There is a former player who has kicked more goals than most past champions; who carved out a stellar career in the VFL and other leagues in country Victoria. He now holds the reigns proudly at the Frankston Football Club.
The man with the deadly accurate kicking action is Simon Goosey, better known as Goose. Simon played for Frankston in the VFL and with both Mornington and Dromana in the country leagues.
As a player, Simon Goosey is arguably the greatest forward never to play in the AFL (although he did play two seasons in the Richmond reserves).
In his football career, this is what Simon Goosey actually did:
> In 248 games for Mornington, he has slotted through a massive 1623 goals,
> In 15 games he played for Dromana, he kicked 107 goals,
> He has kicked more than 150 goals in a season – twice!
> And more amazingly, he has kicked over 100 goals a season for 11 years straight,
> The most goals he has kicked in a game is 20,
> And overall, he has kicked more than 1730 senior goals.
Whilst kicking goals with regularity and prior to his appointment as coach of Frankston in 2010, Simon Goosey was also coach at Mornington for 10 years, guiding them to 8 grand finals and winning 4 premierships. His talents were finally recognised when he played in the AFL’s Ted Whitten Legends Game in 2005 (where he kicked 4 goals).
The present Frankston Coach has probably kicked more goals during his career than anyone else in the history of football. Certainly, anyone whose grown up on the Mornington Peninsula would argue that fact.
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