Simon Madden

Simon Madden (an haife shi a ranar 30 ga watan Disamba shekara ta 1957) ya kasance tsohon dan wasan kwallon kafa ne na Australiya wanda ya buga dukkan wasansa na 19 tare da kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Essendon daga shekara ta 1974 har zuwa shekara ta 1992. Madden yana daya daga cikin 'yan wasan da aka fi yi wa ado a tarihin kulob din kuma an dauke shi a matsayin daya daga cikin mafi kyawun ruckmen da ya taba buga wasan.

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Madden a Melbourne; ya halarci makarantar firamare a St Christopher's a Filin jirgin saman Yamma kuma ya sami makarantar sakandare a Kwalejin St. Bernard a Essendon, makarantar da aka sani da kwarewar wasanni. Daga nan ya yi karatun koyarwa a Cibiyar Ilimi ta Katolika (yanzu Jami'ar Katolika ta Australia).

 Ayyukan AFL 
A cikin duka, ya buga manyan wasanni 378, na biyu mafi yawan kowane dan wasan Essendon (bayan Dustin Fletcher), kuma na shida mafi yawan a tarihin league (bayan Michael Tuck, Kevin Bartlett, Brent Harvey, Robert Harvey, da Dustin Flatcher). Baya ga yin wasa a cikin ruck, Madden ya kasance mai fa'ida na ɗan lokaci, ya zira kwallaye 575 a cikin aikinsa, rikodin kulob din da ya tsaya har sai da Matthew Lloyd ya karya shi a shekara ta 2003.

Madden ya lashe kyaututtuka hudu na Essendon mafi kyau da mafi kyau (1977, 1979, 1983 da 1984) kuma ya jagoranci kungiyar a cikin lokutan 1980 da 1981. Ya taka leda a bangarorin firaministan baya-baya a shekarar 1984 da 1985, inda ya lashe lambar yabo ta Norm Smith don mafi kyau a ƙasa a Grand Final na 1985. A shekara ta 1986, Madden ya ki amincewa da tayin da ba a taɓa ji ba don kwangilar shekaru 3 wanda ya kai dala miliyan 550,000 (~ $ 1.54 miliyan a cikin sharuɗɗa na 2012) daga Geoffrey Edelsten mai ban sha'awa a madadin Sydney Swans, a maimakon haka ya zaɓi ya kasance tare da Essendon a duk aikinsa. Game da tayin, Madden ya amsa, "Za ku iya fitar da yaron daga Essendon, amma ba za ku iya fitar dashi daga yaron ba". Koyaya, Madden ya kiyasta cewa, a cikin dala na 2009 (lokacin da aka yi masa tambayoyi) da kuma la'akari da farashin sayen gida, da dai sauransu, a zahiri daidai yake da dala miliyan 4.4 a cikin shekaru uku. Koyaya, Madden ya yi iƙirarin cewa bai taɓa yin nadamar shawarar ba.

An ambaci sunansa a cikin All-Australian Team a lokuta uku (1983, 1987 da 1988). Madden ya jagoranci tawagar Victoria a shekarar 1989-91, kuma a shekarar 1990 ya karbi lambar yabo ta Simpson don mafi kyawun ƙasa a Victoria vs. Wasan Yammacin Australia da aka buga a Perth.

An ambaci sunansa a cikin tawagar Essendon's Team of the Century kuma an kira shi a matsayin dan wasa na biyar mafi kyau da ya taba buga wa kulob din wasa a cikin jerin "Champions of Essendon".

Bayan kwanakin wasansa sun ƙare, Madden ya yi ɗan gajeren lokaci a matsayin kocin ruck na Carlton. Ya kasance tare da Blues a kakar 1993, inda suka yi babban wasan karshe amma sun rasa tsohon kulob din Madden, Essendon.

Ya kasance shugaban kungiyar 'yan wasa ta AFL daga 1985 har zuwa 1989.

Ɗan'uwansa Justin ya kasance dan wasan ruckman na Essendon da Carlton, kuma su ne kawai 'yan'uwa ga kowane wasa wasanni 300 a matakin VFL / AFL. Dukkanin 'yan uwan suna karatun sakandare a Kwalejin St Bernard, Melbourne, makarantar da aka sani da kwarewar wasanni. Makarantar ita ce kadai da ta taba samar da 'yan wasa uku na wasanni 300, tare da Simon da Justin Madden sun shiga tsohon Bomber Garry Foulds a cikin wannan nasarar.

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