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Glenelg Best and Fairest Winners (1921 to 2024)

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Frank Marshall

Best & Fairest

1921

Glenelg ladder positions:
8th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 20
Played: 1921--1924
Games: 46
Goals: 1

Achievements

Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1921

Memorable Matches
1921‑‑round3 1921‑‑round5 1921‑‑round7 1922‑‑round9 1922‑‑round10 1922‑‑round14

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1921‑‑ 11, 1922‑‑ 32, 1923‑‑ 7,
Total‑‑ 50 votes from 18 matches.
Named as Best player in 4.3% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 39.1% of matches.

Best Seasons
1921— 11 votes: . 2 2 . . . 4 . . . 2 . 1 .
1922— 32 votes: . 3 . . 1 5 1 3 4 5 3 3 4 .
1923— 7 votes: . . . . . 2 . . 1 . . . 4 .

Percy Perry

Best & Fairest 2 seasons

1922, 1923

Glenelg ladder positions:
8th 8th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 14
Played: 1921--1926
Games: 79
Goals: 2

Achievements

2X Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1922, 1923
1 State Game

Memorable Matches
1921‑‑round1 1922‑‑round8 1922‑‑round10 1923‑‑round11 1923‑‑round12 1924‑‑round7 1925‑‑round2 1926‑‑round2

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1921‑‑ 5, 1922‑‑ 14, 1923‑‑ 24, 1924‑‑ 11, 1925‑‑ 6, 1926‑‑ 11,
Total‑‑ 71 votes from 23 matches.
Named as Best player in 3.8% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 29.1% of matches.

Best Seasons
1922— 14 votes: 4 . . . . . . 1 . 4 1 1 3 .
1923— 24 votes: 2 5 . . . . . 5 4 1 4 3 . .
1924— 11 votes: . 2 4 . . . 4 . 1 . . . . .

Summary
Strong and vigorous half-back who was the only member of Glenelg's first team to play in its first win four years later.

Cyril Hoft

Best & Fairest

1924

Glenelg ladder positions:
8th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 70
Played: 1924--1927
Games: 56
Goals: 26
Coach: 1925; 14 games - 14.3% won

Achievements

1 season Glenelg Coach in 1925 (incl. Captain Coach in 1925)
2 seasons Glenelg Captain in 1924--1925
Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1924
Most Goals in a Match: 5 goals v Norwood in round 8, 1927; 5 goals v Torrens in round 11, 1927
3 State Games

Memorable Matches
1924‑‑round10 1924‑‑round12 1924‑‑round13 1925‑‑round1 1925‑‑round2 1925‑‑round5 1927‑‑round2 1927‑‑round8 1927‑‑round9 1927‑‑round11

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1924‑‑ 41, 1925‑‑ 29, 1926‑‑ 21, 1927‑‑ 23,
Total‑‑ 114 votes from 32 matches.
Named as Best player in 23.2% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 57.1% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1924— 41 votes: . 5 . . 3 5 1 2 5 5 . 5 5 5
1925— 29 votes: 1 5 1 4 3 5 . 4 1 . . . . 5
1926— 21 votes: 2 . 2 . . . . 3 4 1 . 5 . 4
1927— 23 votes: . 5 . . . 1 . . 4 4 5 . 4 . . . .

Summary
Hoft had been a fine interstate centreman and wingman with Western Australia before suffering an eye injury playing against South Australia in Adelaide. He stayed for treatment and decided to live at Glenelg. Captain-coach of Glenelg's first win - against reigning premier West Torrens in the opening round of 1925, he had pace to burn, a strong mark and was an excellent shot for goals with the place kick.

HH 'Jim' Handby

Best & Fairest 2 seasons

1925, 1929

Glenelg ladder positions:
8th 7th

Notes:
Didn't win the best and fairest when he won the Magarey Medal in 1928 - that year it was won by John Lloyd.

Glenelg Career
Player#: 79
Played: 1925--1932
Games: 123
Goals: 0
Coach: 1926--1927, 1930--1932; 82 games - 29.3% won

Achievements

5 seasons Glenelg Coach in 1926--1927, 1930--1932 (incl. Captain Coach in 1926--1927, 1930--1932)
5 seasons Glenelg Captain in 1926--1927, 1930--1932
2X Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1925, 1929
100 Game Player
Glenelg Hall of Fame - 1921--1939
1X Magarey Medallist in 1928
Runner-up in Magarey Medal in 1929 and 4th in 1930
29 State Games
SA Football Hall of Fame Inductee in 2002

Memorable Matches
1925‑‑round5 1926‑‑round6 1926‑‑round7 1926‑‑round10 1928‑‑round3 1928‑‑round5 1928‑‑round13 1929‑‑round1 1929‑‑round3 1929‑‑round13 1930‑‑round16 1931‑‑round1 1931‑‑round9 1932‑‑round1 1928‑‑handby magarey medal

