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Franklin receives his Coleman Medal
By Matt Burgan
9:30 PM Mon 15 September, 2008
LANCE Franklin has described winning the 2008 Coleman Medal as an absolute honour in his acceptance speech at Monday night's All-Australian dinner.
The quietly spoken Hawthorn forward, now known affectionately to all and sundry as 'Buddy', booted his 100th goal in round 22 against Carlton causing a massive ground invasion and temporary pandemonium at Telstra Dome.
He held off Brendan Fevola (seven goals on the night, 99 for the year) in an exciting shootout to take his first Coleman Medal and finished the home-and-away season on 102 goals. He booted eight in the qualifying final against the Western Bulldogs to now have a tally of 110 for the year.
Franklin said kicking the ton was a moment he'd never forget.
"I'm very proud to win this award and it's an honour," he said at Monday night's gala dinner in Melbourne's Docklands
"It was an exhilarating rush. It went so quickly to be honest. I just remember kicking the goal and everybody running out … it was a special moment."
Franklin said with a smile he was glad teammate Jarryd Roughead was there to protect him when the crowd rushed onto the playing arena.
'Buddy' is the first player to reach triple figures in a home-and-away season since Tony Lockett – the game's greatest goalkicker – reached the ton in 1998 for the Sydney Swans.
His nine-goal haul against Essendon in round 11 was his best feat for the season.
He also bagged two lots of eight goals against the Brisbane Lions (round five) and Collingwood (round 18 ).
Since making his AFL debut in 2005, Franklin has kicked 235 goals, with 73 majors coming last year, 31 during 2006 and 21 in his first season.
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Well Done
The first of many Coleman Medals one suspects
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Go Buddy you legend
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Will he do one better than Lloyd? Current figures say yes. Could he do one better than Dunstall? Current figures say no.
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golokocanichenza wrote:Will he do one better than Lloyd? Current figures say yes. Could he do one better than Dunstall? Current figures say no. how many did they get. And Dunstall would be in range, im sure he would have won his first at 20-22. 1988 was his first was it?
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buddylove wrote:
how many did they get.
And Dunstall would be in range, im sure he would have won his first at 20-22. 1988 was his first was it?
Dunstall won the Coleman in 1988, 1989 & 1992. He also kicked the ton in 1993, 1994 & 1996 without winning the Coleman. Lloyd has also won 3 Coleman's, but has never kicked the ton in a regular season. Lockett won 4 Coleman's, G.Ablett Snr won 3, Peter Hudson won 4, and Doug Wade 4. Michael Roach, Kelvin Templeton, Bernie Quinlan, Peter McKenna and Fraser Gehrig all won 2. That's going back to the 60's. Couldn't be bothered going further.
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The Raven wrote:
Dunstall won the Coleman in 1988, 1989 & 1992. He also kicked the ton in 1993, 1994 & 1996 without winning the Coleman.
Lloyd has also won 3 Coleman's, but has never kicked the ton in a regular season.
Lockett won 4 Coleman's, G.Ablett Snr won 3, Peter Hudson won 4, and Doug Wade 4.
Michael Roach, Kelvin Templeton, Bernie Quinlan, Peter McKenna and Fraser Gehrig all won 2.
That's going back to the 60's. Couldn't be bothered going further.
I dunno what year it changed to the Coleman, but including the VFL Leading Goalkicker award that preceded it, John Peck got 3 in a row 1963-65 John Coleman got 5 in a row 1949-1953 Fred Fanning got 4, 1943-45, 1947 Ron Todd and Bob Pratt got 2 each in the 30s Gordon Coventry got 5 straight 1926-30 D ick Lee got 7, 07-09, 14, 16-17, 19. I'm guessing that his 7 is the record...
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