Gary Hardeman
Australian rules footballer

Gary Hardeman

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Australian rules footballer
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Australia
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Birth:
26 February 1950
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Gary Hardeman (born 26 February 1950) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between the late 1960s and early 1980s.
Hardeman played as a half back and made his senior debut for Melbourne in the 1967 VFL season. He remained with the club until 1977, finishing second in the 1974 Brownlow Medal count and earning All Australian selection for his performance in the 1972 Perth Carnival. After leaving the club at the end of 1977 Hardeman joined Sturt in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) but returned to Melbourne in 1981 to play for one final season.
Hardeman is only one of four footballers, with Trevor Barker, Geoff Cunningham and Steven Smith, to have played 200 VFL/AFL games but not play a final.
In 2000 he was selected at centre half back in Melbourne's official 'Team of the Century'.

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 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team # Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
Totals Averages (per game)
1967 Melbourne 33 8 1 2 76 13 89 13 N/A 0.1 0.3 9.5 1.6 11.1 1.6 N/A
1968 Melbourne 33 17 21 19 168 25 193 48 N/A 1.2 1.1 9.9 1.5 11.4 2.8 N/A
1969 Melbourne 33 19 15 13 248 64 312 62 N/A 0.8 0.7 13.1 3.4 16.4 3.3 N/A
1970 Melbourne 33 22 1 4 337 34 371 96 N/A 0.0 0.2 15.3 1.5 16.9 4.4 N/A
1971 Melbourne 33 20 0 1 280 42 322 95 N/A 0.0 0.1 14.0 2.1 16.1 4.8 N/A
1972 Melbourne 33 21 10 6 335 56 391 124 N/A 0.5 0.3 16.0 2.7 18.6 5.9 N/A
1973 Melbourne 33 21 6 7 272 63 335 98 N/A 0.3 0.3 13.0 3.0 16.0 4.7 N/A
1974 Melbourne 33 20 11 15 289 100 389 91 N/A 0.6 0.8 14.5 5.0 19.5 4.6 N/A
1975 Melbourne 33 21 31 27 288 93 381 70 N/A 1.5 1.4 14.4 4.7 19.1 3.5 N/A
1976 Melbourne 33 20 7 7 279 88 367 75 N/A 0.4 0.4 14.0 4.4 18.4 3.8 N/A
1977 Melbourne 33 21 10 4 276 118 394 87 N/A 0.5 0.2 13.1 5.6 18.8 4.1 N/A
1981 Melbourne 11 9 0 0 79 62 141 35 N/A 0.0 0.0 8.8 6.9 15.7 3.9 N/A
Career 219 113 105 2927 758 3685 894 N/A 0.5 0.5 13.4 3.5 16.9 4.1 N/A