| Gary Ablett Sr. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Sculpture of Ablett by artist Stu James at an exhibition of football art | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Gary Robert Ablett | ||
| Nickname | God[1] | ||
| Born | (1961-10-01)1 October 1961 (age 64) Drouin, Victoria[2] | ||
| Original team | Myrtleford/Drouin | ||
| Debut | Round 2, 3 April 1982,Hawthorn vs.Geelong, atPrinces Park | ||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 97 kg (214 lb) | ||
| Position | Wing / half-forward flank / full-forward | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1982 | Hawthorn | 6(10) | |
| 1984–1997 | Geelong | 242 (1021) | |
| Total | 248 (1031) | ||
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 1984–1995 | Victoria | 11(43) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1996. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Gary Robert AblettSr. (born 1 October 1961) is a former professionalAustralian rules footballer who representedHawthorn andGeelong in theAustralian Football League (AFL). Nicknamed "God", Ablett is widely regarded as one of Australian football's greatest players,[3] and was especially renowned for his high-flyingspectacular marks and his prolific goalkicking.[1]
After playing for several country teams in and around his hometown ofDrouin, Victoria, Ablett was recruited by Hawthorn and made hisVictorian Football League (VFL) debut in1982. However, he struggled to adjust to city life and retreated toMyrtleford the following year. The Geelong Football Club managed to lure him back to professional football in1984, and by the late '80s, he had become one of the VFL's biggest stars. His1989 VFL Grand Final appearance, during which he kicked a grand final record nine goals for a losing side (and tying the outright grand final record withGordon Coventry), is regarded as one of football's greatest individual performances, earning him theNorm Smith Medal.[4] At the beginning of the1991 season, Ablett shocked the football world by abruptly announcing his retirement from the game, but he made a comeback midway through the year. He went on to appear in the1992,1994, and1995 grand finals, before officially retiring on September 25, 1997.[5]
Ablett's individual accolades and achievements include an induction into theAustralian Football Hall of Fame, anAFL Team of the Century selection, the 1993AFL Players Association MVP award (now known as theLeigh Matthews Trophy), and threeColeman Medals. He remains Geelong's all-time leading goalkicker, with 1021 goals; and, in 2006, was voted by past and present Geelong Football Club players as the greatest Geelong footballer of all time.[6]
Born inDrouin to Alfred and Colleen Ablett, Gary Ablett grew up inGippsland, Victoria, alongside his four elder brothers and three sisters.[2] Ablett displayed a love for sport at an early age, winning the state school high jump at 10 years of age. He was also awarded both club and competition best-and-fairest awards for Drouin at the under-11s, under-12s and under-14s levels.[2]
After his interest waned in attending school, Ablett dropped out of high school at 15 to become a bricklayer. He also began to concentrate on his football and joined his brothers in the Drouin senior team at just 16 years of age. After appearing in several country league representative games, theHawthorn Football Club, which had already signed Gary's elder brothers Geoff and Kevin onto their lists, invited him to play reserves football.[2]
After signing a reserves contract and featuring in six reserves games for Hawthorn, Ablett retreated back to his home in Drouin. He returned to Hawthorn in 1982 and made his senior VFL debut versus Geelong in Round 2, kicking 1 goal and helping the Hawks defeat the Cats by 19 points. He played a further five games for Hawthorn that year for a total of six games and ten goals. Ablett claimed difficulty coping with city life in Melbourne and his continual absenteeism from training sessions forced Hawthorn coach, Allan Jeans into parting ways with the talented, but wayward young half forward.
