In 1999, the SCG witnessed its only modern-day pitch invasion when Tony Lockett kicked his 1300th career goal to become the highest goalkicker in VFL / AFL history.

HB Jordan did have another strong year with over 800 yards as did Lockett.

Tony Lockett was born in Ballarat, Victoria on 9th March 1966 to father Howard ( a country footballer of over 500 games and North Ballarat Football Club Hall of Famer ) and mother.

Lockett is also well known for his main interest outside of football, greyhound racing and was alleged to be part owner of famous dog Brett Lee ( which was worth well over A $ 1million ) among others.

His titanic battles with key forwards such as Tony Lockett were highlights, and Lockett has commented on Lynch being one of his toughest opponents.

Booth Lockett and Makin counted brewers Löwenbräu as one of its major clients, at a time when the alcohol industry saw increasing MDMA use as a threat to profits.

At the height of his popularity the song " There's only one Tony Lockett " was released ( sung to the tune of " Guantanamera ").

He again led the league in marks and contested marks and was runner up in the league goal kicking race behind Tony Lockett, with 80 goals.

Lockett is the highest goal scorer in the history of the VFL / AFL with 1, 360 goals in a career of 281 games, that commenced in 1983 with the St Kilda Football Club, and finished in 2002 with the Sydney Swans.

Lockett retired at the end of 1999 but had a brief comeback in 2002, playing three games and adding three goals to his record.

In 1996, Ablett joined Gordon Coventry, Doug Wade, Jason Dunstall and Tony Lockett as the only players in league history to kick 1000 VFL / AFL goals.

Lockett is the only full-forward ever to win the coveted Brownlow Medal, in 1987, a season in which he was decorated with several honours.

The Ballarat Football League award for the leading goalscorer for the home and away season is named after Lockett, as Lockett played his junior football with Ballarat Football League club, North Ballarat.

He helped fill the void of the record-breaking forward Tony Lockett, who had moved to the Swans the previous season.

He has said that he benefited from the move to Sydney, in particular the relative anonymity he enjoyed when first arriving, playing alongside Tony Lockett in Lockett's comeback from retirement season.

In order to give star forward Tony Lockett the most room on the small Sydney Cricket Ground he had the team play an extra " line of three " in defence when the opposition had the ball, creating a set-up with 9 defenders, 6 midfielders and three forwards.

Steve Jansen ( drums ), Jakko M. Jakszyk ( nylon acoustic, electric guitars, and gu zheng ), Theo Travis ( saxophones and flute ), Sengul ( vocals on " Subhanallah "), Gill Morley ( violin ), Ellen Blair ( violin and viola ), Pete Lockett ( percussion ), Paul Lawford ( congas ), Steve D ' Agostino ( additional keyboards ), Sengul ( vocals on " Subhanallah ").

After following on, Minor Counties won the match by 42 runs, thanks largely to 154 by Aaron Lockett, a batsman from Staffordshire ( and later a first-class umpire ) and six wickets for Edward Hazelton of Buckinghamshire.

As Sydney was 2nd on the AFL ladder and the AFL was desperate for Sydney to succeed, the AFL cleared Lockett from any suspension allowing Lockett to play in the finals.

Major subsequent developments include forbidding the death penalty for rape ( Coker v. Georgia ), restricting the death penalty in cases of felony murder ( Enmund v. Florida ), exempting the mentally handicapped ( Atkins v. Virginia ) and juvenile murderers ( Roper v. Simmons ) from the death penalty, removing virtually all limitations on the presentation of mitigating evidence ( Lockett v. Ohio, Holmes v. South Carolina ), requiring precision in the definition of aggravating factors ( Godfrey v. Georgia, Walton v. Arizona ), and requiring the jury to decide whether aggravating factors have been proved beyond a reasonable doubt ( Ring v. Arizona ).

On the second of two Noel Prefontaine punts, Lockett held on to the ball and ran BC to its own 50-yard line.

The oldest Australian man on record, 111-year-old Jack Lockett, died 3 days later.

The Battle of Sayler's Creek ( also known as Sailor's Creek, Hillsman Farm, or Lockett Farm ) was fought on April 6, 1865, southwest of Petersburg, Virginia, as part of the Appomattox Campaign, in the final days of the American Civil War.

* Kenneth Starr ( special prosecutor of U. S. President Bill Clinton ) ( born 1945 )-born in the Lockett community, six miles southwest of Vernon.

In 1995, Lockett transferred to the Sydney Swans, where he played for another six seasons.

