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Tony Buhagiar - Wikipedia

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Tony Buhagiar
Personal information
Full name	Anthony Francis Buhagiar
Date of birth	(1955-10-03) 3 October 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth	Western Australia
Height	166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Position(s)	Rover
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1973–1980, 1986	East Fremantle	138 (274)
1981–1984	Essendon	083 (135)
1985	Footscray	025 0(36)
Total		246 (445)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1986.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Anthony Francis "Tony" Buhagiar (born 3 October 1955) is a retired Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

A pint-sized rover, he made his senior debut for West Australian National Football League club East Fremantle in the earlier 1970s as a free-spirited 16-year-old. By 1979 he had become a premiership player, represented Western Australia at state of origin and gained All-Australian selection.

In 1981 he crossed the Nullarbor Plain and joined Victorian Football League club Essendon. One of only three players to debut for the Bombers that year he had an immediate impact on his new team kicking 42 goals to be their leading goalkicker, winning their best first-year player award, coming third in The Age's player of the year award,^[1] and eighth in the Brownlow Medal.^[2] He was also a member of Essendon's night premiership, a mid-week knockout competition played on a Tuesday night during the season.

As his career with Essendon progressed, the awards continued to flow including being the team's leading vote getter in the 1982 Brownlow Medal, most determined player in 1983 and state selection again in 1984. Although small in stature (166 cm and 74 kg), the courageous rover/goalsneak became a crowd favourite and was affectionately known as "The Budgie".

In his four years with Essendon, Buhagiar played in seven finals games and was among the team's best players in five of them, proving his reliability in big games. He was a part of Essendon's ill-fated 1983 grand final team, which suffered the biggest loss in grand final history until that time.

Essendon were to avenge their defeat in the following year's grand final, but it was to be without the "Budgie", who, after an injury interrupted season, was named only as an emergency.

Disappointed at having missed the Premiership, Buhagiar decided to return home to East Fremantle, but was talked into resurrecting his VFL career with Footscray. He played the 1985 season with the Bulldogs, which include three more finals, and finished the season with a handy 36 goals. He returned to East Fremantle in 1986.

Buhagiar was a board member of the Fremantle Football Club from 2000 until 2009.^[3]

References

^ Award to Ashton
^ 1981 Brownlow Medal
^ President Rick Hart to stand down Archived 1 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Tony Buhagiar's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Tony Buhagiar at AustralianFootball.com

Essendon Football Club · leading goalkickers

VFL/AFL

1897: Waugh
1898: Moore
1899: Cleghorn
1900: Thurgood
1901: Hiskins
1902: Thurgood
1903: M. Madden
1904: M. Madden
1905: Barker
1906: Yeo
1907: Martin
1908: Smith
1909: Shea
1910: B. Armstrong
1911: L. Armstrong
1912: Kirby
1913: Kirby
1914: Lumsden
1915: Walker
1918: Hall
1919: Walsh
1920: McDonald
1921: McDonald
1922: Moriarty
1923: Stockdale
1924: Jenkins
1925: Jenkins
1926: Stockdale
1927: Vosti
1928: Stockdale
1929: Forbes/Johnson
1930: Forbes
1931: Freyer
1932: Freyer
1933: Freyer
1934: Freyer
1935: Forbes
1936: Freyer
1937: Forbes
1938: T. Reynolds
1939: T. Reynolds
1940: Bryce
1941: T. Reynolds
1942: T. Reynolds
1943: D. Reynolds
1944: Powell
1945: Brittingham
1946: Brittingham
1947: Leehane
1948: Hutchison
1949: Coleman
1950: Coleman
1951: Coleman
1952: Coleman
1953: Coleman
1954: Coleman
1955: Mitchell
1956: Willey
1957: Gallagher
1958: Birt
1959: Evans
1960: Evans
1961: Mitchell
1962: Payne
1963: Payne
1964: Mitchell
1965: Fordham
1966: Fordham
1967: Noonan
1968: Noonan
1969: Noonan
1970: Blethyn
1971: Noonan
1972: Blethyn
1973: Noonan
1974: Noonan
1975: Noonan
1976: Blethyn
1977: Crow
1978: Primmer
1979: T. Daniher
1980: S. Madden
1981: Buhagiar
1982: S. Madden
1983: T. Daniher
1984: Salmon
1985: Harvey
1986: Ezard
1987: Salmon
1988: Salmon
1989: Salmon
1990: Salmon
1991: S. Madden
1992: Salmon
1993: Salmon
1994: Cummings
1995: Hird
1996: Hird
1997: Lloyd
1998: Lloyd
1999: Lloyd
2000: Lloyd
2001: Lloyd
2002: Lloyd
2003: Lloyd
2004: Lloyd
2005: Lloyd
2006: Lucas
2007: Lloyd
2008: Lloyd
2009: Lloyd
2010: Monfries
2011: Crameri
2012: Crameri
2013: Crameri
2014: J. Daniher
2015: J. Daniher
2016: J. Daniher
2017: J. Daniher
2018: Stringer
2019: Stringer
2020: McDonald-Tipungwuti
2021: Stringer
2022: Wright
2023: Langford
2024: Langford

AFL Women's

2022 (S7): Bannister
2023: Toogood
2024: Bannister

v t e 1979 All-Australian team
South Australia Peter Carey (Glenelg) Graham Cornes (Glenelg) Kym Hodgeman (Glenelg) Peter Jonas (Central District) Geoff Morris (West Adelaide)
Tasmania Des James (Sandy Bay) Michael Roach (Richmond) Darryl Sutton (North Melbourne)
Victoria David Cloke (Richmond) Bruce Doull (Carlton) Kelvin Moore (Hawthorn) Peter Moore (Collingwood) Michael Tuck (Hawthorn) Michael Turner (Geelong) Garry Wilson (Fitzroy)
Western Australia Tony Buhagiar (East Fremantle) Ken Hunter (Claremont) Gary Malarkey (Geelong) Bruce Monteath (Richmond) Brian Peake (East Fremantle) (Captain) Barry Cable (East Perth) (Coach)

v t e Western Australian team – 1983 Interstate Championships
Western Australia 24.14 (134) defeated South Australia 16.14 (110), at Subiaco Oval, 4 June 1983 Western Australia 16.22 (118) defeated Victoria 16.19 (115), at Subiaco Oval, 12 July 1983
Both games	Blackwell Cronan Harding Langsford Michael (c) Ralph Rance Solin
State game vs. South Australia	Aitken Edwards Ellis Fong Goulding Holden Ironmonger Magro Mitchell Narkle Panizza Roe Thorne
State of Origin vs. Victoria	Barrett Boucher Bosustow Buckenara Buhagiar Glendinning Malarkey Purser Richardson Rioli Sidebottom Taylor
Coach: Todd

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