Gary Ablett Snr - The Best From the Best

[@pbfamous07]

had every single skill in the game. hard. fast. tough. strong. finesse. athleticism. really was GOD. imagine him playing in 2024

[@revalationrevaltion9291]

We have pussy woke crap today footy is shit today

[@stuartcallaghan3285]

Exactly. Every attribute rolled into one. X factor off the charts. If he played today with todays training…..wow 😮

[@pwilliams6405]

He'd kick 125+ every season against the soft players of today !

[@ethan76708]

This is the best highlight reel of any footballer I’ve ever watched

[@johndicarlo225]

Greg Williams was another good one

[@r.mhaych5021]

Watch jnr’s highlights. They’re just as impressive.

[@Mike-c7j7b]

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

[@Rick-Jangle]

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.

[@greebo7857]

@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.

[@charzga1331]

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.

[@newdiggszweiundsiebzig]

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! 😃

[@shirleymusic7254]

@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]

@@greebo7857 Get your hand off it and check out afl international cup

[@aretehouse3732]

Bomber fan. Been around for 45 years. Seen quite a few all time greats. Ablett the greatest.

[@harryhenderson4951]

The best there ever was, the best there will ever be. LEGEND

[@eijiniizuma6184]

you would expect nothing less from a man nicknamed "God"

[@jakemaxwell148]

Best highlights you will ever see from one player. His sheer determination for the ball is like no other. One of a kind, genius

[@Insignificatos]

Gazza was Brilliant. Thanks for the memories

[@nzmagpie1]

I doubt we will ever see another this good.

[@adriandevil7232]

Will NEVER be another player like him. Truly a blessing from god this man was! LEGEND

[@joshfraser5828]

No one else’s showreel comes close to this… even Carey’s

[@southerndiy1]

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]

Carey

[@JesseEley07]

Leigh Matthews. Ablett crazy good. But Matthews could do all that too. And kicked 900 goals as a rover

[@horrormaestro3468]

No footballer had the combination of power , speed, athletic ability and skill like Gary Ablett senior. We'll never see his like again.

[@baddazzgarage2953]

THE BEST FOOTBALLER TO EVERY LACE A BOOT! PERIOD!!

[@jewdavid5627]

Imagine how magnificent the cats could have been in 89 if DIESEL had stayed at Geelong.

[@brandonaldersea5684]

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

[@russellcampbell9198]

Anyone who doesn't think he was the greatest ever AFL footballer is just kidding themselves.

[@stuartdalgliesh8201]

wow, just luved watching these highlights ,,, saw him play mant times live and he is the greatest afl player ever.

[@howard6769]

Those were the days when the game was football and not handball as it is today. They had confidence in their kicking ability not just passing it off to others !

[@BigBlack81]

Your comment is why I can't deal with the how good would he be in the modern game question. His bumping ability, his defensive prowess for being an attacking player, his ability to kick from just past the square...that isn't the modern game, so seeing his highlights just prove to me how much the game has changed to where he probably would be free kicked into oblivion. He's for when the game was played by men.

[@samcash6131]

Ablett was a player with freakish skills. And he always had the best players to compete against. Incredible to watch.

[@joememphis1571]

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.

[@rankoutsider1977]

Absolute top gun ✈️

[@Rick-Jangle]

Great Comment, absolutely brilliant! You just stated why he is the greatest of all time!

[@joecolvin3617]

The GREATEST, GOD THE BEST EVER

[@simonettacarsonelli]

Ablett and Brownless combo was fun to witness as a kid at Kardinia Park and MCG.

[@nickbeggsaxl]

Gary had the X Factor like no other.

[@austopinion4388]

There has been none better ....

[@christinemorrissy]

And very doubtful there ever will be - maybe Levi, the Rising Star of 2038?

[@chrishooper8260]

None better. There's been no one even comes close. Jim 1st daylight 2nd. Anyone who thinks different has t o be completely ignorant.

[@4x4andfishing]

@@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

[@MyCaptainPugwash]

Imagine the weapon he would be today with the physical and sport science behind him

[@johnarundell7951]

He wouldn't survive an ice bath though ..

[@johnarundell7951]

Correction he wouldn't accept an ice bath.

[@-g7-955]

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.

[@stuartcallaghan1375]

Exactly. He was 100 years ahead of his time. If he trained properly he would have had bradman like statistics.

[@m.b.82]

He was always a specimen despite the lack of training though.

[@hutcx65]

There will never be a player like him. The best there is.. The best there was… The best there ever will be !

[@TBoneTony]

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.

[@gileslanglois4472]

Ben I'm a Hawthorn supporter and that is simply the most enjoyable footy package I've seen in years. Well done.

[@baddazzgarage2953]

@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!!

[@baddazzgarage2953]

@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]

@@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

[@r.mhaych5021]

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.

[@andrewenglish2901]

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...

[@cudgean]

Simply the Best.Made things happen out of nothing.Had all the skills of a modern footballer in spades and flair to boot!

[@shramo]

"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.

[@garysuda1362]

I'm speechless Gazzza gave so much too footy a once in a lifetime player had the lot & more endless talent👍

[@pwilliams6405]

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 😂

[@AndrewWilliams-kw6bc]

LEGEND !

[@russellparratt9859]

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.

[@clyntonoconnor5962]

Senior master goat

[@jonburrows9816]

Viv Richards of AFL.

