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Simon Madden
Simon Madden
Personal information
Full name	Simon John Madden
Date of birth	30 December 1957 (age 66)
Original team(s)	St Christopher's
Height	198 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	99 kg (218 lb)
Position(s)	Ruckman/Tall forward
Playing career1
Years	Club
1974–1992	Essendon
Representative team honours
Years	Team
	Victoria
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1992.
Career highlights
	Club 2x VFL Premiership: 1984, 1985; 3x All-Australian: 1983, 1987–1988; 6× VFL team of the year: 1983–1984, 1987–1990; 4x Essendon best and fairest: 1977, 1979, 1983–1984; 3x Essendon leading goalkicker 1980, 1982, 1991; Norm Smith Medal: 1985; Essendon captain 1980–1981; Team of the Century; Australian Football Hall of Fame; Representative Simpson Medal: 1990; 3x Victoria Captain: 1989–1991;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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Simon Madden (born 30 December 1957) is a former Australian rules footballer who played his entire 19-season career with the Essendon Football Club from 1974 until 1992. Madden is one of the most decorated players in the club's history and widely regarded as one of the finest ruckmen to ever play the game.^[1]

Early life

Madden was born in Melbourne; he attended primary school at St Christopher's in Airport West and had his secondary schooling at St. Bernard's College in Essendon, a school renowned for its sporting prowess. He then studied teaching at the Institute of Catholic Education^{[citation needed]} (now the Australian Catholic University).

His younger brother Justin played football for Carlton and later became a Victorian state politician.

AFL career

In all, he played 378 senior matches, the second-most by any Essendon player (behind Dustin Fletcher), and eighth-most in league history (behind Brent Harvey, Michael Tuck, Shaun Burgoyne, Kevin Bartlett, Dustin Fletcher, Scott Pendlebury and Robert Harvey).^[2] In addition to playing in the ruck, Madden was a handy part-time forward, kicking 575 goals in his career, a club record that stood until it was broken in 2003 by full-forward Matthew Lloyd.

Madden won four Essendon best and fairest awards (1977, 1979, 1983 and 1984) and captained the side in the 1980 and 1981 seasons. He played in the back-to-back premiership sides in 1984 and 1985, winning the Norm Smith Medal for best on ground in the 1985 Grand Final. In 1986, Madden rejected an unheard-of offer for a 3-year contract totalling $550,000 (~$1.73 million in 2023 terms) by the eccentric Geoffrey Edelsten on behalf of the Sydney Swans, instead choosing to remain with Essendon for his entire career.^[3] Regarding the offer, Madden replied, "You can take the boy out of Essendon, but you can't take Essendon out of the boy."^[4] However, Madden estimated that, in 2009 dollars (when he was interviewed) and taking into account the cost of buying a house, etc., it was actually the equivalent of $4.4 million over three years. However, Madden claimed that he never regretted the decision.^[5]

He was named in the All-Australian Team on three occasions (1983, 1987 and 1988). Madden captained the Victorian interstate team in 1989–91, and in 1990 received the Simpson Medal for best on ground in the Victoria vs. Western Australia match played in Perth.

He was named in the ruck in Essendon's Team of the Century and named as the fifth-best player ever to play for the club in the "Champions of Essendon" list.

After his playing days were over, Madden had a brief stint as ruck coach for Carlton. He was with the Blues for the 1993 season, in which they made the grand final but lost to Madden's former club, Essendon.

He was president of the AFL Players' Association from 1985 until 1989.

Statistics

^[6]

**Legend**
G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks	H/O	Hit-outs
#	Played in that season's premiership team

