Every “Unbreakable” AFL Record That Was Broken

Gordon Coventry’s 1,299 goals looked carved into the MCG. It took 62 years, a wobbly kick and a pitch invasion at the SCG for Tony Lockett to get past it. This is every AFL record people swore would never fall - and the story of how each one did. Geelong breaking the highest score by a single point at Carrara. Essendon coming back from 69 down against the Kangaroos. Mick Malthouse passing Jock McHale’s 714 games, then getting sacked 25 days later. Rory Laird laying 20 tackles and still losing. And Max Gawn’s ninth All-Australian blazer, earned on the same night Marcus Bontempelli picked up his eighth. Which of these records do you reckon falls next?