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| Birth | December 30, 1957 , |
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| Height and weight | 198cm / 99kg |
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| Debut | Round 17, 1974, Essendon vs. Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1974. Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club and is part of the Australian Football League. Footscray, at Windy Hill |
| Team(s) | Essendon (1974-92) 378 Games, 575 goals |
| ¹ Statistics to end of 1992 season | |
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Simon Madden (born December 30, 1957) was an Australian rules footballer for the Essendon Football Club from 1974 until 1992. The Western Bulldogs, formerly referred to as the Footscray Football Club, is an Australian Football League (AFL club based at the Whitten Oval in Windy Hill may refer to Windy Hill Essendon, an Australian rules football ground in the Melbourne area Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club and is part of the Australian Football League. Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club and is part of the Australian Football League. Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club and is part of the Australian Football League. Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club and is part of the Australian Football League. Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club and is part of the Australian Football League. Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club and is part of the Australian Football League. The Norm Smith Medal is the award given in the AFL Grand Final to the player adjudged by an independent panel of experts to have been the best player in the match For the list of winners of the award see List of Brownlow Medal winners. The All-Australian Team is an All star team of Australian rules footballers selected by a panel at the end of each season Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Australian (rules football, or simply known as football, footy or Aussie rules, is a Team sport played between two teams of 18 players Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club and is part of the Australian Football League. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) He was also president of the AFL Players Association from 1985 until 1989. The Australian Football League (AFL is both the professional Australian national competition in the Sport of Australian Rules Football and its highest Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar)
Simon Madden was one of the greatest ruckman to play the game, and certainly the most durable. In all he played 378 senior matches, the most by any Essendon player, and third most league history (Behind Michael Tuck and Kevin Bartlett). Michael Tuck (born 24 June 1953 is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL with the Hawthorn Football Club. Kevin Charles Bartlett AM (born 6 March 1947 is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League In addition to playing in the ruck, Madden was a handy part-time forward, kicking 575 goals in his career, a club record that stood until it was broken in 2003 by full-forward Matthew Lloyd. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Matthew James Lloyd (born 16 April 1978 is an Australian rules footballer who plays for and is captain of the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football
Madden won four Essendon best and fairest awards (1977, 1979, 1983 and 1984) and captained the side in the 1980 and 1981 seasons. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 He played in the back-to-back premiership sides in 1984 and 1985, winning the Norm Smith Medal for best on ground in the 1985 Grand Final. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) The Norm Smith Medal is the award given in the AFL Grand Final to the player adjudged by an independent panel of experts to have been the best player in the match He was also named in the All-Australian Team on three occasions (1983, 1984 and 1987). The All-Australian Team is an All star team of Australian rules footballers selected by a panel at the end of each season Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar)
He was named in the ruck in Essendon's "Team of the Century" and named as the fifth best player ever to play for the club in the "Champions of Essendon" list.
Simon's brother Justin was also a top class ruckman for Essendon and Carlton, and they are the only set of brothers to both play 300 games of league football. Justin Mark "Harry" Madden (born 31 May 1961 was an Australian rules football player turned politician Carlton Football Club, nicknamed The Blues, is the third oldest club in the Australian Football League and one of the oldest Australian rules football Both brothers had their secondary schooling at St Bernard's College Essendon a school renowned for its sporting prowess. St Bernard's College is a Roman Catholic, secondary, Day school for boys' in Essendon, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria (The school is the only to ever produce three 300-game players, with Simon and Justin Madden joining former Bomber Garry Foulds in this achievement)
Simon became head coach of St. Bernards Old Collegians Football Club Seniors (Essendon, VIC, Australia) in 2005. Garry Foulds (born 13 May 1956 is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club. St Bernard's can refer to St Bernard's Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada St
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| Preceded by Billy Duckworth | Norm Smith Medallist 1985 | Succeeded by Gary Ayres |
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