Editing Tony Lockett (section)

==Early life==
Born in the western [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]n town of [[Ballarat]] to Howard Lockett, a local football champion who would later be inducted in the [[North Ballarat Football Club]] Hall of Fame,<ref>{{cite web |title=2006 – Howard Lockett |url=http://theroosters.com.au/Display.php?TableName=history_cat&ID=22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721190112/http://theroosters.com.au/Display.php?TableName=history_cat&ID=22 |archive-date=21 July 2008 |website=North Ballarat Football Club}}</ref> and Liz,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=nstore&docID=news990605_0001_9570 |title=The Saint who became ... Sydney's Saviour |first=Peter |last=Davis |date=4 June 1999 |work=[[Illawarra Mercury]]|access-date=8 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810214140/http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=nstore&docID=news990605_0001_9570 |archive-date=10 August 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> Lockett is one of three siblings, with a brother (Neil) and a sister (Di).<ref name="nolan">{{cite news|work=[[The Courier (Ballarat)|The Courier]]|title=Tony Lockett officially named AFL 'legend'|url=https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/3129162/magical-night-for-ballarats-plugger/|first=Pat|last=Nolan|date=5 June 2015}}</ref> Lockett's passion for greyhound racing can be traced to his grandfather Charlie, who supplied pacemakers for the local greyhound racing club<ref>[https://gcv.org.au/locations/ballarat Ballarat Greyhound Racing Club]</ref> and was a club committeeman at North Ballarat.<ref name="nolan"/>

Lockett was educated at [[Ballarat Secondary College]] and [[Ballarat Grammar School]], and began playing Australian football with the Under-12s team of his father's club, North Ballarat Football Club, in 1974. He played a total of 120 junior games with the club.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theroosters.com.au/Hall-of-Fame/tony-lockett.html |title=Official Website of the Selkirk North Ballarat Roosters – Tony Lockett &#124; Hall of Fame |access-date=2012-07-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731044025/http://www.theroosters.com.au/Hall-of-Fame/tony-lockett.html |archive-date=31 July 2012 }}</ref> He had played just five senior games as a 16-year-old in 1982 with North Ballarat before he was recruited by St Kilda, since Ballarat was part of the club's [[Zoning (Australian rules football)|recruiting zone]].