	Led the league after finals only


Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals								Averages (per game)								Votes
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	H/O	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	H/O	Votes
1974	Essendon	27	6	18	8	52	8	60	28	—	0	3.0	1.3	8.7	1.3	10.0	4.7	—	0.0	2
1975	Essendon	27	19	37	29	138	19	157	59	—	29	1.9	1.6	7.7	1.1	8.7	3.3	—	4.8	0
1976	Essendon	27	20	28	18	123	43	166	78	—	86	1.4	0.9	6.2	2.2	8.3	3.9	—	4.5	3
1977	Essendon	27	20	33	11	234	81	315	126	—	378	1.7	0.6	11.7	4.1	15.8	6.3	—	19.9	25
1978	Essendon	27	22	40	25	199	72	271	138	—	301	1.8	1.1	9.0	3.3	12.3	6.3	—	14.3	7
1979	Essendon	27	23	39	31	220	106	326	158	—	263	1.7	1.3	9.6	4.6	14.2	6.9	—	11.4	3
1980	Essendon	27	21	45	27	176	95	271	111	—	211	2.1	1.3	8.4	4.5	12.9	5.3	—	10.0	5
1981	Essendon	27	19	36	34	135	69	204	89	—	236	1.9	1.8	7.1	3.6	10.7	4.7	—	12.4	7
1982	Essendon	27	21	49	25	142	74	216	92	—	230	2.3	1.2	6.8	3.5	10.3	4.4	—	11.0	7
1983	Essendon	27	26	26	16	235	156	391	179	—	812	1.0	0.6	9.0	6.0	15.0	6.9	—	31.2	22
1984^#	Essendon	27	24	27	17	177	137	314	151	—	699	1.1	0.7	7.4	5.7	13.1	6.3	—	29.1	14
1985^#	Essendon	27	20	19	21	163	123	286	136	—	322	1.0	1.1	8.2	6.2	14.3	6.8	—	16.1	11
1986	Essendon	27	23	25	11	182	112	294	114	—	338	1.1	0.5	7.9	4.9	12.8	5.0	—	14.7	4
1987	Essendon	27	14	9	4	85	65	150	69	12	252	0.6	0.3	6.1	4.6	10.7	4.9	0.9	18.0	1
1988	Essendon	27	22	31	8	183	95	278	138	27	257	1.4	0.4	8.3	4.3	12.6	6.3	1.2	11.7	16
1989	Essendon	27	25	33	16	239	81	320	138	28	350	1.3	0.6	9.6	3.2	12.8	5.5	1.1	14.0	3
1990	Essendon	27	23	30	16	195	6	2616	116	22	225	1.3	0.7	8.5	2.9	11.3	5.0	1.0	9.8	4
1991	Essendon	27	23	42	15	203	71	274	122	14	209	1.8	0.7	8.8	3.1	11.9	5.3	0.6	9.1	5
1992	Essendon	27	7	8	2	39	18	57	21	3	28	1.1	0.3	5.6	2.6	8.1	3.0	0.4	4.0	0
Career			378	575	334	3120	1491	4611	2063	106	5226	1.5	0.9	8.3	3.9	12.2	5.5	0.9	14.7	139

Honours and achievements

Team

2× VFL premiership player (Essendon): 1984, 1985
4× McClelland Trophy (Essendon): 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990

Individual

Norm Smith Medal: 1985
3× All-Australian team: 1983, 1987, 1988
6× VFL Team of the Year: 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990
4× Crichton Medal: 1977, 1979, 1983, 1984
3× Essendon leading goalkicker: 1980, 1982, 1991
Essendon captain: 1980–1981
Essendon Team of the Century 1897-1996
Australian Football Hall of Fame: 1996 Inductee
Simpson Medal: 1990
E. J. Whitten Medal: 1990
5× State of Origin (Victoria): 1983, 1984, 1989 (c), 1990 (c), 1991 (c)

Life After AFL

Madden has an extended background in education and worked as a teacher for 15 years, attaining the position of Vice Principal.^[7]^{[better source needed]}

Madden was President of the AFL Players' Association from 1985 to 1989.^[8]^{[better source needed]}

Madden became head coach of St. Bernards Old Collegians Football Club in 2005.^{[citation needed]}

He now spends a considerable amount of time in the classic rock band Better Late Than Never playing at local pubs and clubs with a group of long-term friends.^[9]

References

^ "Champions of Essendon Simon Madden". essendonfc.com.au. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
^ "AFL Tables - All Time Records - Most Career Games". afltables.com. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2002). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 397. ISBN 1-74095-001-1.
^ "Past Player Profiles - M - essendonfc.com.au". Archived from the original on 30 March 2017.
^ Niall, Jake (8 December 2009). "Should I stay or should I go?". The Age. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
^ "Simon Madden". AFL Tables.
^ "About Simon". Simon Madden. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
^ "About Simon". Simon Madden. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
^ "Big Bomber still kicking goals". Sportshounds. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

External links

Simon Madden's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Simon Madden at AustralianFootball.com
Profile on essendonfc.com.au

[1] "Champions of Essendon Simon Madden". essendonfc.com.au. Retrieved 27 May 2019.