[@stuartcallaghan1375]

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.

[@girlsblouse7866]

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.

[@MrDtrain69]

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.

[@cakesandpi]

Lol that bomb at 2:03 is some bullshit. He’s only 10 metres past centre and clears the line, crazy.

[@rankoutsider1977]

So skilfully tough & humble. Brilliant video 🤜🤛

[@greebo7857]

The superstar of superstars.

[@harryhenderson4951]

Great video ben. Appreciate it.

[@TheRammMan]

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.

[@rankoutsider1977]

💯👌

[@razcann3597]

7:30 for me

[@markw6586]

He was a freak of nature.

[@ccronk]

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!

[@ChipsCooper]

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.

[@terrya8989]

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.

[@-g7-955]

My dad told me you could also hear the thumping smash of the bump from in the Croud because it was so loud

[@simonettacarsonelli]

WHAT MORE CAN YOU SAY!

[@markbeale6212]

best ever!!

[@peterwilson1038]

A cross between Wayne Carey and Peter Daicos.

[@hedonismunderstands2469]

a tragedy he never won a flag... saw him just a couple of times, awesome presence on the field.

[@markthomas7132]

I looked at Malcolm Blights highlights pretty impressive. I looked at Leigh Matthews highlights. Gazza blows them out of the park, simply a phenonema.

[@danielwebb4047]

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]

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.

[@joefitzpatrick863]

Geelong's opening round centreline of 1984: Gary Ablett - Greg Williams - Michael Turner.

[@robspud2768]

Ablett was the Mike Tyson of footy..explosive power !!!

[@jaklaughing1728]

reflexes of a giant cat...already kicking for goal when the oppo where looking for him to tackle!

[@chemistryset1]

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.

[@magri1000]

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.

[@-g7-955]

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

[@-g7-955]

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.

[@robertmescher4700]

There was Ablett .... daylight..... then the rest.

[@Inveteratedaydreaner]

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.....

[@n.w.owhoknowstheshadowknow58]

It's between Lockett and Ablett for the goat as both had something special that hasn't yet been equalled.

[@TheMicturation]

the greatest

[@ynocoolnamesleft]

nice job on the highlights package most people put a song with it and wreck it

[@bennyg44]

best comment i've had!

[@hojinl]

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.

[@beldengi]

There will never be another footballer as exciting as Gazza but Lockett must come close.

[@russellparratt9859]

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.

[@dumb_as_rocks]

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_rocks]

oh my god they're all the best goal of all time

[@simonettacarsonelli]

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!

[@simonettacarsonelli]

@Chanvlan No it isn't. Do you know AFL?

[@toxicmustardwasabi]

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.

[@jaklaughing1728]

Richo blows buddy away!

[@liamg2516]

Michael Jordan of AFL

[@scrappy5011]

Easily the greatest player ever to play Aussie rules - from a Collingwood supporter.

[@rarebee3743]

So just randomly kicks the ball and it goes through.....what a skill

[@razcann3597]

The Lionel Messi of VFL/AFL

[@mabiorcholappreciationpage]

He's more like the Maradona of VFL/AFL. Amazing player, shit human with drug issues

[@jaklaughing1728]

Eric says hold my beer!

[@clyntonoconnor5962]

There is the master

[@lukustreloar7243]

What a player

[@brendankelson3005]

His father said two can run fast two can jump high Gary can do it all .

[@stuartcallaghan3285]

Yes I remember reading that.

[@20050716]

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

[@rod7139]

No it wasn't a Mark, just a great highlight.

[@carncats07]

@@rod7139 The umpire paid it, so it was a mark.

[@jameswrappner4624]

HS his highlight package is better than mine even!!

[@charlesmartella]

He played those wet boggy conditions exactly the same as he did in the dry

[@raelene101]

God

[@austopinion4388]

1.54, Carey eat your heart out ...

[@nelsonhemstreet3568]

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.

[@clyntonoconnor5962]

Own league

[@patricksobb]

Well I'm sure he was alright after the mark of the century when the 8th trainer got there to help him

[@AdamSullivan-nm2oz]

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

[@victorpetroff830]

He was called GOD watch this and you'll see why

[@Andrew-qo4cq]

the original chad.

[@sniffyskitty1801]

he's a bloody freak

[@but1z]

5:02

[@clyntonoconnor5962]

Danger

[@thesupplantor]

Dropped the last mark.

[@TONY_FEZ]

who is the idiot at 5:45 who almost ruined Gary's amazing goal by trying get a boot on it - is that Richo?

[@bennyg44]

Looks a bit like Gavin Brown maybe?

[@jonburrows9816]

Brad Boyd.

[@telmocaseiro3496]

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!!!

[@81forever50]

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.

[@dallasdempster817]

Not bad

[@markp2429]

Junior's highlight reel is boring compare to this insane collection

[@tonywalker7602]

None better only 185 cm too.

[@chrishooper8260]

Mate anyone who thinks anyone comes close to Abblett has got their eyes shut.

[@stanstanley]

NOT A MARK !

[@lp76100]

he didnt handball much...

[@revalationrevaltion9291]

Look at the woosi game we have today 2024 pure milktoast woke crappppp

[@kevaldrick8272]

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. ☘️❤️😂

[@21macca21]

Aussie rules is shite .... Tough game but the concept is mind numbing

[@chemistryset1]

Ridiculous.

[@Avogadros_number]

Wtf is this