprint he finished third. Over the next three seasons he added a further 19 games, then made his way to Essendon, where he made seven appearances in 1987. From 1988 to
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Pat Wellington Pat J. Wellington (29 July 1953 – 12 July 1987) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1970s. Wellington played as a forward and was recruited to the Des Tuddenham led Essendon from Hopetoun. Known for his high flying marks, he kicked 21 goals in 1973, five of those in a win over Footscray at Western Oval. With his VFL career ending in 1976, Wellington continued his football career at VFA club Yarraville in 1977. He then moved to Pennant Hills in Sydney before heading further north to
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with 107 goals and he had been the first Essendon player since John Coleman in 1950 to kick over 100 in a season. He however missed out on the Coleman Medal to Collingwood's Peter McKenna who kicked 130 goals for the season. From 1973 to 1975 Blethyn played for WAFL club Claremont. but returned to Essendon in 1976 where he topped their goalkicking with 39 goals. It was the third time Blethyn had finished a season as Essendon's top goalkicker, having done so in 1970 and 1972. Blethyn left Essendon for good in 1977 when he transferred to SANFL club
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peer in the art of goal kicking." Two seasons later Coleman's career was ended after he dislocated a knee during the Round 8 clash with the North Melbourne Football Club at Essendon. Aged just twenty five, he had kicked 537 goals in only 98 VFL games in what was generally a fairly low scoring period for the game. His meteoric rise and fall were clearly the stuff of legend, and few if any players, either before or since, have had such an immense impact over so brief a period. According to Alf Brown, football writer for "The Herald": Somewhat more
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important goals throughout the year. His experience in what was a very young team was instrumental in helping Essendon win an unexpected premiership that year. After the 1994 season, Watson retired for good, having played 307 games and kicked 335 goals. Since his retirement, Watson was named the sixth greatest player to ever play for Essendon in the "Champions of Essendon" list, and was named ruck-rover in their "Team of the Century". Watson was the coach of the St Kilda Football Club in 1999 and 2000. His success was limited, with the side winning only 12 of the 44 matches
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seasons and then Essendon for another three. He captain-coached Port Melbourne to the Victorian Football Association (VFA) premiership in 1940 and remained in that role the following year. In 1942 he returned to the VFL and joined his fourth club, St Kilda, for whom he kicked 21 goals that year and would captain in the 1944 season. Kelly later played at Yallourn North as captain-coach. Frank Kelly (footballer, born 1910) Frank James Kelly (23 December 1910 – 6 July 1982) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood, Melbourne, Essendon and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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on the field for 15 minutes and didn't appear at league level again that year. In Essendon's Panasonic Cup semi-final win over the West Coast Eagles in 1987, Walsh kicked eight goals, then a club record for a night series game. He subsequently got more opportunities in 1987, playing eight games. His other two league appearances for Essendon came in 1988. Nick Walsh (footballer) Nick Walsh (born 7 January 1965) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Walsh, a half-forward flanker, started out at St Peters in the Geelong Football League.
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of career goals. Laurie Dearle Laurie Dearle (16 October 1919 – 25 October 1979) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s. Dearle started his career with East Fremantle and in 1942 arrived at Essendon under a war time service permit. A premiership player in his debut season, Dearle kicked two goals as a centreman in the 1942 Grand Final win over Richmond. He appeared in another Grand Final the following season and finished on the losing team. In 1944 he kicked 23 goals for the year, over half of
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Sam Lonergan Sam Lonergan (born 26 March 1987) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club and Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AF). He was drafted from the Launceston Football Club, via the Tassie Mariners U18s and the Tasmanian Devils, with selection 50 in the 2005 Draft. Lonergan captained the Allies (a composite team drawn from Tasmania, New South Wales, Queensland, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory), against Victoria during Grand Final week. In that game, he kicked five goals and was the leading possession winner on the ground.
