Lance Franklin, known as Buddy, is a former Australian rules footballer born on 30 January 1987 in Perth, Western Australia, of Noongar-Wajuk heritage. He played in the Australian Football League for Hawthorn from 2005 to 2013 and for the Sydney Swans from 2014 to 2023, and is regarded as the greatest forward of his generation. He kicked 1,066 goals, the fourth most in VFL and AFL history, won four Coleman Medals as the league leading goalkicker, with 113 goals in 2008, and was chosen in the All-Australian team on eight occasions. He won two premierships with Hawthorn, in 2008 and 2013, before moving to Sydney as a free agent on a nine-year contract. He reached 300 games in 2019 and 1,000 goals in 2022, and finished with 354 games.
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