Geelong Falcons
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The Geelong Falcons are a junior Australian rules football
representative club in the TAC Cup
competition, Victoria, Australia.
The club takes in talented junior players from the Geelong, Colac and Warrnambool regions in order to groom them for AFL selection. There is an U/16 side as well as an U/18 side.
In 2007, Jimmy Bartel became the first ex-Falcon to win the AFL Brownlow Medal, for the leagues best and fairest player, while Jonathan Brown became the first ex-Falcon to win the Coleman Medal for the most goals in the season.
Gary Ablett Jnr also became the first ex-Falcon to win the Leigh Matthews Award, for being voted the Most Valuable Player by the AFL Players Association.
Hawthorn half-back Luke Hodge became the first Falcon to win the Norm Smith Medal for his best on ground performance in the 2008 Grand Final against the Geelong Cats.
Nick Maxwell became the first Geelong Falcons player to captain a premiership team when he led Collingwood to the 2010 AFL Premiership.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
representative club in the TAC Cup
TAC Cup
The TAC Cup is an under 18 Australian rules football representative competition held in Victoria, Australia. It is based on geographic regions throughout country Victoria and metropolitan Melbourne with each team representing 12 Victorian regions....
competition, Victoria, Australia.
The club takes in talented junior players from the Geelong, Colac and Warrnambool regions in order to groom them for AFL selection. There is an U/16 side as well as an U/18 side.
In 2007, Jimmy Bartel became the first ex-Falcon to win the AFL Brownlow Medal, for the leagues best and fairest player, while Jonathan Brown became the first ex-Falcon to win the Coleman Medal for the most goals in the season.
Gary Ablett Jnr also became the first ex-Falcon to win the Leigh Matthews Award, for being voted the Most Valuable Player by the AFL Players Association.
Hawthorn half-back Luke Hodge became the first Falcon to win the Norm Smith Medal for his best on ground performance in the 2008 Grand Final against the Geelong Cats.
Nick Maxwell became the first Geelong Falcons player to captain a premiership team when he led Collingwood to the 2010 AFL Premiership.
Notable Falcons players
- Jonathan Brown - Brisbane LionsBrisbane LionsThe Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996...
: Coleman Medallist 2007; All-Australian 2007, 2009; Premiership Player 2001, 2002, 2003; Brisbane co-captain 2007-2008; Brisbane sole captain 2009-. - Gary Ablett, Jr.Gary Ablett, Jr.Gary Ablett, Jr. is a professional Australian rules football player and current captain of the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
- Gold Coast SunsGold Coast SunsThe Gold Coast Suns were one of the eight original franchises that began play in the Senior Professional Baseball Association in 1989. The club split their home games between Miami and Pompano Beach, FL and hired future Hall of Famer Earl Weaver as manager. In the league's inaugural season, the...
: All-Australian 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010; AFLPA MVP 2007, 2008, 2009; Premiership Player 2007, 2009; Brownlow Medallist 2009. - Jimmy BartelJimmy BartelJames 'Jimmy' Bartel is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League . A midfielder at and , Bartel is a Brownlow Medallist, two-time All-Australian, and was part of the Cats' AFL premiership-winning teams in 2007, 2009 and 2011, being named the...
- Geelong Cats: Brownlow Medallist 2007; All-Australian 2007, 2008; Premiership Player 2007, 2009. - Luke HodgeLuke HodgeLuke Hodge is a professional Australian rules footballer with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League...
- Hawthorn Hawks: Number One Draft Pick 2001; All-Australian 2005, 2008, 2010, All-Australian Captain 2010; Norm Smith Medallist 2008; Premiership Player 2008. - Chris HeffernanChris HeffernanChris Joel Heffernan is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League .Known affectionately as "The Heff", Chris began his career in 1997 with the Essendon Football Club...
- Essendon Bombers/Melbourne Demons: Premiership Player 2000. - Matthew PrimusMatthew PrimusMatthew Richard Primus is the current coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club and a former Australian rules footballer, captain and All Australian ruckman.-Early career :...
- Fitzroy Lions/Port Adelaide Power: All-Australian 2001, 2002; Port Adelaide Captain 2001-05, Port Adelaide Coach 2010- - Cameron LingCameron LingCameron Ling is a former Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League...
- Geelong Cats: All-Australian 2007; Premiership Player 2007, 2009, Geelong Captain 2010- - Matthew ScarlettMatthew ScarlettMatthew Scarlett is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League . A fullback, tall and weighing , Scarlett is the eldest son of former Geelong footballer John Scarlett....
