John Coleman

John Coleman played 98 senior VFL games for Essendon between 1949 and 1954, lining up most often as a forward. On 23-0, John Coleman's career spans 2 decades, from the 1940s to the 1950s of football.

Our era-fair model rates John Coleman at a peak of 100 out of 100, reached in the 1950s. That figure measures John Coleman only against the players of that same era — the teammates and opponents actually faced — using standardised output, honours and finals impact, so a 1950s forward can be compared fairly with players from any other decade of the game.

Honours on the record for John Coleman include 2 premierships and 4 league leading-goalkicker awards. John Coleman also polled 36 Brownlow votes across the career.

Season by season, the data credits John Coleman with 537 career goals. The full year-by-year breakdown is below.