** Brownlow Medal awarded to Tony Lockett ( St Kilda ) and John Platten ( Hawthorn )

Lockett had played just 5 senior games as a 17 year old in 1982 with North Ballarat before he was recruited by VFL club St Kilda and moved to Melbourne.

Lockett was described by dual Brownlow medallist Robert Harvey as the best player he had ever seen and that his move from St Kilda was a great loss to the club.

Lockett was inducted to both the St Kilda and Sydney Swans respective Teams of the Century, in 2001 and 2003 respectively.

Additionally, numerous former players with the Negro Leagues played in the Senior Intercounty Baseball League after the Negro Leagues gradually folded after Jackie Robinson broke the " colour barrier " in 1947, including pitcher Ted Alexander of the Kansas City Monarchs and the Homestead Grays ( 1950-51 London Majors ); Wilmer Fields ( Brantford Red Sox ); Jimmy Wilkes ( retired jersey # 5 for the Brantford Red Sox, later became a City league umpire after a decade with Brantford ); Gentry ( Geep ) Jessup ( Galt Terriers ); Larry Cunningham ( Galt Terriers, Hamilton Cardinals ); Ed Steele ( Galt ) and Shanty Clifford ( Galt and Brantford ); Luther Clifford ; Max Manning ; Lester Lockett ; Bob Thurman and Stanley Glenn ( St. Thomas Elgins ); all made numerous appearances at Labatt Park in the 1950s.

St Kilda forward Tony Lockett was suspended for 8 matches for elbowing Sydney's Peter Caven and breaking his nose.

On the positive side, New Orleans supported the team well, averaging 30, 557 per game, Jordan ran for 1, 276 yards ( 4th in the league ), and Ross and WR Frank Lockett had strong years.

If not for Lockett being excused for his violent act, Sydney would have failed in their first final in 10 years.

In March 2002, more than nine years after the murders, Anne Lockett implicated her former boyfriend, James Degorski, and his associate, Juan Luna, in the crime.

Married Juan Bradstock Edgar Lockett de Loayza ( 1912 – 1987 ) and had issue.

The trading of Adam Schneider and Sean Dempster, as well as the team being coached by the former assistant coach at Sydney, Ross Lyon, plus the fact that former Saints players Barry Hall, Tony Lockett and Peter Everitt had played for the Swans, have led to a much stronger rivalry between the clubs, with matches being dubbed " Ross versus Roos " ( from 2007 until 2010 ) by many commentators.

In 1996, Lockett was the subject of much hype in the clash between Geelong and Sydney in which Gary Ablett was playing at the other end of the ground.

While at a taping session for a Lowes commercial, Lockett engaged in a friendly wrestling match with former amateur rugby player Ace ( Adrian ) Mueller, who was at the time working for Lowes corporate division.

More recently Tony starred along with Stephen Curry and Dave Lawson in a Toyota Memorable Moments advertisement which takes a lighthearted look at many moments in his career including: the piglet ' Pluga ', ' One Tony Lockett ', ' That Point ' and his 1, 300th goal ( including the pitch invasion ).

The Lockett End at Docklands Stadium | Etihad Stadium

One goal end at Etihad Stadium was named after him ( the Lockett End ), with the other end being named after the man whose record he broke, Gordon Coventry.

The SCG most notably hosted Sydney's preliminary final against in 1996, in which full forward Tony Lockett scored a behind after the final siren to give Sydney a one-point win, sending them into their first Grand Final since moving to Sydney ; today, however, most Sydney Swans home finals are played at the larger ANZ Stadium, unless it is otherwise booked.

* In 1996 Round 21 at the MCG Essendon v Sydney, Sydney's Tony Lockett ran through Essendon's Barry Young with a raised elbow to his jaw.

Lockett had previously been suspended for a lengthy period ( 8 weeks ) for an earlier act and was again expected to be suspended for at least 6 weeks, however there was only 1-week to go before the finals.

Lockett, who were conducting research for the Manchester Corporation Rivers Department at Davyhulme Sewage Works.

In the 1996 pre-season AFL Draft, Richmond released Maxfield from his contract and he was drafted by Sydney, arriving at the club in the same year as Tony Lockett.

Possibly the largest attendance at a state of origin match was recorded in 1989, when a crowd of 91, 960 people attended a game at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between Victoria, featuring greats of the game such as Gary Ablett, Tony Lockett, Jason Dunstall and Terry Daniher, and South Australia, featuring Andrew Jarman, Stephen Kernahan and Craig Bradley.