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Big Stats - Players

Goals
1939: Ron Todd kicked 11 goals for Collingwood against St. Kilda (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1944: Jack Dyer kicked 9 goals for Richmond against Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1989: Gary Ablett, Snr kicked 8 goals for Geelong against Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
Behinds
1933: George Moloney kicked 5 behinds for Geelong against Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1972: Ricky McLean kicked 5 behinds for Richmond against Carlton (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 2SFR)
1989: Gary Ablett, Snr kicked 5 behinds for Geelong against Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1995: Stephen Kernahan kicked 5 behinds for Carlton against North Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, 1PF)
Disposals
2023: Ebony Marinoff had 40 disposals for Adelaide WFC vs. Greater Western Sydney WFC (AFL, Women's Premiership Season, R4)
Kicks
1933: Bob Troughton had 27 kicks for Geelong vs. Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1961: Brendan Edwards had 33 kicks for Hawthorn vs. Footscray (V/AFL, Premiership Season, GF)
1967: Billy Barrot had 26 kicks for Richmond vs. Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, GF)
1995: Liam Pickering had 26 kicks for Geelong vs. Richmond (AFL, Premiership Season, 2PF)
2023: Ebony Marinoff had 36 kicks for Adelaide WFC vs. Greater Western Sydney WFC (AFL, Women's Premiership Season, R4)
Handballs
2016: Joel Selwood had 22 handballs for Geelong vs. Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, 2PF)
2016: Patrick Dangerfield had 20 handballs for Geelong vs. Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, 2PF)
2017: Jacob Hopper had 20 handballs for Greater Western Sydney vs. Richmond (AFL, Premiership Season, 2PF)
2023: Alyce Parker had 20 handballs for Greater Western Sydney WFC vs. Adelaide WFC (AFL, Women's Premiership Season, R4)
Tackles
2016: Joel Selwood had 13 tackles for Geelong vs. Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, 2PF)
2016: Kieren Jack had 13 tackles for Sydney vs. Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, 2PF)
2022: Mikala Cann had 11 tackles for Collingwood WFC vs. Essendon WFC (AFL, Women's Premiership Season, R5)
2022: Stephanie Cain had 11 tackles for Essendon WFC vs. Collingwood WFC (AFL, Women's Premiership Season, R5)
2022: Jasmine Fleming had 10 tackles for Hawthorn WFC vs. Sydney WFC (AFL, Women's Premiership Season, R5)
2022: Tilly Lucas-Rodd had 11 tackles for Hawthorn WFC vs. Sydney WFC (AFL, Women's Premiership Season, R5)
2023: Grace Egan had 10 tackles for Richmond WFC vs. Carlton WFC (AFL, Women's Premiership Season, R4)
2023: Zarlie Goldsworthy had 10 tackles for Greater Western Sydney WFC vs. Adelaide WFC (AFL, Women's Premiership Season, R4)
2023: Teah Charlton had 10 tackles for Adelaide WFC vs. Greater Western Sydney WFC (AFL, Women's Premiership Season, R4)
Frees for
1967: Billy Brown received 7 frees for Richmond vs. Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, GF)
1978: Billy Picken received 7 frees for Collingwood vs. North Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1989: Simon Madden received 7 frees for Essendon vs. Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
2022: Madison Prespakis received 7 frees for Essendon WFC vs. Collingwood WFC (AFL, Women's Premiership Season, R5)
Frees against
1933: Bob Troughton gave away 7 frees for Geelong vs. Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1967: Mike Patterson gave away 7 frees for Richmond vs. Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, GF)
1967: Graham 'Polly' Farmer gave away 7 frees for Geelong vs. Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, GF)

