Lou Richards – Collingwood Forever https://forever.collingwoodfc.com.au The complete history of Australia's greatest sporting club Tue, 30 Jan 2024 23:13:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.21 Goals Records https://forever.collingwoodfc.com.au/goals-records/ Tue, 21 Mar 2017 05:02:11 +0000 http://cfc-forever-staging.qodo.com.au/?p=11674 Archie Smith, who played in the club’s first game, was a star of the early years, notching seven club titles and twice winning the VFL’s goalkicking award. But that was just the start. Dick Lee was the game’s first goalscoring superstar, and he was followed seamlessly by Gordon Coventry, who held the League’s goalscoring record for more than 60 years. And he, in turn, was followed by Ron Todd, who might have been the best of them all had he not gone to the VFA. Then in later years, Peter McKenna, Peter Daicos, Brian Taylor and Sav Rocca all made their mark as prolific forwards. It’s a rich heritage, and one we as a club are only too happy to celebrate with the following collection of records. Click here for a list of Collingwood’s leading goalkickers, year-by-year
Most Career Goals
1299 Gordon Coventry
838 Peter McKenna
707 Dick Lee
549 Peter Daicos
514 Saverio Rocca
453 Alby Pannam
441 Travis Cloke
423 Lou Richards
404 Anthony Rocca
371 Brian Taylor
 
Most  Goals in a Season
143 Peter McKenna 1970
134 Peter McKenna 1971
130 Peter McKenna 1972
124 Gordon Coventry 1929
121 Ron Todd 1938
121 Ron Todd 1939
118 Gordon Coventry 1930
108 Gordon Coventry 1933
105 Gordon Coventry 1934
100 Brian Taylor 1986
 
Most  Goals in a Game
17 Gordon Coventry, v Fitzroy R12 1930, at Victoria Park
16 Gordon Coventry, v Hawthorn R13 1929, at Victoria Park
16 Peter McKenna, v Sth Melbourne R19 1969, at Victoria Park
15 Gordon Coventry, v Essendon R11 1933, at Victoria Park
14 Gordon Coventry, v Hawthorn R14 1934, at Victoria Park
13 Peter McKenna, v Essendon R11 1972, at Victoria Park
13 Peter Daicos, v Brisbane R20 1991, at Carrara
12 Peter McKenna, v Essendon R14 1971, at Victoria Park
12 Peter McKenna, v Geelong R9 1972, at Victoria Park
12 Peter McKenna, v Essendon R20 1970, at Victoria Park
12 Peter McKenna, v Hawthorn R1 1966, at Victoria Park
12 Brian Taylor, v Sydney R16 1985, at the SCG
 
Most  Goals in a Final
11 Ron Todd, v Geelong 1938 preliminary final
11 Ron Todd, v St Kilda 1939 preliminary final
9 Gordon Coventry, v Richmond 1928 Grand Final
9 Peter McKenna, v Carlton 1970 second semi-final
8 Bill Twomey Jnr, v Footscray 1948 first semi-final
8 Ken Smale, v Footscray 1956 preliminary final
7 Gordon Coventry, v Geelong 1927 semi-final
7 Gordon Coventry, v Geelong 1930 Grand Final
7 Gordon Coventry, v Melbourne 1937 preliminary final
7 Des Tuddenham, v St Kilda 1966 second semi-final
7 Peter McKenna, v Footscray 1974 elimination final
7 Peter Daicos, v Carlton 1984 first semi-final
 
Most  Goals at Victoria Park
679 Gordon Coventry
399 Peter McKenna
334 Dick Lee
210 Lou Richards
200 Alby Pannam
 
Most  Goals at the MCG
329 Saverio Rocca
302 Travis Cloke
236 Anthony Rocca
156 Gordon Coventry
145 Brian Taylor
 
Most  Goals in VFA Years (1892-96)
86 Archie Smith
42 George Anderson
19 Harry Dowdall
19 Dick Hall
17 Frank Hailwood
 
VFL/AFL Leading Goalkicker
1898 Archie Smith 31
1900 Archie Smith (tied) 21
1903 Ted Lockwood 35
1905 Charlie H. Pannam 38
1907 Dick Lee 47
1908 Dick Lee 54
1909 Dick Lee 58
1914 Dick Lee 57
1916 Dick Lee 48
1917 Dick Lee 54
1919 Dick Lee 56
1926 Gordon Coventry 83
1927 Gordon Coventry 97
1928 Gordon Coventry 89
1929 Gordon Coventry 124
1930 Gordon Coventry 118
1933 Gordon Coventry 108
1938 Ron Todd 120
1939 Ron Todd 121
1946 Des Fothergill 63
1958 Ian Brewer 73
1972 Peter McKenna 130
1973 Peter McKenna 86
1986 Brian Taylor 100
  • Please note: Ted Rowell (1902), Dick Lee (1910, 1913 and 1915) and Gordon Coventry (1937) each topped the table after the finals in the years noted but not after the home-and-away rounds (which is when the League’s Leading Goalkicker is determined).
 ]]> Lou Richards retires https://forever.collingwoodfc.com.au/lou-richards-retires/ Sun, 24 Aug 2014 11:34:58 +0000 http://forever.collingwoodfc.com.au/?p=8516 Lou Richards decided to retire before the end of the 1955 season.  His farewell, against Fitzroy, brought out a massive crowd, and the man himself was overcome.

“It brought tears to my eyes,” Richards said later. “It was the end of 15 years at the club, 15 of the happiest years of my life.  When you are running around in front of 25,000 to 30,000 people, naturally you get a tear in your eye.” The decision to retire was published in The Argus with quotes from Lou. “I would have retired earlier, but the selectors had asked me to continue as a rover,” he said. “Last week I had one of my biggest thrills when the Collingwood Committee let me run round the ground at the head of the team.

“The Magpie supporters gave me a terrific cheer, and then I got round to the outer and the Fitzroy crowd. They were extra generous too, and I felt a lot softer towards them than I would have if I had been carrying on on the field instead of running straight off.

“COME to think of it, they might have felt a bit different about me, too!”

Richards finished playing at 30 years of age on 250 games. Reference 1955 ‘Lou wilt quit.’, The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957), 15 August, p. 1, viewed 24 August, 2014, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71673670]]>