A great player no doubt about it, but time's up. Geelong will get sentimental about it all, but he needs to retire immediately. He's well and truly cooked, as are al of others at Geelong
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Sorry I went to check. 46+, 12 seasons straight.
I guess that makes your opinion right and my opinion wrong.
Sorry I went to check. 46+, 12 seasons straight.
I guess that makes your opinion right and my opinion wrong.
You throw Hawkins back in time in his peak he would easily kick 100+ goals a season (in the 80's and 90's)
The same applies to Kennedy, Franklin and Riewoldt - they'd kick a lot more goals in the 1980s and 1990s as well.
This was a table made for Buddy's 1000th goal but it is still relevant here
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Buddy Franklin is a footy outlier and here's the data that proves it
An analysis of Lance Franklin's goal kicking reveals how he stacks up against the thousands of other players who have take the field in league football's history.www.abc.net.au
Hawkins has kicked another 70 or so goals since then though, so adjusted he could be close to 900 goals now.
Hawkins is more like the Dunstall/Lockett type of forward though. I reckon he'd have been huge if he played in the 90s. Kennedy maybe too. Jack & Buddy were more suited to the modern gameI agree. The same applies to Kennedy, Franklin and Riewoldt - they'd kick a lot more goals in the Lockett/Dunstall era. Just how many is anyone's guess.
He’ll accidentally post in the wrong No Opposition forum again soon
Hawkins is more like the Dunstall/Lockett type of forward though. I reckon he'd have been huge if he played in the 90s. Kennedy maybe too. Jack & Buddy were more suited to the modern game
Hawkins the only player out of them to never kick 10 goals in a game, or 70 goals in a seasonMost Times Kicking 50+ Goals in Season
Tony Lockett: 14x (18 seasons)
Gordon Coventry: 13x (18 seasons)
Lance Franklin: 13x (18 seasons)
Jason Dunstall: 12x (14 seasons)
Gary Ablett Snr: 11x (14 seasons)
Doug Wade: 11x (15 seasons)
Stephen Kernahan: 10x (12 seasons)
Matthew Lloyd: 10x (15 seasons)
Leigh Matthews: 10 (17 seasons)
Jack Titus: 10x (18 seasons)
Jack Riewoldt: 9x (17 seasons)
Matthew Richardson: 8x (17 seasons)
Tom Hawkins: 8x (18 seasons)
No current season stats available
Hawkins the only player out of them to never kick 10 goals in a game, or 70 goals in a season
With how he is currently going, he might have to play every game till the end of next season to pass Richo on the goal kicking list.
His record is amazing, no argument. I guess from an outside perspective Geelong has had some real stars during Hawkins tenure so there hasn't been the frenzied media attention on him that you get with other similar key forwards. He seems to be a pretty unassuming guy as well.