[2] "AFL Tables - All Time Records - Most Career Games". afltables.com. Retrieved 6 June 2018.

[Encyc-3] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2002). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 397. ISBN 1-74095-001-1.

[4] "Past Player Profiles - M - essendonfc.com.au". Archived from the original on 30 March 2017.

[5] Niall, Jake (8 December 2009). "Should I stay or should I go?". The Age. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

[6] "Simon Madden". AFL Tables.

[7] "About Simon". Simon Madden. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

[8] "About Simon". Simon Madden. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

[9] "Big Bomber still kicking goals". Sportshounds. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

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-*3x [[All-Australian]]: 1983, 1987-1988
+*3x [[All-Australian]]: 1983, 1987–1988
-*6× VFL team of the year: 1983-1984, 1987-1990
+*6× VFL team of the year: 1983–1984, 1987–1990
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-'''Simon Madden''' (born 30 December 1957) is a former [[Australian rules football]]er who played his entire 19 season career with the [[Essendon Football Club]] from 1974 until 1992. Madden is one of the most decorated players in the club's history and widely regarded as one of the finest ruckmen to ever play the game.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.essendonfc.com.au/our-club/history/champions-of-essendon/champions-of-essendon-simon-madden|title=Champions of Essendon Simon Madden|website=essendonfc.com.au|access-date=2019-05-27}}</ref>
+'''Simon Madden''' (born 30 December 1957) is a former [[Australian rules football]]er who played his entire 19-season career with the [[Essendon Football Club]] from 1974 until 1992. Madden is one of the most decorated players in the club's history and widely regarded as one of the finest ruckmen to ever play the game.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.essendonfc.com.au/our-club/history/champions-of-essendon/champions-of-essendon-simon-madden|title=Champions of Essendon Simon Madden|website=essendonfc.com.au|access-date=2019-05-27}}</ref>
 == Early life ==
-Madden was born in [[Melbourne]], he attended Primary School at St Christopher's in Airport West and had his secondary schooling at [[St. Bernard's College, Melbourne|St. Bernard's College]] in [[Essendon, Victoria|Essendon]], a school renowned for its sporting prowess. He then studied teaching at the Institute of Catholic Education{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} (now the [[Australian Catholic University]]).
+Madden was born in [[Melbourne]]; he attended primary school at St Christopher's in Airport West and had his secondary schooling at [[St. Bernard's College, Melbourne|St. Bernard's College]] in [[Essendon, Victoria|Essendon]], a school renowned for its sporting prowess. He then studied teaching at the Institute of Catholic Education{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} (now the [[Australian Catholic University]]).
+His younger brother [[Justin Madden|Justin]] played football for [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] and later became a Victorian state politician.
-== AFL career ==
-In all he played 378 senior matches, the second most by any Essendon player (behind [[Dustin Fletcher]]), and sixth most in league history (behind [[Michael Tuck]], [[Kevin Bartlett (Aussie Rules footballer)|Kevin Bartlett]], [[Brent Harvey]], [[Robert Harvey (footballer)|Robert Harvey]], and [[Dustin Fletcher]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/alltime/highs.html|title=AFL Tables - All Time Records - Most Career Games|website=afltables.com|access-date=2018-06-06}}</ref> In addition to playing in the ruck, Madden was a handy part-time forward, kicking 575 goals in his career, a club record that stood until it was broken in 2003 by full-forward [[Matthew Lloyd]].
+== AFL career ==
-Madden won four Essendon best and fairest awards (1977, 1979, 1983 and 1984) and captained the side in the 1980 and 1981 seasons. He played in the back-to-back premiership sides in 1984 and 1985, winning the [[Norm Smith Medal]] for best on ground in the [[1985 VFL Grand Final|1985 Grand Final]]. In 1986, Madden rejected an offer of a $500,000 contract by the [[Sydney Swans]], instead choosing to remain with Essendon for his entire career.<ref name="Encyc">{{Ref AFL Encyc|4th|397}}</ref> Regarding the offer, Madden replied, "You can take the boy out of Essendon, but you can't take Essendon out of the boy."<ref>http://www.essendonfc.com.au/our-club/history/past-player-profiles/past-player-profiles-m</ref>
