Anthony Howard "Tony" Lockett (born in Ballarat on March 9, 1966) is a former Australian rules football player. Lockett is the highest goal scorer in the history of the VFL/AFL with 1,360 goals in a career of 281 games that commenced in 1983 with St Kilda Football Club. Lockett is the only full-forward ever to win the coveted Brownlow Medal, in 1987, a season in which he was decorated with several honours. He is a 4 times Coleman Medallist and a member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame having kicked more than 100 goals in a season on six occasions. The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal and colloquially as Charlie, is the medal awarded to the best and fairest player in the Australian Football League during the regular season (ie not including finals matches) as decided upon by umpires. ... The Leigh Matthews Trophy is an annual award given by the AFL Players Association to the Most Valuable Player in the Australian Football League. ... The Coleman Medal is awarded yearly to the Australian Football League player who kicks the most goals in regular-season matches in that year. ... The All-Australian Team is an all star team of Australian rules footballers, selected by a panel at the end of each season. ... The Trevor Barker Award is an Australian rules football award given to the player(s) from the St Kilda Football Club who are deemed best and fairest by coaches and a voting panel. ... The Bob Skilton Medal is awarded to the Sydney Swans player adjudged the Best and Fairest over the home and away season. ... State of Origin is the name used in Australia for sporting events or other competitions which involve teams from different States or Territories. ... The Australian Football Hall of Fame was established in 1996, the Centenary year of the Australian Football League, to help recognise the contributions made to the sport of Australian rules football by players, umpires, media personalities, coaches and administrators. ... Ballarat is a city in regional Victoria, Australia, approximately 120 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, with a population of 84,000 people. ... is the 68th day of the year (69th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... High marking is a key skill and spectator attribute of Australian rules football Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the key skill in Australian rules football Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy is a code of... The Australian Football League (AFL), formerly known as the Victorian Football League, and sometimes known as the VFL/AFL, is the elite Australian national competition in the sport of Australian rules football. ... St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed The Saints, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ... Full-forward is a position in Australian Rules Football with a key focus on kicking goals. ... The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal and colloquially as Charlie, is the medal awarded to the best and fairest player in the Australian Football League during the regular season (ie not including finals matches) as decided upon by umpires. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... The Coleman Medal is awarded yearly to the Australian Football League player who kicks the most goals in regular-season matches in that year. ... The Australian Football Hall of Fame was established in 1996, the Centenary year of the Australian Football League, to help recognise the contributions made to the sport of Australian rules football by players, umpires, media personalities, coaches and administrators. ...

VFL/AFL career

Locket was originally recruited from the North Ballarat Football Club. The North Ballarat Football Club is an Australian Football Club based in Ballarat and currently playing in the Victorian Football League. ...

At 191 cm tall and weighing in at 104 kg, Lockett was a large footballer. His strong hands, acceleration, ability to leap and accurate kicking Made him a formidable player. cm redirects here, alternate uses: cm (disambiguation) A centimetre (symbol cm; American spelling: centimeter) is an SI 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. ...

Famous nickname

Tony's father inherited the nickname "Plugger" form his own father because he used to "plug around" in the garden. Tony's father then saw it fit to pass down the nickname once more to Tony. The name became synonymous with the man's large size.

In Round 18, 1993, in a match at the Sydney Cricket Ground between St Kilda (Lockett's club) and Sydney, a piglet (being a reference to Tony's size) was released by a member of the Sydney crowd onto the ground (with the wrongly spelled word "Pluga" and Lockett's playing number "#4" spray painted onto it) before being tackled to the ground and removed by an opposition player. [1] The famous Channel Seven commentary of the incident had the exclamation of "There's a pig at full-forward!". Lockett was absent from the match due to injury. The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) (, ) is a cricket stadium in Sydney. ... Sydney Swans is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based in Sydney, New South Wales. ... Piglet can refer to: Look up Piglet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A juvenile pig. ... Channel Seven is an Australian television channel broadcasted by the Seven Network. ... Full-forward is a position in Australian Rules Football with a key focus on kicking goals. ...

