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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox infobox-table vcard" style="line-height: 1.2em; width: 25em;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-above fn">Gary Hardeman</th></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#003399; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.5em">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Date of birth</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> <span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1950-02-26</span>) </span>26 February 1950<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 74)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Original team(s)</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data role" style="vertical-align: baseline"> St Peters, East Bentleigh. Moorabbin Technical School</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Height</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Weight</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> 90 kg (198 lb)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#003399; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.5em">Playing career<sup>1</sup></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Years</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Club</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Games (Goals)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight: normal">1967–77, 1981</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> 219 (113)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-full-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> <div style="color:#555; font-size:90%"><sup>1</sup> Playing statistics correct to the end of 1981.</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#003399; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.5em">Career highlights</th></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-full-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a> Team of the Century–<small>centre half-back</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club#Hall_of_Fame" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne Hall of Fame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All-Australian_team" title="All-Australian team">All-Australian</a>: 1972</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brownlow_Medal" title="Brownlow Medal">Brownlow Medal</a>: Runner-Up 1974</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-below" style="text-align: right"> Sources: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/G/Gary_Hardeman.html">AFL Tables</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://australianfootball.com/players/player/Gary+Hardeman/9998">AustralianFootball.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Gary Hardeman</b> (born 26 February 1950) is a former <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian rules">Australian rules</a> footballer who played for <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_League" title="Australian Football League">Victorian Football League</a> (VFL) between the late 1960s and early 1980s. </p><p>Hardeman played as a half back and made his senior debut for Melbourne in the <a href="/wiki/1967_VFL_season" title="1967 VFL season">1967 VFL season</a>. He remained with the club until <a href="/wiki/1977_VFL_season" title="1977 VFL season">1977</a>, finishing second in the <a href="/wiki/1974_VFL_season" title="1974 VFL season">1974</a> <a href="/wiki/Brownlow_Medal" title="Brownlow Medal">Brownlow Medal</a> count and earning <a href="/wiki/All-Australian_team" title="All-Australian team">All Australian</a> selection for his performance in the <a href="/wiki/1972_Perth_Carnival" title="1972 Perth Carnival">1972 Perth Carnival</a>. After leaving the club at the end of 1977 Hardeman joined <a href="/wiki/Sturt_Football_Club" title="Sturt Football Club">Sturt</a> in the <a href="/wiki/South_Australian_National_Football_League" title="South Australian National Football League">South Australian National Football League</a> (SANFL) but returned to Melbourne in <a href="/wiki/1981_VFL_season" title="1981 VFL season">1981</a> to play for one final season. </p><p>Hardeman is only one of four footballers, with <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Barker" title="Trevor Barker">Trevor Barker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Cunningham" title="Geoff Cunningham">Geoff Cunningham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steven_Smith_(Australian_rules_footballer)" title="Steven Smith (Australian rules footballer)">Steven Smith</a>, to have played 200 VFL/AFL games but not play a final.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2000 he was selected at centre half back in Melbourne's official 'Team of the Century'.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statistics">Statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Hardeman&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <table class="toccolours" style="font-size:90%; white-space:nowrap"> <caption><b>Legend</b> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:1px solid black"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">  G  </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Laws_of_Australian_football#Scoring" class="mw-redirect" title="Laws of Australian football">Goals</a> </td> <td style="border:1px solid black"><div class="center" style="width:auto; 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margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">  M  </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_(Australian_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark (Australian football)">Marks</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214068704">.mw-parser-output .alternating>thead+tbody>tr:nth-child(even),.mw-parser-output .alternating>caption+tbody>tr:nth-child(odd),.mw-parser-output .alternating>tbody:first-child>tr:nth-child(odd){background-color:#eee}</style> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable alternating" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:3em">Season </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:11em">Team </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:2em" class="unsortable"><abbr title="number">No.