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Ken Roberts (footballer, born 1952) Ken W. Roberts (born 13 May 1952) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Roberts, the son of a Richmond player of the same name, was a utility. He started out in the Essendon Under 19s, after arriving to the club from Essendon Baptists-St John's. In 1973 he kicked a career high 36 goals for the season, which ended prematurely with a knee injury. He finished his VFL career at Melbourne, where he played 12 senior games. From 1980 to 1984, Roberts was captain-coach
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Ray Watts Raymond Carson Watts (13 August 1917 – 17 January 2008) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He married Myrtle Jessie Louise Gregory (1917-), the daughter of Harry "Speed" Gregory on 21 June 1941. A forward, Watts grew up in Launceston and played his early football with Churinga Football Club in the Tasmanian Amateur Football League. He was the league's best and fairest player in 1936. Watts made his VFL debut in the 11th round of the 1937 VFL season against North Melbourne and kicked three goals. He kicked 60
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Greg Stockdale Greg Stockdale (30 July 1899 – 14 May 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1920s. A left footer, Stockdale started his career as a half back flanker and was first pushed up forward in the 1922 preliminary final, a place he remained in for most of his career. The following season he kicked 68 goals and was the league's leading goalkicker, breaking the record for the most goals kicked by a player in a season. It was also the first of three times that he led
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full season back, he became a VFL interstate representative for the first time. Bryce missed another five games through suspension in 1939. He was Essendon's leading goal-kicker in 1940, when he kicked 48 goals. His record in finals saw him kick 16 goals from just six game. He kicked two of those goals from a forward pocket in the 1941 VFL Grand Final, which Essendon lost. Ted Bryce Edward George Bryce (21 December 1912 – 10 October 1996) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Bryce was used up forward with success
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Bill Hutchison William Henry Hutchison (28 April 1923 – 18 June 1982), often referred to as "Hutchy", was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL) with the Essendon Football Club, who played 290 VFL games, from 1942 to 1957, and kicked 496 goals. Generally considered one of the finest rovers ever to play the game, he captained Essendon from 1951 to 1957, and was a vital part of Essendon's premiership sides in 1942, 1946, 1949 and 1950. The son of Scottish parents, Henry Kearton Hutchison (1884-1962), and Agnes Caskie Hutchison (1889-1977), née Brown, William Henry Hutchison was
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11 and 10 goals in separate games to kick 116 goals for the season; in 98 games for Coburg Football Club (VFA) his tally was 432 goals. Bob Pratt, who crossed from the VFL without a clearance early in the throw-pass era, kicked 183 goals in the 1941 VFA season for Coburg, which was then the highest number of goals kicked in a VFA season until Ron Todd of Williamstown (VFA) beat that record and kicked 188 goals in 1945. Pratt and Collins together hold the record for the most goals by two players in a season: they kicked a
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1926, Footscray, for which he played four games. Later in the decade he played with Sandringham. He had a brother, Fred, that played for Melbourne. Their father, Alick, was an Essendon player in the 1890s who captained the club to four premierships. Dave Dick (Australian footballer) David Dick (8 January 1901 – 19 June 1982) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda, Essendon and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Dick, a full-forward, kicked 104 goals for Hampton in 1920. The following year he joined St Kilda, where he would make a single appearance, in round
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Bill Luff William 'Bill' Luff (25 December 1909 – 9 October 1981) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). The son of Richmond's Bill Luff Sr., Luff was a good forward at Camberwell before he came to Essendon and topped the VFA's goal-kicking in 1933 with 106 goals. He continued this form when he arrived at Essendon the following season and kicked four goals on debut and five goals in just his third match. He then returned to Camberwell in 1935 and again was the league's top goal-kicker, bagging 75 goals. The
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Brent Stanton Brent Stanton (born 1 May 1986) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Stanton attended Banyule Primary School and Viewbank College. At the age of 16, Stanton was selected to play for the 2002 Northern Knights team in the TAC Cup. He played nine games, averaged 16 possessions and kicked 11 goals. Growing up, Stanton supported the Carlton Football Club. Stanton was drafted by with the thirteenth overall selection in the 2003 national draft, Essendon's second pick overall in the draft. Due to many key
