Matthew Larkin

Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
Matthew Larkin
Personal information
Full name Matthew Larkin
Date of birth (1964-08-19) 19 August 1964 (age 60)
Original team(s) Boronia
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 90 kg (198 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1984–1993 North Melbourne 172 (143)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1993.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Matthew Larkin (born 19 August 1964) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club.

A midfielder, Larkin appeared 172 times for the Kangaroos in the VFL/AFL between 1984 and 1993. He captained the club for three seasons in the early 1990s.

From 1985 until 1988 he won three of the four North Melbourne best and fairest awards. He had been recruited from Boronia.

References

  • Matthew Larkin's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  • Matthew Larkin at AustralianFootball.com
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Captains of the North Melbourne Football Club
VFL/AFL
  • 1925–1926: Eicke
  • 1926: Donnelly
  • 1927: Barker
  • 1927–1929: Tyson
  • 1929: Trevaskis
  • 1930–1931: Lewis
  • 1932–1934: Taylor
  • 1934–1935: Fitzmaurice
  • 1935: Llewellyn
  • 1936–1937: Gaudion
  • 1937: Adamson
  • 1938–1939: Forbes
  • 1940: Thomas
  • 1940: Adamson
  • 1941: Cordner
  • 1941–1943: Findlay
  • 1944–1945: O'Brien
  • 1946: Fairweather
  • 1947: Dynon
  • 1948–1951: Foote
  • 1952–1953: Dynon
  • 1954: Marchesi
  • 1955: Lawrence
  • 1956: Brooker
  • 1957–1959: Brady
  • 1960: Mantello
  • 1961–1964: Aylett
  • 1965–1967: Teasdale
  • 1968–1970: Dugdale
  • 1971: Goodingham
  • 1972: Dench
  • 1973–1975: Davis
  • 1976–1979: Greig
  • 1979–1988: Schimmelbusch
  • 1988–1989: Law
  • 1990–1992: Larkin
  • 1993–2001: Carey
  • 2002–2003: Stevens
  • 2004–2008: Simpson
  • 2009–2011: Harvey
  • 2012–2016: Swallow
  • 2017–2022: Ziebell
  • 2023–: McDonald/Simpkin
AFL Women's
  • 2019–: Kearney
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Syd Barker Medal · North Melbourne Football Club best and fairest winners
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Victorian team1989 State of Origin
Victoria 19.12 (126) defeated Western Australia 10.12 (72), at the WACA Ground, 16 May 1989, crowd: 20,993
Victoria 22.17 (149) defeated South Australia 9.9 (63), at the MCG, 1 July 1989, crowd: 91,960
Both games
vs. Western Australia
vs. South Australia
Coach: Goggin
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Victorian 2nd XVIII team1991 State of Origin
Victoria 17.14 (116) defeated Tasmania 14.20 (104), at North Hobart Oval, 28 May 1991
Queensland 23.14 (152) defeated Victoria 15.8 (108), at The Gabba, 16 July 1991
Both games
vs. Tasmania
vs. Queensland
Coach: Austin


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