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1925‑‑ 37, 1926‑‑ 49, 1927‑‑ 26, 1928‑‑ 59, 1929‑‑ 46, 1930‑‑ 45, 1931‑‑ 32, 1932‑‑ 19,
Total‑‑ 313 votes from 84 matches.
Named as Best player in 30.1% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 68.3% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1925— 37 votes: . . 5 5 5 2 . 3 5 . 2 5 2 3
1926— 49 votes: 5 3 . 5 5 5 5 . 3 5 1 3 4 5
1927— 26 votes: 2 2 . 4 . 2 4 3 . 5 . . 2 . . 2 .
1928— 59 votes: 5 3 5 1 5 3 2 . 3 3 5 5 5 5 . 4 5
1929— 46 votes: 5 1 5 . . 4 5 . . 5 5 2 5 3 2 4 .
1930— 45 votes: 5 5 4 . 4 3 5 . . 1 3 . 1 . 5 4 5
1931— 32 votes: 5 4 . . . 2 . 5 5 . . . . 2 5 4 .
1932— 19 votes: 5 3 2 4 . . . 1 . . . . . 4 . . .

Summary
A powerful, rugged, straight-ahead half-back, who was outstanding in Glenelg’s first win in his first game with the club in 1925. Never sacrificed an inch of ground and always proceeded towards the goal by the shortest possible route. His ability was emphasised by the fact he did not miss a State match between 1924-30.

Biographical
Jim Handby was the first Glenelg player to be awarded the Magarey Medal for the league's fairest and most brilliant footballer. His award came in 1928 in the eighth year of the Club's history as a League side.

Transferring from South in 1925, Handby gave Glenelg outstanding service until 1932. He was an ideal Magarey Medallist, combining football ability of a high order with scrupulous fairness. Strongly built, and with a fighting heart, Handby carried a heavy burden in the years he spent with Glenelg, because the side, although gaining strength, was never in the firing line when the finals came around.

Captain for a long time, he set his players a grand example by his powerful efforts to stem tides running against the Tigers.
The State selectors recognised his worth, having him on the half-back line in many stirring games , especially with Victoria.
One of the most thrilling interstate matches in which Handby played, was the tie with Victoria in 1928, his medal year. Opposed by Arthur Rayson, famous Geelong left-foot half-forward, the Glenelg man did a grand job that day in checking the brilliant Victorian. During the course of the game, both Handby and Rayson were knocked unconscious by the force with which they met in a violent collision as they were racing for the ball. It was typical of Handby's stamina that he was able to play with unimpaired vitality after receiving attention.

Although Handby never saw Glenelg reach the finals during his playing career, the Tigers were building up to their 1934 peak when he retired as a player in 1932. After his retirement, he maintained interest in the game for many years as a commentator and writer.
From The Tiger, 1962

Len Sallis

Best & Fairest 5 seasons

1926, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934

Glenelg ladder positions:
7th 7th 6th 6th 1st

Glenelg Career
Player#: 67
Played: 1924--1931, 1933--1935
Games: 172
Goals: 38

Achievements

Glenelg Captain in 1928
5X Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1926, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934
100 Game Player
Most Goals in a Match: 5 goals v South in round 14, 1929
Glenelg Hall of Fame - 1921--1939
Premiership Player in 1934
1 Grand Finals Played in 1934
2X Runner-up in Magarey Medal - 1931, 1933
13 State Games, 14 Goals
SA Football Hall of Fame Inductee in 2002

Memorable Matches
1926‑‑round9 1926‑‑round13 1927‑‑round12 1928‑‑round8 1928‑‑round9 1929‑‑round14 1930‑‑round11 1931‑‑round14 1933‑‑round9 1933‑‑round14 1933‑‑round17 1934‑‑round16 1934‑‑round17 1934‑‑prelim final 1934‑‑grand final

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1925‑‑ 10, 1926‑‑ 20, 1927‑‑ 23, 1928‑‑ 33, 1929‑‑ 17, 1930‑‑ 26, 1931‑‑ 43, 1933‑‑ 24, 1934‑‑ 40, 1935‑‑ 19,
Total‑‑ 255 votes from 79 matches.
Named as Best player in 13.4% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 45.9% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1926— 20 votes: . . 4 . 4 . . . 5 . 2 . 5 .
1927— 23 votes: . 3 3 . 5 . 1 . . 3 . 5 . 3 . . .
1928— 33 votes: 1 5 . 3 . 1 . 5 5 4 . 4 4 . 1 . .
1929— 17 votes: . . 1 . . 5 4 1 4 . . . . 2 . . .
1930— 26 votes: . . 3 2 . 4 . 3 . . 5 4 . 4 . 1 .
1931— 43 votes: 3 2 5 4 4 5 . . 2 . 4 5 3 5 1 . .
1933— 24 votes: 2 . . . . 1 . 1 5 3 . 5 . 5 . . 2
1934— 40 votes: . . 5 2 1 2 3 2 3 . . . . 2 . 5 5 . 5 5
1935— 19 votes: . 4 1 . 2 4 2 1 . . . . . . . . 5

Summary
Sallis was instrumental in building fighting spirit at Glenelg and helping it to its first premiership. He was named in Glenelg's best players in 16 out of 20 games in the 1934 premiership season. Mel Brock said it was “a crime” he did not win a Magarey Medal. A classy centreman who at the 1930 interstate Carnival in Adelaide was voted Most Useful Man in the South Australian team and third-best player in the Carnival.

