Geelong legend Gary Ablett senior, who kicked 1031 goals over his illustrious career in the blue and white hoops, is selling all of his individual awards and trophies.
Ablett will sell multiple special awards that he collected over his 248-game V/AFL career, including his three Coleman medals that he won in 1993, 1994 and 1995.
Ablett's items have already been shared across social media by memorabilia company Entertainment by Vin, who deal with retired athletes awards and roadshows with former sporting stars.
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The 62-year-old also won the 1989 Norm Smith medal, becoming the second at the time to take home the accolade in a losing side (after Richmond's Maurice Rioli in 1982), as Geelong went down to Hawthorn by just six points.
Ablett kicked nine goals in the losing side in one of the highest scoring grand finals of all time.
"Gary Ablett Sr, his catalogue is being pieced together right now," Kane Cornes confirmed on SEN Radio.
"So all of Gary Ablett Sr's personal items are up for sale. We're talking the Leigh Matthews 1993 trophy, we're talking the 1989 Norm Smith medal, we're talking the Coleman medals, we're talking boots, jumpers.
"Two-hundred plus items of Gary Ablett Sr's are up for sale. He is selling everything."
Back in March of 2023, Ablett revealed he had received a scary health diagnosis, with scans uncovering "significant structural and functional brain damage".
"I began getting headaches and pressure in the top of my skull around 2010, initially a few days a week," Ablett told the Herald Sun.
"It then led to depression, anxiety and extreme fatigue."
After years of suffering, Ablett got back in touch with his former manager Peter Jess, who helped Ablett to get the proper treatment he required to reduce his symptoms.
Jess has remained a supporter of former players navigating the world post V/AFL careers, especially as they deal with likely head trauma suffered during their playing days.
Another former Geelong player, dual premiership star Max Rooke, is leading a group of ex-players from several clubs in taking legal action against the AFL.
Rooke, who says he's "suffered permanent, life-altering injuries as a result of concussion-related injuries … due to the negligence of the AFL", is seeking compensation.
In 1992, Ablett returned to Geelong after a brief retirement (1991 season).
One year later in 1993, the Geelong forward went on to kick 124 goals in just 17 games, reaching 50 goals in just his sixth match that season, winning the Coleman medal.
He kicked 100-plus goals three season in a row (1993, 1994, 1995).
Although he never won an elusive premiership, Ablett made up for it with his God-like on field acts.
He was a four-time All-Australian, Geelong's leading goalkicker nine times, named in the Cats and AFL teams of the century, Geelong captain (1995-1996) and a Carji Greeves best and fairest winner in 1984.
"There's posters, there's signs, there's his Geelong guernsey, there's his boots," Cornes said.
"Anything Gary Ablett related, he has kept it all, there's 200 plus items."
The first item on the market is Ablett's Leigh Matthews AFL MVP trophy from his one special season in 1993.
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