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On this day in Australian Football: September 20

Big Stats - Players

Behinds
1997: Ben Hart kicked 5 behinds for Adelaide against Western Bulldogs (AFL, Premiership Season, 1PF)
2020: Tom Papley kicked 5 behinds for Sydney against Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
Kicks
1958: Thorold Merrett had 25 kicks for Collingwood vs. Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, GF)
1975: Barry Davis had 28 kicks for North Melbourne vs. Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1980: Mick Turner had 27 kicks for Geelong vs. Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1997: Scott West had 28 kicks for Western Bulldogs vs. Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, 1PF)
Handballs
2014: Will Langford had 20 handballs for Hawthorn vs. Port Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, 2PF)
Frees for
1969: Kevin Bartlett received 7 frees for Richmond vs. Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1975: Noel Carter received 7 frees for Richmond vs. North Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
Frees against
1958: Laurie Mithen gave away 7 frees for Melbourne vs. Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, GF)
1969: Francis Bourke gave away 8 frees for Richmond vs. Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)

Player Milestones

Debuts
1924: Charles Chapman debuted for Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, RRF)
Last game
1902: Pat O'Loughlin played his last game for Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, GF)
1919: Jim Caldwell played his last game for South Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 1SF)
1924: Clarrie Hall played his last game for Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, RRF)
1930: Alex Duncan played his last game for Carlton (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 1SF)
1941: Mickey Crisp played his last game for Carlton (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1947: Allan Fields played his last game for Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1947: Noel Price played his last game for Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1947: George Hoskins played his last game for Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1947: Fred Hughson played his last game for Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1947: Clen Denning played his last game for Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1952: Vic Chanter played his last game for Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1952: Noel Jarvis played his last game for Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1958: Keith Carroll played his last game for Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, GF)
1958: Peter Marquis played his last game for Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, GF)
1958: Ken Smale played his last game for Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, GF)
1969: Ian Graham played his last game for Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1969: Max Urquhart played his last game for Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1969: Bob Farmer played his last game for Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1975: Mike Green played his last game for Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1975: Paul Sproule played his last game for Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1986: Dean Turner played his last game for Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1986: Bernie Quinlan played his last game for Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
2003: Daryn Cresswell played his last game for Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, 1PF)
2003: Nick Stevens played his last game for Port Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, 2PF)
2003: Che Cockatoo-Collins played his last game for Port Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, 2PF)
2003: Stephen Paxman played his last game for Port Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, 2PF)
2008: Aaron Fiora played his last game for St. Kilda (AFL, Premiership Season, 2PF)
2008: Robert Harvey played his last game for St. Kilda (AFL, Premiership Season, 2PF)
2013: Josh Hunt played his last game for Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, 1PF)
2013: Joel Corey played his last game for Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, 1PF)
2013: James Podsiadly played his last game for Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, 1PF)
2020: Paul Puopolo played his last game for Hawthorn (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
2020: Ben Stratton played his last game for Hawthorn (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
2020: Stephen Hill played his last game for Fremantle (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
2020: Aliir Aliir played his last game for Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
2020: James Frawley played his last game for Hawthorn (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
Career games
1902: Ted Kinnear played his 100th V/AFL game: Essendon vs. Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, GF)
1913: Gordon Dangerfield played his 100th V/AFL game: St. Kilda vs. Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1924: Clarrie Hall played his 150th V/AFL game: Richmond vs. Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, RRF)
1947: Cec Ruddell played his 100th V/AFL game: Essendon vs. Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1997: Darren Jarman played his 150th V/AFL game: Adelaide vs. Western Bulldogs (AFL, Premiership Season, 1PF)
2019: Dylan Grimes played his 150th V/AFL game: Richmond vs. Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, 2PF)
2020: Mitch Wallis played his 150th V/AFL game: Western Bulldogs vs. Fremantle (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
Career goals
1924: Ted Johnson kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: South Melbourne vs. Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, RRF)
1924: Mel Morris kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: Richmond vs. Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, RRF)
1952: Neil Mann kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: Collingwood vs. Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1997: Darren Jarman kicked his 200th career V/AFL goal: Adelaide vs. Western Bulldogs (AFL, Premiership Season, 1PF)
2013: Jack Gunston kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: Hawthorn vs. Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, 1PF)
2020: Mitch Wallis kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: Western Bulldogs vs. Fremantle (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
Goals in a season
1924: Tommy Jenkins kicked his 50th goal for the season for Essendon vs. South Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, RRF)
1952: Tony Ongarello kicked his 50th goal for the season for Fitzroy vs. Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1980: Craig Davis kicked his 50th goal for the season for Collingwood vs. Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1986: Bernie Quinlan kicked his 50th goal for the season for Fitzroy vs. Hawthorn (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
Big crowds
1913: 54,846 attended St. Kilda vs. Fitzroy at M.C.G. (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1941: 65,106 attended Essendon vs. Carlton at M.C.G. (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1947: 55,648 attended Essendon vs. Fitzroy at M.C.G. (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1952: 52,462 attended Collingwood vs. Fitzroy at M.C.G. (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1958: 97,956 attended Melbourne vs. Collingwood at M.C.G. (V/AFL, Premiership Season, GF)
1969: 107,279 attended Collingwood vs. Richmond at M.C.G. (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1975: 71,130 attended North Melbourne vs. Richmond at Waverley Park (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1980: 75,526 attended Geelong vs. Collingwood at Waverley Park (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1986: 68,339 attended Hawthorn vs. Fitzroy at Waverley Park (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)
1997: 70,088 attended Western Bulldogs vs. Adelaide at M.C.G. (AFL, Premiership Season, 1PF)
2003: 71,019 attended Sydney vs. Brisbane at Stadium Australia (AFL, Premiership Season, 1PF)
2003: 77,405 attended Collingwood vs. Port Adelaide at M.C.G. (AFL, Premiership Season, 2PF)
2008: 77,002 attended Hawthorn vs. St. Kilda at M.C.G. (AFL, Premiership Season, 2PF)
2013: 85,569 attended Hawthorn vs. Geelong at M.C.G. (AFL, Premiership Season, 1PF)
2014: 74,856 attended Hawthorn vs. Port Adelaide at M.C.G. (AFL, Premiership Season, 2PF)
2019: 94,423 attended Richmond vs. Geelong at M.C.G. (AFL, Premiership Season, 2PF)

