The club continued to do well in , finishing 5th on the ladder with 13 wins and 11 losses. In round 10 of the Lions beat premiership favourites Essendon by 28 points. This was the start of a game winning streak that extended to the grand final, a feat which had only been accomplished once, by Carlton in In they were beaten by Port Adelaide in the grand final.
He was named All Australian in , and , In recognition of the fairness that accompanied his tenacious approach to the game, Matthews polled Brownlow Medal votes over the course of his career, finishing third in and Efficiency and expediency are paramount in Australian football, and Leigh Matthews possessed both in abundance. Which is only to affirm that, in Australian football terms, he was a highly skilful player.
In VFL games over 17 seasons with the Hawks he was eight times adjudged his club's fairest and most brilliant player - quite an awesome accolade when you consider that his career coincided with arguably Hawthorn's greatest ever era. Leigh Matthews is kind of black and blue hair that always enlarges his beauty. Marital Status. Leigh Matthews father's name is Not Available.
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Another brilliant season in confirmed Matthews as one of the best players in the game. He kicked more goals than most Full Forwards, while also being one of the most effective ball winners in the game.
For the season Matthews kicked 71 goals at 3. His best game for the year came in a Qualifying Final against North Melbourne, when he had 31 kicks and kicked 7 goals from 13 scoring shots. It was an immense performance in a hard fought win. Hawthorn again played North in the Grand Final, and although Matthews was not amongst the best this time, his second premiership medal was just reward for a brilliant season.
In the season Matthews went from being from one of the best players in league to one of the best of all time, with what was among the greatest individual seasons by any player in history. Matthews posted career highs in kicks, marks, handballs and goals, averaging He kicked 7 goals and had plus disposals three times in seven weeks and finished the season with another 30 disposals and 6 goals against Essendon in round He won Hawthorn's best and fairest for the fifth time.
Matthews 91 goals that year was a record for goals kicked by a non-full forward, until it was broken in by Collingwood's Peter Daicos where Matthews was then coaching. Matthews' performances in further confirmed his status as the game's number one player, as he added another 71 goals to his career tally and averaged The Hawks again played North Melbourne in the grand final, but this time a best afield display of 28 disposals and 4 goals by Matthews ensured the win for Hawthorn.
Matthews was on track for another stellar season in before injury forced him out of all but two of the last 10 games of the year. A 7-goal performance against Richmond in round 5 was a highlight in a season that saw him spend less time in front of goals and more in the midfield. In , Matthews became the captain of Hawthorn, a position he held until his retirement in He was also selected as the captain of the Victorian State of Origin team for the only time in his career, and he won his seventh club Best and Fairest.
Matthews spent less time in the forward line and while it was the first time since that he averaged less than two goals per game, his Hawthorn opened the season against Melbourne in round 1 and Matthews, under a slight injury cloud, lined up at full forward to great effect. He took 10 marks and kicked 11 goals. Matthews missed five games between rounds 3 and 8, before returning to his customary role, alternating between the forward line and midfield, for the rest of the season.
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