St Kilda

For several reasons, Lockett's best season was probably 1991, when he kicked 127 goals in 17 games, at an average of 7.47 goals per game, the highest average ever achieved in VFL/AFL history. He was also the spearhead for St Kilda's first finals appearance since 1973. In the Qualifying Final against Geelong, Lockett kicked nine goals, five behinds, although the Saints were beaten by seven points.

Sydney Swans

In 1995, Lockett transferred to the Sydney Swans, where he played for another five seasons. Lockett was an instant success with the Swans, helping the team into the finals, and drawing huge crowds. Sydney Swans is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based in Sydney, New South Wales. ...

Lockett's career-best goal-scoring performance came in Round 19, 1995, against Fitzroy at the Western Oval, when he scored 16 goals straight. Fitzroy Football Club, most recently nicknamed The Lions, was an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League (now the Australian Football League) on its inception in 1897. ... Whitten Oval is a stadium in the western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

Lockett became a cult figure in Sydney. At the height of his popularity the song "There's only one Tony Lockett" was released (sung to the tune of guantanamera). A groin injury threatened his appearance in the 1995 AFL Grand Final in which his team lost to the Kangaroos Football Club. Guantanamera (girl from Guantánamo) is perhaps the best known Cuban song and that countrys most noted patriotic song. ... The groin is the crease at the junction of the torso with the legs and the adjacent region that includes the external genitals. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... The Kangaroos Football Club, is an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League. ...

In 1996, Lockett was the subject of much hype in the clash between Geelong and Sydney in which Gary Ablett was playing at the other end of the ground. The match was billed by the media as Plugger vs God and set a ground record attendance at the Sydney Cricket Ground. He broke the record of 1299 career goals (set by Gordon Coventry) at the SCG in 1999, hitting an Australian dancer with his goal, and sparking one of the biggest pitch invasions seen in Aussie Rules. Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League with a rich history. ... For his son of the same name, see Gary Ablett, Jr. ... The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) (, ) is a cricket stadium in Sydney. ... This is a list of records from the Australian Football League since its inception in 1897 (previously known as the Victorian Football League). ... Gordon Coventry was an Australian Rules Football player who played the full-forward position for the Collingwood Football Club in the great Collingwood teams of the 1920s and 1930s. ... A pitch invasion occurs when a crowd of people who are watching a sports game run onto the field, to celebrate or protest about an incident, for example in games of football or cricket. ...

Tony Lockett is perhaps remembered most famously for his role in taking the Sydney Swans into their first Grand Final in over 50 years. With the scores tied and only seconds left on the clock, Tony Lockett marked 50 metres out from goal. Taking his kick after the final siren Lockett missed the goal, but the resulting behind was still enough to see the Swans win. Since then this score has been called 'That Point' and is seen as the second most important point of all time, second only to Barry Breen's 1966 Grand Final-winning point. Barry Breen (born January 7, 1948) was an Australian Rules footballer in the Victorian Football League, playing with St Kilda Football Club. ...

Controversy

Lockett's spectacular career was marred by several high profile tribunal appearances. The most famous was in an 11 goal match for St Kilda against his future club Sydney in 1994, when he broke Peter Caven's nose with a huge forearm. The incident resulted in a nine week suspension. Peter Caven (born May 16, 1970) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League. ...

One Tony Lockett

The song titled 'There's Only One Tony Lockett' was released to the tune of 'Guantanamera'.