In 1983, he moved with his young family to the country town ofMyrtleford.[2] Ablett spent the year playing under the tutelage of his cousinLen Ablett forMyrtleford in theOvens and Murray Football League. Ablett's footballing ability soon came on notice again, this time to theGeelong Football Club and their long-time recruiting officerBill McMaster. McMaster convinced Ablett to give the game another shot, this time in the confines of the ruralcity of Geelong. After protracted negotiations with Hawthorn, Geelong finally paid a $60,000 transfer for Ablett in 1984.[2]
Ablett signed a one-year contract for the 1984 season withGeelong, and he began his first season under the guidance ofTom Hafey. He debuted for the Cats in Round 1 and after just nine games on the wing, Ablett was selected to his firstState of Origin game forVictoria.[2] Ablett earned best-on-ground honours after kicking 8 goals from the half-forward flank.[2] He played 15 games and kicked 33 goals in the 1984 season, and was awarded theCarji Greeves Medal as theGeelong Football Club's "best and fairest" player of the year. Following his first season with Geelong, Ablett signed a new three-year contract with the club.[2]
Playing mostly on the half forward flank, Ablett won the club's goalkicking award for the following two seasons with 82 and 65 goals respectively.[2] Although Ablett had developed a reputation for his laconic, lazy attitude to training under coachJohn Devine, this did not prevent him from earning top three placings in the best and fairest awards from 1985 to 1987.[citation needed]
With his contract expiring at the conclusion of the 1987 season, Ablett shocked the VFL by signing a new five-year contract with his former club, Hawthorn. After a "cooling-off" period, however, Ablett opted to remain with Geelong by agreeing to a lucrative five-year contract that tied him to the club for the long-term.[7]
Ablett began the 1988 season with 59 goals after just 11 games, placing him second on the goalkicking list behind Hawthorn'sJason Dunstall. In these games, he kicked 10 goals against Richmond in theAnzac Day game, and 11 against Brisbane—one shy of breaking the ground record of 12 goals at Carrara. Although he missed out on State honours and failed to place within the top three in the club best and fairest award, Ablett finished with 82 goals during the season for the second time in his career.[citation needed]
"The ball came down a contest and I was holding on [Ablett] ... He turned around to me and said, 'If you do that one more time, I'm going to knock you out'. I said, 'Now, Gary, that wouldn't be a godly thing to do, would it?' I still don't know whether he said 'I'm not God' or 'I am God'. Nedless to say, I continued to hold on as much as I could, for fear of getting knocked out."
The 1989 season was marked by the arrival of Ablett's third coach, former North Melbourne Brownlow MedallistMalcolm Blight. Ablett helped the Cats reach the finals on the back of a ten match winning streak to end the regular season. In a 134-point victory against Richmond, Ablett scored 14 goals, breaking a 22-year club record, and moving club legend and former club premiership coach Bobby Davis to laud Ablett as the equal of the legendaryGraham 'Polly' Farmer,[7] the finest footballers he had seen at Geelong. His season lowlight occurred in Round 12 when he was suspended for 3 matches after he controversially felled the Melbourne captain, Gary Lyon behind the play.
In his first ever final, the Qualifying Final at the MCG versus Essendon, Gary Ablett kicked three goals, but this was not enough. The Bombers humbled Geelong by 76 points to force the Cats into a sudden-death Semi Final showdown with Melbourne. The Cats posted a 63-point win against the Demons. Ablett kicked seven goals, and helped set up another meeting with Essendon in the Preliminary Final. Ablett kicked 8 goals this time, as the Cats crushed Essendon by 94 points to advance to their first grand final since 1967.[7]
Against the reigning premiers Hawthorn in the1989 VFL Grand Final, Ablett asserted himself from the opening bounce, leading out from full forward, marking the first centre clearance kick and slotting through the game's first goal. By half-time, Ablett had kicked four goals, but the Cats trailed at the main break by 37 points. Ablett kicked a further five goals in the second half, which saw an injury-depleted Hawthorn's lead reduced to just 6 points with less than a minute to go. However, the Cats fell short, and Hawthorn held on to defeat Geelong in one of the toughest grand finals of the modern era, winning by 6 points. Ablett's performance in kicking 9 goals earned him theNorm Smith Medal, and in doing so became only the second member of the losing team in VFL/AFL history to be awarded the honour – a performance regarded by many as unrivalled on football's biggest stage. Ablett's 9 goals also saw him equal Gordon Coventry's goals record set in the 1928 Grand Final.