John Lloyd

Best & Fairest 2 seasons

1927, 1928

Glenelg ladder positions:
7th 7th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 65
Played: 1924--1932
Games: 101
Goals: 8

Achievements

2X Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1927, 1928
100 Game Player
5 State Games

Memorable Matches
1924‑‑round11 1926‑‑round8 1927‑‑round14 1928‑‑round4 1928‑‑round7 1928‑‑round11 1928‑‑round14 1928‑‑round15 1929‑‑round10 1929‑‑round16 1929‑‑round17 1930‑‑round12

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1924‑‑ 15, 1925‑‑ 34, 1926‑‑ 10, 1927‑‑ 32, 1928‑‑ 40, 1929‑‑ 17, 1930‑‑ 51,
Total‑‑ 199 votes from 53 matches.
Named as Best player in 19.8% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 52.5% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1924— 15 votes: . . . . . 1 . 5 . 4 5 . . .
1925— 34 votes: . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 3 5 4 3 5 .
1927— 32 votes: . 1 . 3 . 4 . 4 . . . 3 5 5 2 5 .
1928— 40 votes: . . 1 5 2 . 5 2 . 5 4 2 . 4 5 5 .
1929— 17 votes: . . . . . . . . . 3 4 . . . . 5 5
1930— 51 votes: 4 3 5 3 5 5 . . 4 3 . 5 4 2 4 . 4

Summary
Recruited from Broken Hill, a fast and clever wingman who was consistently among Glenelg's best players. A successful sprinter, 'Jack' Lloyd did not know the meaning of defeat.

George 'Blue' Johnston

Best & Fairest 3 seasons

1932, 1936, 1937

Glenelg ladder positions:
7th 7th 8th

Notes:
Didn't win the best and fairest when he won the Magarey Medal in 1934 - that year it was won by Len Sallis.

Glenelg Career
Player#: 99
Played: 1927--1930, 1932--1940
Games: 203
Goals: 161

Achievements

3X Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1932, 1936, 1937
200 Game Player
100 Career Goals
Most Goals in a Season: 27 goals in 1936
Most Goals in a Match: 4 goals in round 8, 1934; 4 goals in round 6, 1936; 4 goals in round 13, 1936
Glenelg Hall of Fame - 1921--1939
1X Magarey Medallist in 1934
Premiership Player in 1934
1 Grand Finals Played in 1934
16 State Games, 14 Goals
SA Football Hall of Fame Inductee in 2002

Memorable Matches
1927‑‑round1 1928‑‑round7 1930‑‑round16 1932‑‑round12 1932‑‑round16 1933‑‑round4 1933‑‑round5 1934‑‑round8 1934‑‑round10 1934‑‑round11 1934‑‑grand final 1936‑‑round6 1936‑‑round13 1938‑‑round9 1939‑‑round5

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1927‑‑ 18, 1928‑‑ 16, 1929‑‑ 19, 1930‑‑ 20, 1932‑‑ 33, 1933‑‑ 36, 1934‑‑ 47, 1935‑‑ 26, 1936‑‑ 39, 1937‑‑ 16, 1938‑‑ 33, 1939‑‑ 33, 1940‑‑ 8,
Total‑‑ 344 votes from 104 matches.
Named as Best player in 13.3% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 51.2% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1927— 18 votes: . . . 1 3 . . . . . . 2 . 2 5 4 1
1928— 16 votes: 4 . . . . . 4 . . 2 . . . 2 3 . 1
1929— 19 votes: 1 4 . 5 . . 3 3 . . . . 3 . . . .
1930— 20 votes: . . . . 1 1 4 . 2 . 1 3 . . 3 5 .
1932— 33 votes: . . . . . . . 3 1 5 . 5 5 3 5 5 1
1933— 36 votes: 4 5 2 5 5 . . 3 . . . 2 . . 4 1 5
1934— 47 votes: 2 4 . 3 2 5 4 4 4 5 4 . . 5 4 . . . . 1
1935— 26 votes: 5 . . . . . . 3 . 2 . 3 1 . 3 5 4
1936— 39 votes: 1 . 4 . 2 5 3 3 4 . 4 4 5 . . 4 .
1937— 16 votes: 1 . . 1 5 . . . . . . . . 2 2 5 .
1938— 33 votes: 3 . 4 4 3 1 3 . 4 . . . 2 . 5 . 4
1939— 33 votes: . . 5 . 5 3 . . 3 3 5 5 . . . 4 .

Most SANFL Goals in a Season
1936— 27 goals: . . . 3 . 4 3 2 2 . 3 2 4 . 1 3 .

Summary
Hard-as-nails ruckman with a pair of hands like a vice, who was one of the most spectacular high-fliers SA football has produced. Won the Magarey Medal in Glenelg’s 1934 premiership year but a knee injury prevented him training in the week of the grand final. Despite that, he still played an heroic game, his towering mark on the goal-line in the last quarter sealing the flag. In his Magarey Medal winning year in 1934, he polled votes in 14 of 17 games, and was named in Glenelg's best players in 15 out of 20 games that season.