Player Milestones

Last game
1911: Dick 'Bendigo' Vernon played his last game for Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, GF)
1911: Tom Baxter played his last game for Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, GF)
1933: Maurie Hunter played his last game for Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1939: Fred Froude played his last game for Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1944: Les Griggs played his last game for Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1944: Elton Plummer played his last game for Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1950: Ted Leehane played his last game for Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, GF)
1950: Reg Ryan played his last game for North Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, GF)
1967: Roy West played his last game for Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, GF)
1967: Graham 'Polly' Farmer played his last game for Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, GF)
1967: Fred Swift played his last game for Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, GF)
1978: Len Thompson played his last game for Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1978: Mark Dawson played his last game for North Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1978: Wayne Richardson played his last game for Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1978: Max Richardson played his last game for Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1978: Ross Dunne played his last game for Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1978: John Burns played his last game for North Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1978: Phil Carman played his last game for Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1989: Damian Drum played his last game for Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1989: Darren Williams played his last game for Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1995: Stuart Maxfield played his last game for Richmond (AFL, Premiership Season, 2PF)
2006: Matthew Clarke played his last game for Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, 2PF)
2006: Rhett Biglands played his last game for Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, 2PF)
2016: Jimmy Bartel played his last game for Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, 2PF)
2016: Corey Enright played his last game for Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, 2PF)
2016: Josh Caddy played his last game for Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, 2PF)
2017: Nathan Wilson played his last game for Greater Western Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, 2PF)
Career games
1933: Peter Hardiman played his 100th V/AFL game: Geelong vs. Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1939: Harry Collier played his 250th V/AFL game: Collingwood vs. St. Kilda (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1972: Francis Bourke played his 300th V/AFL game: Richmond vs. Carlton (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 2SFR)
2011: Josh Gibson played his 100th V/AFL game: Hawthorn vs. Collingwood (AFL, Premiership Season, 1PF)
2017: Brett Deledio played his 250th V/AFL game: Greater Western Sydney vs. Richmond (AFL, Premiership Season, 2PF)
Career goals
1967: Bill Goggin kicked his 200th career V/AFL goal: Geelong vs. Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, GF)
1989: Gary Ablett, Snr kicked his 400th career V/AFL goal: Geelong vs. Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1995: Matthew Knights kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: Richmond vs. Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, 2PF)
2006: Ben Cousins kicked his 200th career V/AFL goal: West Coast vs. Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, 2PF)
Goals in a season
1933: Doug Strang kicked his 50th goal for the season for Richmond vs. Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1972: Ricky McLean kicked his 50th goal for the season for Richmond vs. Carlton (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 2SFR)
1972: Neil Balme kicked his 50th goal for the season for Richmond vs. Carlton (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 2SFR)
Big crowds
1922: 64,148 attended Essendon vs. Carlton at M.C.G. (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 1SF)
1939: 66,848 attended Collingwood vs. St. Kilda at M.C.G. (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1950: 85,869 attended Essendon vs. North Melbourne at M.C.G. (V/AFL, Premiership Season, GF)
1961: 107,935 attended Hawthorn vs. Footscray at M.C.G. (V/AFL, Premiership Season, GF)
1967: 109,396 attended Geelong vs. Richmond at M.C.G. (V/AFL, Premiership Season, GF)
1972: 92,670 attended Carlton vs. Richmond at M.C.G. (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 2SFR)
1978: 73,354 attended Collingwood vs. North Melbourne at Waverley Park (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1989: 67,892 attended Geelong vs. Essendon at Waverley Park (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1990: 91,555 attended Collingwood vs. Essendon at M.C.G. (AFL, Premiership Season, 2SF)
1995: 72,552 attended Carlton vs. North Melbourne at M.C.G. (AFL, Premiership Season, 1PF)
1995: 70,321 attended Geelong vs. Richmond at Waverley Park (AFL, Premiership Season, 2PF)
2006: 50,514 attended Adelaide vs. West Coast at Football Park (AFL, Premiership Season, 2PF)
2011: 87,112 attended Collingwood vs. Hawthorn at M.C.G. (AFL, Premiership Season, 1PF)
2016: 71,772 attended Geelong vs. Sydney at M.C.G. (AFL, Premiership Season, 2PF)
2017: 94,258 attended Richmond vs. Greater Western Sydney at M.C.G. (AFL, Premiership Season, 2PF)

Birth & Deaths

Births
1876: Andy Stewart (St. Kilda)
1892: Sydney Barr (Essendon)
1900: Jack Sherman (Footscray)
1903: Joe Garbutt, Jnr (Port Melbourne, St. Kilda)
1903: George Dykes (North Melbourne)
1904: Ernie Nunn (Footscray, Collingwood)
1909: Bill Lowenthal (Essendon, Fitzroy, Preston)
1915: Ray Bromley (North Melbourne)
1919: Les Marden (Carlton)
1922: Jim Tibballs (Collingwood)
1927: Allan Knorr (Collingwood)
1936: Don Matthews (South Melbourne)
1943: Ken Phillips (South Melbourne)
1944: Ian Stevenson (Essendon)
1947: Russell Cook (South Melbourne)
1948: Ray Smith (Essendon, Melbourne, Camberwell, Brunswick)
1950: Ron Fenton (Footscray)
1953: Chris Lynch (Geelong)
1956: John Roberts (Woodville, South Melbourne, West Torrens, North Adelaide)
1957: Larry Watson (Essendon, Fitzroy, West Adelaide)
1959: Bruce Chambers (Fitzroy)
1968: Mark Cullen (Footscray)
1968: Jason Taylor (Fitzroy, Hawthorn, Collingwood)
1969: Nicholas Beardsley (Fitzroy)
1971: Ryan Turnbull (Claremont, East Perth, West Coast)
1972: Wayne Campbell (Richmond, Australia)
1982: Trent Sporn (Carlton)
1985: Matthew Moody (Brisbane)
1987: Ryan Gamble (Geelong, St. Kilda)
1989: Callum Sinclair (Subiaco, West Coast, East Perth, Sydney, Sydney Reserves)
1990: Charlie Dixon (Queensland U18s, Gold Coast, Labrador, Gold Coast Reserves, Port Adelaide, Port Adelaide Magpies)
1991: Jamie Macmillan (Werribee, North Melbourne, North Melbourne Reserves)
1996: Hayley Bullas (West Coast WFC, Sydney WFC)
1996: Mitchell Hibberd (Werribee, North Melbourne, North Melbourne Reserves, Williamstown, Essendon)
1999: Zac Bailey (Brisbane)
1999: Josh Carmichael (West Adelaide, Collingwood)
1999: Bridie Kennedy (Carlton WFC, Sydney WFC)
2002: Abbey Dowrick (Port Adelaide WFC)
Deaths
1921: George O'Connor (Richmond, St. Kilda)
1935: Ed Garlick (Melbourne)
1939: Allan Hutton (St. Kilda)
1939: Jim Stewart (St. Kilda)
1953: Charles Fotheringham (North Adelaide)
1954: Johnny Dando (St. Kilda)
1965: Jockie Jones (Geelong)
1969: Lindsay Maine (South Melbourne)
1972: Peter O'Sullivan (Essendon, North Melbourne)
1976: Tommy Gubbins (Essendon)
1977: Gerald McKenzie (Fitzroy)
1981: Ted Turner (North Melbourne)
1984: Ted Holdsworth (Swan Districts, Kalgoorlie City)
1985: Charlie Tyson, Jnr (Collingwood, North Melbourne)
1993: Keith Marshall (Fitzroy)
1994: Pye Lewis (Footscray)
2005: Pat Bourke (South Melbourne, Sandringham)
2008: Erwin Dornau (Kedron, South Melbourne)
2022: Keith Carroll (Melbourne)

Footnotes

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