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Laurie Dearle Laurie Dearle (16 October 1919 – 25 October 1979) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s. Dearle started his career with East Fremantle and in 1942 arrived at Essendon under a war time service permit. A premiership player in his debut season, Dearle kicked two goals as a centreman in the 1942 Grand Final win over Richmond. He appeared in another Grand Final the following season and finished on the losing team. In 1944 he kicked 23 goals for the year, over half of his final tally
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conference at Windy Hill. McVeigh shared the role of Vice-Captain of the Essendon Football Club with David Hille for most of his career. McVeigh played a total of 232 games and kicked 107 goals during his successful career at Essendon. In 2013, following his retirement, McVeigh began a media career with the Seven Network and SEN 1116. He also began taking developmental coaching roles in New South Wales and Canberra. He coached the Under-16 and Under-18 NSW/ACT Rams teams in the national championships, and took a head coaching role at the Giants Academy, then transitioned into an assistant coaching role
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Jack Crane John Edward "Jack" Crane (26 August 1913 – 5 January 1974) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon, Richmond and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Although recruited from Preston, Crane played originally for the South Melbourne seconds. He started his VFL career at Essendon and kicked five goals on his debut, against Hawthorn at Windy Hill. A dispute with a teammate meant that he was cleared to Richmond after just one more league game and he was used as a full-back at his new club. He spent much of the 1940 VFL season
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Wayne Primmer Wayne Primmer (born 9 January 1959) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and West Torrens in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Recruited from Woomelang, Primmer was a rover and had a particularly strong season in 1978, where he kicked 24 goals in his first six appearances that year, with seven goal hauls against South Melbourne, Carlton and Richmond. By the end of the season he had amassed 47 goals, which were enough to top Essendon's goal-kicking. Primmer transferred to SANFL club West Torrens for the
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kicked a club record 11 goals in a game against Essendon 'A', although he was mainly remembered by fans for his habit of leaving the ground at 1/2 time to drink three beers at a nearby pub before returning to the ground for the start of the third quarter (A break of no more than fifteen minutes). Charles Clements Charles 'Bones' Clements (21 March 1882 – 1 May 1927) was an Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Clements joined South Melbourne in 1904 after three seasons at Victorian Football Association (VFA) club
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in the preliminary final and the selectors sprang a surprise on grand final day by naming the officially retired Dick Reynolds as 20th man. 'King Richard' was powerless to prevent the inevitable, although leading at half time, the Geelong kicked five goals to two points in the third quarter to set up victory by 11 points. Essendon slumped to 8th in 1952 but John Coleman was in irrepressible form managing 103 goals for the year. Hugh Buggy noted in "The Argus": "It was the wettest season for twenty two years and Coleman showed that since the war he was without
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Neil Craig Neil Passmore Craig (born 11 January 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer, fitness adviser, former coach of the Adelaide Football Club, a former caretaker coach of the Melbourne Football Club, the former General Manager of Performance at the Essendon Football Club, as well as the former Director of Coaching at the Carlton Football Club. Craig played a total of 319 games (and kicked 220 goals) in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) as well as 11 State of Origin matches for South Australia. He played 126 games for the Norwood Football Club, debuting as a 17-year-old
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Sean Wellman Sean Wellman (born 20 September 1974) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club and Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Wellman was a key position player who arrived at the AFL's Adelaide Football Club from North Adelaide. He played 34 games across his first two seasons in 1994 and 1995, before moving to Essendon in 1996. He became a key defender for the club and was often called "Not a well man" as a play on his surname by commentator Rex Hunt. He played 212 games and kicked 34
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Ken Peucker Ken Peucker (2 February 1935 – 15 February 2005) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Recruited from the Lincoln Stars in the Essendon District Football League, Peucker started out at Essendon in the Under-19s and played his first VFL game in 1954. A half-forward and rover, he kicked 27 goals for Essendon in the 1955 VFL season, a tally bettered by only two teammates. Peucker spent his next two years in South Australia and was the leading goal-kicker at South Adelaide in 1957. He returned to Essendon in 1958
