This is a milestone of serious dimensions and Korey becomes only the third person to top 600 goals in the history of elite football in this state. That is only three people since 1866 - assuming stats have been kept since the commencement of football in Queensland - it was the most popular football code in Qld in 1880 until the private schools interfered - but we suspect that the records only date back to 1904. Who cares, it is a bloody long time.
Assuming that the AFLQ and its predecessors have averaged 8 teams per season that averaged 200 players per 10 seasons (Broadie has played 267 over the last 10 years) then rounded up that means only three blokes out of 23,000 since 1866 have managed this feat.
Only 23 players in the AFL have topped 600 career goals. Alistair Lynch was the most recent, and more than likely the next will be Barry Hall (currently on 588). Current players to have more than 600 are the two Mathews, Lloyd and Richo. Korey has knocked up his twin calicos at the rate of 3.5808 per game: Michael Roach kicked 607 at 3.035 per game; Lynchie scored 633 at 2.0686; David Neitz tallied 631 at 2.0621 per game, and Hall has scored at a rate of 2.4298. You've got to go to the likes of Doug Wade who scored at 3.9588 in a Cats jumper to find someone comparable to Fults. (Plugger and Ablett come in at 4.8399 and 4.1532 respectively)
What is 600? To put it in some perspective
According to Alfred, Lord Tennyson, The Charge of the Light Brigade required one and a half leagues (three half leagues) and 600, towit:
"Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred."
The Q1 is only 322.5 metres high.
Dustin Fletcher will achieve only half that amount of games this weekend.
600 pots will put you back $1680
There is no where near 600 cases of swine Flu in Oz (yet?)
600 has 22 factors: 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,10,12,15,20,30,40,50,60,75,100,120,150,200,300,600
Some bloke named Ken Ray goal umpired 600 games
Warnie was the first to 600 test wickets - how big was that?
China has about 600km of subways and lightrail
On average an AFL footballer has 600 serious collisions in their playing career.
There are 600 million mobile phones in China
Six hundred mm is the standard width of a kitchen bench
Over 600 boat people arrived between 1 July and 10 December 1999
600 oranges provides a 40,000mg hit of Vitamin C
A jet airliner cruises at about 600 kph
The record speed of a very fast train is close to 600kph
A pub in Belgium has 600 different beers
King Solomon had 600 wives ?????
600 goals represents approximately 24,000metres of boot to ground air travel by a sherrin
600 words is about a 15 minute speech or 15 times as long as Bob Walter's what?
If Korey was a soccer player he would have to play about 40 years to score 600 goals
600 goals represents something like 10 hours of lining up and kicking the agate.
600 is a bloody lot! And Korey you better pick 'em up this week and the earlier the better. Congratulations.
Last Modified on 11/02/2010 09:50