



Two Greatest Men of Greatest Game of All – Australian Football.
Here are their Bio’s:
John Coleman
Born:23-Nov-1928 (Debut:20y 144d Last:25y 194d)
Height:185 cm Weight:80 kg
VFL/AFL: 5854th player to appear, 2123rd most games played, 48th most goals kicked
Essendon: 619th player to appear, 164th most games played, 3rd most goals kicked.
John Douglas Coleman was an Australian rules footballer and coach for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (now the AFL).
Coleman ranks as one of the greatest Australian rules footballers of all time. In a relatively short playing career, Coleman has the second highest goal average in the history of VFL/AFL football, kicking 537 goals in 98 matches. After a knee injury ended his playing career at age 25, he returned to coach Essendon to premiership success. Coleman died in 1973, at the age of 44, of sudden coronary atheroma.
He is the namesake of the Coleman Medal, awarded to the AFL player who kicks the most goals during the home and away season. In 1996 he was one of 12 inaugural Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees bestowed “Legend” status. He is the only player amongst them to play less than 100 games at senior level.
Career highlights
- Essendon premiership player 1949, 1950
- Essendon best and fairest 1949
- VFL leading goalkicker 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953
- Essendon leading goalkicker 1949aE”1954
- All-Australian 1953
- Essendon premiership coach 1962, 1965
- Essendon Team of the Century (full-forward)
- AFL Team of the Century 1996 (full-forward)
- Australian Football Hall of Fame “Legend” 1996
John Coleman
Known as
John Coleman
Born
23 November 1928
Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 20y 144d
Last game: 25y 194d
Height and weight
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 80 kg
Senior clubs
Essendon
Jumper numbers
Essendon: 10
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AFL (1949-1954)
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Club
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Years
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Games
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Win %
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Goals
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APG
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AKI
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AHB
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AMK
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BV
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essendon | 1949-1954 | 98 | 68% | 537 | 5.48 | 36 | |||
| Totals | 1949-1954 | 98 | 68% | 537 | 5.48 | 36 |
AFL: 5,854th player to appear, 2,123rd most games played, 48th most goals kickedEssendon: 619th player to appear, 164th most games played, 3rd most goals kicked
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John Coleman
Known as
John Coleman
Born
23 November 1928
Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 20y 144d
Last game: 25y 194d
Height and weight
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 80 kg
Senior clubs
Essendon
Jumper numbers
Essendon: 10
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John Coleman
Known as
John Coleman
Born
23 November 1928
Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 20y 144d
Last game: 25y 194d
Height and weight
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 80 kg
Senior clubs
Essendon
Jumper numbers
Essendon: 10
– See more at: http://australianfootball.com/players/player/john%2Bcoleman/7788#sthash.cYc8o8MF.dpuf
Full name
John Coleman
Known as
John Coleman
Born
23 November 1928
Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 20y 144d
Last game: 25y 194d
Height and weight
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 80 kg
Senior clubs
Essendon
Jumper numbers
Essendon: 10
– See more at: http://australianfootball.com/players/player/john%2Bcoleman/7788#sthash.cYc8o8MF.dpuf
Full name
John Coleman
Known as
John Coleman
Born
23 November 1928
Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 20y 144d
Last game: 25y 194d
Height and weight
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 80 kg
Senior clubs
Essendon
Jumper numbers
Essendon: 10
– See more at: http://australianfootball.com/players/player/john%2Bcoleman/7788#sthash.cYc8o8MF.dpuf
Full name
John Coleman
Known as
John Coleman
Born
23 November 1928
Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 20y 144d
Last game: 25y 194d
Height and weight
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 80 kg
Senior clubs
Essendon
Jumper numbers
Essendon: 10
– See more at: http://australianfootball.com/players/player/john%2Bcoleman/7788#sthash.cYc8o8MF.dpuf
Dick Reynolds
Born:20-Jun-1915 (Debut:17y 313d Last:36y 102d)
Height:179 cm Weight:82 kg
VFL/AFL: 4006th player to appear, 35th most games played, 73rd most goals kicked
Essendon: 448th player to appear, 3rd most games played, 8th most goals kicked
Richard Sylvannus ‘Dick’ Reynolds was an Australian rules footballer who represented Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in the 1930s and 1940s.
Reynolds is one of four footballers to have won three Brownlow Medals, the others being Haydn Bunton, Sr., Bob Skilton and Ian Stewart. Revered by Essendon supporters, he was often referred to simply as “King Richard”.[1]
Career highlights
- Essendon premiership captain-coach 1942, 1946
1949, 1950 - Brownlow Medal 1934, 1937, 1938
- W. S. Crichton Medal 1934, 1936aE”1939, 1942, 1943
- Essendon captain 1939aE”1950
- Essendon leading goalkicker 1943
- Australian Football Hall of Fame legend 1996
- AFL Team of the Century (half forward flank)
- Essendon Team of the Century (rover)
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