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Big Stats - Players

Goals
1920: Bob Merrick kicked 8 goals for Fitzroy against St. Kilda (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1948: Peter Bennett kicked 7 goals for St. Kilda against Hawthorn (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R19)
1976: Leigh Matthews kicked 7 goals for Hawthorn against North Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, QF)
1994: David Schwarz kicked 9 goals for Melbourne against Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R24)
Behinds
1937: Gordon Coventry kicked 5 behinds for Collingwood against Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 1SF)
1965: Hugh Mitchell kicked 5 behinds for Essendon against Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 1SF)
1976: Leigh Matthews kicked 6 behinds for Hawthorn against North Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, QF)
1976: Kevin Sheehan kicked 5 behinds for Geelong against Footscray (V/AFL, Premiership Season, EF)
1998: Wayne Carey kicked 6 behinds for North Melbourne against Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, 4QF)
2004: Matthew Lloyd kicked 5 behinds for Essendon against Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, 1EF)
Kicks
1937: Marcus Whelan had 27 kicks for Collingwood vs. Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 1SF)
1954: Gerald Marchesi had 25 kicks for North Melbourne vs. Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 1SF)
1954: Peter Marquis had 26 kicks for Melbourne vs. North Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 1SF)
1965: Johnny Birt had 30 kicks for Essendon vs. Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 1SF)
1965: Jack Clarke had 25 kicks for Essendon vs. Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 1SF)
1965: Geoff Gosper had 29 kicks for Essendon vs. Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 1SF)
1965: Hugh Mitchell had 26 kicks for Essendon vs. Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 1SF)
1976: Leigh Matthews had 31 kicks for Hawthorn vs. North Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, QF)
1988: Peter Daicos had 25 kicks for Collingwood vs. Carlton (V/AFL, Premiership Season, QF)
1998: Peter Bell had 29 kicks for North Melbourne vs. Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, 4QF)
1998: Anthony Stevens had 25 kicks for North Melbourne vs. Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, 4QF)
1999: Anthony Stevens had 29 kicks for North Melbourne vs. Port Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, 3QF)
2010: Dane Swan had 31 kicks for Collingwood vs. Western Bulldogs (AFL, Premiership Season, 1QF)
2021: Jack Macrae had 27 kicks for Western Bulldogs vs. Brisbane (AFL, Premiership Season, 1SF)
Handballs
2010: Daniel Cross had 20 handballs for Western Bulldogs vs. Collingwood (AFL, Premiership Season, 1QF)
Tackles
1999: Marcus Ashcroft had 10 tackles for Brisbane vs. Carlton (AFL, Premiership Season, 2QF)
2009: Andrew Welsh had 11 tackles for Essendon vs. Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, 1EF)
2010: Luke Ball had 11 tackles for Collingwood vs. Western Bulldogs (AFL, Premiership Season, 1QF)
2011: Dom Cassisi had 10 tackles for Port Adelaide vs. Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R24)
2011: Jordie McKenzie had 13 tackles for Melbourne vs. Port Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R24)
2022: Aisling McCarthy had 11 tackles for West Coast WFC vs. Gold Coast WFC (AFL, Women's Premiership Season, R2)
2022: Emma Swanson had 10 tackles for West Coast WFC vs. Gold Coast WFC (AFL, Women's Premiership Season, R2)
2022: Aishling Sheridan had 10 tackles for Collingwood WFC vs. Sydney WFC (AFL, Women's Premiership Season, R2)
2022: Molly Eastman had 10 tackles for Sydney WFC vs. Collingwood WFC (AFL, Women's Premiership Season, R2)
2022: Tilly Lucas-Rodd had 13 tackles for Hawthorn WFC vs. St. Kilda WFC (AFL, Women's Premiership Season, R2)
Frees for
1982: Stephen Carey received 7 frees for Essendon vs. North Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, EF)
Frees against
1954: Bob Brooker gave away 7 frees for North Melbourne vs. Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 1SF)
1954: Mick Grambeau gave away 7 frees for North Melbourne vs. Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 1SF)

