Simon Minton-Connell
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox3cols".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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).
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
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- ↑ G. McLure, 'Sporting Life', The Age, 29 July 2002
- ↑ Anonymous, 'Top guns in shoot-out', The Age, 28 June 2003
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