On 1 February 1991, Ablett, aged 29, stunned most football fans when he announced his retirement, citing personal reasons and a loss of enjoyment for the game. His previous season in1990 was marred by injury, dipping motivation, and personal issues, including a separation from his wife. He was eventually encouraged to reverse his decision and he made his return in Round 12 for the Geelong reserves team. This generated enormous media interest and drew an abnormally large crowd for the curtain-raiser game at Princes Park.[citation needed] Ablett was named in the senior side for the following game againstMelbourne, which drew a crowd of over 40,000 to the MCG.[Note 1] He had ten possessions and kicked two goals, one of them an important steadier for the Cats in the last quarter after the Demons had closed to within 24 points.[9] Due to his late season start and lack of conditioning, it was probably no surprise that Ablett failed to recapture his best form, ending his season on a sour note when he was suspended for striking St Kilda roverNathan Burke in the first week of the finals, and he subsequently missed Geelong's finals defeats to Hawthorn and West Coast.
Ablett put the disappointment of 1991 behind him, and he dedicated himself to improving his fitness base ahead of the 1992 season. A consistent first half of the year helped the Cats achieve an 11–3 record, eventually earning them a spot in the grand final—this time against theWest Coast Eagles. After establishing a two-goal lead at half-time, the Cats failed to sustain their momentum during the second half, eventually going down by 28 points to the fast-finishing Eagles. Ablett, who finished with 3 goals, had again failed to finish the year with the same good form in which he had begun it.
Before the 1993 season, Ablett was encouraged by his coach,Malcolm Blight, to move from his customary roaming half-forward position to full-forward, in an effort to prolong his career. The move up forward proved to be a master-stroke, with Ablett thriving in his goal-kicking role, reaching the 50-goal mark in just six games, equalling the sixty-year record of South Melbourne legendBob Pratt. He brought up his maiden century of goals in the season just eight games later, one game slower than record-holder Pratt, and became the first Geelong player to kick 100 goals in a season sinceLarry Donohue in 1976. Although the Cats did not make the Finals, Ablett's new-found dominance up forward was highlighted during the season with his bags of ten or more goals on five occasions, including a 14-goal performance against Essendon in Round 6. His end-of-season total of 124 goals, achieved in just 17 appearances, earned him his firstColeman Medal as the League's leading goal-scorer, theLeigh Matthews Trophy,the AFMA Player of the Year Award, and a top-ten placing in the Brownlow Medal.
"One part beauty, nine parts drama. Did he take it? Should it have been paid? Is it the greatest ever? Do we mark it down in the greatest-ever lists because of the question marks? What we overlook is the degree of difficulty, as a twisting, falling Ablett plunges to earth while still retaining theSherrin with one hand. Is it a mark, after all these years? Still not sure."
Ablett continued his dominance as a full-forward in 1994 and 1995 by winning the Coleman Medal in each year. Ablett is the only player in VFL/AFL history to kick 100 goals and win the Coleman Medal in three successive seasons. In addition to his explosive pace and skills, Ablett was also an accomplished aerialist with strong hands. A highlight was the 1994Mark of the Year overCollingwood'sGary Pert on Mother's Day at the MCG, a mark which is captured inJamie Cooper's paintingthe Game That Made Australia, commissioned by the AFL in 2008 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the sport.[11] There is still debate over whether he had enough control of the ball to be paid a mark.[10]
In early 1996, Ablett was suspended for five games for striking St Kilda's 172 cm Kristian Bardsley with a raised forearm. He later remarked that his lengthy suspension was the "beginning of the end", and he finished out the season with 69 goals in 17 games. His last AFL appearance was against North Melbourne in a Qualifying Final in 1996. Ablett managed to kick only one goal in a disappointing 60-point loss.[citation needed] In October 1996, he missed Geelong's first training session and was fined $10,000.[12]
On 22 November 1996, Ablett was admitted to hospital with a severe bout of gastro. On 28 November, Ablett faced traffic charges.[12]
Ablett was ready to start the serious training with the club by the first week of January. By February, it was reported that he was still under pressure to improve his fitness. In March, Geelong confirmed that Ablett would play in 1997. On Sunday, 31 March 1997, Ablett played in the reserves against Richmond. Gary booted 7 goals but injured his knee. Three days later, on 3 April, he underwent arthroscopic surgery. In early June, Ablett had still not recovered; he faced knee surgery. During the preliminary finals in September, he announced his retirement from football.[12]