Biographical
George 'Blue' Johnston became Glenelg's second Magarey Medallist in 1934 and played a pivotal role in helping them win their first premiership that season. Glenelg had reached the finals for the first time, but had a most inauspicious first appearance in a League major round when they were badly beaten by Port in the second semi-final. However, they went on to defeat Sturt in the preliminary final and Port in the grand final, and Johnston played a leading role in this recovery, with his brilliant ruckwork and high marking.

Starting with Glenelg in 1927, he reached the peak of his career in the 1930's, and was famous for his high, finger-tip marking. Johnston was a force in league and interstate football in the years until he retired in 1940.

Glenelg supporters will remember him for two incidents in the closing stages of the 1934 grand final. After leading by 17 points at three-quarter time, Port had gained all the momentum and were closing the gap. They were launching another counter-attack from their backline and the ball seemed certain to reach scoring range, when Johnston, with a superbly judged turn, pulled down a one-hand mark in the centre of the field to restore the initiative to his side. Then, in the dying stages, after Port had drawn level on the scoreboard, he pulled down a towering mark and goaled in the goalsquare, to restore Glenelg's lead and no doubt inspire his teammates to hang on for a famous victory.

From 1934 until the end of his career in 1940, Johnston was the leader of the South Australian rucks in many games against Victoria and Western Australia. Capable of withstanding intense opposition in the crushes, he was the aerial artist in the State ruck, which had "Bull" Reval and Bob Quinn, two famous Port Adelaide players, as his partners.

In view of the part he played in Glenelg winning their first premiership, Johnston's Magarey Medal award was greeted enthusiastically by football followers in all districts. There was no better known player at that time and the award to him of football's highest honor was a fitting recognition of his contribution to the game in this State.
Based on article in The Tiger, 1962

Mel Brock

Best & Fairest 2 seasons

1935, 1940

Glenelg ladder positions:
8th 8th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 150
Played: 1932--1942
Games: 166
Goals: 60

Achievements

2X Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1935, 1940
100 Game Player
Most Goals in a Season: 19 goals in 1941
Most Goals in a Match: 6 goals v South in round 6, 1934
Glenelg Hall of Fame - 1921--1939
1X Magarey Medallist in 1940
Premiership Player in 1934
1 Grand Finals Played in 1934
2 State Games

Memorable Matches
1933‑‑round9 1933‑‑round16 1934‑‑round6 1935‑‑round5 1935‑‑round8 1936‑‑round11 1937‑‑round17 1938‑‑round13 1940‑‑round1 1940‑‑round7 1940‑‑round10 1940‑‑round16 1941‑‑round10

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1933‑‑ 6, 1934‑‑ 4, 1935‑‑ 31, 1936‑‑ 38, 1937‑‑ 30, 1938‑‑ 13, 1939‑‑ 14, 1940‑‑ 41, 1941‑‑ 34,
Total‑‑ 211 votes from 66 matches.
Named as Best player in 8.4% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 39.8% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1935— 31 votes: 4 3 . 5 5 . . 5 5 . . 4 . . . . .
1936— 38 votes: . 2 5 4 5 1 4 . 2 4 5 . 3 . 1 . 2
1937— 30 votes: . . . . . 5 3 . 4 2 4 1 . 3 4 . 4
1938— 13 votes: . . 1 1 . . . . . . . 2 3 . 1 3 2
1939— 14 votes: . . 1 4 . 4 . . . . . . 3 . 2 . .
1940— 41 votes: 1 5 2 . 5 3 5 3 . 4 3 4 . . 1 5 .
1941— 34 votes: . . 4 . 3 . 5 . 1 4 4 . 5 2 3 3 .

Summary
Played most of his career as a skilful and determined centre half-back. A straight-ahead, desperate-to-get-the-ball footballer who starred in the Bays’ 1934 premiership win. Brock played every position except wing in winning the Magarey Medal in 1940.

Ron Keane

Best & Fairest

1938

Glenelg ladder positions:
8th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 217
Played: 1938--1946
Games: 124
Goals: 1

Achievements

2 seasons Glenelg Captain in 1940--1941
Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1938
100 Game Player
1 State Game

Memorable Matches
1938‑‑round9 1938‑‑round11 1938‑‑round14 1939‑‑round6 1945‑‑round8 1945‑‑round12 1945‑‑round15 1945‑‑round16 1946‑‑round1 1946‑‑round14 1946‑‑round15

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1938‑‑ 13, 1939‑‑ 24, 1940‑‑ 21, 1941‑‑ 17, 1945‑‑ 43, 1946‑‑ 36,
Total‑‑ 154 votes from 53 matches.
Named as Best player in 6.8% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 60.2% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1938— 13 votes: . . . . 1 2 . . 3 . 2 . 1 4 . . .
1939— 24 votes: . . 4 3 4 5 4 4 . . . . . . . . .
1940— 21 votes: 2 . . 3 3 1 . . 1 . . 3 1 2 3 1 1
1941— 17 votes: . 4 . . 2 . . 4 . . 2 . . 4 . . 1
1945— 43 votes: 1 4 . 4 . 1 3 5 . 4 1 5 3 . 5 5 2
1946— 36 votes: 4 3 3 5 3 1 3 . . . . 2 . 4 4 . 4

Summary
A tough, dependable centre half-back, he played the key position in SA's famous win against Victoria in 1945.

