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Simon Madden

Essendon

AFL career

378 games575 goals

Debut
R15 1974 v STK13 July 1974
Most recent
R24 1992 v GEE29 Aug 1992

Stats

1992
ESS
7
5.6
2.6
8.1
3.0
1.7
1.0
0.4
1.1
0.3
42
1991
ESS
23
8.8
3.1
11.9
5.3
1.8
1.6
0.6
1.8
0.7
69
1990
ESS
23
8.5
2.9
11.3
5.0
2.0
2.0
1.0
1.3
0.7
64
1989
ESS
25
9.6
3.2
12.8
5.5
2.6
2.1
1.1
1.3
0.6
75
1988
ESS
22
8.3
4.3
12.6
6.3
1.6
2.0
1.2
1.4
0.4
73
1987
ESS
14
6.1
4.6
10.7
4.9
2.1
1.4
0.9
0.6
0.3
66
1986
ESS
23
7.9
4.9
12.8
5.0
2.7
1.4
-
1.1
0.5
-
1985
ESS
20
8.2
6.2
14.3
6.8
2.8
2.0
-
1.0
1.1
-
1984
ESS
24
7.4
5.7
13.1
6.3
2.3
2.1
-
1.1
0.7
-
1983
ESS
26
9.0
6.0
15.0
6.9
3.3
3.0
-
1.0
0.6
-
1982
ESS
21
6.8
3.5
10.3
4.4
1.6
2.1
-
2.3
1.2
-
1981
ESS
19
7.1
3.6
10.7
4.7
1.8
2.1
-
1.9
1.8
-
1980
ESS
21
8.4
4.5
12.9
5.3
2.0
2.0
-
2.1
1.3
-
1979
ESS
23
9.6
4.6
14.2
6.9
2.6
2.3
-
1.7
1.3
-
1978
ESS
22
9.0
3.3
12.3
6.3
1.9
2.7
-
1.8
1.1
-
1977
ESS
20
11.7
4.1
15.8
6.3
3.9
2.5
-
1.7
0.6
-
1976
ESS
20
6.2
2.2
8.3
3.9
0.8
1.1
-
1.4
0.9
-
1975
ESS
19
7.7
1.1
8.7
3.3
1.4
1.2
-
1.9
1.6
-
1974
ESS
6
8.7
1.3
10.0
4.7
1.5
1.2
-
3.0
1.3
-
League
Season
GEE
WP
R24
2
0
2
1
1
0
0
1
0.0
14
SYD
MCG
R11
6
3
9
2
1
1
7
1
0.1
40
CAR
PP
R10
11
7
18
6
2
1
7
1
4.1
100
COL
WP
R4
8
2
10
3
3
0
3
0
2.0
55
FSC
WO
R3
5
2
7
2
3
2
4
0
0.0
26
FIT
MCG
R2
1
3
4
2
0
2
1
0
0.0
10
STK
WP
R1
6
1
7
5
2
1
6
0
2.0
52

Profile

Born
30 Dec 1957 (age 68y 295d)
Height
198 cm
Weight
99 kg

Teams

  • Essendon
    378 games, 575 goals
    1974–1992

Honours

  • Premiership(2×) 1984, 1985
  • Norm Smith Medal1985
  • Hall of Fame1996
  • Essendon B&F(4×) 1977, 1979, 1983, 1984
  • Essendon captain(2×) 1980, 1981
  • Brownlow Medal
    2nd
    1988
    3rd
    1983
    Top 10
    1977, 1984

Family

Bio

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Recruited from local club St Christopher's, Simon Madden debuted for Essendon as a teenager in 1974 and evolved into the prototype for the modern mobile ruckman. Early in his career, he formed a formidable, albeit brief, ruck partnership with his younger brother Justin, before the latter's transfer to Carlton left Simon as the undisputed first choice at Windy Hill. Madden distinguished himself by combining dominant tap work with the aerobic capacity to cover the ground like a midfielder and the aerial strength to serve as a genuine key forward, a versatility that saw him boot 575 career goals.

A cornerstone of Kevin Sheedy's 1980s dynasty, Madden was instrumental in the Bombers' back-to-back premierships of 1984 and 1985. His performance in the 1985 Grand Final against Hawthorn remains a defining moment, where his influence around the ground earned him the Norm Smith Medal. By the time he retired in 1992 after 19 seasons, he had amassed a then-club record 378 games, winning four Crichton Medals and securing his place as the ruckman in Essendon's Team of the Century.

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