Malcolm Blight
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Malcolm Blight AM, is a former Australian rules football player who had a Hall of Fame career with the North Melbourne Football Club.
Malcolm Blight played 179 games for the Kangaroos between 1974 and 1982 after being recruited from the Woodville Football Club in Adelaide. He was a member of the Kangaroos' Premiership sides in 1975 and 1977, and in 1978 won both the Brownlow Medal and the Syd Barker Medal for being the best and fairest player in the League and for North Melbourne respectively.
Blight was a prolific goalkicker, finishing with 444 for his career. In 1982, Blight won the Coleman Medal for leading the VFL in goalkicking, and led the Kangaroos' goalkicking four times during his career.
Blight later became a successful coach in the Australian Football League (AFL). He coached North Melbourne in 1981, the Geelong from 1989 to 1994, Adelaide from 1997 to 1999 and St Kilda in 2001. He coached the Adelaide Crows to two AFL Premierships in 1997 and 1998, after three losing Grand Final efforts with Geelong.
In 1996, Malcolm Blight was inducted to the AFL Hall of Fame, and inducted into North Melbourne's Hall of Fame in 2003. He was named to a half-forward flank on the North Melbourne Team of the Century, and for his play at the Woodville Footbal Club, he was named as a half-forward flank on the South Australian Team of the Century. On March 19, 2005, Blight was named as North Melbourne's best player of the 1970s at The North Story.