Todd Goldstein

Todd Goldstein
Personal information
Full name Todd Goldstein
Nickname(s) Goldy[1]
Date of birth (1988-07-01) 1 July 1988
Original team(s) Oakleigh Chargers (TAC Cup)
Draft #37, 2006 National Draft, Kangaroos
Height / weight 201cm / 103kg
Position(s) Ruckman
Club information
Current club North Melbourne
Number 22
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2008– North Melbourne 171 (90)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016.
Career highlights

Todd Goldstein (born 1 July 1988) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Goldstein is a ruckman who wears the number 22, and was drafted from the Oakleigh Chargers with the 37th selection in the 2006 AFL Draft. In 2015 he became the first-ever player to reach 1000 hitouts in a season.

Junior career

Goldstein stands at 201 cm, and has a basketball background, where he represented Australia at Under-19 level. Goldstein was a member of the Oakleigh Chargers 2006 side that won the TAC Cup.

Goldstein kicked a goal with his first kick for Victorian Football League side Tasmanian Devils Football Club in 2007.

Goldstein played his junior basketball at Balwyn Blazers and Nunawading Spectres. He moved to football in 2006, playing for the Oakleigh Chargers and nominated for the AFL draft in that same year.

AFL career

Goldstein was brought into the North Melbourne side for their Round 15 clash with the Port Adelaide Power at AAMI Stadium in 2008. He made his AFL debut in this game, where he collected four disposals and won 13 hitouts. In the next round, Goldstein kicked two goals against the Collingwood Magpies.

Goldstein played one of the best games of his career to date against the Melbourne Demons in the round 19, 2009 match at Etihad Stadium. He finished with 5 goals, 25 hitouts and helped his team mates to a 10-goal win.[2] He was awarded two Brownlow Medal votes for this game.[3]

In 2010 he played in 21 of 22 games, and often had to ruck for long periods, due to injuries to the Kangaroos other ruckmen, Hamish McIntosh, David Hale and Drew Petrie.[4]

In 2011 he has taken over the number one ruck duties at North Melbourne in the absence of McIntosh and has begun to establish himself as one of the leagues premier big men. In the round 10 match against the Sydney Swans he set a career best record of 53 hitouts which he equaled again just 4 weeks later.[5]

By 2015 he has established himself as an elite ruckman, ranking as the number 1 ruck in the competition and number 4 player overall. In a poll by AFL.com in May, 81% of respondents considered him the best current ruck in the AFL.[6] His season was rewarded with the Syd Barker Medal as North Melbourne's best-and-fairest player.[7] Also in the season of 2015, Goldstein became the first player in AFL history to garner 1000 hitouts in a single season,[8] and in round 12 against Greater Western Sydney broke the record of most hitouts in a single game with 80 total.[9]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of round 7, 2015[10]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles  H/O  Hit-outs
Season Team # Games G B K H D M T H/O G B K H D M T H/O
Totals Averages (per game)
2008 North Melbourne 22 3 2 0 8 8 16 6 4 29 0.7 0.0 2.7 2.7 5.3 2.0 1.3 9.7
2009 North Melbourne 22 13 9 4 45 59 104 36 18 179 0.7 0.3 3.5 4.5 8.0 2.8 1.4 13.8
2010 North Melbourne 22 21 10 12 123 121 244 90 70 367 0.5 0.6 5.9 5.8 11.6 4.3 3.3 17.5
2011 North Melbourne 22 21 13 6 151 137 288 73 92 741 0.6 0.3 7.2 6.5 13.7 3.5 4.4 35.3
2012 North Melbourne 22 21 2 4 114 143 257 56 53 663 0.1 0.2 5.4 6.8 12.2 2.7 2.5 31.6
2013 North Melbourne 22 22 13 4 113 150 263 66 65 822 0.6 0.2 5.1 6.8 12.0 3.0 3.0 37.4
2014 North Melbourne 22 24 10 7 98 190 288 52 114 838 0.4 0.3 4.1 7.9 12.0 2.2 4.8 34.9
2015 North Melbourne 22 7 2 2 39 61 100 23 28 277 0.3 0.3 5.6 8.7 14.3 3.3 4.0 39.6
Career 132 61 39 691 869 1560 402 444 3916 0.5 0.3 5.2 6.6 11.8 3.0 3.4 29.7

Personal life

Son of Andrea and Jeff, and brother of Luke and Kye, Todd grew up in the inner south eastern suburbs of Melbourne. His schooling involved attending Trinity Grammar School (in secondary school) and Preshil (in primary school).

Footnotes

  1. ↑ http://www.nmfc.com.au/news/2015-11-04/2015-review-todd-goldstein
  2. ↑ "Todd Goldstein stars as Roos account for Dees". Theaustralian.com.au. 9 August 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "Game by game statistics". AFL Tables. 1 July 1988. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  4. ↑ "Golden effort from emerging ruckman". Afl.com.au. 15 May 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  5. ↑ "North Melbourne: Most Hit Outs In A Game".
  6. ↑ Bowen, Nick (28 April 2015). "'One of the dominant ruckmen in the competition': Goldstein a towering figure".
  7. ↑ Bowen, Nick (9 October 2015). "Todd Goldstein wins Syd Barker Medal after brilliant season". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "AFL: Most Hit Outs In A Season".
  9. ↑ "AFL: Most Hit Outs In A Game".
  10. ↑ "Todd Goldstein". AFL Tables.
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