Lance Franklin (born 30 January 1987), also known as Buddy Franklin, is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played for the Hawthorn Football Club from 2005 to 2013 and the Sydney Swans from 2014 to 2023. Regarded as the greatest forward of his generation and among the greatest players of all time,[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Franklin kicked 1,066 goals, the fourth-most in VFL/AFL history; he was his club's leading goalkicker on 13 occasions (six for Hawthorn and seven for Sydney) and kicked at least 50 goals in a season 13 times. Franklin was selected in the All-Australian team on eight occasions (three at full forward and five at centre half-forward), including as captain in the 2018 team, and won four Coleman Medals throughout his career, with his biggest haul coming in 2008 with Hawthorn, when he kicked 113 goals.
Franklin won two premierships, four All-Australian selections, two Coleman Medals and a Peter Crimmins Medal in his time at Hawthorn. He was Hawthorn's leading goalkicker for six consecutive seasons prior to his final season at the club in 2013, and also kicked the AFL Goal of the Year on two occasions (in 2010 and 2013). He also received a nomination for the 2005 AFL Rising Star award in round 4 of the 2005 season. After winning his second premiership at Hawthorn in 2013, Franklin moved to Sydney via free agency on a nine-year, $10 million deal, before representing Australia in the 2013 International Rules Series. He won a further four All-Australian selections and two Coleman Medals playing for Sydney, and was the club's leading goalkicker in his first five seasons there. Despite suffering a number of setbacks through injury, Franklin played 354 games, reaching 300 games in 2019 and 1,000 goals in 2022.
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LanceFranklin (born 30 January 1987), also known as Buddy Franklin, is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian...
Hot30 Countdown.[citation needed] Jesinta Franklin is married to Australian rules football player LanceFranklin, who played for the Hawthorn Hawks and the...
Australian team to win at Adelaide Oval defeating Adelaide by 63 points with LanceFranklin and Luke Parker kicking 4 goals each. After a loss to North Melbourne...
McCabe and Lance Picioane left the club while Nathan Thompson was traded to North Melbourne. In turn, the Hawks took Jarryd Roughead, LanceFranklin and Jordan...
back and forth along the ground. Within a minute of play, Hawthorn's LanceFranklin had the first set shot on goal but missed to the left. Two minutes later...
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(Hawthorn) (c) Joel Selwood (Geelong) Half-forward Alan Didak (Collingwood) LanceFranklin (Hawthorn) Paul Chapman (Geelong) Full-forward Barry Hall (Western Bulldogs)...
kick towards the city end. The Swans had an early injury scare when LanceFranklin was taken off the field with a suspected foot injury after four minutes;...
Ralph, Jon (6 April 2015). "How Hawthorn fooled Richmond to scoop LanceFranklin, Jarryd Roughead, Jordan Lewis in 2004 draft". The Mercury. Retrieved...
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in second place with a record of 17 wins and 5 losses; full-forward LanceFranklin won the Coleman Medal with 102 goals. They convincingly beat the Western...
before Paul Puopolo answered with his own long-range shot. Former Hawk LanceFranklin then got onto the scoreboard but Luke Breust replied to make it 2 goals...
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off to a good start, with Jack Gunston kicking the first goal before LanceFranklin kicked the Hawks' second after Luke McPharlin gave away a 50-metre penalty...
including Travis Cloke, Josh Kennedy and LanceFranklin. In particular, his performance in negating Franklin in the club's round 19 match against Hawthorn...
Upon successfully trading to the Sydney Swans in 2013, marquee player LanceFranklin signed a 9-year contract with the club, reportedly worth over $10 million...
He ended up polling the equal-third most votes, tying with Sydney's LanceFranklin on 22 votes. * The player was ineligible to win the medal due to suspension...
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ball. Sydney won the opening centre clearance, ending with a behind to LanceFranklin. But, Geelong rebounded and again dominated the territory, at one stage...
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