+In all, he played 378 senior matches, the second-most by any Essendon player (behind [[Dustin Fletcher]]), and eighth-most in league history (behind [[Brent Harvey]], [[Michael Tuck]], [[Shaun Burgoyne]], [[Kevin Bartlett (Aussie Rules footballer)|Kevin Bartlett]], Dustin Fletcher, [[Scott Pendlebury]] and [[Robert Harvey (footballer)|Robert Harvey]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFL Tables - All Time Records - Most Career Games |url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/alltime/highs.html |access-date=2018-06-06 |website=afltables.com}}</ref> In addition to playing in the ruck, Madden was a handy part-time forward, kicking 575 goals in his career, a club record that stood until it was broken in 2003 by full-forward [[Matthew Lloyd]].
+Madden won four Essendon best and fairest awards (1977, 1979, 1983 and 1984) and [[List of Essendon Football Club captains|captained the side]] in the [[1980 VFL season|1980]] and [[1981 VFL season|1981]] seasons. He played in the back-to-back premiership sides in [[1984 VFL Grand Final|1984]] and [[1985 VFL Grand Final|1985]], winning the [[Norm Smith Medal]] for best on ground in the 1985 Grand Final. In 1986, Madden rejected an unheard-of offer for a 3-year contract totalling $550,000 (~$1.73 million in 2023 terms) by the eccentric [[Geoffrey Edelsten]] on behalf of the [[Sydney Swans]], instead choosing to remain with Essendon for his entire career.<ref name="Encyc">{{Ref AFL Encyc|4th|397}}</ref> Regarding the offer, Madden replied, "You can take the boy out of Essendon, but you can't take Essendon out of the boy."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.essendonfc.com.au/our-club/history/past-player-profiles/past-player-profiles-m |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330192830/http://www.essendonfc.com.au/our-club/history/past-player-profiles/past-player-profiles-m |archive-date=30 March 2017 |title=Past Player Profiles - M - essendonfc.com.au}}</ref> However, Madden estimated that, in 2009 dollars (when he was interviewed) and taking into account the cost of buying a house, etc., it was actually the equivalent of $4.4 million over three years. However, Madden claimed that he never regretted the decision.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Niall |first=Jake |date=2009-12-08 |title=Should I stay or should I go? |url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/should-i-stay-or-should-i-go-20091208-kfmq.html |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=The Age |language=en}}</ref>
-He was named in the [[All-Australian Team]] on three occasions (1983, 1987 and 1988). Madden captained the Victorian interstate team in 1989–91 and in 1990 received the [[Simpson Medal]] for best on ground in the Victoria v Western Australia match played in Perth.
+He was named in the [[All-Australian Team]] on three occasions (1983, 1987 and 1988). Madden captained the Victorian interstate team in 1989–91, and in 1990 received the [[Simpson Medal]] for best on ground in the [[Victoria Australian rules football team|Victoria]] vs. [[Western Australia Australian rules football team|Western Australia]] match played in Perth.
-He was named in the ruck in Essendon's "Team of the Century" and named as the fifth best player ever to play for the club in the "Champions of Essendon" list.
+He was named in the ruck in [[Essendon Football Club#Team of the Century|Essendon's Team of the Century]] and named as the fifth-best player ever to play for the club in the "[[Essendon Football Club#Champions of Essendon|Champions of Essendon]]" list.
-After his playing days were over, Madden had a brief stint as ruck coach for [[Carlton FC|Carlton]]. He was with the Blues for the 1993 season, in which they made the grand final but lost to Madden's former club Essendon.
+After his playing days were over, Madden had a brief stint as ruck coach for [[Carlton FC|Carlton]]. He was with the Blues for the [[1993 AFL season|1993 season]], in which they made the grand final but lost to Madden's former club, Essendon.
-He was president of the [[AFL Players Association]] from 1985 until 1989.
+He was president of the [[AFL Players Association|AFL Players' Association]] from 1985 until 1989.
-His brother [[Justin Madden|Justin]] was also a top class ruckman for Essendon and [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]], and they are the only set of brothers to both play 300 games of league football. Both brothers had their secondary schooling at [[St. Bernard's College, Melbourne|St Bernard's College, Melbourne]], a school renowned for its sporting prowess. The school is the only to ever produce three 300-game players, with Simon and Justin Madden joining former Bomber [[Garry Foulds]] in this achievement.{{Citation needed|date=March 2007}}
 ==Statistics==
 :<ref>{{cite web|url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/S/Simon_Madden.html|title=Simon Madden|publisher=AFL Tables}}</ref>
-{{Australian rules football statistics legend/ruck|p=y|s=y}}
+{{Australian rules football statistics legend/ruck|p=y}}
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 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
-! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | [[1984 VFL season|1984]]
+| scope=row bgcolor=F0E68C | '''[[1984 VFL season|1984]]'''<sup>#</sup> || {{AFL Ess}} || 27
+| 24 || 27 || 17 || 177 || 137 || 314 || 151 || {{n/a}} || 699 || 1.1 || 0.7 || 7.4 || 5.7 || 13.1 || 6.3 || {{n/a}} || 29.1 || 14
-|{{AFL Ess}}
-| 27 || 24 || 27 || 17 || 177 || 137 || 314 || 151 || {{n/a}} || 699 || 1.1 || 0.7 || 7.4 || 5.7 || 13.1 || 6.3 || {{n/a}} || 29.1 || 14
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-! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | [[1985 VFL season|1985]]
+| scope=row bgcolor=F0E68C | '''[[1985 VFL season|1985]]'''<sup>#</sup> || {{AFL Ess}} || 27
+| 20 || 19 || 21 || 163 || 123 || 286 || 136 || {{n/a}} || 322 || 1.0 || 1.1 || 8.2 || 6.2 || 14.3 || 6.8 || {{n/a}} || 16.1 || 11
-|{{AFL Ess}}
-| 27 || 20 || 19 || 21 || 163 || 123 || 286 || 136 || {{n/a}} || 322 || 1.0 || 1.1 || 8.2 || 6.2 || 14.3 || 6.8 || {{n/a}} || 16.1 || 11
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+==Honours and achievements==
+'''Team'''
+* '''2× [[List of VFL/AFL premiers|VFL premiership player]] ({{AFL Ess}})''': [[1984 VFL Grand Final|1984]], [[1985 VFL Grand Final|1985]]
+* '''4× [[McClelland Trophy]] ({{AFL Ess}})''': [[1984 VFL season|1984]], [[1985 VFL season|1985]], [[1989 VFL season|1989]], [[1990 AFL season|1990]]
+'''Individual'''
+* '''[[Norm Smith Medal]]''': [[1985 VFL Grand Final|1985]]
+* '''3× [[All-Australian team]]''': [[1983 All-Australian team|1983]], [[1987 All-Australian team|1987]], [[1988 All-Australian team|1988]]
+* '''6× VFL Team of the Year''': [[1983 VFL season|1983]], [[1984 VFL season|1984]], [[1987 VFL season|1987]], [[1988 VFL season|1988]], [[1989 VFL season|1989]], [[1990 AFL season|1990]]
+* '''4× [[Crichton Medal]]''': [[1977 VFL season|1977]], [[1979 VFL season|1979]], [[1983 VFL season|1983]], [[1984 VFL season|1984]]
+* '''3× [[List of Essendon Football Club leading goalkickers|Essendon leading goalkicker]]''': [[1980 VFL season|1980]], [[1982 VFL season|1982]], [[1991 AFL season|1991]]
+* '''[[List of Essendon Football Club captains|Essendon captain]]''': 1980–1981
+* '''[[Essendon Football Club#Team of the Century|Essendon Team of the Century 1897-1996]]'''
+*'''[[Australian Football Hall of Fame#Legends|Australian Football Hall of Fame]]''': 1996 Inductee
+* '''[[Simpson Medal]]''': 1990
+* '''[[E. J. Whitten Medal]]''': 1990
+* '''5× [[Interstate matches in Australian rules football|State of Origin]] ([[Victoria Australian rules football team|Victoria]])''': 1983, 1984, 1989 (c), 1990 (c), 1991 (c)
 == Life After AFL ==
-Madden's background as an elite athlete (AFL) is well documented.{{cn|date=May 2021}} He also has an extended background in education and worked as a teacher for 15 years, attaining the position of Vice Principal.
+Madden has an extended background in education and worked as a teacher for 15 years, attaining the position of Vice Principal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Simon |url=https://simonmadden.com.au/about/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Simon Madden |language=en-US}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=May 2022}}
-Madden was President of the AFL Players Association from 1985 to 1989.{{cn|date=May 2021}}
+Madden was President of the [[AFL Players Association|AFL Players' Association]] from 1985 to 1989.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Simon |url=https://simonmadden.com.au/about/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Simon Madden |language=en-US}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=May 2022}}
-Madden became head coach of St. Bernards Old Collegians Football Club in 2005.
+Madden became head coach of St. Bernards Old Collegians Football Club in 2005.{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}
-He now spends a considerable amount of time in the classic rock band "Better Late Than Never" playing at local pubs and clubs with a group of long-term friends.{{cn|date=May 2021}}
+He now spends a considerable amount of time in the classic rock band Better Late Than Never playing at local pubs and clubs with a group of long-term friends.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-12-19 |title=Big Bomber still kicking goals |url=https://sportshounds.com.au/2019/12/20/big-bomber-still-kicking-goals/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Sportshounds |language=en-AU}}</ref>
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+{{1984 VFL Team of the Year}}
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+{{1987 VFL Team of the Year}}
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+{{1988 VFL Team of the Year}}
+{{1989 VFL Team of the Year}}
+{{1990 AFL Team of the Year}}
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-[[Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)]]
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-[[Category:Two-time VFL/AFL Premiership players]]
+[[Category:VFL/AFL premiership players]]
+[[Category:Australian Catholic University alumni]]