Ablett had a prolificState of Origin career, kicking 43 goals in 11 games. He was first selected to play forVictoria in 1984, againstWestern Australia, only nine games into his career at Geelong, kicking 8 goals in a best-on-ground performance.[13]
He performed well again the following year, kicking 4 goals againstSouth Australia. In the following few years Ablett was largely out of the side, apart from 1987, when he kicked 2 goals against South Australia. Ablett again performed at the highest level in 1990, kicking 6 goals, against Western Australia in Perth. After returning from retirement midway through 1991, and after only several games, Ablett was controversially selected for Victoria, kicking 2 goals. In 1992 Ablett performed well, kicking 3 goals and being named among the best players, against Western Australia.[14]
In 1993, he kicked 4 goals, against a combined New South Wales–Australian Capital Territory side, and in the same year Ablett again performed on the big stage, kicking 5 goals in theState of Origin Carnival Grand Final. In 1994, he kicked 4 goals, against South Australia, in what has been regarded as "one of the greatest Australian football games of all time"[15] and followed up that performance with 4 goals against South Australia in 1995. On representing Victoria, Ablett has said "I've always found it a tremendous honour to represent your state, in a State of Origin game".[16]
Ablett combined strength, speed, and skill to produce many spectacular highlights and goal-kicking feats. A noted big game player, Ablett kicked 43 goals in 11 State appearances. Also significantly, he booted 64 goals over the course of his 16 finals – an average of four goals a game.[2] His individual haul of 27 goals in the 1989 finals series from four games is a VFL/AFL record that still stands.[17] He was awarded theNorm Smith Medal for his performance in the 1989 Grand Final, where he was adjudged best player afield. In doing so, he became one of only four players to win the medal playing for the losing side (the others beingMaurice Rioli in1982,Nathan Buckley in2002, andChris Judd in2005). In1996, Ablett joinedGordon Coventry,Doug Wade,Jason Dunstall, andTony Lockett as the only players in league history to kick 1000 VFL/AFL goals.Lance Franklin would join this exclusive club in 2022.
Martin Flanagan's representation of Australian football pioneerTom Wills in his 1996 novelThe Call is modeled on Ablett. According to Flanagan, Wills and Ablett polarised opinion in similar ways, and displayed a lack of insight into their actions—they simply did what came naturally to them, "like a lot of artists".[18] Ablett is the subject of the song "Kicking the Footy with God", released byThe Bedroom Philosopher on his 2005 debut albumIn Bed with My Doona.[citation needed]
In 1996, Ablett was named in theAFL Team of the Century on the interchange bench, alongsideJack Dyer andGreg Williams. In 2001, Ablett was named in the Geelong Team of the Century, on a half-forward flank. In 2005, after many years of controversy and debate (see below), he was inducted into theAustralian Football Hall of Fame. The following year, he was honoured yet again when he was voted as the Greatest Geelong player of all-time ahead ofGraham Farmer.[citation needed]
In 2006, Ablett was honoured with the naming of a terrace in his name within the newly renovatedSkilled Stadium. Ablett once had a set of gates named in his honour, but he was upgraded to a terrace at the beginning of the2006 AFL season.[19]
Despite his footballing achievements on the field, Ablett's induction into theAustralian Football Hall of Fame was initially delayed. Despite Ablett's undoubted footballing credentials, his well-publicised contribution to the death of Alisha Horan was responsible for the Australian Football Hall of Fame committee's reluctance to induct him.[20] In 2004, after several years of speculation over his induction, Ablett personally requested that the Geelong Football Club stop nominating him for selection, which the club agreed to. However, the following year it was announced that Ablett would be inducted into the Hall of Fame as part of the 2005 intake.[21]
Ablett did not attend the induction ceremony and instead released a statement through his then-manager, Michael Baker:[22]
"Due to my current battle with depression I am not in a position to be able to accept this award in person. I did not make this decision lightly but due to medical advice it was deemed best for my health that I do not attend tonight. I feel blessed to have had the opportunity to play this great game and also to have played at the elite level alongside many celebrated champions. Being chosen to be inducted into the Hall of Fame is one of the highest honours a player could dream of. I thank those who deem me worthy enough to be placed alongside such respected company."
