Jason Dunstall vs Tony Lockett

[Wes Tiger]

I'd pick Dunstall tbh. 269 games, 1254 goals. Lockett had 281 games for 1360. Lockett better average but I just always liked Dunstall more as a player and I think he was equally as good if not better than the big man. Should get more recognition J.D I know it's a different game then to what it is now but none come close to him nowadays imo.

 

[FootyGeek]

Dunstall. Machine.

Lead out. Chest mark. Kick a goal. Kick a goal. Kick a kick a goal.

On field and off field a better player.

One of the few brilliant full forwards not to be completely batsh*t crazy.

 

[HugeJohnson]

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[clivenator26]

I would pick Dunstall as a teammate but would also prefer to play on him than Plugger or fill the hole!

Splitting hairs though here, Plugger was more dominant, Dunstall more reliable & consistent. I grew up idolising Dunstall (not a Hawks fan) because of he wasn't a traditional hungry selfish full forward, if he played more for himself he might have kicked 1500 but have 1-2 less flags.

 

[#gosaintas]

No contest. Plugger.

 

[MarcusP2]

Plugger was so good he managed to win a Brownlow despite being a known thug player.

 

[Plugger_87]

Plugger hands down

 

[Plugger_87]

Plugger was so good he managed to win a Brownlow despite being a known thug player.

*tough

 

[Demonalke]

Dunstall for me, he was my second favourite player in the whole game as a toddler/child.

 

[Jaeger]

Dunstall.

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

Lockett, Did great in a bad team then just as great when St Kilda become good then went to Sydney and helped to grow the game.

 

[The Falcon Strike]

Who was the better footballer as an individual? I'd say Lockett.

As someone who could play as part of a wider team set-up? Dunstall.

I don't rate Brereton much - but did hear a comment I quite agreed with

You look at ablett at applaud his indivdual brilliance, you'd back lockett to be the one who would be the best on any given day, but you'd pick Dunstall for a bloke who over an entire career would perform and win seasons/premierships year after year after year

It's fair to say though that everyone's impressions of fooballers is coloured considerably by how that bloke goes against your side - as that is the game you see most often. Hence for me I've always rated Lockett - we needed to play 2 blokes on him and he still managed to kick 6.

People often rate Carey, yet as a WC fan - he did play some great games, but on the whole Jako had his measure, particularly pre-knee. As such, he never had the GOAT dominance that others may have experienced from other sides.

 

[Resting88]

Lockett

 

[Hodge1]

Dunstall, one of the few unselfish forwards of his era to go with his goals tally.

 

[#gosaintas]

Dunstall is one of the biggest morons to ever grace the AFL

 

[Kram]

Lockett was a thug early on but he was a better footballer.

 

[Syd]

Pity there was no CoLA back then and we had to settle for just one

Fortunately, we picked the best one!

Plugger for mine

 

[dct66]

I'd have to pick Tony Lockett because I had the privilege of seeing him play so many more times than I saw Jason Dunstall play but really they are both great full forwards in vastly different teams. (At least for half of Lockett's career). Would Dunstall have kicked more goals if Hawthorn were not so good and had less routes to goals? Would Lockett have kicked less goals if he'd played in a better team?

IMO they would each kick 200 goals a year if they were playing now given the soft free kicks forwards have gotten in the last few years.

 

[The Falcon Strike]

IMO they would each kick 200 goals a year if they were playing now given the soft free kicks forwards have gotten in the last few years.

I'd argue Lockett would probably kick about 45 a year... he'd only play 4 games and be suspended for 18

 

[RUNVS]

Lockett did a lot of his amazing work in a really bad team but Dunstall did his work in a great team. Now I think Dunstall was an amazing player but how the ball comes into the forward line is also very very important for a forward and Dunstall would have no doubt had the better service in his career.

 

[Kram]

They would still be great players in today's game but with players getting back to fill the hole and often being double teamed they wouldn't kick anywhere near as many goals.

 

[dct66]

I'd argue Lockett would probably kick about 45 a year... he'd only play 4 games and be suspended for 18

Perhaps, but then he wouldn't have a need to hit anyone because they wouldn't be hanging on or chopping his arms and how good would those 4 games be to watch.

 

[SSSSSS]

Dunstall would win you Premierships. Lockett would win you games.

JD>Lockett.

 

[cammo78]

Plugger by a fair margin for mine.

Dunstall an all time great - but had outstanding service for most, if not all, of his career.

Plugger played the first 11 seasons of his in mainly shithouse sides (particularly some of those 80's St Kilda sides) and kicked ton after ton and winning a Brownlow.

Also one of the scariest bastards to have laced a boot.

 

[Big Fresh]

Dunstall is one of the biggest morons to ever grace the AFL

Harsh. One of the few tolerable footy pundits around at the moment.