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Encyclopedia > John Longmire

John Longmire (born December 31, 1970) played for Australian Rules Football for the Kangaroos Football Club of the Australian Football League. December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Australian football, which is also known as Australian rules football, or less formally as Aussie rules or footy is a code of football which originated in Melbourne, Australia. ... Kangaroos Football Club Logo The North Melbourne Football Club, trading as the Kangaroos, and informally known as the Shinboners or the Kangaroos Football Club plays Australian rules football in the Australian Football League. ... This is a page about the national league in Australian Rules Football. ...


AFL career

At 194 cm and 101 kg, John Longmire was built for playing full-forward. His powerful physique and size earned him the nickname Horse. At North Melbourne, he formed a powerful goalkicking partnership with centre half forward Wayne Carey. The metre, or meter (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... The international prototype, made of platinum-iridium, which is kept at the BIPM under conditions specified by the 1st CGPM in 1889. ... Full-forward is a position in Australian Rules Football with a key focus on kicking goals. ... A nickname is a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or things real name (for example, Tom is short for Thomas). ... In Australian rules football, the centre half-forward is a position on the half-forward line of a football field. ... Wayne Carey, born 1971, is regarded as one of the greatest Australian rules football players of all time. ...


Longmire began his playing at the Corowa-Rutherglen club in New South Wales. His ability and size quickly attracted the interest of the North Melbourne VFL club's talent scouts. Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Nickname: First State, Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Governor Premier Const. ...


He won the Coleman Medal at only 19 years of age, and led the club goalkicking from 1990-4. In 1990 he won the Club Best and Fairest at North Melbourne. The Coleman Medal is awarded yearly to the Australian Football League player who kicks the most goals in regular-season matches in that year. ... This article is about the year. ...


Tragically for Longmire he missed the entire 1996 season due to injury, and was not considered for the 1996 Grand Final. 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...


For some time he held the MCG ground record of 14 goals in a match. McG (born c. ...


Longmire's 200th and last game was the 1999 Grand Final. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...


Post football

He has since returned to Sydney to take up an assistant coaching position with the Sydney Swans. Sydney, the Emerald City or the Harbour City, is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian state of New South Wales, as well as Australias largest and oldest city (founded in 1788). ... The Sydney Swans are an Australian Football League (AFL) club based in Sydney, New South Wales. ...

Preceded by:
Jason Dunstall
Coleman Medallist
1990
Succeeded by:
Tony Lockett

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John Longmire at AllExperts (282 words)
John Longmire (born December 31, 1970) played for Australian rules football for the Kangaroos Football Club of the Australian Football League.
Tragically for Longmire he missed the entire 1996 season due to injury, and was not considered for the 1996 Grand Final.
Longmire's 200th and last game was the 1999 Grand Final.
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