Height/Weight 192cm / 97 kg Role Footballer Years Club Weight 96 kg | Name Scott Lucas | |
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Date of birth (1977-12-30) 30 December 1977 (age 38) Draft #4, 1994 National Draft Debut Round 5, 25 April 1996, Essendonv. Collingwood, at Melbourne Cricket Ground | ||
Afl scott lucas kicks 7 goals in a quarter
Scott Lucas (born 30 December 1977) is a former Australian rules footballer for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League, and is noted as the other major forward for the Bombers, along with Matthew Lloyd. Together, Lloyd and Lucas were affectionately dubbed the "twin towers" due to their height in the Bomber forward line.
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- Btv comeback hero scott lucas
- Football career
- Personal life
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Btv comeback hero scott lucas
Football career
Lucas is known for his strong marking and being a powerful, accurate left foot kick, although his apparent inability to kick with his right foot is almost as notable. Lucas once joked on The Sunday Footy Show in 2006 that the last time he kicked with his right foot was to Gary Moorcroft when he took the 2001 Mark of the Year.
He mainly plays across half-forward or centre half-forward, but can also play at centre half-back and full forward. He regularly has shots on goal from outside 60-metres with his booming left foot and rarely handballs, averaging less than 3 handballs a match.
In 2006 Lucas had an outstanding season for an Essendon side that underachieved that year, playing at full forward and being their main target and goal kicker in the absence of captain Matthew Lloyd. He finished the season with a career best 67 goals, running second in the Coleman Medal behind Brendan Fevola. He was one of just three players who played every match for the season. He capped off this season with his second Crichton Medal, winning with 239 votes from Jobe Watson's 221. He had previously won the award in 2003, when he shared the medal with James Hird.
Against West Coast in Round 11, 2007, Lucas booted his 400th career goal.
A vintage display also came against West Coast in Round 22, when, despite being close to 50 points down, Lucas rallied in the last quarter in a remarkable solo effort, booting 7 goals (and just missing for a record-equaling eighth), reducing the margin to just 2 points. In the end a late goal to the Eagles saw a gallant Essendon fall 8 points short of one of the greatest ever AFL comebacks. This was also the last game of Essendon legend James Hird and coach of 27 years, Kevin Sheedy.
During a match against the Western Bulldogs in the 2008 NAB Cup, Lucas managed to kick a record 3 Super Goals which took his career tally to 7, making him the leading super goal kicker in the AFL.
Lucas suffered a knee injury, a torn cartilage in the first round of the 2008 season against North Melbourne and was out of action for a number of weeks. Along with teammate Dustin Fletcher, Lucas signed a one-year contract mid-2008. He bounced back to play in the second half of the season and kicked an amazing mid air soccer goal against Richmond late in the season.
On 18 August 2009, Lucas announced his immediate retirement from football.
In 2013, Lucas was inducted into the Essendon Football Club Hall of Fame.
Personal life
On 4 January 2002 he married Georgina Short. They have 3 daughters – Mia (born 12 December 2002), Hannah (born 12 July 2004) and Meg (born 26 May 2006).