Collingwood midfielder Rupert Wills flung himself into the limelight at the weekend, kicking possibly the longest goal in VFL history with this
100 metre
bomb.
Who kicked most goals AFL?
| Record Current holder | Most Goals in a Game by a Player Fred Fanning (Melbourne) 18 goals against St Kilda Round 18 1947 at the Junction Oval. | Most Goals in a Season by a Player Bob Pratt South Melbourne 1934 and Peter Hudson Hawthorn 1971 (150 goals each). | Most Career Goals Tony Lockett: 1360 |
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Who was the first person to kick AFL goals?
| Rd. The round in which the player scored his first goal | ## Player did not record a kick in his first two matches. |
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Who was the last to kick 100 goals?
Franklin kicked his 100th goal for the home-and-away season against Carlton in round 22 at Etihad Stadium, becoming the first player to kick 100 goals in a season since Tony Lockett in 1998, the first player to kick 100 goals in a year since Fraser Gehrig in 2004, the first Hawthorn player since
Jason Dunstall
in 1996, …
What is the biggest winning margin in AFL VFL history?
| Biggest Wins | 190 Fitzroy 7.7 14.14 26.17 36.22 | 186 Geelong 8.3 20.4 28.8 37.11 | 178 Collingwood 7.7 13.11 21.16 31.21 | 171 South Melbourne 2.5 6.7 12.11 29.15 |
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Has any AFL team gone undefeated?
Throughout the history of the league, no team has ever completed a perfect season. One team,
Collingwood
in 1929, completed a perfect home-and-away season, finishing with a record of 18–0; the club won the premiership, but did not complete a perfect season after losing the second semi-final against Richmond.
Who Kicked 1000 AFL goals?
Franklin
is bidding to become just the sixth player in the game’s history to kick 1000 goals and the first since fellow Swans legend Tony Lockett in 1995.
Who kicked the longest goal?
With his epic downfield kick,
King
officially broke the record for the longest goal scored in a competitive football (soccer) match, which covered an incredible distance of 96.01 m (105 yds).
What is the farthest field goal ever kicked?
The longest field goal in college football history is
69 yards
. And it was set in 1976! By Abilene Christian! Justin Tucker’s incredible game-winning kick sets an NFL record, but remains just shy of the collegiate record set by Abilene Christian’s Ove Johansson in 1976 of 69 yards.
What ball can be kicked the farthest?
The farthest kick and catch of a
football (soccer ball)
by a team of two is 71.37 m (234 ft 1.84 in) and was achieved by Hobie Verhulst (Netherlands) & Nicolas Abdat (Germany) in Zeist, Netherlands, on 4 September 2019. The record was organised by Keuken Kampioen Divisie.
Who is the highest paid AFL player?
AFL Media reported that the four biggest earning players in 2020 were
Jeremy Cameron
, Lance Franklin, Jack Martin and Dustin Martin. The group all were paid $900,000 or more. In 2019, nine players earned seven figures.
Who kicked 10 goals?
Big Bags: Lyon achieves incredibly rare 10-goal finals feat, 1994. Only four players in VFL/AFL history have kicked 10 goals in a final and
Garry Lyon
joins the exclusive club for Melbourne…
Who has won the most Colemans?
Collingwood
is the club most frequently represented by medallists; its players have won on 23 occasions. The majority (13) of these awards have been contributed by Dick Lee and Gordon Coventry. Lee’s seven medals are a league record; Coventry sits outright second, on six.
Who has the most AFL wooden spoons?
Records.
St Kilda
has won the most wooden spoons of any existing AFL team, with 27. Its most recent wooden spoon came in 2014. This is followed up by North Melbourne, with 14 wooden spoons.
Who has kicked the most goals in AFL 2021?
| # | 1 | Player | Tony Lockett | Goals | 1360 | Club(s) | St Kilda (1983–1994; 183 games, 898 goals) ‡ | Games | 281 |
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Who is the youngest AFL player ever?
When he made his league debut with Collingwood in 1953 aged just fifteen years and two hundred and ninety-seven days Keith Bromage became the youngest VFL footballer ever.