- Geelong Cats: All-Australian 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009; Premiership Player 2007, 2009. - Scott LucasScott Lucas (footballer)Scott Lucas is a former Australian rules footballer for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League, and is noted as the other major forward for the Bombers, along with Matthew Lloyd...
- Essendon Bombers: Premiership Player 2000. - Jordan LewisJordan LewisJordan Michael Lewis is an Australian rules footballer, currently playing for the Hawthorn Football Club of the Australian Football League. His nicknames are "Taz" and "Chief".Lewis was voted Hawthorn's best first-year player in 2005...
- Hawthorn Hawks: Premiership Player 2008. - Nick MaxwellNick MaxwellNick Maxwell is an Australian rules football player and current captain of the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League .- Early life :...
- Collingwood Magpies: Collingwood Captain 2008, Premiership Player/Captain 2010 - Amon BuchananAmon BuchananAmon Buchanan is an Australian rules football player from the Brisbane Lions of the AFL.- :Buchanan grew up in the Victorian town of Colac, west of Melbourne. He played football for Colac and the Geelong Falcons Under 18's team, winning a premiership with the Falcons in 2000 and subsequently...
- Sydney SwansSydney SwansThe Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...
/Brisbane LionsBrisbane LionsThe Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996...
: Premiership Player 2005. - Matthew CapuanoMatthew CapuanoMatthew Capuano is a former Australian rules footballer who spent his AFL career with the North Melbourne Football Club and the St Kilda Football Club. Capuano is currently a development coach at the Carlton Football Club...
- North Melbourne Kangaroos: Premiership Player 1996 and 1999.
Current AFL listed players
| Player | Team | Games | Goals |
| Gary Ablett, Jr. Gary Ablett, Jr. Gary Ablett, Jr. is a professional Australian rules football player and current captain of the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League .... |
Gold Coast Suns Gold Coast Suns The Gold Coast Suns were one of the eight original franchises that began play in the Senior Professional Baseball Association in 1989. The club split their home games between Miami and Pompano Beach, FL and hired future Hall of Famer Earl Weaver as manager. In the league's inaugural season, the... |
192 | 262 |
| Nathan Ablett Nathan Ablett Nathan Ablett is an Australian rules footballer who played for Gold Coast and Geelong in the Australian Football League... |
Gold Coast Suns Gold Coast Suns The Gold Coast Suns were one of the eight original franchises that began play in the Senior Professional Baseball Association in 1989. The club split their home games between Miami and Pompano Beach, FL and hired future Hall of Famer Earl Weaver as manager. In the league's inaugural season, the... |
32 | 46 |
| Steven Baker | St Kilda | 193 | 34 |
| Jimmy Bartel Jimmy Bartel James 'Jimmy' Bartel is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League . A midfielder at and , Bartel is a Brownlow Medallist, two-time All-Australian, and was part of the Cats' AFL premiership-winning teams in 2007, 2009 and 2011, being named the... |
Geelong | 181 | 110 |
| Callum Bartlett Callum Bartlett Callum Bartlett is a current Australian rules football player for the Brisbane Lions.He was selected with the Brisbane Lions' first selection in the 2009 National Draft from the Geelong Falcons in the TAC Cup.-Notes:... |
Brisbane Lions Brisbane Lions The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996... |
0 | 0 |
| Clint Bartram Clint Bartram Clinton "Clint" Bartram is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. Currently playing for the Melbourne Football Club, Bartram was recruited from the Geelong Falcons after growing up in Leopold... |
Melbourne | 80 | 14 |
| Mark Blake | Geelong | 99 | 12 |
| Travis Boak Travis Boak Travis Boak is an Australian rules footballer currently contracted to the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . He was Port Adelaide's first selection and fifth overall in the 2006 AFL Draft from the Geelong Falcons in the TAC Cup.-2007:Boak made his AFL debut in a 31... |
Port Adelaide | 69 | 33 |
| Jonathan Brown | Brisbane Lions Brisbane Lions The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996... |
200 | 476 |
| Amon Buchanan Amon Buchanan Amon Buchanan is an Australian rules football player from the Brisbane Lions of the AFL.- :Buchanan grew up in the Victorian town of Colac, west of Melbourne. He played football for Colac and the Geelong Falcons Under 18's team, winning a premiership with the Falcons in 2000 and subsequently... |
Brisbane Lions Brisbane Lions The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996... |
128 | 66 |
| Ben Bucovaz Ben Bucovaz Ben Bucovaz is an Australian rules footballer for the Fremantle Football Club.He was selected with the 56th selection in the 2008 AFL National Draft... |
Fremantle Fremantle Football Club The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed The Dockers, is an Australian rules football team which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in the port city of Fremantle at the mouth of the Swan River in Western Australia... |
0 | 0 |