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Fred Gallagher (footballer) Fred Gallagher (born 1 January 1931) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1950s. Initially a half forward, Gallagher hailed from Rosebud. His 34 goals in 1957 was enough to top the goal-kicking at Essendon, helped by a haul of 12 goals and four behinds from full-forward in their round eight win over Geelong at Windy Hill. In doing so he joined John Coleman and Ted Freyer as the only players to have kicked 12 goals or more in a game for Essendon. He also booted
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and 1946 seasons at Preston. After coaching stints with Leongatha and Mitcham, Exelby joined Queensland club Mayne as captain-coach in 1950. Murray Exelby Murray Exelby (11 October 1912 – 21 October 1987) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Exelby, a rover and half forward flanker, kicked six goals against Melbourne in the opening round of the 1940 VFL season and finished the year with a career best 24 goals. Recruited from East Brunswick, he was a losing Grand Finalist the following season and a premiership player in 1942, with two goals
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at Ballarat Secondary College and Ballarat Grammar School. Lockett began playing Australian Rules with the Under 12s team of his father's club, North Ballarat Football Club, in 1974. He played a total of 120 junior games with the club. He had played just five senior games as a 16-year-old in 1982 with North Ballarat before he was recruited by VFL club St Kilda and moved to Melbourne. In Lockett's second year with the club, he kicked seven goals in the opening game against the Essendon Football Club and then went on to kick 70 more goals to win St Kilda's
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Les Griggs Les Griggs (6 May 1914 – 28 May 1990) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1930s and 1940s. Griggs, from Yarragon originally, was mostly a centreman and centre half forward over the course of his career at Essendon. A teacher, he missed a couple of seasons due to his work, costing him a place in the 100 club as he finished his career with 99 games. He had his best year in 1941 when he kicked 29 goals and played in Essendon's losing Grand Final team. Griggs
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Carrara Oval and he kicked two goals. The following week he played in a loss to Essendon, in what would be his last VFL game. Craig Evans (Australian footballer) Craig Evans (born 26 February 1965) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and the Brisbane Bears in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Evans was a local Geelong recruit, from the Grovedale Football Club. He appeared in nine games for Geelong during the 1986 VFL season and was then one of the players offered up by the club to the Brisbane Bears. At Brisbane for their inaugural league
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Bill Stephen Bill Stephen (born 1 April 1928) is a former Australian rules footballer with Fitzroy Football Club. He also coached Fitzroy and Essendon. Recruited from Thornbury CYMS and making his debut with the Fitzroy Football Club in the VFL in 1947, Stephen was one of the best defenders in the league. He won the Fitzroy Football Club best and fairest in 1950 and 1954 and played for Victoria 14 times. He went on to play 162 games and kicked 4 goals for the club, playing prominently from the back pocket position. Bill Stephen coached Fitzroy on three separate occasions
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Gravatt, in Queensland. Ken Peucker Ken Peucker (2 February 1935 – 15 February 2005) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Recruited from the Lincoln Stars in the Essendon District Football League, Peucker started out at Essendon in the Under-19s and played his first VFL game in 1954. A half-forward and rover, he kicked 27 goals for Essendon in the 1955 VFL season, a tally bettered by only two teammates. Peucker spent his next two years in South Australia and was the leading goal-kicker at South Adelaide in 1957. He returned to
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in hand and more games against non-finalists. West Coast ultimately moved into the top four in Round 22, after Carlton's loss against Hawthorn. In the elimination final against Essendon, Carlton fell fourteen points behind during the first quarter, after kicking five early behinds to Essendon's three goals; the Blues then kicked the next ten goals of the game before half time to set up an unbeatable lead, and finished with a comfortable 62-point win. In the semi-final against West Coast, Carlton kicked the first four goals of the match, before conceding eight goals to three in the second quarter to
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James Stewart (Australian footballer) James Stewart (born 4 March 1994) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is the son of former footballer, Craig Stewart. Stewart played for the Sandringham Dragons in the TAC Cup, he was recruited by the Greater Western Sydney Giants with pick 27 in the 2012 national draft and made his debut in round 23, 2013, against at Metricon Stadium. He was traded to Essendon at the end of the 2016 season. He collected ten disposals and kicked three goals in his debut for
