Legacy
- 1981: Introduction of the Coleman medal, awarded to the highest goalkicker in the VFL/AFL.
- 1996, confirming his status as the greatest full-forward to ever play the game, Coleman was selected at full-forward in the AFL's Team of the Century, ahead of famous names such as Gordon "Nuts" Coventry, Bob Pratt, Jack "Skinny" Titus, Ron Todd, Bill Mohr, Peter McKenna, Peter Hudson, Tony "Plugger" Lockett and Jason Dunstall.
- 1998: one of the twelve inaugural inductees into the Australian Football Hall of Fame; he was inducted as a "Legend of the Game".
- 2002: Recognized as the second greatest player to play for Essendon in the "Champions of Essendon" list, second only to Dick Reynolds.
- 2005: Statue of Coleman erected outside the library in Coleman's hometown of Hastings, Victoria,.
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