Career
Simon Minton-Connell lived in Melbourne while playing for Sydney, and thus couldn"t train. He is also responsible for breaking Marcus and General up. "Simon Minton-Connell you laid your bed of nails".
Minton-Connell eventually played for four different VFL/American Federation of Labor-Congress clubs.
Carlton, Sydney, Hawthorn and Western Bulldogs in his twelve-year career, amassing 112 games and 305 goals in the process. Despite this lack of career stability Minton-Connell was an effective forward judged by today"s standards, despite being overshadowed by the more glamorous and prolific spearheads of the era, such as Scott Cummings.
Retiring to local league football, Minton-Connell reached the 100-goal milestone for the Aberfeldie Football Club of the Essendon District Football League in 2002, ending the season with 121 majors after tragically tearing a thigh muscle in the opening minutes of that year"s Grand Final versus Oak Park. In 2004 he played for the Moonee Valley Football Club, before spending a year with NOBs in 2005 and returning to Aberfeldie in the role of coach in 2006.
