Simon Eishold (born 26 March 1967) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with

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and

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in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL). Eishold, a centreman, came from Ormond Amateurs and is perhaps best remembered for a missed shot at goal late in the last quarter of the 1987 Preliminary Final after marking in the goal square against Hawthorn's

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. A goal would likely have booked Melbourne's spot in the Grand Final and Eishold, who came in from an angle, pull his kick wide. Hawthorn would go on to win the match with a goal after the siren, following

Jim Stynes James Stynes OAM (23 April 196620 March 2012) was an Irish-born footballer who converted from Gaelic football to Australian rules football. Playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), he went on to becom ...

giving away a 15-metre penalty. Melbourne made the Grand Final the following season, but Eishold didn't take part after making only seven appearances all year. He had his best season in 1990, with 16.40 disposals on average a game and 22 goals. He was set to move to Tasmania in 1993 to take up the position of Hobart's senior coach, but when that failed to eventuate he was picked up by Richmond with the 51st pick of the 1993 Pre-Season Draft. Back under his old Melbourne coach,

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, Eishold could only manage to add a further four games to his AFL tally. Eishold then played with and coached

Echuca Echuca ( ) is a town on the banks of the Murray River and Campaspe River in Victoria, Australia. The border town of Moama is adjacent on the northern side of the Murray River in New South Wales. Echuca is the administrative centre and larges ...

in the

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. He won a Morrison Medal in 1995 as the league's best player and was the coach of the 1997 Echuca premiership team. After his football career ended, Eishold remained in

as a property valuer.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Eishold, Simon 1967 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Melbourne Football Club players Richmond Football Club players Echuca Football Club players Ormond Amateur Football Club players Living people People from Echuca