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John Longmire - Net Worth, Age, Height, Birthday, Bio, Wiki!

Explore John Longmire net worth, age, height, bio, birthday, wiki, and salary! Professional former Australian rule football player and stand coach of the Sydney Swans. He played for more than ten years in North Melbourne Football Club. North Melbourne Football Club before finally launching with his career as a coach. In this article, we will discover how old is John Longmire? Who is John Longmire dating now & how much money does John Longmire have?

NameJohn Longmire
First NameJohn
Last NameLongmire
OccupationAustralian Rules Footballer
BirthdayDecember 31
Birth Year1970
Place of BirthCorowa
Home TownNew South Wales
Birth CountryAustralia
Birth SignSagittarius
Full/Birth Name
FatherNot Available
MotherNot Available
SiblingsNot Available
SpouseShelley Longmire
Children(s)Not Available

John Longmire Biography

John Longmire is one of the most popular and richest Australian Rules Footballer who was born on December 31, 1970 in Corowa, New South Wales, Australia. Both the duo of Both he and Zeljko Kalac are former athletes from Australia. were former athletes from Australia.

Longmire’s physique and size earned him the nickname Horse. His first match for North Melbourne was in the infamous Exhibition Match between North Melbourne and Carlton at The Oval in London in 1987. His first official match was in in 1988 against Footscray with a four-goal performance from full-forward, but struggled after that and near the end of the season coach John Kennedy Sr. moved him to full-back. He did well in that role during 1989 – holding Tony Lockett to five kicks in Round 14 – but North’s lack of key position players in attack saw him moved back to the forward line in August.

Longmire began his playing career at the Corowa-Rutherglen club in New South Wales, where he nearly won the Ovens & Murray Football League’s leading goalkicker title in 1987 as a 16-year-old, kicking 82 goals. His ability and size quickly attracted the interest of the North Melbourne VFL club’s talent scouts.

He was raised and born within Corowa, New South Wales. He was married to Shelley Longmire.

The year 2014 was the time he along with his team Sydney Swans took the McClelland Trophy.

John Longmire (born 31 December 1970) is the current coach of the Sydney Swans. As a player, he represented the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) from 1988 to 1999.

John Longmire Net Worth

John is one of the richest Australian Rules Footballer from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, John Longmire's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

He began his football career in the local area, playing for Corowa-Rutherglen Football Club. Corowa-Rutherglen Football Club before attracting the attention of talent scouts in North Melbourne in 1988.

Net Worth$5 Million
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomeAustralian Rules Footballer
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

Longmire missed out on playing on the winning side of the 1996 premiership with a knee injury and just made it back from an elbow injury to make his last career game the 1999 Grand Final, in which the Kangaroos defeated Carlton. This was his only year to also not score a goal, managing only to kick 1 point in 10 games.

Longmire returned to New South Wales to take up an assistant coaching position with the Sydney Swans. In 2006, he was considered to be a front-runner for the St Kilda Football Club coaching role, which was made vacant by the sacking of Grant Thomas, however, the role later went to then-fellow Swans assistant coach Ross Lyon. In 2008 the coach, Paul Roos, appointed Longmire the Swans’ “coaching co-ordinator”. Longmire replaced Roos following his retirement at the end of the 2010 season.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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1990 saw Longmire jump to the top of the tree: at only nineteen years of age he kicked 98 goals and won the Coleman Medal as the league’s leading goal kicker. In Round 2 of that year he kicked a North Melbourne record of twelve goals against Richmond, which he broke twelve weeks later when he kicked fourteen goals in round 14 against Melbourne. Going into the final round Longmire looked likely to reach the 100-goal milestone for the season, however terribly inaccurate kicking against a hard Collingwood defence resulted in a tally of two goals and eight behinds, leaving him just two goals short. Longmire went on the win North Melbourne’s best and fairest that year and led the club’s goal kicking list each season from 1990 to 1994.

Who is John Longmire Dating?

According to our records, John Longmire married to Shelley Longmire. As of January 13, 2024, John Longmire’s is not dating anyone.

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Longmire took Sydney to the finals in 2011, his first year as senior coach in what was the club’s 13th finals appearance in 16 seasons. After beating St Kilda in the elimination finals at Etihad Stadium, the Swans were defeated by Hawthorn in the semi-finals ending what was otherwise a promising first season for Longmire in the top job.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

John Longmire height 6 ft 4 in John weight 102 kg & body measurements will update soon.

Height6 ft 4 in
Weight102 kg
Body MeasurementsUnder Review
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At North Melbourne, he formed a powerful goalkicking partnership with centre half forward Wayne Carey. In six seasons between 1990 and 1995 Carey and Longmire collectively kicked 768 goals (of which Longmire contributed 464) and thirteen times they combined for ten goals or more in a game. Individually, Longmire kicked 5-plus goals in a game 36 times, 7-plus goals 18 times and 10-plus twice, before a serious knee injury forced Longmire out of the game for the 1996 season. When he returned the following year, he played out the remainder of his career in defence and in the ruck.

One of his best coaching achievements was engineering Sydney’s upset 13-point victory over Geelong at Skilled Stadium in the penultimate round of the 2011 season. The Swans had not won there in more than 12 years and the home team had not lost at the ground in exactly four years and one day. Also, the Swans were the only team to beat top-four side West Coast at Patersons Stadium during the season. Those two sides won the rest of their home matches during the regular season.

Top Facts about John Longmire

  1. John Longmire is a former Australian rules footballer.
  2. He was born on August 31, 1970 in Corowa, New South Wales.
  3. Longmire played for the North Melbourne Kangaroos from 1988-1999.
  4. He won the Coleman Medal as the league’s leading goal-kicker in 1990 and 1998.
  5. Longmire retired with a total of 511 goals in his career.
  6. After retiring as a player, he became a coach for the Sydney Swans in 2011.
  7. In his first year as head coach, he led the Swans to win their fifth premiership title.
  8. Under his leadership, the Swans have made it to the finals every year since 2012.
  9. Longmire has been named AFL Coach of the Year twice (2012 and 2014).
  10. As of May 2021, he has coached over 250 games for Sydney Swans.

Facts & Trivia

John Ranked on the list of most popular Australian Rules Footballer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. John Longmire celebrates birthday on December 31 of every year.

In 2012, his second year as coach, Longmire led Sydney to third place on the AFL ladder, compiling an impressive 16–6 record over the home-and-away season. He later coached the team to a 14.7 (91) to 11.15 (81) victory over Hawthorn in the 2012 AFL Grand Final. Subsequently, his contract was extended until the end of the 2015 season.

Why is John Longmire called horse?

North Melbourne Longmire’s physique and size earned him the nickname “Horse”. His first match for North Melbourne was in the infamous exhibition match between North Melbourne and Carlton at The Oval in London in 1987.

How old is John Longmire?

51 years (December 31, 1970)

How tall is John Longmire?

6′ 4″

Who did Longmire play for?

Overall, Longmire’s eight seasons at Sydney’s helm have yielded eight consecutive finals appearances, a remarkable achievement unmatched by any other AFL club.

Who coached John Longmire?

Sydney Swans

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