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Michael Thomson (footballer) Michael Thomson (born 26 November 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and Richmond in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL). Recruited locally, Thomson's career at Essendon coincided one of the club's most successful decades and as a result he found it difficult to command regular selection. He played ten games in 1981, his first season, which included an elimination final. In the opening round of the 1982 season he kicked five goals against Footscray but made just two further appearances that year. He participated in the Essendon reserves premiership in 1983 and put
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Tony West (footballer) Anthony L. "Tony" West (born 11 September 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1980s. Originally from the Carlton Reserves, West was a member of the 1980 Brunswick Victorian Football Association Second Division premiership team. He made two appearances with Essendon in 1982 before spending the rest of the year on the sidelines with a broken leg. He kicked bags of four goals with his first two games of the 1983 VFL season, the only goals of his league career. Due to the strength
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Bert Ryan Albert "Bert" Ryan (3 June 1880 – 29 October 1952) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Ryan was an established player at West Melbourne in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) before he came to the VFL. He had finished joint first in the VFA's goal-kicking in 1903 with 44 goals and again in 1904 when he kicked 51 goals. On each occasion he was the joint winner with Richmond's Jack Hutchinson. Ryan was then a fixture in their 1906 premiership. His season at Essendon consisted of 17 matches and
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season in the Victorian Football Association, playing with Hawthorn. He joined Essendon in 1921 and kicked four goals in each of his first two games, against Geelong and South Melbourne respectively. Charlie Fehring Charles "Charlie" Fehring (21 March 1899 – 30 November 1981) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond and Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). A forward, Fehring was recruited from Surreys. He was Richmond's leading goal-kicker in the 1917 VFL season, despite kicking just 14 goals, from his 11 appearances. The following year he featured just once, but played nine games for Richmond in
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in the opening eight rounds. In 1903 he played every game and kicked a club high 34 goals, six of them in a win over Essendon at Corio Oval. That season he missed out on winning the VFL Leading Goal-kicker Award by one goal, to Collingwood's Teddy Lockwood. He was Geelong's top goal-kicker again in 1904 and 1905, with 20 goals and 19 goals respectively. His season ended after eight rounds in 1906, omitted from the team for "inattention to practice". He left for Victorian Football Association club Prahran in 1907. Ike Woods Ike Woods (20 August 1879 – 28
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one final season at Essendon before moving to Western Australia and representing his adopted state at the 1972 Perth Carnival. Ian Anderson (Australian footballer) Ian Gregory Anderson (born 14 October 1948, in Horsham) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Anderson, who was recruited to Essendon from Miga Lake, debuted in 1967 and finished the year with 21 goals. A forward, he kicked a career best tally of seven goals against Hawthorn in the opening round of the 1968 season. He didn't play in 1969 or 1970 due to war service
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at centre half forward for the Victorian Under 18 All-Star team. Barkers' form at Under 18 level attracted plenty of interest from AFL club scouts. In the 1992 AFL Draft John Barker was selected at pick 25 by the Fitzroy Football Club. Barker did not play a senior game for Fitzroy in 1993 and missed most of the season due to back and hamstring injuries. Barker's first senior game in the AFL was in round 2 of the 1994 season against Essendon at Princes Park. Barker played 47 games and kicked 12 goals at Fitzroy over his 3 seasons at
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played in country Victoria. At the end of the 2009 season, Johns was involved in a dispute with the East Fremantle Football Club due to his not turning up for training or club functions. Subsequently, Johns was released to Heywood in the Western Border Football League (based on the Victorian/South Australian border) alongside other former AFL footballers Mal Michael, Brad Smith and Brad Fuller. In round 2, against Hamilton Imperials, he kicked 11 goals, helping to end the club's 42-game losing streak. In 2011, Courtney Johns signed with the Aberfeldie Football Club in the Essendon District Football League along with
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Tom Hislop Tom Hislop (born 7 June 1988) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club and Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by the Essendon Football Club in 2006 at pick 20 in the 2006 AFL draft. He made his debut in Round 14 against and kicked a goal. However, he suffered a stress fracture prior to round 17 and missed the rest of the 2007 season. In 2008, Hislop injured his wrist and missed a few weeks but made his return with the VFL side, Bendigo
