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Fullname: | Michael Francis Plant |
Birth Date: | 14 September 1900 |
Birth Place: | Mosman, New South Wales |
Death Place: | Parkville, Victoria |
Originalteam: | Wonthaggi |
Height: | 182 cm |
Weight: | 68 kg |
Statsend: | 1922 |
Years1: | 1922 |
Games Goals1: | 1 (0) |
Michael Francis Plant (14 September 1900 – 8 September 1976) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL)[1] and Coburg in the Victorian Football Association.
Plant was a key forward for Coburg during the club's dominant era in the late 1920s. Plant played for Coburg from 1924 until 1931, playing a total of 93 games and kicking 354 goals. He finished as the VFA's leading goalkicker in 1928 with 78 goals,[2] as well as finishing third in the association with tallies of 81 goals in 1927[3] and 74 goals in 1929,[4] and was a member of Coburg's 1926, 1927 and 1928 premiership teams. He was inducted into the club's hall of fame in 2017.[5]