v t e Essendon Football Club 1984/85 VFL premiers
1984: Essendon 14.21 (105) defeated Hawthorn 12.9 (81), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1985: Essendon 26.14 (170) defeated Hawthorn 13.8 (92), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
4. Baker 5. Daniher (c) 8. Clarke 10. Foulds 13. Williams 15. Ezard 18. Vander Haar 22. Duckworth 25. Merrett 26. Thompson 27. Madden 28. Weston 30. Walsh 32. Watson 33. Hawker 38. Harvey
Coach: Sheedy

v t e Essendon Football Club · Team of the Century 1896–1997
Full-back	Gavin Wanganeen Fred Baring Tom Fitzmaurice
Half-back	Barry Davis Wally Buttsworth Harold Lambert
Centre	Reg Burgess Jack Clarke Michael Long
Half-forward	James Hird Ken Fraser Terry Daniher
Full-forward	Bill Hutchison John Coleman Albert Thurgood
Ruck	Simon Madden Tim Watson Dick Reynolds (c)
Interchange	Mark Thompson Keith Forbes Frank Maher Billy Griffith
Coach	Kevin Sheedy

v t e Simpson Medal winners
WAFL Grand Finals	1945: Ebbs 1946: Loughridge 1947: Eriksson 1948: Ingraham 1949: Larcombe 1950: Lewington 1951: Porter 1952: Kelly 1953: Marsh 1954: Tyson 1955: M. McIntosh 1956: Parentich 1957: Conway 1958: Bull 1959: Farmer 1960: Foley 1961: Slater 1962: Sorrell 1963: Bagley 1964: Rogers 1965: Imrie 1966: Cable 1967: Cable 1968: Cable 1969: Dempsey 1970: Ciccotosto 1971: Sheridan 1972: McAullay 1973: Blair 1974: Gibellini/Pretty 1975: Whinnen 1976: Day 1977: Rosbender 1978: Miller 1979: K. Taylor 1980: Rioli 1981: Shaw/Rioli 1982: Melrose 1983: Shine 1984: Kimberley 1985: B. Taylor 1986: Zanotti 1987: Thorne 1988: Lee 1989: Allan 1990: Walker 1991: Kickett 1992: Browning 1993: Kickett 1994: Amaranti 1995: Harris 1996: Ridley 1997: Hynes 1998: Bromage 1999: Kelly 2000: Cox 2001: Turnbull 2002: Turnbull 2003: LeCras 2004: Vines 2005: McGrath 2006: Webb 2007: B. Smith 2008: Hall 2009: Hams 2010: Krakouer 2011: Wilkes 2012: Medhurst 2013: Hutchings 2014: Bristow 2015: Boland 2016: Blakely 2017: Ryan 2018: Horsley 2019: Sokol 2020: Bolton 2021: Clark 2022: Meadows 2023: Murdoch 2024: Erasmus