The youngest of eight children, Ablett grew up alongside four elder brothers and three elder sisters. In 1985, Ablett wed his long-time girlfriend Sue, and the couple had four children – Natasha,Gary Jr.,Nathan, and Alisha.[2]
In 1986, Ablett became aborn-again Christian and has been said to be slightly aggrieved at constantly being referred to as "God" by fans, a nickname based on his supreme football abilities.[2] Ablett's faith was often highlighted in several tribunal appearances, in one case confessing and pleading guilty to strikingGarry Lyon in a 1989 incident, declaring he "wasn't prepared to lie about it or compromise the truth in [his] relationship with God".[7] Ablett's public acknowledgement of his faith, in particular the influence of God in his life, during his acceptance speech for the Norm Smith Medal in the 1989 Grand Final, was also much publicised.[7]
On 26 June 2006, Ablett was allegedly assaulted at 11:15pm while browsing through a car yard in Fyans Street,South Geelong.[23] A 31-year-old Geelong man was charged with the assault. However, he was reported to have committed suicide on 10 July 2006 by jumping from a Melbourne high-rise apartment block the day before he was due to appear before the Geelong Magistrates court to defend the assault charges.[24]
In December 2007, Ablett hit back at media claims that his son Nathan had walked away from his football career because of the publicity surrounding the release of a new book about his father.[25] Although normally reluctant to make public comments, Ablett felt that the media intrusion into his family life had gone too far. As part of a series of books,Legends of Australian Sport, Ablett contributed to a book regarding himself. It was the first time he revealed intimate details regarding his life publicly.[citation needed]
In September 2020, Ablett released a 27-minute YouTube video discussing his belief in therapture as being forthcoming. In this video, he declared that theCOVID-19 pandemic had been manufactured and released by theIlluminati andFreemasons in order to depopulate Earth, create acashless society and "putLucifer on the throne of the world".[26][27][28]
Two of Ablett's brothers played in theVictorian Football League –Kevin Ablett, who played forHawthorn,Richmond and Geelong, andGeoff Ablett, who played forHawthorn,Richmond andSt Kilda.
Ablett's eldest son,Gary Jr., has followed in his footsteps to play for Geelong. In 2007 and 2009, Ablett Jr. won the Cats' best and fairest award, emulating a feat established by his father in his first season with the Cats back in 1984; he also won the Brownlow Medal in2009 and2013. Another son,Nathan, was drafted in 2004 (48th pick) by Geelong under thefather–son rule. Nathan initially refused to play AFL Football because of his father's experience with the media, but, with encouragement from the club, was signed ahead of the 2005 AFL Season and established himself in the full forward role Gary Sr. made his own.[citation needed]
On 29 September 2007, both Gary Jr. and Nathan contributed to Geelong winning its first flag in 44 years, capturing the premiership that proved elusive to Gary Snr in his 12 years at the club. Nathan retired suddenly before the 2008 season, but he and his brother Gary Jr. were members of theGold Coast Football Club's inaugural team for the 2011 season.[citation needed]
In addition to his sons, Ablett has a nephew,Luke Ablett, who played for theSydney Swans and won a premiership with them in 2005. Two other nephews, from his sister's marriage to Hawthorn legendMichael Tuck, also played in the AFL –Richmond'sShane Tuck andTravis Tuck, who played forHawthorn.[citation needed]
Ablett had well-documented off-field problems, particularly with illegal drug use, and depression in the wake of the Alisha Horan death. In 1990, Ablett was placed on a $10,000 good behaviour bond after he pleaded guilty to repeatedly hitting a man he found sitting in a car with his estranged wife.[29]
In 2000, Ablett was investigated, charged and convicted of four drug offences as a result of twenty-year-old Geelong woman Alisha Horan dying of a drug overdose (involvingheroin,ecstasy andamphetamines) while in Ablett's hotel room. After a prolonged period of refusing to answer police questions and refusing to answer questions at an April 2001 inquest (on the grounds that he may incriminate himself), Ablett later admitted to providing Horan with heroin and ecstasy. Horan had found a small quantity of heroin in Ablett's coat pocket and asked him what it was. Rather than admit that it was heroin, Ablett told her it was cocaine, which they both then ingested, leading to Horan's overdose. Ablett was charged with, and pleaded guilty to four drugs charges, and was convicted and fined $1500.[30]
In April 2023, Ablett commenced legal proceedings in theSupreme Court of Victoria against the AFL and the Geelong and Hawthorn football clubs claiming breach of duty and negligence over AFL-related brain injuries that he suffered during his playing career.[31]
In 2019, a sharp-eyed "footy history enthusiast" by the name of Stephen Wade noticed a statistical discrepancy while watching a YouTube video of a 1982 game that had been uploaded in 2017. He found a discrepancy with the goal total, as he saw Ablett kick two but was only credited for one. Wade brought his discovery to the attention ofCol Hutchinson, the AFL's statistics and history consultant, who updated the official records.[33] The goal, which had been erroneously attributed to Hawthorn teammateRichard Loveridge for 37 years, increased Ablett's total goal tally from 1,030 to 1,031.
