Nathan Buckley

Nathan Buckley (born July 26, 1972) is an Australian Rules football player and captain of the Collingwood Football Club.

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July 26 - 1972 - Australian Rules football - Collingwood Football Club

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He is the most notable Collingwood player of the modern era, named on the Half-Back line in that club's team of the century. After winning a Magarey Medal with Port Adelaide Football Club, Buckley debuted for the now-defunct Brisbane Bears Football Club, where he won the AFL Rising Star Award for best rookie, but was traded to Collingwood in 1994. He quickly became one of the most dominant midfielders in the AFL, winning a place in the All-Australian team seven times: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 (vice-captain), 2000 (vice-captain), 2001, and 2003 (vice-captain). Along with Brisbane's Michael Voss, North Melbourne's Wayne Carey, and Essendon's James Hird, Buckley is regarded as one of the great AFL players of the last twenty-five years. Many rate his Norm Smith Medal winning (best on ground) performance in the losing 2002 Grand Final as his greatest achievement. That day, Collingwood fell nine points short of beating the highly-fancied Brisbane Lions. Famously, Buckley removed the Norm Smith Medal from around his neck shortly after it was presented to him, a symbol of his extreme disappointment and overriding dedication to the team effort.

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Port Adelaide Football Club - Brisbane Bears - AFL - 1994 - AFL - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2003 - Michael Voss - Wayne Carey - James Hird - Norm Smith Medal - Brisbane Lions

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Nathan Buckley was a joint-winner of the 2003 Brownlow Medal with Adam Goodes and Mark Ricciuto, won the Norm Smith Medal in 2002 for a best on ground performance in a Grand Final loss against the Brisbane Lions, and has won a Collingwood-record six Best and Fairest Awards - named the Copeland Trophy - in 1994 (equal), 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2003. Buckley is a seven-time All-Australian and was captain of Australia's 1998 International rules football side.

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2003 - Brownlow Medal - Adam Goodes - Mark Ricciuto - Norm Smith Medal - 2002 - Brisbane Lions - 1994 - 1996 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - All-Australian - Australia - International rules football

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