| Allen Christensen Allen Christensen (footballer) Allen Christensen is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League . Christensen is the nephew of former Geelong players Marty and Damien Christensen.-AFL career:... |
Geelong | 0 | 0 |
| Ayce Cordy Ayce Cordy Ayce Cordy is an Australian rules footballer with the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League . The Bulldogs used their first round selection, 14th overall, to secure Cordy after St Kilda bid their first round selection for him. Cordy's father, Brian, played 124 games for the Bulldogs... |
Western Bulldogs Western Bulldogs The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne... |
0 | 0 |
| Ben Cunnington Ben Cunnington (Australian footballer) Ben Cunnington is an Australian rules footballer for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. Cunnington was drafted to North Melbourne with the 5th selection in the 2009 AFL Draft.... |
North Melbourne | 18 | 1 |
| Luke Dahlhaus Luke Dahlhaus Luke Dahlhaus is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League. Easily recognisable on the field with his dreadlocked hair, Dahlhaus' enthusiastic and energetic style of football have quickly made him a fan favourite.-Early career:Described as... |
Western Bulldogs Western Bulldogs The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne... (rookie) |
0 | 0 |
| Patrick Dangerfield Patrick Dangerfield Patrick Dangerfield is an Australian rules football player for the Adelaide Football Club. Dangerfield was Adelaide’s first selection in the 2007 National Draft after the club drafted him at pick 10 overall... |
Adelaide Adelaide Crows The Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed The Crows, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Adelaide, South Australia, playing in the Australian Football League .... |
42 | 48 |
| Joseph Dare Joseph Dare (footballer) Joseph Dare , is an Australian rules footballer currently rookie-listed at the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League.Dare primarily plays as a tallish defender... |
Carlton | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Davis Troy Davis Troy Davis is a Canadian Football League running back who is currently a free agent. He is best known for being the first NCAA Division I-A running back to rush for over 2,000 yards in back to back seasons while at Iowa State... |
Melbourne | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Delaney Cameron Delaney Cameron Delaney is a former backstroke swimmer, who competed for Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney... |
North Melbourne (rookie) | 0 | 0 |
| Piers Flanagan | Gold Coast Suns Gold Coast Suns The Gold Coast Suns were one of the eight original franchises that began play in the Senior Professional Baseball Association in 1989. The club split their home games between Miami and Pompano Beach, FL and hired future Hall of Famer Earl Weaver as manager. In the league's inaugural season, the... |
0 | 0 |
| Nathan Foley Nathan Foley (footballer) Nathan Foley is an Australian rules football player. He plays as a midfielder for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League .... |
Richmond | 88 | 22 |
| Lachlan Henderson Lachlan Henderson Lachlan Stuart Henderson is a current Australian rules football player for the Carlton Football Club.- Pre-AFL career :... |
Carlton | 34 | 28 |
| Shaun Higgins Shaun Higgins Shaun Higgins is an Australian rules footballer for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League. Higgins can play a variety of positions up forward and now has been playing a lot in the midfield. He is now considered one of the Bulldogs most important players and is a key to their future... |
Western Bulldogs Western Bulldogs The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne... |
69 | 82 |
| Luke Hodge Luke Hodge Luke Hodge is a professional Australian rules footballer with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League... |
Hawthorn | 173 | 116 |
| Simon Hogan Simon Hogan Simon Hogan is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Early career:... |
Geelong | 21 | 10 |
| Ben Johnson | Geelong | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Johnston Cameron Johnston Cameron Johnston is an Australian freestyle wrestler. He competed for Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics.-References:... |
Melbourne | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Jones Jordan Jones Jordan Jones is an Australian rules footballer currently listed with in the West Australian Football League . He previously played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League . He was selected at pick No. 52 in the 2008 AFL Draft with West Coast's 4th round selection... |
West Coast West Coast Eagles The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval... |
2 | 0 |
| Jordan Lewis Jordan Lewis Jordan Michael Lewis is an Australian rules footballer, currently playing for the Hawthorn Football Club of the Australian Football League. His nicknames are "Taz" and "Chief".Lewis was voted Hawthorn's best first-year player in 2005... |
Hawthorn | 125 | 51 |
| Cameron Ling Cameron Ling Cameron Ling is a former Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League... |
Geelong | 225 | 122 |
| Matt Maguire Matt Maguire Matt Maguire is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing with the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League .-St Kilda Football Club:... |
