Michael Tuck initially played as a full forward and the understudy to the great Peter Hudson, kicking 63 goals in the VFL Reserves in 1971.
12 Facts About Michael Tuck
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Michael Tuck made his Senior debut against Richmond in the eighth round the following year and kicked goals with his first three kicks in senior football, but soon after lost form and was dropped from the senior side.
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Michael Tuck was a team leader as Hawthorn appeared in seven successive grand finals between 1983 and 1989.
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Michael Tuck was the natural successor to the Hawthorn captaincy in 1986 after Leigh Matthews' retirement.
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Michael Tuck captained them from that year until his retirement in 1991 at the age of 38.
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Michael Tuck never won Hawthorn's best-and-fairest, but was runner-up on six occasions, and there was a good deal of controversy in 1982 and 1983 when he failed to poll a single vote in the Brownlow Medal, which led to votes for each match being made publicly available for the first time ever in 1984.
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Michael Tuck was a skinny ruck-rover with great stamina as evidenced by the length of his career.
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However, Michael Tuck's durability is not only reflected in the number of senior games he played but in having played fifty games for Hawthorn's reserves before becoming a regular senior player.
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Michael Tuck polled 104 Brownlow votes for his career, but never came close to winning the award.
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Michael Tuck was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996.
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Michael Tuck briefly served as a reserves coach at Geelong, under former Hawks teammate Gary Ayres.
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Michael Tuck is the brother-in-law of former Geelong player Gary Ablett Sr.