Tony Lockett, nicknamed Plugger, is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club and the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League. Born on 9 March 1966, he played as a full-forward and holds the VFL and AFL record for career goals, scoring 1,360 goals in 281 games and breaking Gordon Coventry's 62-year record in 1999 with his 1300th goal. He became the first full-forward to win the Brownlow Medal, in 1987, won the Coleman Medal four times and kicked more than 100 goals in a season on six occasions, an AFL record he shares with Jason Dunstall of Hawthorn. He was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2006 and upgraded to Legend status in 2015.
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He became the first full-forward to be awarded the Brownlow Medal (achieved in 1987), won the Coleman Medal four times
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is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club and Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL)
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in the Australian Football League (AFL)
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played for the St Kilda Football Club and Sydney Swans
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played for the St Kilda Football Club and Sydney Swans
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