Player Milestones

Debuts
2011: Aaron Black debuted for North Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R24)
2020: Keidean Coleman debuted for Brisbane (AFL, Premiership Season, R15)
Last game
1909: Les Millis played his last game for Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1909: Percy Sheehan played his last game for Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1909: Paddy Mills played his last game for Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1920: Bob Walker played his last game for Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1920: Hughie Odgers played his last game for Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1920: Roy Cazaly played his last game for St. Kilda (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1920: Les Armstrong played his last game for Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1920: Billy Schmidt played his last game for St. Kilda (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1920: Vic Belcher played his last game for South Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1926: Bobby Allison played his last game for South Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
1926: Bill 'Bull' Adams played his last game for Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
1948: Frank Curcio played his last game for Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R19)
1948: Leo Maguire played his last game for Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R19)
1948: Jack Brain played his last game for Hawthorn (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R19)
1948: Ron Durham played his last game for Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R19)
1948: Billy King played his last game for South Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R19)
1948: Wally Culpitt played his last game for Hawthorn (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R19)
1954: Ted Larsen played his last game for North Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 1SF)
1954: Kevin Dynon played his last game for North Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 1SF)
1954: Les Mogg played his last game for North Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 1SF)
1954: Gerald Marchesi played his last game for North Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 1SF)
1954: Jock Lineen played his last game for North Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 1SF)
1965: John Yeates played his last game for Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 1SF)
1965: John Watts played his last game for Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 1SF)
1965: John Fox played his last game for Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 1SF)
1976: Ian Salmon played his last game for Footscray (V/AFL, Premiership Season, EF)
1982: Max Crow played his last game for Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, EF)
1993: Ben Buckley played his last game for North Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, 2EF)
1993: Matthew Larkin played his last game for North Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, 2EF)
1993: Alan Ezard played his last game for Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, QF)
1994: Doug Hawkins played his last game for Footscray (AFL, Premiership Season, R24)
1998: Gary O'Donnell played his last game for Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, 4QF)
1998: David Calthorpe played his last game for Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, 4QF)
1999: Shayne Breuer played his last game for Port Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, 3QF)
1999: Nathan Eagleton played his last game for Port Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, 3QF)
2004: Chad Morrison played his last game for West Coast (AFL, Premiership Season, 2EF)
2005: Leigh Colbert played his last game for North Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, 1EF)
2009: Andrew Lovett played his last game for Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, 1EF)
2009: Adam McPhee played his last game for Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, 1EF)
2010: Campbell Brown played his last game for Hawthorn (AFL, Premiership Season, 2EF)
2011: Brady Rawlings played his last game for North Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R24)
2011: Daniel Pratt played his last game for North Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R24)
2011: Mitch Morton played his last game for Richmond (AFL, Premiership Season, R24)
2011: Dean Brogan played his last game for Port Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R24)
2011: Steven Salopek played his last game for Port Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R24)
2011: Daniel Motlop played his last game for Port Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R24)
2011: Will Thursfield played his last game for Richmond (AFL, Premiership Season, R24)
2015: Aaron Black played his last game for North Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R23)
2015: Ryan Bastinac played his last game for North Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R23)
2020: Tom Phillips played his last game for Collingwood (AFL, Premiership Season, R15)
Career games
1937: Kevin O'Neill played his 150th V/AFL game: Richmond vs. Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 1SF)
1937: Martin Bolger played his 150th V/AFL game: Richmond vs. Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 1SF)
1965: Don McKenzie played his 100th V/AFL game: Essendon vs. Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 1SF)
1971: Ian Stewart played his 150th V/AFL game: Richmond vs. Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 1SF)
1982: Gary Dempsey played his 300th V/AFL game: North Melbourne vs. Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, EF)
1988: David Rhys-Jones played his 150th V/AFL game: Carlton vs. Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, QF)
1998: Craig Sholl played his 200th V/AFL game: North Melbourne vs. Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, 4QF)
1999: Peter Bell played his 100th V/AFL game: North Melbourne vs. Port Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, 3QF)
2011: Jay Schulz played his 100th V/AFL game: Port Adelaide vs. Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R24)
2011: Hamish McIntosh played his 100th V/AFL game: North Melbourne vs. Richmond (AFL, Premiership Season, R24)
Career goals
1993: Stephen Kernahan kicked his 500th career V/AFL goal: Carlton vs. Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, QF)
2005: Gavin Wanganeen kicked his 200th career V/AFL goal: Port Adelaide vs. North Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, 1EF)
2011: Drew Petrie kicked his 200th career V/AFL goal: North Melbourne vs. Richmond (AFL, Premiership Season, R24)
Goals in a season
1920: Bob Merrick kicked his 50th goal for the season for Fitzroy vs. St. Kilda (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1926: Lloyd Hagger kicked his 50th goal for the season for Geelong vs. Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
1971: Kevin Bartlett kicked his 50th goal for the season for Richmond vs. Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 1SF)
1976: Larry Donohue kicked his 100th goal for the season for Geelong vs. Footscray (V/AFL, Premiership Season, EF)
1982: Ross Ditchburn kicked his 50th goal for the season for Carlton vs. Hawthorn (V/AFL, Premiership Season, QF)
1993: Paul Salmon kicked his 50th goal for the season for Essendon vs. Carlton (AFL, Premiership Season, QF)
1994: David Schwarz kicked his 50th goal for the season for Melbourne vs. Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R24)
2009: Kurt Tippett kicked his 50th goal for the season for Adelaide vs. Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, 1EF)
2010: Jarryd Roughead kicked his 50th goal for the season for Hawthorn vs. Fremantle (AFL, Premiership Season, 2EF)
2015: Jack Riewoldt kicked his 50th goal for the season for Richmond vs. North Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R23)