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
| Led the league for the season only | |
| Led the league after finals only | |
| Led the league after season and finals |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
| 1982 | Hawthorn | 35 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 47 | 21 | 68 | 26 | — | 1.5 | 2.2 | 7.8 | 3.5 | 11.3 | 4.3 | — |
| 1984 | Geelong | 5 | 15 | 33 | 28 | 238 | 61 | 299 | 86 | — | 2.2 | 1.9 | 15.9 | 4.1 | 19.9 | 5.7 | — |
| 1985 | Geelong | 5 | 20 | 82 | 67 | 274 | 62 | 336 | 135 | — | 4.1 | 3.4 | 13.7 | 3.1 | 16.8 | 6.8 | — |
| 1986 | Geelong | 5 | 15 | 65 | 49 | 185 | 39 | 224 | 101 | — | 4.3 | 3.3 | 12.3 | 2.6 | 14.9 | 6.7 | — |
| 1987 | Geelong | 5 | 17 | 53 | 38 | 200 | 46 | 246 | 86 | 19 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 11.8 | 2.7 | 14.5 | 5.1 | 1.1 |
| 1988 | Geelong | 5 | 21 | 82 | 62 | 253 | 42 | 295 | 117 | 19 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 12.0 | 2.0 | 14.0 | 5.6 | 0.9 |
| 1989 | Geelong | 5 | 23 | 87 | 54 | 378 | 68 | 446 | 151 | 29 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 16.4 | 3.0 | 19.4 | 6.6 | 1.3 |
| 1990 | Geelong | 5 | 17 | 75 | 43 | 224 | 47 | 271 | 100 | 21 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 13.2 | 2.8 | 15.9 | 5.9 | 1.2 |
| 1991 | Geelong | 5 | 12 | 28 | 27 | 144 | 21 | 165 | 55 | 20 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 12.0 | 1.8 | 13.8 | 4.6 | 1.7 |
| 1992 | Geelong | 5 | 21 | 72 | 54 | 324 | 61 | 385 | 118 | 33 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 15.4 | 2.9 | 18.3 | 5.6 | 1.6 |
| 1993 | Geelong | 5 | 17 | 124 | 60 | 233 | 13 | 246 | 111 | 10 | 7.3 | 3.5 | 13.7 | 0.8 | 14.5 | 6.5 | 0.6 |
| 1994 | Geelong | 5 | 25 | 129 | 79 | 263 | 30 | 293 | 130 | 15 | 5.2 | 3.2 | 10.5 | 1.2 | 11.7 | 5.2 | 0.6 |
| 1995 | Geelong | 5 | 22 | 122 | 85 | 264 | 19 | 283 | 148 | 18 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 12.0 | 0.9 | 12.9 | 6.7 | 0.8 |
| 1996 | Geelong | 5 | 17 | 69 | 31 | 159 | 31 | 190 | 71 | 13 | 4.1 | 1.8 | 9.4 | 1.8 | 11.2 | 4.2 | 0.8 |
| 1997 | Geelong | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Career | 248 | 1031 | 690 | 3186 | 561 | 3747 | 1435 | 197 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 12.8 | 2.3 | 15.1 | 5.8 | 1.0 | ||
| Career | 248 | 1031 | 690 | 3186 | 561 | 3747 | 1435 | 197 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 12.8 | 2.3 | 15.1 | 5.8 | 1.0 | ||
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