Todd Goldstein (born 1 July 1988) is an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er playing for the

North Melbourne Football Club The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos, is a professional Australian rules football club. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW). The Kangaroos also ...

in the

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(AFL). Goldstein is a ruckman who wears the number 22, and was drafted from the

Oakleigh Chargers The Oakleigh Chargers is an Australian rules football club playing in the NAB League, the top statewide under-18 competition in Victoria, Australia. They are based at Warrawee Park in Oakleigh, Victoria, representing the southeastern suburban ar ...

with the 37th selection in the

2006 AFL Draft The 2006 AFL draft is a recent national draft of the Australian Football League. The AFL draft is the annual draft of talented players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Foot ...

. In 2015 he became the first-ever player to reach 1000 hitouts in a season. He surpassed Aaron Sandilands for the most hitouts in

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history in Round 17, 2021. Todd attended

Preshil Preshil School, also known as The Margaret Lyttle Memorial School, is an independent progressive co-educational, day school located in Kew, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The original Arlington campus houses the Kindergar ...

during primary school and

Trinity Grammar School (Victoria) , motto_translation = Act Courageously , established = 1902 , type = Independent, single-sex, day and boarding school , denomination = Anglican , chairman = Simon Gips ...

during high school.

Junior career

Goldstein stands at 201 cm, and has a basketball background, where he represented Australia at Under-19 level. Goldstein was a member of the Oakleigh Chargers 2006 side that won the

TAC Cup The NAB League Boys (also referred to as simply the NAB League and formerly known as the TAC Cup) is an under-19 Australian rules football representative competition held in Australia. It is based on geographic regions throughout country Victo ...

. Goldstein kicked a goal with his first kick for

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side Tasmanian Devils Football Club in 2007. Goldstein played his junior basketball at Balwyn Blazers and Nunawading Spectres. He moved to football in 2006, playing for the Oakleigh Chargers and nominated for the AFL draft in that same year.

AFL career

Goldstein was brought into the North Melbourne side for their Round 15 clash with the

Port Adelaide Power Port Adelaide Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia, Alberton, South Australia. The club's senior men's team plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), where they are nicknamed ...

at AAMI Stadium in 2008. He made his AFL debut in this game, where he collected four disposals and won 13 hitouts. In the next round, Goldstein kicked two goals against the

Collingwood Magpies The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The club w ...

. Goldstein played one of the best games of his career to date against the

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in the round 19, 2009 match at

Etihad Stadium The City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, England, also known as the Etihad Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is the home of Premier League club Manchester City F.C., with a domestic football capacity of 53,400, making it the 6th-largest ...

. He finished with 5 goals, 25 hitouts and helped his teammates to a 10-goal win. He was awarded two

Brownlow Medal The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal (and informally as "Charlie"), is awarded to the " best and fairest" player in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by ...

votes for this game. In 2010 he played in 21 of 22 games, and often had to ruck for long periods, due to injuries to the Kangaroos other ruckmen, Hamish McIntosh, David Hale and

Drew Petrie Drew Petrie (born 15 October 1982) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club and the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He came out of retirement in 2017 to pla ...

. In 2011 he has taken over the number one ruck duties at North Melbourne in the absence of McIntosh and has begun to establish himself as one of the leagues premier big men. In the round 10 match against the

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he set a career best record of 53 hitouts which he equaled again just 4 weeks later. By 2015 he has established himself as an elite ruckman, ranking as the number 1 ruck in the competition and number 4 player overall. In a poll by AFL.com in May, 81% of respondents considered him the best current ruck in the AFL. His season was rewarded with the

Syd Barker Medal The Syd Barker Medal is awarded to the North Melbourne Football Club player who has been judged the best and fairest of the footy season. The award has been given out continuously since 1937. Before then it was known as the Syd Barker Memorial Tr ...

as North Melbourne's best-and-fairest player. Also in the season of 2015, Goldstein became the first player in AFL history to garner 1000 hitouts in a single season, and in round 12 against Greater Western Sydney broke the record of most hitouts in a single game with 80 total.

