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Todd Goldstein
Goldstein playing for North Melbourne in June 2017
Personal information
Full name Todd Goldstein
Nickname(s) Goldy, Bobcat
Date of birth (1988-07-01) 1 July 1988 (age 36)
Original team(s) Oakleigh Chargers (TAC Cup)/Trinity Grammar(AGSV)
Draft No. 37, 2006 National Draft, Kangaroos
Height 201 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Weight 103 kg (227 lb)
Position(s) Ruckman
Club information
Current club Essendon
Number 17
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2007–2023 North Melbourne 315 (157)
2024– Essendon 14 00(2)
Total 329 (159)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2020 Victoria 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 22, 2024.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Todd Goldstein (born 1 July 1988) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having played the bulk of his career with the North Melbourne Football Club. He 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. He surpassed Aaron Sandilands for the most hitouts in VFL/AFL history in Round 17, 2021.

Early playing career

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

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

Goldstein played his junior basketball at Balwyn Blazers and Nunawading Spectres. At one stage he harboured ambitions to play college basketball in America.[1] He focussed on football in 2006, playing for his school team and Oakleigh Chargers, he nominated for the AFL draft in that same year. He was eventually drafted by North Melbourne at pick 37 in the 2006 AFL draft.[2]

AFL career

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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 teammates to a 10-goal win.[3] He was awarded two Brownlow Medal votes for this game.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6]

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.[7] His season was rewarded with the Syd Barker Medal as North Melbourne's best-and-fairest player.[8] Also in the season of 2015, Goldstein became the first player in AFL history to garner 1000 hitouts in a single season,[9] and in round 12 against Greater Western Sydney broke the record of most hitouts in a single game with 80 total.[10]

Goldstein moved to Essendon as a free agent in October 2023.[11]

Statistics

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Statistics are correct to the end of round 2, 2024[12]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
H/O
 Hit-outs
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T H/O G B K H D M T H/O
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 0
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 2
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 0
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 6
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 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 7
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 3
2015 North Melbourne 22 24 11 10 157 195 352 100 102 1058 0.4 0.4 6.5 8.1 14.6 4.1 4.2 44.1 18
2016 North Melbourne 22 22 20 7 128 175 303 69 69 804 0.9 0.3 5.8 7.9 13.7 3.5 3.5 36.5 11
2017 North Melbourne 22 19 12 6 94 161 255 54 55 576 0.6 0.3 4.9 8.5 13.4 2.8 2.9 30.3 0
2018 North Melbourne 22 22 12 5 139 181 320 74 63 783 0.5 0.2 6.3 8.2 14.5 3.4 2.9 35.6 6
2019 North Melbourne 22 22 5 7 139 230 369 62 38 737 0.2 0.3 6.3 10.5 16.8 2.8 1.7 33.5 5
2020[a] North Melbourne 22 17 6 6 105 149 254 33 35 472 0.4 0.4 6.2 8.8 15.0 1.9 2.1 27.8 5
2021 North Melbourne 22 22 12 4 160 154 314 80 42 655 0.5 0.2 7.3 7.0 14.3 3.6 1.9 29.8 2
2022 North Melbourne 22 22 16 6 106 180 286 58 42 527 0.7 0.3 4.8 8.2 13.0 2.6 1.9 24.0 0
2023 North Melbourne 22 20 4 2 99 161 260 45 38 584 0.2 0.1 5.0 8.0 13.0 2.3 1.9 29.2 0
2024 Essendon 17 14 2 1 44 99 143 25 26 344 0.1 0.1 3.1 7.1 10.2 1.8 1.9 24.6 0
Career 329 159 91 1823 2492 4315 979 927 10181 0.5 0.3 5.5 7.6 13.1 3.0 2.8 31.0 71

Personal life

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

Goldstein is currently studying a juris doctor degree at Deakin University.[13] He had previously completed a Bachelor of Applied Management.[14]

Notes

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  1. ^ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

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  1. ^ "Todd Goldstein basketball".
  2. ^ "Goldy's journey to 200". nmfc.com.au. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Todd Goldstein stars as Roos account for Dees". Theaustralian.com.au. 9 August 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  4. ^ "Game by game statistics". AFL Tables. 1 July 1988. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  5. ^ "Golden effort from emerging ruckman". Afl.com.au. 15 May 2010. Archived from the original on 19 May 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  6. ^ "North Melbourne: Most Hit Outs In A Game".
  7. ^ Bowen, Nick (28 April 2015). "'One of the dominant ruckmen in the competition': Goldstein a towering figure".
  8. ^ Bowen, Nick (9 October 2015). "Todd Goldstein wins Syd Barker Medal after brilliant season". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  9. ^ "AFL: Most Hit Outs In A Season".
  10. ^ "AFL: Most Hit Outs In A Game".
  11. ^ @AFLHouse (9 October 2023). "The AFL has received and approved paperwork for Unrestricted Free Agent Todd Goldstein to sign with Essendon" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. ^ "Todd Goldstein". AFL Tables.
  13. ^ "Elite Athlete Program Profiles". Deakin University. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  14. ^ Guthrie, Ben. "IT'S ALL ACADEMIC FOR TAYLOR, GOLDSTEIN AND BIRCH". AFL Players Association. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
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