Best season by an individual you have seen?

[EB&W Pieman]

Essendon in 2000 was right up there with the very best teams I have seen, but until Kouta did his knee the Bombers were only equal favourites for the flag.

Simply awesome, and apparently unstoppable.

 

[BLUEALLTHRU]

Personally and probably a little biased but Kouta was an absolute standout as was Carey.

 

[The Borough]

Peter Hudson was a sensation especially in 1970 and 71. 146 and 150 goals respectively.

His career was cut shory but when you look at ti he is statistically the greatest FF of all

1967 was his 1st season and a 21 yo, kicked 57 goals then went

1968 125 goals
1969 120 goals
1970 146 goals
1971 150 goals

1972 8 goals (didan ACL in 2nd Q of 1st game of the season, had already kicked 8 )

1977 Came back to Hawks fo 1 season and kicked 100 after essentially five season out of VFL and 31 years of age. Might of topped the 100 10 x if not injured in 72

Freak

This.
Bloke was the best set shot for goal i`ve seen, used his body beautifully and a great reader of the play, was as tough as nails too even though he looked like a sook. I was there the day he equaled the record.

 

[Wolfgang West]

I started watching games each week in 1993 and to this day I still rate Ablett's efforts that year to be the best individual season by a player that I have watched.

Another season I rate quite highly (not number 2 but up there) is Crawford's 1999.

What is the best season by an individual that you have seen? What are some other individual's seasons that you rate very highly?

Graham Teasdale.

 

[childeric]

Another vote for Peter Hudson from an opposition supporter

Could have topped the hundred ten years in a row but for injury

Deadly accurate with the notoriously unreliable flat punt kick

Trivia - Hudson and Leigh Matthews kicked 200 goals between them in 1977 for Hawthorn

Unbelievably the Hawks failed to reach the GF that year

 

[Scotland]

Ben Cousins 2001.

600 disposals (#1 in the AFL), 131 clearances (#7 in the AFL) 18 Brownlow votes (5th) in a terrible side that finished 5-17.

Had a staggering 220 more disposals than the nearest teammate, have never seen anything like it. Epitome of a one man team.

 

[LouisCK]

Stynes had a good year the year he won, Kouta had a mad year one year

Stynes was amazing his Brownlow year, but Kouta 2000 takes the cake for me. Have never seen anyone that dominant over a whole season.

Best way to describe it was like a mix of Adam Goodes, Chris Judd and Wayne Carey.

 

[r_boy]

I'd have to go Kouta 2000 but McKernan 1996 would be the best from North.

 

[EasternTiger]

In recent times it's Buddy 08, Judd mid oughties and Kouta in 2000. If I had to choose one...Chris Judd

 

[Hodgepodge]

Leigh Matthews 1977. 27.8 disposals a game, and ended up with 91 goals for the season as well.

 

[BLPC08]

Kouta in 2000 was ridiculous. Carlton were just a good/average team that were getting carried by this man mountain. He was dominating everything, had he not been injured Carlton would've gone mighty close to winning the flag.

Bernie Quinlan had some amazing seasons with Fitzroy in the early 80's. He won the Brownlow in 1981, then the Coleman's in 1983-84. Considering Fitzroy were a mix of battlers and fading stars, his feats deserve a mention.

If Buddy had've kicked accurately in 2008, he could've gone close to the 150 goal mark. Let's not forget that despite kicking 113.88 for the season, he also recorded 59 other shots at goal that failed to score!! It was certainly his best season in the AFL.

 

[Gone Critical]

Kouta in 2000 was ridiculous. Carlton were just a good/average team that were getting carried by this man mountain. He was dominating everything, had he not been injured Carlton would've gone mighty close to winning the flag.

Bernie Quinlan had some amazing seasons with Fitzroy in the early 80's. He won the Brownlow in 1981, then the Coleman's in 1983-84. Considering Fitzroy were a mix of battlers and fading stars, his feats deserve a mention.

If Buddy had've kicked accurately in 2008, he could've gone close to the 150 goal mark. Let's not forget that despite kicking 113.88 for the season, he also recorded 59 other shots at goal that failed to score!! It was certainly his best season in the AFL.

It's what makes Hudson so impressive. He had a year like Buddy's 2008 every year he played bar his 1st season

 

[TheFVK]

Inb4 North supporters say Aaron Mullett

 

[xxxWillxxx]

Corey McKernan in 1996 was simply better, by a distance, than any player in the league, including Carey.

Carey's 1998 was simply unbelievable. The year of Pagan's Paddock.

Mckernan was unbelivable that year no Corey no north

 

[Catfish Alley]

Another vote for Peter Hudson from an opposition supporter

Could have topped the hundred ten years in a row but for injury

Deadly accurate with the notoriously unreliable flat punt kick

Trivia - Hudson and Leigh Matthews kicked 200 goals between them in 1977 for Hawthorn

Unbelievably the Hawks failed to reach the GF that year

I would have liked to have seen Hudson. But how do you have an accurate yet unreliable kick??

 

[FredLeDeux]

I would have liked to have seen Hudson. But how do you have an accurate yet unreliable kick??

The flat punt kick was notoriously unreliable as a choice for kicking goals, for every player but Hudson.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

This.
Bloke was the best set shot for goal i`ve seen, used his body beautifully and a great reader of the play, was as tough as nails too even though he looked like a sook. I was there the day he equaled the record.

Exactly. Didn't need to use the hands for an advantage, just positioned his body to perfection. Yet another skill the contemporary footballer is not taught.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

The flat punt kick was notoriously unreliable as a choice for kicking goals, for every player but Hudson.

I think John Nicholls used it a lot as well.

 

[Sellyme]

Bob Pratt 1934

you have seen

Are you in your nineties?

 

[MF]

Are you in your nineties?

Are you calling me a liar?

 

[Sellyme]

Are you calling me a liar?

No, I'm genuinely curious, I haven't met anyone over the age of 83 on the internet before.

 

[MF]

I should give you such a flogging sonny.

 

[FredLeDeux]

I think John Nicholls used it a lot as well.

Yes, though he didn't kick many goals until he started resting/playing in the FP at the tail-end of his career, for most of which he rested in the BP.

 

[childeric]

The flat punt kick was notoriously unreliable as a choice for kicking goals, for every player but Hudson.

The three gun FFs of the late 60s-early 70s period each favoured a different kick

Peter McKenna the drop-punt, Hudson the flat punt and Doug Wade the torpedo (occasionally the drop)

Sadly the flat punt, drop and torp have been largely lost to the game

 

[KGBeast]

Bernie Quinlan had some amazing seasons with Fitzroy in the early 80's. He won the Brownlow in 1981, then the Coleman's in 1983-84. Considering Fitzroy were a mix of battlers and fading stars, his feats deserve a mention.

Bernie was an absolute superstar in the early 80's. I'm glad others remember.