Interstate Rep. Matches	1948: Curran (VIC) 1949: Heal (WA) 1951: Buttsworth (WA) 1952: M. McIntosh (WA) 1954: Harper (WA) 1955: Williams (SA) 1956: Farmer (WA)/Goldsmith (VIC) 1957: Whitten (VIC) 1958: Farmer (WA) 1959: Watts (WA) 1960: Aylett (VIC) 1962: Sorrell (WA)/Harper (WA) 1963: Sarre (WA) 1964: Shearman (SA) 1965: Murray (WA)/Spargo (WA) 1967: Walker (WA) 1968: Nicholls (VIC) 1970: Stiles (WA) 1971: Knights (VIC) 1973: Featherby (WA) 1974: Alexander (WA) 1975: Magro (WA) 1976: Elliott (WA) 1977: Moss (WA)/James (SA)/Cable (WA) 1978: Knights (VIC) 1979: Cornes (SA) 1981: Beasley (WA)/Buckenara (WA)/Krakouer (WA) 1982: Browning (WA)/K. Taylor (WA) 1983: Michael (WA)/Rioli (WA) 1984: Hardie (WA) 1985: Bradley (SA)/Weightman (VIC) 1986: Hardie (WA) 1987: McDermott (SA)/Bews (VIC) 1988: Allan (WA)/Thorne (WA)/Healy (VIC) 1989: Dunstall (VIC) 1990: Madden (VIC)/Allan (WA) 1991: Harding (WA)/Retzlaff (WA) 1993: Atkins (WA) 1994: Symmons (WA) 1995: Treleven (WA) 1996: Snow (WA) 1997: Dorotich (WA) 1998: Irving (WA) 1999: Tregenza (WA) 2000: Campbell (WA) 2002: Johnson (WA) 2003: Webster (WA) 2004: Bossong (WA) 2005: Priddis (WA) 2006: Hayes (WA) 2007: Hay (WA) 2008: Richardson (WA) 2009: LeCras (WA) 2010: Blackwell (WA) 2011: J. Smith (WA) 2012: Johnson (WA) 2013: Twomey (WA) 2014: Hams (WA) 2015: Davis (WA) 2016: Bolton (WA) 2017: Saunders (WA) 2018: Bolton (WA) 2019: Deluca (WA) 2021: Bolton (WA) 2022: Kitchin (WA)
Interstate Carnivals/Tours	1950: Maffina 1953: M. McIntosh 1961: Gabelich 1964: Chadwick 1966: J. McIntosh 1969: Cable/Farmer 1972: McAullay 1988: Lamb
Interstate Club Matches	1946: Richards (Coll) (East Frem v Collingwood) 1947: Jenkins (SF) (South Frem v Essendon)

v t e 1983 All-Australian team
Coach John Todd (Swan Districts)
South Australia Michael Aish (Norwood) Craig Bradley (Port Adelaide) Stephen Curtis (Port Adelaide) Tony Giles (Port Adelaide) Peter Motley (Sturt) Matt Rendell (Fitzroy) Craig Williams (West Adelaide)
Victoria Terry Daniher (Essendon) Robert Flower (Melbourne) Keith Greig (North Melbourne) Mark Lee (Richmond) Simon Madden (Essendon) Stephen McCann (North Melbourne) Michael Tuck (Hawthorn)
Western Australia Gary Buckenara (Hawthorn) Ross Glendinning (North Melbourne) Stephen Michael (South Fremantle) (Captain) Mike Richardson (Collingwood) Maurice Rioli (Richmond) Kevin Taylor (East Fremantle)