Simon Minton-Connell

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Simon Minton-Connell
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-04-26) 26 April 1969 (age 55)
Original team(s) North Hobart
Draft No. 38, 1986 national draft
Debut Round 15, 1989, Carlton  vs. Collingwood, at Waverley Park
Height 194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 92 kg (203 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1986–1991 Carlton 19 (50)
1992–1994 Sydney 46 (169)
1995–1996 Hawthorn 22 (33)
1997–1998 Western Bulldogs 25 (53)
Total112 (305)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1998.
Career highlights
  • Sydney Leading goalkicker 1992, 1993, 1994
  • Western Bulldogs Leading goalkicker 1997
  • Tasmanian State of Origin representative
  • Tasmanian Team of the Century nominee
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Simon Minton-Connell (born 26 April 1969) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Australian Football League (AFL).

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VFL/AFL career

Nephew of the great full-forward Peter Hudson and cousin of Paul Hudson, [1] Minton-Connell was selected at pick 38 in the 1986 VFL Draft by Carlton Football Club. Minton-Connell eventually played for four different VFL/AFL clubs; Carlton, Sydney, Hawthorn and Western Bulldogs in his twelve-year career, amassing 112 games and 305 goals in the process. Despite this lack of career stability Minton-Connell was an effective forward judged by today's standards, despite being overshadowed by the more glamorous and prolific spearheads of the era. He played for Sydney during a three-year period from 1992 until 1994 when the club won three consecutive wooden spoons, leading the club's goalkicking each year. He led the VFL/AFL reserves in goalkicking in 1989, with 69 goals, [2] and in his final season in 1998, with 59 goals. [3]

Local league career

Retiring to local league football, Minton-Connell reached the 100-goal milestone for the Aberfeldie Football Club of the Essendon District Football League in 2002, [4] ending the season with 121 majors after tearing a thigh muscle in the opening minutes of that year's Grand Final versus Oak Park. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Simon Minton-Connell". Hawk Headquarters. Hawk Headquarters. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Scoreboard", Football Record, 80 (28): 42, 28 September 1991
  3. ↑ "Scoreboard", Football Record, 87 (23): 64, 4 September 1998
  4. ↑ G. McLure, 'Sporting Life', The Age, 29 July 2002
  5. ↑ Anonymous, 'Top guns in shoot-out', The Age, 28 June 2003


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