had every single skill in the game. hard. fast. tough. strong. finesse. athleticism. really was GOD. imagine him playing in 2024
@revalationrevaltion92912 ай бұрын
We have pussy woke crap today footy is shit today
@stuartcallaghan32852 ай бұрын
Exactly. Every attribute rolled into one. X factor off the charts. If he played today with todays training…..wow 😮
@pwilliams6405Ай бұрын
He'd kick 125+ every season against the soft players of today !
@ethan7670811 ай бұрын
This is the best highlight reel of any footballer I’ve ever watched
@johndicarlo2253 ай бұрын
Greg Williams was another good one
@r.mhaych5021Ай бұрын
Watch jnr’s highlights. They’re just as impressive.
@user-jn3jr3ok6z8 ай бұрын
Best player I have ever seen in my 50 years…..he had it all….strength, size, speed, skill and footy brain…..imagine him playing today…..he would dominate…..top 5 player of all time in my opinion
@aretehouse37322 ай бұрын
Bomber fan. Been around for 45 years. Seen quite a few all time greats. Ablett the greatest.
@Rick-Jangle6 жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to see Gazza play on many occasions. Including 89 prelim and GF. I was there when he kicked 14 against Richmond in 89 and 14 against Essendon in 93. Watched him kick 11 against Melbourne one day and 11 against Nth. I saw the best of Gazza. I can’t speak for everyone but I can say this on my behalf, Gary Ablett Snr is the best footballer I have ever seen . And I’ll take that to the grave.
@greebo78575 жыл бұрын
@TheDamo63 I'll never forget the look Mick Martin's face when Leigh Tudor kicked it over his head and he turned to see Gaz mark it, 5 metres out with seconds to go with scores level in the 94 prelim. I was at the Essendon game as well. At the Cattery when he kicked his 100th against Sydney and his 1000th against former cat Stephen O'Reilly playing for Freo. Best two players I have ever seen are called Gary Ablett.
@charzga13314 жыл бұрын
I sadly wasn’t born when he was playing. But me myself being a Geelong fan, I can say with 100% confidence that he was the god of footy.
@newdiggszweiundsiebzig2 жыл бұрын
I was also at those games you just mentioned and I agree 100% with everything!! Was seated behind the mark over Pert and remember so vividly how he was standing next to him and seconds later he was on his shoulders!!! This video is sensational and brings back such great memories of watching the Great Man and the mighty Catters! 😃
@shirleymusic72542 жыл бұрын
@M lol who gives a shit. The spice girls were massive across the planet. The Ramones sold about 1 per cent of their records. Who was the better band ? What a stupid comment
@maxrussell7364 Жыл бұрын
@@greebo7857 Get your hand off it and check out afl international cup
@harryhenderson49516 жыл бұрын
The best there ever was, the best there will ever be. LEGEND
@eijiniizuma61844 жыл бұрын
you would expect nothing less from a man nicknamed "God"
@joshfraser5828 Жыл бұрын
No one else’s showreel comes close to this… even Carey’s
@horrormaestro3468 Жыл бұрын
No footballer had the combination of power , speed, athletic ability and skill like Gary Ablett senior. We'll never see his like again.
@jakemaxwell1487 жыл бұрын
Best highlights you will ever see from one player. His sheer determination for the ball is like no other. One of a kind, genius
@markw65862 ай бұрын
He was a freak of nature.
@samcash6131 Жыл бұрын
Ablett was a player with freakish skills. And he always had the best players to compete against. Incredible to watch.
@russellcampbell91982 жыл бұрын
Anyone who doesn't think he was the greatest ever AFL footballer is just kidding themselves.
@nzmagpie13 жыл бұрын
I doubt we will ever see another this good.
@joememphis15712 жыл бұрын
From 1992 to 1996, he kicked 516 goals in 102 games, averaging 5.1 goals per game. He kicked 375 of his 1021 goals with Geelong, when he won three consecutive Coleman Medals and kicked 100 plus goals in the same year. (1993; 129, 1994; 122, 1995; 124). Between 1993 and 1995, he averaged close to a half dozen goals per game. Between 1985 and 1990, playing on the half forward flank and wing, he kicked nearly 4 goals per game when he booted 444 goals in 113 games. He even kicked nine goals in a losing grand final side against the mighty Hawks where he made a six game cameo in 1982 with 11 goals.Even when he left in 1996, he kicked 69 goals in 17 matches averaging 4.1 goals per game.
@rankoutsider23632 жыл бұрын
Absolute top gun ✈️
@Rick-Jangle2 жыл бұрын
Great Comment, absolutely brilliant! You just stated why he is the greatest of all time!