Ray Hunt

Best & Fairest 2 seasons

1939, 1946

Glenelg ladder positions:
8th 8th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 193
Played: 1936--1943, 1945--1952
Games: 206
Goals: 34

Achievements

2X Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1939, 1946
200 Game Player
Glenelg Hall of Fame - 1940--1960
1 Grand Finals Played in 1950
Runner-up in Magarey Medal in 1946
8 State Games

Memorable Matches
1936‑‑round10 1941‑‑round10 1941‑‑round16 1946‑‑round2 1946‑‑round9 1946‑‑round13 1947‑‑round9 1948‑‑round4 1948‑‑round10 1949‑‑round10 1950‑‑round13 1951‑‑round1 1951‑‑round3

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1936‑‑ 18, 1937‑‑ 25, 1938‑‑ 6, 1939‑‑ 20, 1941‑‑ 23, 1946‑‑ 63, 1947‑‑ 25, 1948‑‑ 28, 1949‑‑ 14, 1950‑‑ 10, 1951‑‑ 18, 1952‑‑ 5,
Total‑‑ 255 votes from 75 matches.
Named as Best player in 12.0% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 37.5% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1936— 18 votes: . . 3 1 . 4 . . . 5 . . . . . . 5
1937— 25 votes: 4 3 . 3 . 1 2 4 . 4 1 . . . 3 . .
1939— 20 votes: . . 3 5 . . . . . . 2 2 . . 5 2 1
1941— 23 votes: . 3 . 4 . . 3 3 . 5 . . . . . 5 .
1946— 63 votes: 5 5 5 4 2 4 5 . 4 5 2 5 5 5 3 4 .
1947— 25 votes: 4 . 1 . 4 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 5 1 . . .
1948— 28 votes: . 2 4 5 . . 3 1 5 5 . . . . 3 . .
1950— 10 votes: . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5 . . 1 . 1 . 2
1951— 18 votes: 5 . 5 . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . .

Summary
Immortalised as a consistent, rebounding full back with uncanny judgment and penetrating drop kick. Bull Reval described him as “a wizard for his dimensions... he was only light”. Johnny Taylor said Hunt marshalled the defence together “like a master”. While awaiting his RAAF posting in Melbourne in 1943 he played six games for Richmond, playing at half-back in the Tigers’ memorable five-point grand final victory against Essendon.

Marcus Boyall

Best & Fairest

1941

Glenelg ladder positions:
6th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 232
Played: 1940--1943, 1948
Games: 49
Goals: 79
Coach: 1940, 1960; 25 games - 12.0% won

Achievements

2 seasons Glenelg Coach in 1940, 1960 (incl. Captain Coach in 1940)
Glenelg Captain in 1940
Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1941
Most Goals in a Season: 41 goals in 1941
Most Goals in a Match: 9 goals v South in round 17, 1941
Glenelg Hall of Fame - 1940--1960
1X Magarey Medallist in 1941
1 State Game

Memorable Matches
1940‑‑round4 1940‑‑round8 1940‑‑round17 1941‑‑round1 1941‑‑round2 1941‑‑round3 1941‑‑round6 1941‑‑round17 1948‑‑round1 1948‑‑round7

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1940‑‑ 40, 1941‑‑ 55, 1948‑‑ 17,
Total‑‑ 112 votes from 29 matches.
Named as Best player in 31.8% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 65.9% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1940— 40 votes: . 4 3 5 2 5 4 5 . 5 1 . . . 4 2 .
1941— 55 votes: 5 5 5 2 4 5 . 5 5 . 5 5 . 3 . 1 5
1948— 17 votes: 4 . . 1 4 . 5 . . 3 . . . . . . .

Most SANFL Goals in a Season
1941— 41 goals: 4 3 2 3 1 5 1 2 1 1 3 1 . 1 . 4 9

Summary
A 6 ft 3 inch ruckman with remarkable pace and a spectacular leap for the ball at centre bounces and boundary throw-ins. Before being recruited by the Bays he had finished equal third in the 1938 Brownlow Medal with Collingwood, with which he played 50 games as a tough centre half-back. In 1939 he had to stand out of football altogether because Collingwood refused to clear him to Glenelg.

