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Kelvin Templeton

{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1956}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Kelvin Templeton

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|9|30|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| originalteam = Traralgon (LVFL)

| height = 191 cm

| weight = 94 kg

| position = Forward

| statsend = 1985

| years1 = 1974–1982

| club1 = Footscray

| games_goals1 = 143 (494)

| years2 = 1983–1985

| club2 = Melbourne

| games_goals2 = 34 (99)

| games_goalstotal = 177 (593)

| careerhighlights = *Brownlow Medal: 1980

}}

Kelvin Templeton (born 30 September 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer. At sixteen years of age Templeton kicked 100 goals for Traralgon in the 1973 Latrobe Valley Football League season.

Footscray, within whose country zone Traralgon was located, eyed Templeton continuously from that point, and he joined the club for the 1974 season at a time when the club had been desperately short of matchwinning goalkickers ever since Jack Collins retired in the 1950s. His debut against Collingwood was a sensation, for Templeton kicked six goals at full-forward.Blair, Peter; History of the Brownlow Medal; p. 48. {{ISBN|0-9593406-3-7}} However, it was felt Templeton was too skinny at around {{convert|81.5|kg|lb}}, and it was only when he did major weight training that he really began to excel. In 1976, Templeton kicked 82 goals, with a best of seven against South Melbourne.

After an injury-ruined 1977, Templeton came back to head the goalkicking table for 1978 with 118, including a career-best performance of 15 goals against St Kilda on 1 July.{{cite web|last=Rees|first=Mic|title=Templeton's day out|url=http://australianfootball.com/articles/view/Templeton%2527s%2Bday%2Bout/400|work=AustralianFootball.com|access-date=15 March 2014}} During this match Templeton set a record of 24 scoring shots (15 goals, nine behinds).Rodgers, Stephen; The Complete Book of VFL Records; p. 264. {{ISBN|978-1-86252-802-4}} Footscray kicked a then-record score of 33 goals fifteen behinds (213 points) in this match and his combined total with Ian Dunstan of 22 goals is a record for two players on one side in a VFL/AFL match. Despite this phenomenal feat, Footscray finished eleventh of twelve teams with only six other wins for the year.

Templeton was the league's leading goalkicker for the second consecutive year but after an appalling start to the 1980 season with eleven consecutive losses coach Royce Hart moved Templeton to centre half-forward in order to bring him closer to the action.Blair; History of the Brownlow Medal; p. 48 The move worked so well that Templeton became the first forward to win the Brownlow Medal and still kicked over seventy goals.

In 1981, however, Templeton could play only six games due to a serious knee injury, and nagging injuries reduced his effectiveness during his last year with Footscray in 1982. Melbourne bought Templeton as part of a buying spree for 1983 but the injuries did not abate and he played only 34 games for the Demons before announcing his retirement in April 1986.{{cn|date=January 2023}}

Later, he would become the CEO of the Sydney Swans as they started to become a power in the Australian Football League.{{cn|date=January 2023}}

In 1980 Templeton covered the song "Who's Sorry Now" for the album Footy Favourites – a collection of songs sung by VFL players.

Statistics

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| colspan="2;" style="padding:3px; margin-bottom:-3px; margin-top:2px; font-family:Arial; "| Brownlow Medal votes

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! style="width:50%;"| Votes

1974

| —

1975

| 2

1976

| 2

1977

| 5

1978

| 5

1979

| 2

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| 1980

| 23

1981

| —

1982

| —

1983

| 3

1984

| 2

1985

| —

Total

| 44

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| colspan=2| Green / Bold = Won

:[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/K/Kelvin_Templeton.html Kelvin Templeton's player profile at AFL Tables]

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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1974

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| 31 || 12 || 25 || 18 || 92 || 14 || 106 || 54 || {{n/a}} || 2.1 || 1.5 || 7.7 || 1.2 || 8.8 || 4.5 || {{n/a}}

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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1975

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Foo}}

| 31 || 14 || 29 || 18 || 92 || 19 || 111 || 62 || {{n/a}} || 2.1 || 1.4 || 7.1 || 1.5 || 8.5 || 4.8 || {{n/a}}

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1976

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Foo}}

| 31 || 23 || 82 || 39 || 201 || 14 || 215 || 117 || {{n/a}} || 3.6 || 1.7 || 8.7 || 0.6 || 9.3 || 5.1 || {{n/a}}

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1977

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Foo}}

| 31 || 9 || 40 || 19 || 84 || 9 || 93 || 46 || {{n/a}} || 4.4 || 2.4 || 9.3 || 1.0 || 10.3 || 5.1 || {{n/a}}

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1978

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| 31 || 21 || bgcolor="DD6E81"| 118 || bgcolor="DD6E81"| 65 || 253 || 27 || 280 || 176 || {{n/a}} || bgcolor="DD6E81"| 5.6 || bgcolor="DD6E81"| 3.1 || 12.0 || 1.3 || 13.3 || 8.4 || {{n/a}}

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1979

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| 31 || 22 || bgcolor="DD6E81"| 91 || bgcolor="DD6E81"| 62 || 238 || 27 || 265 || 150 || {{n/a}} || 4.1 || bgcolor="DD6E81"| 2.8 || 10.8 || 1.2 || 12.0 || 6.8 || {{n/a}}

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1980

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Foo}}

| 31 || 22 || 75 || 33 || 329 || 84 || 413 || 188 || {{n/a}} || 3.4 || 1.5 || 15.0 || 3.8 || 18.8 || 8.5 || {{n/a}}

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1981

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Foo}}

| 31 || 6 || 8 || 7 || 68 || 28 || 96 || 45 || {{n/a}} || 1.3 || 1.2 || 11.3 || 4.7 || 16.0 || 7.5 || {{n/a}}

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1982

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Foo}}

| 31 || 14 || 26 || 21 || 170 || 61 || 231 || 98 || {{n/a}} || 1.9 || 1.5 || 12.1 || 4.4 || 16.5 || 7.0 || {{n/a}}

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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1983

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Mel}}

| 31 || 13 || 38 || 29 || 104 || 20 || 124 || 68 || {{n/a}} || 2.9 || 2.2 || 8.0 || 1.5 || 9.5 || 5.2 || {{n/a}}

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1984

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Mel}}

| 31 || 16 || 51 || 19 || 103 || 14 || 117 || 69 || {{n/a}} || 3.2 || 1.2 || 6.4 || 0.9 || 7.3 || 4.3 || {{n/a}}

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1985

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Mel}}

| 31 || 5 || 10 || 5 || 24 || 7 || 31 || 16 || {{n/a}} || 2.0 || 1.0 || 4.8 || 1.4 || 6.2 || 3.2 || {{n/a}}

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! colspan=3| Career

! 177

! 593

! 335

! 1758

! 324

! 2082

! 1089

! {{n/a}}

! 3.4

! 1.9

! 10.0

! 1.8

! 11.8

! 6.2

! {{n/a}}

|}

References

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External links

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{{Australian Football Media Association Player of the Year}}

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Category:Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal

Category:Traralgon Football Club players

Category:Australian rules footballers from Traralgon

Category:Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees

Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen