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On this day in Australian Football: October 9

Big Stats - Players

Behinds
2020: Tom Lynch kicked 5 behinds for Richmond against St. Kilda (AFL, Premiership Season, 2SF)
Handballs
2022: Madison Prespakis had 21 handballs for Essendon WFC vs. Geelong WFC (AFL, Women's Premiership Season, R7)
Tackles
2022: Amy McDonald had 12 tackles for Geelong WFC vs. Essendon WFC (AFL, Women's Premiership Season, R7)
2022: Chloe Molloy had 10 tackles for Collingwood WFC vs. Greater Western Sydney WFC (AFL, Women's Premiership Season, R7)

Player Milestones

Debuts
1926: Frank 'Pop' Vine debuted for Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, GF)
Last game
1926: Charlie Tyson, Jnr played his last game for Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, GF)
1948: Norm Smith played his last game for Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, GFR)
1948: Percy Bushby played his last game for Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, GFR)
2020: Shane Savage played his last game for St. Kilda (AFL, Premiership Season, 2SF)
Career games
2020: Trent Cotchin played his 250th V/AFL game: Richmond vs. St. Kilda (AFL, Premiership Season, 2SF)
Goals in a season
1926: Bob Johnson, Snr kicked his 50th goal for the season for Melbourne vs. Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, GF)
Big crowds
1926: 59,632 attended Melbourne vs. Collingwood at M.C.G. (V/AFL, Premiership Season, GF)
1948: 52,226 attended Essendon vs. Melbourne at M.C.G. (V/AFL, Premiership Season, GFR)

Birth & Deaths

Births
1865: Jack 'Dinny' Reedman (North Adelaide (Hotham), South Adelaide, North Adelaide)
1878: Charles Raff (St. Kilda, Carlton)
1878: Joe Grace (Fitzroy)
1880: Bob Rush (Collingwood)
1885: Len Norman (Melbourne)
1886: William 'Nipper' Truscott (Mines Rovers, East Fremantle)
1887: Bert Reitman (Collingwood)
1891: Fred Edwards (Essendon, Melbourne)
1894: Reg Hede (Richmond)
1897: Sydney Strong (South Melbourne)
1898: Sid Conlon (South Melbourne)
1899: Billy Sarll (St. Kilda)
1906: Phil Manning (Hawthorn)
1906: Peter Brown (North Melbourne)
1911: Max Turner (Collingwood)
1915: Herb Naismith (Collingwood)
1919: Reg Morgan (Carlton)
1921: Ken Shadbolt (Melbourne)
1924: Norm Leverton (Melbourne)
1928: Tony Yaksich (West Perth)
1930: Lindsay Turnbull (Hawthorn)
1934: Milne McCooke (St. Kilda)
1941: Barry Ion (Footscray, Woodville)
1942: Billy Brown (Richmond, Dandenong, North Shore)
1947: Dick Vandenberg (Carlton)
1950: Richard Cochrane (Central District)
1950: Mick Malone (Subiaco)
1951: Rod Galt (St. Kilda, Carlton, West Torrens)
1957: Robert Dutton (Carlton, Hawthorn)
1957: Des English (Carlton)
1958: Michael Roach (Longford, Richmond)
1958: Benny Vigona (South Fremantle, St. Mary's)
1961: Phillip Maddock (Geelong)
1963: Craig McGrath (Fitzroy, West Coast)
1966: Paul Spargo (North Melbourne, Brisbane)
1969: Brenton Harris (North Melbourne)
1969: Brad Fox (Essendon, Richmond)
1977: Jade Rawlings (Hawthorn, Australia, Western Bulldogs, North Melbourne)
1978: Scott Bassett (Norwood, Port Adelaide, Western Bulldogs)
1978: Steven Brosnan (Port Adelaide)
1979: Chris Obst (Hawthorn)
1979: Marcus Picken (Brisbane)
1986: Lauren Tesoriero (Collingwood WFC, Richmond WFC)
1989: Jake Spencer (Melbourne)
1989: Alex Rance (Richmond, Essendon Reserves)
1989: Ahmed Saad (Northern Bullants, St. Kilda)
1989: Myke Cook (Adelaide)
1991: Robert Hicks (Richmond)
1994: Timmy Sumner (Woodville West Torrens, Gold Coast Reserves, Gold Coast)
1996: Corey Ellis (Richmond Reserves, Richmond, Gold Coast Reserves, Gold Coast)
1996: Hayley Wildes (Western Bulldogs WFC)
1997: Callum Ah Chee (South Fremantle, Gold Coast Reserves, Gold Coast, Brisbane)
1998: Michael Romero (Footscray, Northern Bullants)
1999: Connor Nutting (Gold Coast Reserves)
Deaths
1902: William Jackson (South Adelaide, Sturt, West Adelaide)
1933: Charles Pickerd (St. Kilda)
1940: George Marsh (Collingwood)
1945: Norm Hogg (Carlton)
1958: Jack Shorten (Collingwood)
1962: Wally Johnson (Fitzroy)
1968: Clarrie Moore (Norwood)
1970: Tommy Lang (St. Kilda)
1972: Jack Cahill (Carlton)
1972: Les Warren (Fitzroy)
1972: Alf Huggett (Carlton)
1977: Fred Long (Melbourne)
1981: Bill Luff, Jnr (Essendon)
1987: Ted Shiels (Fitzroy)
1992: Johnny Gregory (North Melbourne)
1996: Mac Wilson (Melbourne)
2001: Billy Jenkins (Richmond)
2003: Ron McLeod (North Melbourne, St. Kilda)
2003: Harold Schedlich (St. Kilda)
2015: Jack Condon (Geelong)
2019: John Williams (Carlton)

Footnotes

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