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and after trailing by 24 points at half time, Port kicked 12 goals to 5 in the second half to win by 22 points. Their 2014 season ended with a three-point loss to Hawthorn in the preliminary final. Port Adelaide's 2015 pre-season began with Essendon ruckman Paddy Ryder requesting a trade to Port Adelaide. On the final day of trade week, Ryder was traded to the club boosting its ruck stocks. For the second consecutive season, Port Adelaide had lost another assistant coach to a senior coaching position at another club, this time Phil Walsh, who became the coach of
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after playing in just three games, he moved to South Australia for family reasons and represented the state at interstate football. A centre half forward and follower, Hardiman spent one further season at Essendon in 1939. He kicked 28 goals, the fourth most by an Essendon player that year, and contributed five goals in a win over Fitzroy at Brunswick Street Oval. Hardiman then returned to South Australia in 1940 and captain-coached Norwood in the SANFL. Perce McCallum was appointed coach in 1941 but Hardiman continued as captain and steered Norwood to a premiership in the league's last season before
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were unable to satisfy his salary expectations, he was released by the club and signed by St Kilda, with the first pick of the pre-season draft. Although he kicked three goals on his St Kilda debut, against the Brisbane Bears, Winton played just four more league games. He then played for both Prahran and Sandringham in the Victorian Football Association, followed by a stint as coach of Cheltenham from 1996 to 1999 . Brian Winton Brian J. Winton (born 28 July 1963) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond, Essendon and St Kilda in the Victorian Football
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Peter Daniel (Australian footballer) Peter Russell Daniel (born 17 September 1947) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Daniel spent most of 1968 in the Essendon reserves, where he played in a premiership team. The Woori Yallock recruit featured more prominently in 1969 and kicked 32 goals, including a couple of six goal hauls. In the subsequent seasons he was used mainly as a full-back. At Moorabbin Oval, against St Kilda, late in the 1974 VFL season, Daniel made his 100th and last league appearance. It was also the debut of
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Graeme Schultz Graeme William Schultz (born 17 May 1953) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Schultz was a forward and rover, recruited to Essendon from Warracknabeal in the Wimmera Football League. He kicked four goals on his league debut in 1971, against Hawthorn, which helped him to a season tally of 29 goals; this was just two behind the club's leading goalkicker that year, Alan Noonan. His 16 games in 1974 were deemed to be some of his best, as he finished third in the W. S. Crichton Medal count.
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1984 Hawthorn Football Club season The 1984 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 60th season in the Victorian Football League and 83rd overall. Hawthorn entered the season as the defending VFL Premiers. Hawthorn qualified for their third consecutive finals series. Hawthorn qualified for their second consecutive Grand Final. It was the second time they advanced to the Grand Final in two consecutive seasons since 1976. They faced in a rematch of last years Grand Final with a chance to repeat as premiers. Hawthorn led 68–45 at 3-quarter time but Essendon kicked 9 goals to 2 in the fourth quarter to
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Robert Fox (footballer) Robert Fox (born 2 November 1931) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Fox hailed from Yarck but was recruited to Essendon via Thornton. He kicked 24 goals from 19 games for Essendon in the 1955 VFL season, three of which came in the semi final against Geelong. His last game for Essendon was the 1957 VFL Grand Final, which he played as a centre half-forward, in a losing team. He then decided to return to the country and played at Alexandra in 1958. At the end of
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break from league football but returned in 1990 for one final appearance, Essendon's win over Richmond in round 17. Justin Stubbs Justin Stubbs (born 25 September 1969) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL). Stubbs, a Tasmanian Schoolboys All-Australian, played his early football for Devonport. He went to St. Bernard's College after moving to Victoria and represented the state at Teal Cup level. In the 12th round of the 1988 VFL season, Stubbs made his Essendon debut and kicked goals with his first two kicks in league football (against Fitzroy at
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Footscray in Round 8, 1996 where he kicked eight goals. Cummings final game for Essendon was the 1996 Preliminary Final loss to Sydney. At the end of the 1996 season, Essendon traded Cummings to the newly formed Port Adelaide in return for their #2 (Chris Heffernan) and #28 (Jason Johnson) draft selections. In all, Cummings played 40 games for Essendon, kicking 83 goals. Cummings kicked 70 goals in his first season for Port Adelaide and finished third in the Coleman Medal behind Tony Modra (84) and Saverio Rocca (76). His season included three games in which he kicked five goals.
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