Lyrics:

In Ballarat in '66
A football legend was born
He was raised out there in the country
A cold and frosty morn

He heard the game a callin'
But nobody ever guessed
That this young man was destined
To become the very best

Yeeeah

There's only one Tony Lockett
There's only one Tony Lockett
One Tony Lockett
There's only one Tony Lockett

His first kick for St Kilda
He kicked a mighty goal
Then season after season
He made the game his own

The harbour lights on Sydney
Took him in and called him son
Only great men stand against him
As he counts them by the tonne

Yeeeah

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There's only one Tony Lockett
One Tony Lockett
There's only one Tony Lockett

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There's only one Tony Lockett
One Tony Lockett
There's only one Tony Lockett

(Football commentary)
He's taken the mark
He can kick it from here
HE'S KICKED IT
IT'S 3 DEGREES
HE's DONE IT
TONY LOCKETT IS THE GREATEST GOAL KICKER OF ALL TIME

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There's only one Tony Lockett

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(There's only) One Tony Lockett
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Retirement

Lockett announced his retirement at the end of the 1999 at 33 years of age, the season in which he broke the career goal-kicking record. Many were disappointed with his decision, and called for his return. Lockett made an ill-fated comeback in 2002, when he was unable to recapture his best form, due to a calf injury that forced him to miss six games. He retired mid season, round 10.

Post-football

Lockett was inducted to both the St Kilda and Sydney Swans respective Teams of the Century in 2001 and 2003 respectively. Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Lockett's aversion of the media has been well documented. Since his retirement he has been elusive and has had little involvement in the game.

He has appeared in various television commercials, including Advanced Hair and Lowes menswear (in Sydney). While at a taping session for a Lowes commercial, Lockett engaged in a friendly wrestling match with former amateur rugby player Ace (Adrian) Mueller, who was at the time working for Lowes corporate division. According to some reports, the friendly wrestle developed into something quite competitive, with Mueller (an exponent of the Israeli self defence system, Krav Maga) pinning Lockett.^[1] More Recently Tony starred along with Stephen Curry and Dave Lawson in a Toyota Memorable Moments advertisement which takes a lighthearted look at many moments in his career including: the piglet 'Pluga', 'One Tony Lockett', 'That Point' and his 1,300th goal (including the pitch invasion). Some felt that this ad overlooked his greatest moments during his playing career at St. Kilda. Krav Maga (Hebrew קרב מגע: contact combat) is a martial art, at first developed in Czechoslovakia in the 1930s. ... Stephen Curry (born in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian comedian and actor who has appeared in many television drama and comedy series, and in feature films. ... Dave Lawson is an Australian comedian. ...

Tony is also well known for his main interest outside of football, greyhound racing and is the trainer of famous dog Brett Lee (which is believed to be worth upwards of A$1million) among others. Several greyhounds before a race. ...

On May 13, 2006, Lockett gave a rare interview to Triple M's AFL pre-match coverage. In it he revealed that he currently lives near Bowral, New South Wales and has little interest in the AFL. He said he felt ashamed of his playing career, describing it as a "thug who could play a bit" and cited outside interests as the reason for his non-involvement in the game. is the 133rd day of the year (134th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Triple M is a network of radio stations owned by the Austereo Radio Network. ... Bowral Station Bowral is a town located in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in Wingecarribee Shire. ...

On June 22, 2006, Lockett was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame. is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Australian Football Hall of Fame was established in 1996, the Centenary year of the Australian Football League, to help recognise the contributions made to the sport of Australian rules football by players, umpires, media personalities, coaches and administrators. ...

He has had one goal end at Telstra Dome named after him (the Lockett End of the Telstra Dome), the other end being named after the man who's record he broke, Gordon Coventry. This page is for Telstra Dome, Melbourne. ...

Lockett has since appeared in numerous advertisements, including a Toyota ad recreating his 1300th goal.

See also

• After the siren kicks in Australian rules football

In Australian rules football, if a player takes a mark or is awarded a free kick before or as the siren sounds, the player is allowed to take their free kick. ...

References

External links

• Tony Lockett profile on the Official AFL Website of the Sydney Swans Football Club
• St Kilda Hall of fame profile
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