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:3em">Games </th> <th scope="col" colspan="7">Totals </th> <th scope="col" colspan="7">Averages (per game) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="width:2em">G </th> <th scope="col" style="width:2em">B </th> <th scope="col" style="width:2em">K </th> <th scope="col" style="width:2em">H </th> <th scope="col" style="width:2em">D </th> <th scope="col" style="width:2em">M </th> <th scope="col" style="width:2em">T </th> <th scope="col" style="width:2em">G </th> <th scope="col" style="width:2em">B </th> <th scope="col" style="width:2em">K </th> <th scope="col" style="width:2em">H </th> <th scope="col" style="width:2em">D </th> <th scope="col" style="width:2em">M </th> <th scope="col" style="width:2em">T </th></tr> <tr style="background-color: #EAEAEA"> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/1967_VFL_season" title="1967 VFL season">1967</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a> </td> <td>33</td> <td>8</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>76</td> <td>13</td> <td>89</td> <td>13</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td>0.1</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>9.5</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>11.1</td> <td>1.6</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/1968_VFL_season" title="1968 VFL season">1968</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a> </td> <td>33</td> <td>17</td> <td>21</td> <td>19</td> <td>168</td> <td>25</td> <td>193</td> <td>48</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>9.9</td> <td>1.5</td> <td>11.4</td> <td>2.8</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #EAEAEA"> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/1969_VFL_season" title="1969 VFL season">1969</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a> </td> <td>33</td> <td>19</td> <td>15</td> <td>13</td> <td>248</td> <td>64</td> <td>312</td> <td>62</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td>0.8</td> <td>0.7</td> <td>13.1</td> <td>3.4</td> <td>16.4</td> <td>3.3</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/1970_VFL_season" title="1970 VFL season">1970</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a> </td> <td>33</td> <td>22</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>337</td> <td>34</td> <td>371</td> <td>96</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>15.3</td> <td>1.5</td> <td>16.9</td> <td>4.4</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #EAEAEA"> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/1971_VFL_season" title="1971 VFL season">1971</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a> </td> <td>33</td> <td>20</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>280</td> <td>42</td> <td>322</td> <td>95</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.1</td> <td>14.0</td> <td>2.1</td> <td>16.1</td> <td>4.8</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/1972_VFL_season" title="1972 VFL season">1972</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a> </td> <td>33</td> <td>21</td> <td>10</td> <td>6</td> <td>335</td> <td>56</td> <td>391</td> <td>124</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>16.0</td> <td>2.7</td> <td>18.6</td> <td>5.9</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #EAEAEA"> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/1973_VFL_season" title="1973 VFL season">1973</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a> </td> <td>33</td> <td>21</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>272</td> <td>63</td> <td>335</td> <td>98</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>13.0</td> <td>3.0</td> <td>16.0</td> <td>4.7</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/1974_VFL_season" title="1974 VFL season">1974</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a> </td> <td>33</td> <td>20</td> <td>11</td> <td>15</td> <td>289</td> <td>100</td> <td>389</td> <td>91</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td>0.6</td> <td>0.8</td> <td>14.5</td> <td>5.0</td> <td>19.5</td> <td>4.6</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); 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color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/1981_VFL_season" title="1981 VFL season">1981</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a> </td> <td>11</td> <td>9</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>79</td> <td>62</td> <td>141</td> <td>35</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>8.8</td> <td>6.9</td> <td>15.7</td> <td>3.9</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <th colspan="3">Career </th> <th>219 </th> <th>113 </th> <th>105 </th> <th>2927 </th> <th>758 </th> <th>3685 </th> <th>894 </th> <th data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); 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Fairfax Media<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 March</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Age&rft.atitle=New+MCC+chief+Steven+Smith+has+some+regrets+over+his+200-game+football+career&rft.aulast=Wilson&rft.aufirst=Caroline&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theage.com.au%2Fafl%2Fafl-news%2Fnew-mcc-chief-steven-smith-has-some-regrets-over-his-200game-football-career-20150323-1m5vz1.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGary+Hardeman" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/G/Gary_Hardeman.html">"Gary Hardeman stats"</a>. 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