Frank Burt

Best & Fairest

1945

Glenelg ladder positions:
7th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 221
Played: 1939--1946
Games: 86
Goals: 255

Achievements

Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1945
3X Glenelg Top Goalkicker in 1940--1941, 1945
200 Career Goals
3X 50-99 SANFL Goals in a Season in 1940, 1941, 1945
Most Goals in a Season: 55 goals in 1941 & 1945
Most Goals in a Match: 10 goals v Norwood in round 11, 1940
1X 10 Goals in a Match

Memorable Matches
1939‑‑round8 1939‑‑round17 1940‑‑round1 1940‑‑round9 1940‑‑round11 1941‑‑round1 1941‑‑round7 1945‑‑round2 1945‑‑round3 1945‑‑round7 1945‑‑round10

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1939‑‑ 28, 1940‑‑ 26, 1941‑‑ 16, 1945‑‑ 51, 1946‑‑ 1,
Total‑‑ 122 votes from 37 matches.
Named as Best player in 16.1% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 59.7% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1939— 28 votes: 1 3 . . . . . 5 4 . . 3 4 3 . . 5
1940— 26 votes: 5 1 . 4 4 2 . . 5 1 4 . . . . . .
1941— 16 votes: 1 2 . . . . . 2 2 1 . 2 . . 4 2 .
1945— 51 votes: 5 5 5 3 4 4 5 . 5 5 3 . 4 . 3 . .

Most SANFL Goals in a Season
1939— 32 goals: 1 4 . . . . . 5 2 . 2 3 3 4 4 2 2
1940— 52 goals: 5 1 2 3 4 2 4 4 9 3 10 4 . . 1 . .
1941— 55 goals: 6 4 3 4 . 4 6 4 4 3 1 4 2 1 6 3 .
1945— 55 goals: 4 4 2 2 4 5 5 . 2 8 4 1 4 2 6 . 2

Summary
A clever forward pocket-rover who was always dangerous around goals.

Ted Robjent

Best & Fairest

1947

Glenelg ladder positions:
7th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 214
Played: 1938--1950
Games: 150
Goals: 29

Achievements

Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1947
100 Game Player
Glenelg Hall of Fame - 1940--1960

Memorable Matches
1938‑‑round17 1941‑‑round6 1947‑‑round17 1948‑‑round4 1948‑‑round12 1948‑‑round16 1948‑‑round17 1949‑‑round2 1949‑‑round3 1949‑‑round15 1950‑‑round3

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1938‑‑ 3, 1939‑‑ 1, 1940‑‑ 3, 1941‑‑ 12, 1945‑‑ 8, 1946‑‑ 15, 1947‑‑ 26, 1948‑‑ 27, 1949‑‑ 29, 1950‑‑ 6,
Total‑‑ 130 votes from 50 matches.
Named as Best player in 5.0% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 42.0% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1946— 15 votes: . . . . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 4 . . . 2
1947— 26 votes: . . . . 2 1 3 5 . . . 1 . 5 . 4 5
1948— 27 votes: 3 . . 3 . 3 . . 1 . . 3 2 1 2 5 4
1949— 29 votes: 1 5 4 1 . 3 4 . . 1 . . 1 . 5 2 2

Summary
Strong, gutsy half-back. His ability to make position, pounce on the ball in open spaces and deliver it to the best advantage was described as reminiscent of rugged Port Adelaide champion Allan “Bull” Reval, who said of Robjent: “I was a cream puff footballer compared to Teddy Robjent”. Glenelg vice-captain for three seasons, Robjent won the most consistent award in 1947, most effective player award in 1948 and best allround player in 1949.

Alex Donaldson

Best & Fairest

1948

Glenelg ladder positions:
6th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 332
Played: 1947--1951
Games: 63
Goals: 28

Achievements

Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1948
1 Grand Finals Played in 1950

Memorable Matches
1947‑‑round10 1947‑‑round12 1948‑‑round1 1948‑‑round5 1948‑‑round6 1948‑‑round7 1948‑‑round8 1948‑‑round14

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1947‑‑ 7, 1948‑‑ 35, 1951‑‑ 2,
Total‑‑ 44 votes from 14 matches.
Named as Best player in 6.3% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 22.2% of matches.

Best Seasons
1948— 35 votes: 5 . . . 5 5 4 4 . 1 1 1 . 4 4 1 .

Allan Crabb

Best & Fairest

1949

Glenelg ladder positions:
6th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 271
Played: 1942, 1945--1956
Games: 204
Goals: 168

Achievements

3 seasons Glenelg Captain in 1949, 1955--1956
Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1949
Glenelg Top Goalkicker in 1946
200 Game Player
100 Career Goals
Most Goals in a Season: 26 goals in 1946
Most Goals in a Match: 4 goals in r15, 1945; 4 goals in r15, 1946; 4 goals in r9, 1949; 4 goals in r10, 1951
Glenelg Hall of Fame - 1940--1960
1X Magarey Medallist in 1949
1 Grand Finals Played in 1950
Runner-up in Magarey Medal in 1950
20 State Games
SA Football Hall of Fame Inductee in 2002
Tomkins Medallist (under-19s) in 1941

Memorable Matches
1949‑‑round6 1949‑‑round12 1949‑‑round13 1950‑‑round7 1950‑‑round14 1950‑‑round16 1950‑‑round17 1950‑‑prelim final 1951‑‑round7 1953‑‑round15 1954‑‑round4 1954‑‑round5 1954‑‑round17