@joecolvin36173 ай бұрын
The GREATEST, GOD THE BEST EVER
@brandonaldersea5684 Жыл бұрын
explosive power combined with skill, fearlessness and determination made Ablett Snr. the best player the game has ever seen. As a Collingwood supporter I was in awe of this machine of a man back in the day
@andrewenglish2901 Жыл бұрын
The greatest player ever. Tell me he can't be??? He played some games in other positions than full forward. And yet he is top 5 in goal scoring Plus what Gary Did in contests was phenomenal. I've said he's the greatest. If your out there Gary I'd love to meet you. I have my own mental health misused On his day Gary Ablett was tha greatest footballer ever. If you don't believe me.,watch the 89....grand final...
@adriandevil7232 Жыл бұрын
Will NEVER be another player like him. Truly a blessing from god this man was! LEGEND
@southerndiy1 Жыл бұрын
Still the best footballer I’ve seen so far in my lifetime. An outrageous combination of strength and pure skill. What other player has a highlight reel like this?
@johnrichards7185 Жыл бұрын
Carey
@JesseEley0710 ай бұрын
Leigh Matthews. Ablett crazy good. But Matthews could do all that too. And kicked 900 goals as a rover
@TBoneTony Жыл бұрын
Long before Robbie Williams sang "Let me Entertain you" Gary Ablett was doing that same thing on the Australian Football Field by letting the way he played the game entertain those who were lucky enough to see him on the day he played between 1982 to 1996.
@hutcx65 Жыл бұрын
There will never be a player like him. The best there is.. The best there was… The best there ever will be !
@Insignificatos6 жыл бұрын
Gazza was Brilliant. Thanks for the memories
@simonettacarsonelli4 жыл бұрын
Ablett and Brownless combo was fun to witness as a kid at Kardinia Park and MCG.
@baddazzgarage29535 жыл бұрын
THE BEST FOOTBALLER TO EVERY LACE A BOOT! PERIOD!!
@jewdavid56272 жыл бұрын
Imagine how magnificent the cats could have been in 89 if DIESEL had stayed at Geelong.
@MyCaptainPugwash6 жыл бұрын
Imagine the weapon he would be today with the physical and sport science behind him
@johnarundell79516 жыл бұрын
He wouldn't survive an ice bath though ..
@johnarundell79516 жыл бұрын
Correction he wouldn't accept an ice bath.
@-g7-9556 жыл бұрын
That's why he played from the 80s though against real tough strong men who don't muck around,he played against the best of the best so we can witness how much of a gifted footballer he was while not taking training all too seriously lol,there will never be another player like him again I don't think,one of a kind.
@stuartcallaghan13752 жыл бұрын
Exactly. He was 100 years ahead of his time. If he trained properly he would have had bradman like statistics.
@m.b.822 жыл бұрын
He was always a specimen despite the lack of training though.
@nickbeggsaxl7 жыл бұрын
Gary had the X Factor like no other.
@stuartcallaghan13752 жыл бұрын
Gary ablett was an explosion of biological evolution. A once in a century phenomenon. I look at how players kick a goal from 50 today and the commentators go crazy about it yet Gary would nail them from 60 - 70m like it was absolutely nothing.
@girlsblouse78662 жыл бұрын
And only 6' 1". He used to shit me when he wore the Big V against us Sandgropers. His first game he kicked 8. Magnificent. He kicked bags in the others too. Bastard.
@r.mhaych5021Ай бұрын
Mate, how rare is it that the old man Gazza is this fkn good then his son jnr was a freak too. Shame his eldest didn’t have the drive he woulda had 2 sons that were freak footy players. I love KZbin for the fact that they have content like this for a footy (dons) fan who grew up watching only mid 90’s - present time footy.
@peterwilson10383 ай бұрын
A cross between Wayne Carey and Peter Daicos.
@austopinion43887 жыл бұрын
There has been none better ....
@christinemorrissy4 жыл бұрын
And very doubtful there ever will be - maybe Levi, the Rising Star of 2038?
@chrishooper82602 жыл бұрын
None better. There's been no one even comes close. Jim 1st daylight 2nd. Anyone who thinks different has t o be completely ignorant.
@4x4andfishing2 жыл бұрын
@@chrishooper8260 Lee Mathews did some special things as well and his best goals, marks and possessions stats are better but I'm an Ablett fan as I watched him live a lot
@stuartdalgliesh82015 жыл бұрын
wow, just luved watching these highlights ,,, saw him play mant times live and he is the greatest afl player ever.
@jonburrows98168 жыл бұрын
Viv Richards of AFL.