Big Stats - Teams

Aggregate score
1994: (288 total) Sydney 121 vs. Melbourne 167 (AFL, Premiership Season, R24)
Big crowds
1965: 89,833 attended Essendon vs. Geelong at M.C.G. (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 1SF)
1971: 99,771 attended Collingwood vs. Richmond at M.C.G. (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 1SF)
1976: 50,686 attended Geelong vs. Footscray at Waverley Park (V/AFL, Premiership Season, EF)
1976: 64,148 attended Hawthorn vs. North Melbourne at M.C.G. (V/AFL, Premiership Season, QF)
1982: 50,537 attended Essendon vs. North Melbourne at Waverley Park (V/AFL, Premiership Season, EF)
1982: 70,552 attended Carlton vs. Hawthorn at M.C.G. (V/AFL, Premiership Season, QF)
1988: 83,032 attended Collingwood vs. Carlton at M.C.G. (V/AFL, Premiership Season, QF)
1993: 79,739 attended Essendon vs. Carlton at M.C.G. (AFL, Premiership Season, QF)
1998: 71,154 attended Essendon vs. North Melbourne at M.C.G. (AFL, Premiership Season, 4QF)
2004: 60,903 attended Melbourne vs. Essendon at M.C.G. (AFL, Premiership Season, 1EF)
2009: 50,393 attended Adelaide vs. Essendon at Football Park (AFL, Premiership Season, 1EF)
2010: 66,545 attended Collingwood vs. Western Bulldogs at M.C.G. (AFL, Premiership Season, 1QF)

Birth & Deaths

Births
1875: Paddy Noonan (Fitzroy, Carlton, North Melbourne, Williamstown)
1875: Arch Lowe (St. Kilda)
1878: Reg Stewart (St. Kilda)
1878: George Blake (St. Kilda, Carlton)
1879: Harry Evans (Carlton)
1886: Pat Ryan (Carlton)
1888: Bill Nolan (Richmond)
1891: Artie Adams (South Melbourne)
1891: Dan Minogue (Collingwood, Richmond, Hawthorn)
1893: Aubrey Hart (St. Kilda)
1899: Vernon Lanigan (South Melbourne)
1902: Keith Jackson (Sturt)
1903: Fred Dore (St. Kilda)
1913: Jack Uwins (Richmond)
1913: Clem Neeson (Carlton, St. Kilda)
1914: Roy Long (Hawthorn)
1914: Ron Smith (Essendon, North Melbourne)
1916: Fred Pearce (Collingwood)
1918: Andy Angwin (Port Melbourne, Hawthorn)
1920: Phil Busbridge (Collingwood)
1922: George Perrett (South Melbourne)
1926: Stan Bulpit (South Melbourne)
1929: Bruce Murray (South Melbourne)
1933: Doug Reynolds (Footscray, Richmond)
1936: Maurie Pope (Carlton)
1946: David Brown (Geelong)
1950: Phil Carman (Norwood, Collingwood, Melbourne, Essendon, North Melbourne, Eastlake (Original))
1951: Mark Mitchell (Melbourne)
1953: Stephen Boyle (Footscray)
1954: Tom Park (Essendon)
1955: Peter Keays (Melbourne, Fitzroy)
1955: Colin Hounsell (South Melbourne, Nightcliff, Woodville)
1956: Marty Lyons (Melbourne)
1958: Peter Menaglio (West Perth)
1959: Dale Murphy (South Melbourne)
1961: Jon Simpson (Woodville, Carlton, Port Adelaide)
1973: Ben Thompson (St. Kilda)
1976: James Clement (Fremantle, Collingwood, Australia)
1977: Rhett Biglands (Woodville West Torrens, Adelaide)
1984: Hamish McIntosh (North Melbourne, Geelong)
1985: Jason Davenport (Port Adelaide)
1987: Shannon Hurn (Central District, Peel Thunder, West Coast)
1988: Renee Garing (Geelong WFC)
1989: Easton Wood (Williamstown, Western Bulldogs, Australia, Footscray)
1991: Elise O'Dea (Melbourne WFC, Carlton WFC)
1995: Nic Reid (West Coast Reserves, West Coast)
1996: Cory Gregson (Glenelg, Geelong, Geelong Reserves)
1998: Jack Scrimshaw (Gold Coast Reserves, Gold Coast, Hawthorn)
Deaths
1902: Fred Ball (Essendon)
1907: Tom Davey (Melbourne)
1934: Bill Dodds (Carlton)
1937: Johnny Allan (Essendon)
1937: Gerry Donnelly (Sturt, Melbourne, North Melbourne, Essendon)
1938: Alf Wilkinson (Fitzroy)
1941: Billy McCarter (Geelong)
1944: Percy Colee (Melbourne)
1945: Bertie Wollacott (Richmond, Essendon)
1954: Jim McDonald (Richmond)
1960: Lindsay Bristow (Collingwood)
1969: Gene Sullivan (St. Kilda, Footscray)
1971: Albert Lauder (Collingwood)
1972: Ernie Rudduck (Richmond, Collingwood)
1973: Max Millen (North Melbourne)
1974: George Page (Essendon, Norwood)
1981: Vin Batchelor (Collingwood)
1986: Frank Stewart (Hawthorn)
1987: Norm McDermott (Essendon)
1994: Ted Riches (Geelong)
2004: Kevin Slattery (North Melbourne)
2008: Noel Smith (Essendon)
2012: Ray Marshall (Windsor)
2017: Bill Joiner (Hawthorn)
2020: Bill Byrne (Melbourne)

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.