Todd Goldstein

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Todd Goldstein
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Goldstein playing for North Melbourne in June 2017
Personal information
Full name Todd Goldstein
Nickname(s) Goldy, Bobcat
Date of birth (1988-07-01) 1 July 1988 (age 35)
Original team(s) Oakleigh Chargers (TAC Cup)
Draft No. 37, 2006 National Draft, Kangaroos
Height 201 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Weight 103 kg (227 lb)
Position(s) Ruckman/Tall Forward
Club information
Current club North Melbourne
Number 22
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2008–2023 North Melbourne 316 (156)
2024- Essendon 0 (0)
Representative team honours
YearsTeamGames (Goals)
2020 Victoria 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 20, 2023.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Todd Goldstein (born 1 July 1988) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Goldstein is a ruckman who wears the number 22. He was drafted from the Oakleigh Chargers with the 37th selection in the 2006 AFL Draft. In 2015 he became the first-ever player to reach 1000 hitouts in a season. He surpassed Aaron Sandilands for the most hitouts in VFL/AFL history in Round 17, 2021.

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Early playing career

Goldstein stands at 201 cm and has a basketball background, representin Australia at Under-19 level. He was a member of the Oakleigh Chargers 2006 side which won the TAC Cup.

Goldstein kicked a goal with his first kick for Victorian Football League side the Tasmanian Devils Football Club in 2007.

Goldstein played his junior basketball at Balwyn Blazers and Nunawading Spectres. He moved to football in 2006, playing for the Oakleigh Chargers and nominated for the AFL draft in that same year.

AFL career

Goldstein was brought into the North Melbourne side for their Round 15 clash with the Port Adelaide Power at AAMI Stadium in 2008. He made his AFL debut in this game, where he collected four disposals and won 13 hitouts. In the next round, Goldstein kicked two goals against the Collingwood Magpies.

Goldstein played one of the best games of his career to date against the Melbourne Demons in the round 19, 2009 match at Etihad Stadium. He finished with 5 goals, 25 hitouts and helped his teammates to a 10-goal win. [1] He was awarded two Brownlow Medal votes for this game. [2]

In 2010 he played in 21 of 22 games and often had to ruck for long periods due to injuries to the Kangaroos other ruckmen, Hamish McIntosh, David Hale and Drew Petrie. [3]

In 2011 he has taken over the number one ruck duties at North Melbourne in the absence of McIntosh and has begun to establish himself as one of the leagues premier big men. In the round 10 match against the Sydney Swans he set a career best record of 53 hitouts which he equaled again just 4 weeks later. [4]

By 2015 he has established himself as an elite ruckman, ranking as the number 1 ruck in the competition and number 4 player overall. In a poll by AFL.com in May, 81% of respondents considered him the best current ruck in the AFL. [5] His season was rewarded with the Syd Barker Medal as North Melbourne's best-and-fairest player. [6] Also in the season of 2015, Goldstein became the first player in AFL history to garner 1000 hitouts in a single season, [7] and in round 12 against Greater Western Sydney broke the record of most hitouts in a single game with 80 total. [8]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of 2019 [9]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
H/O
 Hit-outs
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game) Votes
GBKHDMTH/OGBKHDMTH/O
2008 North Melbourne 22320881664290.70.02.72.75.32.01.39.70
2009 North Melbourne 221394455910436181790.70.33.54.58.02.81.413.82
2010 North Melbourne 2221101212312124490703670.50.65.95.811.64.33.317.50
2011 North Melbourne 222113615113728873927410.60.37.26.513.73.54.435.36
2012 North Melbourne 22212411414325756536630.10.25.46.812.22.72.531.66
2013 North Melbourne 222213411315026366658220.60.25.16.812.03.03.037.47
2014 North Melbourne 222410798190288521148380.40.34.17.912.02.24.834.93
2015 North Melbourne 2224111015719535210010210580.40.46.58.114.64.14.244.118
2016 North Melbourne 222220712817530369698040.90.35.87.913.73.53.536.511
2017 North Melbourne 22191269416125554555760.60.34.98.513.42.82.930.30
2018 North Melbourne 222212513918132074637830.50.26.38.214.53.42.935.66
2019 North Melbourne 22225713923036962387370.20.36.310.516.82.81.733.55
Career2341197213091750305973874375970.50.35.67.513.13.23.232.564

Personal life

Son of Andrea and Jeff and brother of Luke and Kye, Goldstein grew up in the inner south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. His schooling involved attending Trinity Grammar School (in secondary school) and Preshil (in primary school).

Goldstein is currently studying a juris doctor degree at Deakin University. [10] He had previously completed a Bachelor of Applied Management. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Todd Goldstein stars as Roos account for Dees". Theaustralian.com.au. 9 August 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  2. ↑ "Game by game statistics". AFL Tables. 1 July 1988. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "Golden effort from emerging ruckman". Afl.com.au. 15 May 2010. Archived from the original on 19 May 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  4. ↑ "North Melbourne: Most Hit Outs In A Game".
  5. ↑ Bowen, Nick (28 April 2015). "'One of the dominant ruckmen in the competition': Goldstein a towering figure".
  6. ↑ Bowen, Nick (9 October 2015). "Todd Goldstein wins Syd Barker Medal after brilliant season". AFL.com.au. Bigpond . Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "AFL: Most Hit Outs In A Season".
  8. ↑ "AFL: Most Hit Outs In A Game".
  9. ↑ "Todd Goldstein". AFL Tables.
  10. ↑ "Elite Athlete Program Profiles". Deakin University. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  11. ↑ Guthrie, Ben. "IT'S ALL ACADEMIC FOR TAYLOR, GOLDSTEIN AND BIRCH". AFL Players Association. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
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