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1945‑‑ 1, 1946‑‑ 25, 1947‑‑ 32, 1948‑‑ 19, 1949‑‑ 43, 1950‑‑ 42, 1951‑‑ 23, 1952‑‑ 20, 1953‑‑ 24, 1954‑‑ 39, 1955‑‑ 23, 1956‑‑ 13,
Total‑‑ 304 votes from 91 matches.
Named as Best player in 14.4% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 46.9% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1946— 25 votes: . . . . . 5 . 4 . . 4 1 . 1 5 . 5
1947— 32 votes: . 4 . . . 5 . 3 2 2 5 . . . 5 3 3
1948— 19 votes: . . 1 2 1 . . . . 2 2 . . 3 5 3 .
1949— 43 votes: . . 3 . 3 5 5 4 3 3 . 5 4 1 4 3 .
1950— 42 votes: . 4 . . . 2 5 . 5 2 4 . . 5 . 5 5 . 5 .
1951— 23 votes: . 4 3 3 . . 5 . . . . 4 . 2 . . . . . 2
1952— 20 votes: . . . . . . 3 . . . 5 1 2 5 4 . .
1953— 24 votes: . . 4 . 2 3 . . . . . 3 . . 5 4 . 3 . .
1954— 39 votes: . . 2 5 4 . 3 . . 5 5 5 . . 1 4 5 .
1955— 23 votes: . . . 5 . 3 . 2 . . . 2 1 5 4 . 1
1956— 13 votes: 2 . . . . . 1 . 1 . . . . . . 5 3 1

Most SANFL Goals in a Season
1946— 26 goals: 2 . 1 1 2 3 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 3 4 . .

Summary
A 6 ft 2 inch ruckman, who was lion-hearted and one of the toughest players the game has seen. A safe mark with a big leap, and the ability to kick with either foot, his mental and physical toughness made him a noted big-game player. The VFL presented him with a trophy as their choice as SA's best in a famous win against the Vics in 1951, a year in which he was named in Sporting Life's all-star Australian Team of the Year.

Don Taylor

Best & Fairest 2 seasons

1950, 1952

Glenelg ladder positions:
2nd 5th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 272
Played: 1942, 1950--1954
Games: 77
Goals: 26

Achievements

2X Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1950, 1952
Most Goals in a Season: 19 goals in 1951
1 Grand Finals Played in 1950
9 State Games
58 games with West Adelaide 1939-41, 1945-46, 1949
36 games with South Melbourne 1942, 1947-48

Memorable Matches
1950‑‑round8 1950‑‑round15 1950‑‑second semi 1951‑‑round11 1951‑‑round14 1951‑‑first semi 1952‑‑round3 1952‑‑round5 1952‑‑round8 1952‑‑round9 1953‑‑round10 1953‑‑round18

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1950‑‑ 39, 1951‑‑ 26, 1952‑‑ 54, 1953‑‑ 22,
Total‑‑ 141 votes from 40 matches.
Named as Best player in 20.0% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 53.3% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1950— 39 votes: . 5 4 . . . 3 4 2 3 3 5 . . 5 . . 5 . .
1951— 26 votes: . . . . . 3 . . 1 3 5 . 2 5 . 1 . 2 4 .
1952— 54 votes: 2 3 5 4 5 3 5 5 5 5 . 4 . . 5 . 3
1953— 22 votes: 2 . 2 . . . . . . 1 5 . . . 2 2 3 5 . .

Summary
A feakish football talent who was outstanding at centre half-back and centre half-forward for Glenelg after switching from West with brothers Johnny and Laurie in 1950. He was very quick, a solid overhead mark and a beautiful long clearing kick. He also played for South Melbourne where he played as a forward, in defence and on the ball. Fos Williams described him as one of the greatest half-backs of his time. Rex Leahy said he was the perfect footballer - he had all the skills under the sun.

Brian Wright

Best & Fairest 2 seasons

1951, 1957

Glenelg ladder positions:
3rd 7th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 365
Played: 1950--1957
Games: 111
Goals: 57

Achievements

2X Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1951, 1957
100 Game Player
Most Goals in a Season: 35 goals in 1957
Most Goals in a Match: 5 goals v South in round 3, 1957; 5 goals v South in round 15, 1957
1 Grand Finals Played in 1950
2 State Games

Memorable Matches
1950‑‑round16 1951‑‑round7 1951‑‑round8 1951‑‑round11 1951‑‑first semi 1953‑‑round14 1956‑‑round11 1957‑‑round6 1957‑‑round8 1957‑‑round11 1957‑‑round15 1957‑‑round17

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1950‑‑ 3, 1951‑‑ 39, 1952‑‑ 4, 1953‑‑ 16, 1954‑‑ 5, 1955‑‑ 11, 1956‑‑ 17, 1957‑‑ 30,
Total‑‑ 125 votes from 39 matches.
Named as Best player in 7.2% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 35.1% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1951— 39 votes: 4 . . . . 4 4 4 3 2 3 . 4 4 . 2 . . 5 .
1953— 16 votes: . . . . . . 5 . . . 1 . . 4 . . 4 . . 2
1956— 17 votes: . 1 . 3 . . . . 3 4 5 . . . . 1 . .
1957— 30 votes: . . 2 1 . 5 . 5 . . 5 . . 3 5 . 4 .