@cudgean2 жыл бұрын
Simply the Best.Made things happen out of nothing.Had all the skills of a modern footballer in spades and flair to boot!
@gileslanglois44727 жыл бұрын
Ben I'm a Hawthorn supporter and that is simply the most enjoyable footy package I've seen in years. Well done.
@baddazzgarage29534 жыл бұрын
@Arthur Valkan well he was truly a hawthorn player only hated city life! He also requested a trade back to hawks in 86 but they decided no after the contract sat in hawks president office for a year! He really was a hawk! His brother Geoff played whole career at hawthorn as well ! Greatest player without doubt then Matthews! Gary says matthews was best and matthews says ablett was best! That says it all! Hawthorn has had the greatest players greatest coaches of all time! Look at cups since 2015 dogs coached by ex hawk assistant to clarko! Tigers coach ex assistant to clarko and eagles coach ex assistant to clarko! If that does not shock you nothing will! Greatest club ever in existence!!
@baddazzgarage29534 жыл бұрын
@Arthur Valkan barney was still a champion wether he laid out bruns or not ! And you think the cats are the greatest team of all your kidding arnt you we gave you gazza! You were coached buy gary Ayres and you had a full forward called jacko😂🤣 greatest duds of all we had dunstall a big difference! Beat you in greatest grand final beat ya in 08! Won 3 in a row 5 in the 80s won in the 70s won in the 60s greatest coaches greatest players i can go on and on what have you got since the 60s we have 13 cups lets hear yours??
@adriandevil7232 Жыл бұрын
@@baddazzgarage2953 the ablett name will forever been known as a geelong last name not hawthorn…like you said he hated the city life and loved the country that’s why he stayed in geelong
@russellparratt9859 Жыл бұрын
I'm happy I saw him play many times. Apart from those spectacular high marks, one of his favourite tricks was reading the ball so well as it flew towards a pack, that everyone else missed it, and he would end up with a chestmark, or something similar. It was uncanny.
@garysuda13627 ай бұрын
I'm speechless Gazzza gave so much too footy a once in a lifetime player had the lot & more endless talent👍
@shramo5 жыл бұрын
"The man they cannot stop." 00:19 - looks like the year 9 kid that got out to lunch early to carve up the years 7s.
@markthomas71322 жыл бұрын
I looked at Malcolm Blights highlights pretty impressive. I looked at Leigh Matthews highlights. Gazza blows them out of the park, simply a phenonema.
@clyntonoconnor59622 жыл бұрын
Senior master goat
@AndrewWilliams-kw6bc Жыл бұрын
LEGEND !
@pwilliams6405Ай бұрын
The greatest footballer I have ever witnessed in the VFL/AFL league. I'm a Essendon Bomber fan of 50+ yrs and every time Essendon played against Ablett,I secretly wished that Ablett would kick a bag of goals against us but of course we still win. Perfectly example 1983 Ablett v Essendon Our full forward Salmon kicks 10 goals at one end and Ablett kicks a massive 14 goals at the other end ! Bombers win though 😅 Just a pure dynamic power forward with a killer instinct for the goals. Would kick over 100 + goals a year if he was playing today against the pretty boys of the AFL today 😂
@Inveteratedaydreaner2 жыл бұрын
He is to footy what Don Bradman is to cricket. Gazza is the best, was the best, and will always be the best. There will never be another remotely close to being anywhere near as great as Gazza in full flight....we didn't realise how good we had it being able to see Gazza do what he did best: play footy. If I could go back in time I'd make sure that I went to every game that he played in.....
@greebo78575 жыл бұрын
The superstar of superstars.
@cakesandpi6 жыл бұрын
Lol that bomb at 2:03 is some bullshit. He’s only 10 metres past centre and clears the line, crazy.
@simonettacarsonelli4 жыл бұрын
WHAT MORE CAN YOU SAY!
@ccronk Жыл бұрын
I’m not a Geelong supporter, but I went to games just to see him play… and yeah, I was there in’93 when he kicked 14 v Ess, reckon he automatically brought an extra 15,000 people through the gates most weeks just to see the magic at work!
@ChipsCooper7 жыл бұрын
Still the best footballer I've ever seen I saw him put Wayne Johnson in hospital with a broken spleen with a hip and shoulder had everything and a bit more.
@terrya89897 жыл бұрын
he broke Johnson's sternum as well as splitting his spleen but the Dominator refused to go down....came off at 3 quarter time and missed the next 5 games. Loved both players...big time performers.
