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Anthony "Tony" Liberatore (born 11 February 1966) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Footscray Football Club (renamed the Western Bulldogs during his playing career) in the Australian Football League (AFL). Liberatore is the only player to have won league best-and-fairest medals in all three grades of VFL/AFL football (under 19s, reserves and seniors). Liberatore is one of the shortest players to have played in the VFL/AFL competition and the shortest player to have won a Brownlow Medal. Playing as a rover, Liberatore was a long-time holder of the VFL/AFL record for most career tackles.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Player Totals )〕 Liberatore was born in Australia to Italian parents.〔pg 375. Australia's Blackest Sporting Moments: The Top 100. By Stephen Hagan. Published by Ngalga Warralu Publishing Pty Ltd, 2006. ISBN 1-921212-00-4, 978-1-921212-00-0〕 ==AFL career== Liberatore played junior football for Brunswick City. He was recruited by North Melbourne Football Club, where he played both under-19s and reserve grade football. He transferred to Footscray in 1986 and, although he made his senior level debut in 1986, he mainly played in the reserves that season, winning the VFL reserves' Gardiner Medal in both 1986 and 1988. Standing at 163 cm, Liberatore played only 18 senior games until the 1990 season, when he played 19 games and won the Brownlow Medal for the best and fairest senior AFL player. Liberatore played a total of 283 senior games for Footscray/Western Bulldogs in a career that included 13 finals, life membership of the club, and selection on the interchange bench in the club's Team of the Century. Liberatore was noted for his prolific tackling. Throughout his senior career, he made 1,225 tackles in his career; an average of 4.39 per game. In 1992 he became the first VFL/AFL player to exceed 100 tackles in a season, and then exceeded 100 tackles each season until 1996.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/1993s.html )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/1994s.html )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/1995s.html )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/1996s.html )〕 His season tally of 142 tackles in 1994 stood as the VFL/AFL record until 2006, when James McDonald bettered it by one.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/teams/allteams/playershi.html )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tony Liberatore」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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