Simon Madden

Simon John Madden was born on 30 December 1957 and is a former Australian rules footballer who spent his whole 19-season career with the Essendon Football Club, from 1974 to 1992. A ruckman who also played as a part-time forward, he played 378 senior matches and kicked 575 goals, a club record until Matthew Lloyd passed it in 2003. He won four Essendon best and fairest awards, captained the club in 1980 and 1981, played in the back-to-back premiership sides of 1984 and 1985 and won the Norm Smith Medal in the 1985 Grand Final. He was named All-Australian three times, turned down a three-year offer from Sydney to stay at Essendon, and served as president of the AFL Players Association from 1985 to 1989.