@-g7-9556 жыл бұрын
My dad told me you could also hear the thumping smash of the bump from in the Croud because it was so loud
@rankoutsider23633 жыл бұрын
So skilfully tough & humble. Brilliant video 🤜🤛
@liamg25163 жыл бұрын
Michael Jordan of AFL
@markbeale62127 жыл бұрын
best ever!!
@harryhenderson49516 жыл бұрын
Great video ben. Appreciate it.
@MrDtrain69 Жыл бұрын
The best footballer I've ever seen and I've seen some good one's. Gazza was absolute box office bum's on seats, nobody had his aerial prowess along with his amazing ball handling skills when it hit the ground. Chased the ball like his life depended on it. Every opponent knew where he was because everyone watching knew as well. An absolute nightmare for defenders, could kick it a mile on both sides and there's very few who could do that in any generation. The complete footballer in my opinion.
@robspud27686 жыл бұрын
Ablett was the Mike Tyson of footy..explosive power !!!
@jaklaughing17288 ай бұрын
reflexes of a giant cat...already kicking for goal when the oppo where looking for him to tackle!
@brendankelson3005 Жыл бұрын
His father said two can run fast two can jump high Gary can do it all .
@stuartcallaghan32852 ай бұрын
Yes I remember reading that.
@hedonismunderstands24695 ай бұрын
a tragedy he never won a flag... saw him just a couple of times, awesome presence on the field.
@danielwebb40473 жыл бұрын
How he never won a Brownlow is beyond me started as a wingman before going forward to kill some of the best backmen in the modern era
@hanajinks1044 Жыл бұрын
He missed a few games thru injury and suspension here and there...he'd run 30 yds to clean up creeps that were scratching and niggling Couchy and l don't think the umps liked that.
@joefitzpatrick8638 ай бұрын
Geelong's opening round centreline of 1984: Gary Ablett - Greg Williams - Michael Turner.
@n.w.owhoknowstheshadowknow582 жыл бұрын
It's between Lockett and Ablett for the goat as both had something special that hasn't yet been equalled.
@TheRammMan4 жыл бұрын
4:38 is one of the best marks I've seen him take while on his opponent's shoulder and one grab! Second only to the one hander over Pert.
@rankoutsider23633 жыл бұрын
💯👌
@razcann3597 Жыл бұрын
7:30 for me
@chemistryset18 жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to have seen Ablett snr play live, these highlights are a great testament to his freakish gifts. Some of these highlights I've seen a million times and they still amaze me. the goal at 1m54s I don't think I've seen (or had forgotten) - how the fuck did he kick that goal? the bloke could defy the laws of physics at times.
@magri10006 жыл бұрын
chemistryset1 yes that goal your talking about, left foot snap while falling over in the boundary line is arguably the best goal of all time. As you say, ‘ how the hell did he kick that’. It defies physics.
@-g7-9556 жыл бұрын
Yes me too mate my dad took me a lot as a youngster from around 90'-95',best memories ever even though I could barely see him from the crowd Bcos I was a kid lol Kardinia Park was hard to see anything in the standing area,great childhood memories,I got his autograph
@-g7-9556 жыл бұрын
In 95 at Whitten Oval before a Fitzroy game my Dad called out Gary twice bcos he ignored the first time but turned around and seen me and my brother just star struck looking up at him he had a change of heart,awesome day.
@ynocoolnamesleft7 жыл бұрын
nice job on the highlights package most people put a song with it and wreck it
@bennyg447 жыл бұрын
best comment i've had!
@TheMicturation2 жыл бұрын
the greatest
@beldengi5 жыл бұрын
There will never be another footballer as exciting as Gazza but Lockett must come close.
@russellparratt9859 Жыл бұрын
Lockett? No way. He was big, took strong marks, and kicked lots of goals. However, Ablett's skills were simply on a higher plane. Lockett was predictable. Ablett did the unpredictable.
@rarebee37433 ай бұрын
So just randomly kicks the ball and it goes through.....what a skill
@robertmescher4700 Жыл бұрын
There was Ablett .... daylight..... then the rest.
@clyntonoconnor59622 жыл бұрын
There is the master
@200507167 жыл бұрын
It was a mark on Gary pert he holds it to his chest/breast plate until he smashes into the ground has to be a mark
@rod71395 жыл бұрын
No it wasn't a Mark, just a great highlight.
@carncats073 жыл бұрын
@@rod7139 The umpire paid it, so it was a mark.
@raelene1015 жыл бұрын
God
@hojinl3 жыл бұрын
I don't think the last paid mark was the mark. However, I am glad that it was paid, so that we can watch it from time to time.
@toxicmustardwasabi Жыл бұрын
imagine how good someone must be to get the nickname "God." what an absolute freak. buddy is the only one who's ever come close and he wasn't the aerialist ablett was.
