Matthew Larkin
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Matthew Larkin is a former Australian rules football
er who played for the North Melbourne Football Club
.
A midfielder, Larkin appeared 172 times for the Kangaroos in the VFL/AFL
between 1984 and 1993. He captained the club for three seasons in the early 1990s.
From 1985 until 1988 he won three of the four North Melbourne best and fairest
awards. He had been recruited from Boronia
.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
er who played for the North Melbourne Football Club
North Melbourne Football Club
The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...
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A midfielder, Larkin appeared 172 times for the Kangaroos in the VFL/AFL
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
between 1984 and 1993. He captained the club for three seasons in the early 1990s.
From 1985 until 1988 he won three of the four North Melbourne best and fairest
Best and Fairest
Best and Fairest is the term commonly used in Australian sport to describe the player adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition while not receiving a suspension for misconduct or breaching the rules during that season.In the...
awards. He had been recruited from Boronia
Boronia, Victoria
Boronia is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 29 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Knox...
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