Paul Salmon

Paul Salmon was born on 20 January 1965 and is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League for Essendon and Hawthorn, after being recruited from North Ringwood. He had a prolific career, was a two-time premiership player, was Essendon's leading goalkicker seven times, ranks fourth on Essendon's goalkicking list and was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame. Known as Fish, he stood 206 centimetres tall and, along with Carlton's Justin Madden, was the tallest man to play in the AFL at the time of his debut, a record since broken several times. He was a well-known full-forward and ruckman over a long period.