@jaklaughing17288 ай бұрын
Richo blows buddy away!
@razcann35973 жыл бұрын
The Lionel Messi of VFL/AFL
@mabiorcholappreciationpage3 жыл бұрын
He's more like the Maradona of VFL/AFL. Amazing player, shit human with drug issues
@jaklaughing17288 ай бұрын
Eric says hold my beer!
@AdamSullivan-nm2oz Жыл бұрын
Many of people who are better but he was a legend but the best ever I suppose you would like to think that his son is the best as well haaa
@dumb_as_rocks5 жыл бұрын
1:25 is the best goal of all time time between marking and kicking? can someone explain how he did it? so many lucky goals make the top goals of all time list but this is clearly not luck at work
@dumb_as_rocks5 жыл бұрын
oh my god they're all the best goal of all time
@simonettacarsonelli4 жыл бұрын
These days it would be a ruck infringement. How gay is footy now!!! Even if still explosive and much faster.... That goal was one of my childhood major highlights of all time, it was magic!
@simonettacarsonelli3 жыл бұрын
@Chanvlan No it isn't. Do you know AFL?
@nelsonhemstreet3568 Жыл бұрын
Great player! Could take a hit and was not shy about giving them either. Not sure if he could get away with that nowadays though.
@scrappy50114 ай бұрын
Easily the greatest player ever to play Aussie rules - from a Collingwood supporter.
@clyntonoconnor59622 жыл бұрын
Own league
@charlesmartella Жыл бұрын
He played those wet boggy conditions exactly the same as he did in the dry
@Bendoverandgrabyourankles Жыл бұрын
Probably my favourite was watching him do lines of coke in the toilet at Bobby Mcgees in the mid 90s.
@JonBurrows-qd7vw3 ай бұрын
So you were watching along... What an exciting life you have.
@Bendoverandgrabyourankles3 ай бұрын
@@JonBurrows-qd7vw Yes it was exciting I was out having a ball when I was younger, not spending my time commenting on other people’s comments on KZbin because I have no life.
@austopinion43887 жыл бұрын
1.54, Carey eat your heart out ...
@jameswrappner46242 жыл бұрын
HS his highlight package is better than mine even!!
@lukustreloar7243 Жыл бұрын
What a player
@patricksobb57623 жыл бұрын
Well I'm sure he was alright after the mark of the century when the 8th trainer got there to help him
@sniffyskitty18016 жыл бұрын
he's a bloody freak
@victorpetroff8304 жыл бұрын
He was called GOD watch this and you'll see why
@Andrew-qo4cq3 жыл бұрын
the original chad.
@Pussylord42193 жыл бұрын
mY mAn DoNt mIsS
@but1z3 ай бұрын
5:02
@dallasdempster8173 ай бұрын
Not bad
@clyntonoconnor59622 жыл бұрын
Danger
@thesupplantor3 жыл бұрын
Dropped the last mark.
@tonywalker76023 жыл бұрын
None better only 185 cm too.
@chrishooper82602 жыл бұрын
Mate anyone who thinks anyone comes close to Abblett has got their eyes shut.
@81forever50 Жыл бұрын
How many times can you be punched in the back of the head. Sometimes, they go for the ball other times to stop 10 goals.
@TONY_FEZ4 жыл бұрын
who is the idiot at 5:45 who almost ruined Gary's amazing goal by trying get a boot on it - is that Richo?
@bennyg444 жыл бұрын
Looks a bit like Gavin Brown maybe?
@jonburrows98164 жыл бұрын
Brad Boyd.
@telmocaseiro34963 жыл бұрын
Reckon it's one of his most freakish best ever goals as on the behind goal line circled/pressured by 2 opponents & somehow still kicks it over his head for a goal - unbelievable!!!
@stanstanley2 жыл бұрын
NOT A MARK !
@revalationrevaltion92912 ай бұрын
Look at the woosi game we have today 2024 pure milktoast woke crappppp
@markp24294 ай бұрын
Junior's highlight reel is boring compare to this insane collection
@kevaldrick8272 Жыл бұрын
Better than Gary Jnr, unlucky, beat Bruce Douall, pushed two opponents at the same time, took the mark, kicked the goal...how many premierships? The measuring stick! GOAT: Bruce Douall GO BLUES Gary, you told me on Christine Grossman's phone that you hope to meet me. Get in contact with torcht to find out where. ☘️❤️😂
@lp761003 жыл бұрын
he didnt handball much...
@21macca212 жыл бұрын
Aussie rules is shite .... Tough game but the concept is mind numbing