Statistics

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2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

, , 22 , , 3 , , 2 , , 0 , , 8 , , 8 , , 16 , , 6 , , 4 , , 29 , , 0.7 , , 0.0 , , 2.7 , , 2.7 , , 5.3 , , 2.0 , , 1.3 , , 9.7 , , 0 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

, , 22 , , 13 , , 9 , , 4 , , 45 , , 59 , , 104 , , 36 , , 18 , , 179 , , 0.7 , , 0.3 , , 3.5 , , 4.5 , , 8.0 , , 2.8 , , 1.4 , , 13.8 , , 2 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

, , 22 , , 21 , , 10 , , 12 , , 123 , , 121 , , 244 , , 90 , , 70 , , 367 , , 0.5 , , 0.6 , , 5.9 , , 5.8 , , 11.6 , , 4.3 , , 3.3 , , 17.5 , , 0 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

, , 22 , , 21 , , 13 , , 6 , , 151 , , 137 , , 288 , , 73 , , 92 , , 741 , , 0.6 , , 0.3 , , 7.2 , , 6.5 , , 13.7 , , 3.5 , , 4.4 , , 35.3 , , 6 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

, , 22 , , 21 , , 2 , , 4 , , 114 , , 143 , , 257 , , 56 , , 53 , , 663 , , 0.1 , , 0.2 , , 5.4 , , 6.8 , , 12.2 , , 2.7 , , 2.5 , , 31.6 , , 6 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

, , 22 , , 22 , , 13 , , 4 , , 113 , , 150 , , 263 , , 66 , , 65 , , 822 , , 0.6 , , 0.2 , , 5.1 , , 6.8 , , 12.0 , , 3.0 , , 3.0 , , 37.4 , , 7 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

, , 22 , , 24 , , 10 , , 7 , , 98 , , 190 , , 288 , , 52 , , 114 , , 838 , , 0.4 , , 0.3 , , 4.1 , , 7.9 , , 12.0 , , 2.2 , , 4.8 , , 34.9 , , 3 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

, , 22 , , 24 , , 11 , , 10 , , 157 , , 195 , , 352 , , 100 , , 102 , , 1058 , , 0.4 , , 0.4 , , 6.5 , , 8.1 , , 14.6 , , 4.1 , , 4.2 , , 44.1 , , 18 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

, , 22 , , 22 , , 20 , , 7 , , 128 , , 175 , , 303 , , 69 , , 69 , , 804 , , 0.9 , , 0.3 , , 5.8 , , 7.9 , , 13.7 , , 3.5 , , 3.5 , , 36.5 , , 11 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

, , 22 , , 19 , , 12 , , 6 , , 94 , , 161 , , 255 , , 54 , , 55 , , 576 , , 0.6 , , 0.3 , , 4.9 , , 8.5 , , 13.4 , , 2.8 , , 2.9 , , 30.3 , , 0 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

, , 22 , , 22 , , 12 , , 5 , , 139 , , 181 , , 320 , , 74 , , 63 , , 783 , , 0.5 , , 0.2 , , 6.3 , , 8.2 , , 14.5 , , 3.4 , , 2.9 , , 35.6 , , 6 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

, , 22 , , 22 , , 5 , , 7 , , 139 , , 230 , , 369 , , 62 , , 38 , , 737 , , 0.2 , , 0.3 , , 6.3 , , 10.5 , , 16.8 , , 2.8 , , 1.7 , , 33.5 , , 5 , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3, Career ! 234 ! 119 ! 72 ! 1309 ! 1750 ! 3059 ! 738 ! 743 ! 7597 ! 0.5 ! 0.3 ! 5.6 ! 7.5 ! 13.1 ! 3.2 ! 3.2 ! 32.5 ! 64

Personal life

Son of Andrea and Jeff, and brother of Luke and Kye, Todd grew up in the inner south eastern suburbs of Melbourne. His schooling involved attending Trinity Grammar School (in secondary school) and

(in primary school). Goldstein is currently studying a

juris doctor The Juris Doctor (J.D. or JD), also known as Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D., JD, D.Jur., or DJur), is a graduate-entry professional degree in law and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...

Deakin University Deakin University is a public university in Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1974, the university was named after Alfred Deakin, the second Prime Minister of Australia. Its main campuses are in Melbourne's Burwood suburb, Geelong Waurn Ponds, ...

. He had previously completed a Bachelor of Applied Management.

Footnotes

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Goldstein, Todd 1988 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) People educated at Trinity Grammar School, Kew North Melbourne Football Club players Oakleigh Chargers players All-Australians (AFL) Australian people of Jewish descent Syd Barker Medal winners North Ballarat Football Club players Tasmanian Devils Football Club players