Tyson Goldsack (born 22 May 1987) is a former professional

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er who played for the

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in the

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Early life

Originally from

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, he played with

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level in 2005–06 in between completing a pre-season with Hawthorn. He showed good speed at the Victorian State Screening Session with a 20-metre sprint time of 3.00 seconds. A good second season in the

as a mature-aged player would see him become one of few 19-year-olds drafted at the 2006 AFL draft, selected by Collingwood in the fourth round of the draft with pick 63.

AFL career

In 2007, he played four games with the reserves side in the

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as a defender, making an impression, being emergency for the round 7 clash against Carlton, before making a surprise AFL debut against the

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. He impressed to keep his spot, but he established a name for himself in round 12 when he played an effective containing role on

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, and then on Hawthorn spearhead

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a week later. He would continue to play the role, missing one game through a rest, for the rest of the season, including the final series. He once again nullified O'Loughlin in round 21, where he had 25 disposals and 8 marks, and earned an

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nomination. Goldsack was recalled for the 2010 Grand Final replay, replacing Leon Davis. Goldsack kicked the first goal of the game. His mother was one of many people to have successfully bet on him kicking the first goal despite the high

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. Artist

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featured the bet in the celebratory painting of the Collingwood team, with Goldsack holding a betting slip with the words "Mrs" and "80-1" written on it. Goldsack struggled for opportunities in the 2016 season, playing only 4 games while battling indifferent form and injuries. Goldsack revived his career at Collingwood in the 2017 season, playing 20 games and re-establishing himself as one of the club's most important and courageous players. He played 20 games for the season, and signed a one-year contract extension for the 2018 season, though he entered the season as a free agent. In August 2019, Goldsack announced his retirement, effective after the

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Post-football career

In 2020 Goldsack was signed as a development coach at the

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. He was also signed to play for the club's reserves team; the Port Adelaide Magpies; in the

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, though the team sat out the season due to the

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. In December 2020, Goldsack nominated for the AFL national and rookie drafts where Port Adelaide selected him with their first pick in the rookie draft. He played no games for the senior team in the

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, and played 10 games for the Magpies in the SANFL. He was appointed coach of the SANFL team ahead of the 2023 season and also made the senior team's forwards development coach.

Statistics

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2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

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2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

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2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

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2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

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2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

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2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

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2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

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2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

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2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

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2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

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Personal life

Goldsack is the founder of Utonic, a line of sports drinks. He has also served as an ambassador for

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References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Goldsack, Tyson 1987 births Living people Collingwood Football Club players Collingwood Football Club premiership players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Gippsland Power players Australia international rules football team players VFL/AFL premiership players People from Cardinia 21st-century Australian sportsmen