Which player was the first to kick 100 goals in a VFL season?

Gordon Coventry was the first player to kick 100 goals in a VFL season.

Coventry reached the milestone while playing for Collingwood in 1929, finishing that season with 124 goals. His achievement was a landmark in VFL football because no player had previously reached 100 goals during the home-and-away season.

Known as the “Cannonball,” Coventry was a powerful and consistent full-forward. He played his entire VFL career with Collingwood from 1920 to 1937 and finished with 1,299 goals in 306 games, a club record that stood for decades.

The milestone is sometimes confused with the first player to reach 100 goals in a VFL/AFL career, which happened much earlier because players accumulated goals over many seasons. Coventry’s distinction specifically concerns reaching 100 goals within a single season. His 1929 total remained a notable benchmark for later full-forwards.