Brisbane Lions Brisbane Lions The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996... |
113 | 19 |
| Nick Maxwell Nick Maxwell Nick Maxwell is an Australian rules football player and current captain of the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League .- Early life :... |
Collingwood | 140 | 26 |
| Jordie McKenzie Jordie McKenzie Jordie McKenzie is an Australian rules footballer, who plays for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League .- Early life :... |
Melbourne | 22 | 2 |
| Brent Moloney Brent Moloney Brent "Beamer" Moloney is an Australian rules footballer, with the Melbourne Football Club, and previously the Geelong Football Club, in the Australian Football League.-Early life:... |
Melbourne | 108 | 25 |
| Jayden Pitt Jayden Pitt Jayden Pitt is an Australian rules footballer with the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League . He is a quick, agile, goalkicking midfielder who is a good kick with either foot.- Football career :... |
Port Adelaide | 0 | 0 |
| Jasper Pittard Jasper Pittard Jasper McMillan-Pittard is an Australian Rules footballer currently playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . He was one of 3 Port Adelaide players drafted in the first round in the 2009 AFL Draft.He is an athletic and versatile player whose kicking skills and... |
Port Adelaide | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Rohan Gary Rohan Gary Rohan is an Australian rules footballer for the Sydney Swans Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Junior career:... |
Sydney Sydney Swans The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney... |
9 | 7 |
| Luke Rounds Luke Rounds Luke Rounds is an Australian Rules Footballer in the Australian Football League for Collingwood Football Club.Originally from Mortlake, Victoria where he attended Mortlake College, Rounds was drafted to Collingwood with the 46th selection in the 2008 AFL Draft... |
Collingwood | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Scarlett Matthew Scarlett Matthew Scarlett is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League . A fullback, tall and weighing , Scarlett is the eldest son of former Geelong footballer John Scarlett.... |
Geelong | 246 | 16 |
| Will Schofield Will Schofield Will Schofield is an Australian Rules footballer with the West Coast Eagles.Taken with pick #50 in the 2006 AFL Draft, Schofield made his AFL debut for the Eagles in Round 17 2007 against the Western Bulldogs at Telstra Dome after a series of impressive performances for Peel Thunder in the... |
West Coast West Coast Eagles The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval... |
35 | 2 |
| Jonathan Simpkin | Geelong (rookie) | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Simpkin Tom Simpkin Tom Simpkin is an Australian rules footballer for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League .- AFL career :... |
St Kilda | 0 | 0 |
| Billie Smedts Billie Smedts Billie Smedts is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League . He was taken with Geelong's first pick in the 2010 AFL Draft. He hails from Warrnambool and played in the TAC Cup for the Geelong Falcons.-External links:... |
Geelong | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Stanley Danny Stanley Daniel "Danny" Stanley is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.-Collingwood career :Recruited by the Collingwood Football Club in the 2005 AFL Draft, he is considered a solid midfield prospect... |
Gold Coast Gold Coast Suns The Gold Coast Suns were one of the eight original franchises that began play in the Senior Professional Baseball Association in 1989. The club split their home games between Miami and Pompano Beach, FL and hired future Hall of Famer Earl Weaver as manager. In the league's inaugural season, the... |
5 | 0 |
| Jack Steven Jack Steven Jack Steven is an Australian rules footballer for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League .-AFL career:Steven was recruited from the Geelong Falcons with pick 42 in the 2007 AFL Draft.... |
St Kilda | 9 | 11 |
| Jeremy Taylor Jeremy Taylor (Australian footballer) Jeremy Taylor is an Australian rules football player with the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League .... |
Gold Coast Gold Coast Suns The Gold Coast Suns were one of the eight original franchises that began play in the Senior Professional Baseball Association in 1989. The club split their home games between Miami and Pompano Beach, FL and hired future Hall of Famer Earl Weaver as manager. In the league's inaugural season, the... |
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| Luke Thompson Luke Thompson (Australian footballer) Luke Thompson is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League with the Adelaide Football Club.He was drafted in 2010 by the Adelaide Crows as their 1st pick in the rookie draft. He plays as a defender but can also play up forward if needed... |
Adelaide Adelaide Crows The Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed The Crows, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Adelaide, South Australia, playing in the Australian Football League .... |
0 | 0 |
| Josh Walker Josh Walker Joshua "Josh" Walker is an English footballer. He currently plays as a midfielder for Championship side Watford.... |
Geelong (rookie) | 0 | 0 |