Swans greats honoured at HOF Gala

Sydney Swans premiership star Michael O’Loughlin is a new inductee into the Australian Football Hall of Fame, while the game’s leading goalkicker Tony Lockett was afforded Legend status.

Lockett, who holds the all-time goals record with 1360 goals from a decorated 281-game career between 1983-2002, including topping the century in six separate seasons, was named as the 26th Legend in the game’s history at last night’s Australian Football Hall of Fame Induction Dinner, held in Melbourne.

Along with the man known as ‘Magic’ a further five people were inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame at the function – Jason Akermanis, Peter Bell, Bob Hammond, Neil Roberts and Austin Robertson.
 
The Australian Football Hall of Fame was established in 1996 and serves to recognise players, coaches, umpires, administrators, and media representatives who have made an outstanding contribution to Australian football.

AFL LEGEND

TONY LOCKETT

St Kilda (1983-94)
183 games, 898 goals, best and fairest 1987, ’91, leading goalkicker 1984-87, 1989-94
Sydney (1995-99, 2002)
98 games, 462 goals, best and fairest 1995, leading goalkicker 1995-99 
Victoria 
5 games, 19 goals
Brownlow medallist
1987
AFLPA MVP 
1987
John Coleman medallist
1987 (117 goals), 1991 (127), 1996 (121), 1998 (109)
EJ Whitten medallist 
1995
All Australian
1987, 1991-92, 1995-96, 1998
St Kilda Team of the Century
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Sydney Team of the Century
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Australian Football Hall of Fame
Inductee 2006
St Kilda Hall of Fame inductee
2003, elevated to Legend in 2010

AFL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE

MICHAEL O’LOUGHLIN

Club: Sydney Swans

Born: February 20, 1977 

Recruited from: Central District (SA)

Playing career: 1995-2009 

Games: 303 games

Goals: 521 

Player honours: best & fairest 1998; 2^nd best and fairest 2000; leading goalkicker 2000, 2001; premiership 2005; All-Australian 1997, 2000; Indigenous Team of the Century; State representative (SA 2 games); Fos Williams Medal 1998; International Rules (4 games)

CLICK HERE for a feature article on Lockett.

CLICK HERE for a feature on O’Loughlin.

Above: Tony Lockett addresses the audience. Image: AFL Media

Above: Michael O’Loughlin at the microphone. Image: AFL Media