Gary Ablett Sr.
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Gary Ablett Sr., vollständiger Name Gary Robert Ablett (geboren am 1. Oktober 1961 in , Victoria), ist ein ehemaliger australischer Australian-Football-Spieler, der als einer der besten Spieler der Australian Football League (AFL) gilt. Zu Abletts besonderen Fähigkeiten zählten beidfüßig den Ball 60 Meter weit schießen zu können, seine enorme Beschleunigung aus dem Stand heraus sowie seine gute Sprungfähigkeit. Sein mitreißendes Spiel brachte ihm mehrere Spitznamen ein, darunter Gazza the Great, Superman und God.
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Gary Ablett Sr. (born 1 October 1961), is a former professional Australian rules footballer who represented Hawthorn and Geelong in the Australian Football League (AFL). Nicknamed "God", Ablett is widely regarded as one of Australian football's greatest players, and was especially renowned for his high-flying spectacular marks and his prolific goalkicking.
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Sculpture of Ablett by artist Stu James at an exhibition of football art
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"The ball came down a contest and I was holding on [Ablett] ... He turned around to me and said, 'If you do that one more time, I'm going to knock you out'. I said, 'Now, Gary, that wouldn't be a godly thing to do, would it?' I still don't know whether he said 'I'm not God' or 'I am God'. Nedless to say, I continued to hold on as much as I could, for fear of getting knocked out."
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"One part beauty, nine parts drama. Did he take it? Should it have been paid? Is it the greatest ever? Do we mark it down in the greatest-ever lists because of the question marks? What we overlook is the degree of difficulty, as a twisting, falling Ablett plunges to earth while still retaining the Sherrin with one hand. Is it a mark, after all these years? Still not sure."
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- Scott Maginness on manning Ablett in the 1989 Grand Final
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- Jon Ralph on Ablett's 1994 Mark of the Year
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Gary Ablett Sr. in Victorian State of Origin teams
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Gary Ablett Sr., vollständiger Name Gary Robert Ablett (geboren am 1. Oktober 1961 in , Victoria), ist ein ehemaliger australischer Australian-Football-Spieler, der als einer der besten Spieler der Australian Football League (AFL) gilt. Zu Abletts besonderen Fähigkeiten zählten beidfüßig den Ball 60 Meter weit schießen zu können, seine enorme Beschleunigung aus dem Stand heraus sowie seine gute Sprungfähigkeit. Sein mitreißendes Spiel brachte ihm mehrere Spitznamen ein, darunter Gazza the Great, Superman und God. Berühmtheit erlangte er 1994 für sein Mark of the Century gegen den Collingwood Football Club auf dem Melbourne Cricket Ground, bei dem er sich über zwei Gegenspieler hinwegsetzte, seinen Körper in die Luft schraubte und dabei den Ball mit einer Hand fing.
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Gary Ablett Sr. (born 1 October 1961), is a former professional Australian rules footballer who represented Hawthorn and Geelong in the Australian Football League (AFL). Nicknamed "God", Ablett is widely regarded as one of Australian football's greatest players, and was especially renowned for his high-flying spectacular marks and his prolific goalkicking. After playing for several country teams in and around his hometown of Drouin, Victoria, Ablett was recruited by Hawthorn and made his Victorian Football League (VFL) debut in 1982. However, he struggled to adjust to city life and retreated to Myrtleford the following year. The Geelong Football Club managed to lure him back to professional football in 1984, and by the late 80s, he had become one of the VFL's biggest stars. His 1989 VFL Grand Final appearance, during which he kicked a grand final record nine goals for a losing side, is regarded as one of football's greatest individual performances, earning him the Norm Smith Medal. At the beginning of the 1991 season, Ablett shocked the football world by abruptly announcing his retirement from the game, but made a comeback midway through the year. He went on to appear in the 1992, 1994, and 1995 grand finals, before officially retiring after the 1996 season. Ablett's individual accolades and achievements include an induction into the Australian Football Hall of Fame, an AFL Team of the Century selection, the 1993 AFL Players Association MVP award (now known as the Leigh Matthews Trophy), and three Coleman Medals. He remains Geelong's all-time leading goalkicker, with 1021 goals; and, in 2006, was voted by past and present Geelong Football Club players as the greatest Geelong footballer of all time.
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*Norm Smith Medal:
*3x Coleman Medal:
*Carji Greeves Medal:
*Leigh Matthews Trophy (AFLPA MVP Award): 1993
*4x All-Australian team:
*9x Geelong leading goalkicker: 1985–1986, 1988–1990, 1993–1996
*Geelong Football Club Greatest Ever Player Award
*Geelong Team of the Century
*Geelong Captain: 1995–1996
*Geelong Mark of the Century: 1994
*2x Mark of the Year: 1985, 1994
*Geelong Football Club Hall of Fame
*Geelong Player of the National Era: 1984–1996
*Australian Sports Medal: 2000
*Centenary Medal: 2001
* Captain of Victoria: 1995
* Victoria Team of the 20th Century
*AFL Team of the Century
*Australian Football Hall of Fame, inducted 2005
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