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Michael Tuck (born 24 June 1953) is a seven-time premiership-winning player, Australian rules footballer with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) / Australian Football League (AFL).
His 426 career games was a VFL/AFL record until it was broken by Brent Harvey of North Melbourne in Round 19 of 2016.
Tuck never won Hawthorn's best-and-fairest, but was runner-up on six occasions,Main, Jim and Holmesby, Russell; The Encyclopedia of League Footballers; (1st Edition); p. 442; and there was a good deal of controversy in 1982 and 1983 when he failed to poll a single vote in the Brownlow Medal, which led to votes for each match being made publicly available for the first time ever in 1984.See The Age; 26 September 1984.
His last game was in Hawthorn's premiership win in the 1991 Grand Final over West Coast, at Waverley Park.
He retired as the tenth-oldest VFL/AFL player ever, at 38 years and 95 days old.
Tuck's 426 games was a VFL/AFL record until it was broken by Brent Harvey in Round 19 of 2016; Harvey retired at the end of that season having played 432 premiership games.
|- | 1972 || || 17 | 5 || 3 || 3 || 49 || 56 || 7 || 7 || || 0.6 || 0.6 || 9.8 || 1.4 || 11.2 || 1.4 || || 0 |- | 1973 || || 17 | 11 || 2 || 3 || 111 || 7 || 118 || 16 || || 0.2 || 0.3 || 10.1 || 0.6 || 10.7 || 1.5 || || 0 |- | 1974 || || 17 | 23 || 23 || 19 || 374 || 44 || 418 || 67 || || 1.0 || 0.8 || 16.3 || 1.9 || 18.2 || 2.9 || || 1 |- | 1975 || || 17 | 24 || 20 || 25 || 414 || 44 || 458 || 61 || || 0.8 || 1.1 || 18.0 || 1.9 || 19.9 || 2.7 || || 4 |- | bgcolor=F0E68C | 1976# || || 17 | 25 || 15 || 19 || 435 || 109 || 544 || 72 || || 0.6 || 0.8 || 17.4 || 4.4 || 21.8 || 2.9 || || 4 |- | 1977 || || 17 | 25 || 13 || 11 || 453 || 114 || 567 || 82 || || 0.5 || 0.5 || 18.1 || 4.6 || 22.7 || 3.3 || || 20 |- | bgcolor=F0E68C | 1978# || || 17 | 25 || 18 || 25 || bgcolor=CAE1FF | 490† || 134 || 624 || 89 || || 0.7 || 1.0 || 19.6 || 5.4 || 25.0 || 3.6 || || 14 |- | 1979 || || 17 | 22 || 20 || 27 || 419 || 126 || 545 || 68 || || 0.9 || 1.2 || 19.0 || 5.7 || 24.8 || 3.1 || || 12 |- | 1980 || || 17 | 19 || 15 || 24 || 282 || 103 || 385 || 68 || || 0.8 || 1.3 || 14.8 || 5.4 || 20.3 || 3.6 || || 2 |- | 1981 || || 17 | 21 || 32 || 31 || 300 || 110 || 410 || 84 || || 1.5 || 1.5 || 14.3 || 5.2 || 19.5 || 4.0 || || 6 |- | 1982 || || 17 | 25 || 37 || 28 || 374 || 160 || 534 || 73 || || 1.5 || 1.1 || 15.0 || 6.4 || 21.4 || 2.9 || || 0 |- | bgcolor=F0E68C | 1983# || || 17 | 20 || 33 || 22 || 350 || 98 || 448 || 75 || || 1.7 || 1.1 || 17.5 || 4.9 || 22.4 || 3.8 || || 0 |- | 1984 || || 17 | 20 || 21 || 14 || 296 || 92 || 388 || 45 || || 1.1 || 0.7 || 14.8 || 4.6 || 19.4 || 2.3 || || 8 |- | 1985 || || 17 | 23 || 23 || 18 || 305 || 106 || 411 || 63 || || 1.0 || 0.8 || 13.3 || 4.6 || 17.9 || 2.7 || || 1 |- | bgcolor=F0E68C | 1986# || || 17 | 24 || 13 || 14 || 295 || 179 || 474 || 67 || || 0.5 || 0.6 || 12.3 || 7.5 || 19.8 || 2.8 || || 5 |- | 1987 || || 17 | 26 || 17 || 14 || 348 || 165 || 513 || 62 || bgcolor=CAE1FF| 73† || 0.7 || 0.5 || 13.4 || 6.3 || 19.7 || 2.4 || 2.8 || 14 |- | bgcolor=F0E68C | 1988# || || 17 | 22 || 4 || 10 || 246 || 132 || 378 || 46 || 40 || 0.2 || 0.5 || 11.2 || 6.0 || 17.2 || 2.1 || 1.8 || 1 |- | bgcolor=F0E68C | 1989# || || 17 | 23 || 5 || 9 || 284 || 121 || 405 || 64 || 47 || 0.2 || 0.4 || 12.3 || 5.3 || 17.6 || 2.8 || 2.0 || 6 |- | 1990 || || 17 | 22 || 2 || 5 || 299 || 125 || 424 || 65 || 45 || 0.1 || 0.2 || 13.6 || 5.7 || 19.3 || 3.0 || 2.0 || 0 |- | bgcolor=F0E68C | 1991# || || 17 | 21 || 4 || 4 || 229 || 94 || 323 || 48 || 55 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 10.9 || 4.5 || 15.4 || 2.3 || 2.6 || 6 |- class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3| Career ! 426 !! 320 !! 325 !! 6353 !! 2070 !! 8423 !! 1222 !! 260 !! 0.8 !! 0.8 !! 14.9 !! 4.9 !! 19.8 !! 2.9 !! 2.3 !! 104 |}
Individual
Two of his sons have played in the AFL: Shane Tuck for Richmond, and Travis Tuck for Hawthorn.
The medal presented to the best afield in the NAB Cup was named after him in 1992, as was a grandstand at Glenferrie Oval named the Micheal Tuck Stand. He was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996.
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