Birth & Deaths

Births
1861: Walter Giffen (Norwood)
1873: Bill Sharkey (Carlton)
1879: Ernie Batty (Geelong)
1884: Wilfred Chinner (Sturt, North Adelaide)
1890: Charles Rauber (Carlton)
1891: Jim Houghton (University)
1892: Alf Baud (Carlton)
1898: Tom Outridge (Perth, Subiaco)
1899: Bob Beatty (Sturt)
1901: Artie Frecker (Hawthorn)
1908: George White (St. Kilda)
1909: Percy Roberts (Fitzroy)
1913: Allen Turner (North Melbourne)
1919: Alvan Whittle (East Perth, Hawthorn, West Perth)
1920: Frank Parker (Hawthorn)
1928: Ian Gillett (South Melbourne)
1928: Jim Gull (South Melbourne)
1934: Cyril Collard (Subiaco, Hawthorn)
1936: Ron Henriksen (Footscray)
1948: John Ellis (Essendon, Perth, Sandgate, Cooee, Dandenong, Watsonia, Keilor, Greensborough)
1951: Ross Prunster (West Perth, Perth)
1951: Henry Ritterman (Melbourne)
1955: Bruce Monteath (South Fremantle, Richmond, Claremont)
1961: Con Gorozidis (St. Kilda, Footscray)
1961: Simon Meehan (St. Kilda)
1961: Peter Daicos (Collingwood)
1963: Rudy Yonson (Sydney)
1964: Andrew Jobling (St. Kilda)
1969: Robert Cummings (Fitzroy)
1971: Glenn Sandford (Collingwood)
1972: Paul Hills (Essendon)
1974: Sean Wellman (North Adelaide, Adelaide, Essendon, Australia)
1976: Michael Brown (Swan Districts, Fremantle)
1982: Justin Koschitzke (St. Kilda)
1988: James Frawley (Sandringham, Melbourne, Australia, Box Hill, Hawthorn, St. Kilda)
1989: Jessica Edwards (Carlton WFC)
1989: Alex Grima (Glenelg, South Fremantle)
1992: Jarrad Irons (Port Adelaide)
1993: Jessica Dal Pos (Greater Western Sydney WFC, Carlton WFC)
1993: Jake Lloyd (Sydney)
1993: Taylor Adams (Greater Western Sydney, Collingwood)
1994: Zac Williams (GWS Reserves, Greater Western Sydney, Carlton)
1995: Josh McGuinness (Brisbane Reserves)
1995: Darcy Byrne-Jones (Port Adelaide)
1996: Brayden Maynard (Collingwood)
1996: Bailey Hunt (Western Bulldogs WFC)
2001: Bella Smith (Collingwood WFC, Sydney WFC)
2004: Jakob Ryan (Collingwood)
Deaths
1917: Jim Nicholas (University)
1917: Jack Cooper (Fitzroy)
1930: Les Batty (Geelong, Carlton)
1959: Bob Franklin (South Melbourne)
1960: Ted Holland (Geelong)
1961: David Bell (Melbourne)
1963: Bob Monar (St. Kilda)
1967: Bill Jackson (Sturt, Glenelg, South Adelaide)
1976: Dick Wilkinson (Footscray)
1978: George Watson (Fitzroy)
1978: Harold McLennan (Fitzroy)
1981: Pat Kennedy (St. Kilda)
1984: Ron Wilson (Melbourne, St. Kilda)
1987: Peter Allan (St. Kilda)
1987: Joshua Croft (Footscray)
1989: Len Pye (Northcote, North Hobart, Fitzroy, New Norfolk)
1996: Alan Muir (Fitzroy)
2004: Barry Harrison (Collingwood, North Melbourne)
2011: Max Blumfield (South Melbourne)
2013: Ron Richards (Collingwood)

Footnotes

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