1. John Longmire's uncle, Robert Longmire, is a former Collingwood Football Club player.
18 Facts About John Longmire
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Walter Longmire represented New South Wales v South Australia at the MCG in 1927.
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John Longmire did well in that role during the 1989 season, holding Tony Lockett to five kicks in Round 14, but North's lack of key position players in attack saw him moved back to the forward line in August.
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John Longmire won North Melbourne's best and fairest award that year and led the club's goal kicking list every season from 1990 to 1994.
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In six seasons between 1990 and 1995, Carey and John Longmire collectively kicked 768 goals, and thirteen times they combined for ten goals or more in a game.
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Individually, John Longmire kicked 5-plus goals in a game 36 times, 7-plus goals 18 times and 10-plus twice, before a serious knee injury forced him out of the game for the 1996 season.
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John Longmire missed out on playing on the winning side of the 1996 premiership with a knee injury and just made it back from an elbow injury to make his last career game the 1999 Grand Final, in which the Kangaroos defeated Carlton.
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John Longmire played a total of 200 games and kicked a total of 511 goals for North Melbourne from 1988 to 1999, as well as being a member of the North Melbourne premiership side in 1999.
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John Longmire returned to New South Wales to take up an assistant coaching position with the Sydney Swans in 2002.
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John Longmire had a relatively good start to his coaching career, with only five losses in the first fourteen rounds of the season.
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John Longmire took Sydney to the finals in 2011, his first year as senior coach in what was the club's 13th finals appearance in 16 seasons.
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John Longmire then coached the Sydney Swans to a premiership victory over Hawthorn in the 2012 AFL Grand Final by a margin of 10 points with the final score being the Sydney Swans 14.7 to Hawthorn 11.15.
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In March 2014, John Longmire signed a two-year contract extension which took his tenure to the end of the 2017 AFL season.
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In round 4 of the 2019 AFL season, John Longmire coached his 200th game, a career milestone.
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On 12 July 2019, John Longmire extended his contract for a further three years, to remain the Sydney Swans' senior coach until at least the end of 2023.
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In 2020, John Longmire coached the All-Stars team in a one-off 2020 State of Origin match which was played on 28 February 2020 at Docklands Stadium.
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On 2 March 2023, it was announced that John Longmire had signed a two-year extension contract to remain the Sydney Swans senior coach until at least the end of 2025.
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John Longmire resigned as Sydney coach on 26 November 2024, with assistant Dean Cox taking over.