Most SANFL Goals in a Season
1957— 35 goals: 3 1 5 2 1 3 1 2 1 . 4 . . . 5 3 2 2

Summary
A lanky six-footer who was very consistent and described as one of the best judges of the flight of the ball. He and Don Taylor proved a wonderful combination on the half-back line - according to Johnny Taylor, between them they were almost unbeatable - and he was later just as successful at centre half-forward.

Neil Davies

Best & Fairest 2 seasons

1953, 1956

Glenelg ladder positions:
3rd 6th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 368
Played: 1951--1963
Games: 143
Goals: 105
Coach: 1958--1959, 1961; 44 games - 38.6% won

Achievements

3 seasons Glenelg Coach in 1958--1959, 1961 (incl. Captain Coach in 1958--1959)
3 seasons Glenelg Captain in 1957--1959
2X Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1953, 1956
Glenelg Top Goalkicker in 1956
100 Game Player
100 Career Goals
Most Goals in a Season: 24 goals in 1953
Most Goals in a Match: 4 goals in round 2, 1953; 4 goals in round 13, 1954; 4 goals in round 9, 1956
Glenelg Hall of Fame - 1940--1960
1X All Australian in 1953
2X State Captain in 1957, 1958
Runner-up in Magarey Medal in 1953
20 State Games, 11 Goals
SA Football Hall of Fame Inductee in 2002

Memorable Matches
1951‑‑round5 1951‑‑round16 1953‑‑round3 1953‑‑round8 1953‑‑round13 1956‑‑round4 1956‑‑round9 1956‑‑round11 1956‑‑round13 1957‑‑round1 1957‑‑round2 1958‑‑round1 1958‑‑round15

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1951‑‑ 22, 1952‑‑ 9, 1953‑‑ 63, 1954‑‑ 9, 1956‑‑ 68, 1957‑‑ 40, 1958‑‑ 24, 1962‑‑ 10,
Total‑‑ 245 votes from 77 matches.
Named as Best player in 12.6% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 53.8% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1951— 22 votes: . 2 4 . 5 2 . . . 1 . . 1 3 . 4 . . . .
1952— 9 votes: . 2 . . . 2 . . . . 2 . 1 2 . . .
1953— 63 votes: 4 5 5 2 . . 4 5 . . 2 5 5 3 4 3 5 4 4 3
1954— 9 votes: . 2 . . . 2 . . . . . . 1 . . . 3 1
1956— 68 votes: 4 5 4 4 3 3 4 5 5 3 4 1 5 3 5 2 5 3
1957— 40 votes: 5 5 4 . 1 3 5 4 . 2 . . . . 4 4 . 3
1958— 24 votes: 5 3 . 2 . 1 3 . . 3 . 1 1 . 5 . . .
1962— 10 votes: . 3 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1 4 1 . .

Most SANFL Goals in a Season
1953— 24 goals: 3 4 3 1 1 1 . 1 2 . 1 1 . . . . . 3 . 3

Summary
Made such a stunning start to his league career in 1951 he played for South Australia after just three league games. In his third season he was an All-Australian and he continued to prove himself at the highest level in 20 State matches. A player with electrifying pace, he was the first Glenelg player to captain South Australia. Colin Richens called him “the best”. A player with a great leap, only serious knee injuries stopped him being remembered as one of South Australia’s greatest champions. As captain-coach he led Glenelg to the 1959 preliminary final after winning The Advertiser Cup night competition.

Alf Bailey

Best & Fairest

1954

Glenelg ladder positions:
8th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 371
Played: 1951--1956
Games: 93
Goals: 13

Achievements

Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1954

Memorable Matches
1951‑‑round8 1951‑‑prelim final 1952‑‑round12 1952‑‑round16 1953‑‑round9 1954‑‑round5 1954‑‑round6 1954‑‑round7 1954‑‑round16 1955‑‑round1 1955‑‑round13

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1951‑‑ 15, 1952‑‑ 19, 1953‑‑ 33, 1954‑‑ 46, 1955‑‑ 32, 1956‑‑ 8,
Total‑‑ 153 votes from 46 matches.
Named as Best player in 15.1% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 49.5% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1951— 15 votes: . . . . . . . 5 . . 1 . . . . . . 4 . 5
1952— 19 votes: . . . 1 . . . . . . 4 5 4 . . 5 .
1953— 33 votes: 1 3 . . . . 2 3 5 4 . 2 4 . . 5 . 1 3 .
1954— 46 votes: . . 4 1 5 5 5 2 1 . 4 . 3 4 5 5 . 2
1955— 32 votes: 5 2 . . 4 . . 1 3 . 4 4 5 2 2 . .

Billy Wilson

Best & Fairest

1955

Glenelg ladder positions:
6th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 405
Played: 1955--1957
Games: 39
Goals: 45

Achievements

Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1955
Most Goals in a Season: 24 goals in 1957
Most Goals in a Match: 5 goals v West in round 6, 1955
Third in Magarey Medal in 1955
4 state games for SA, 10 state games for Victoria
185 games for Richmond - Best and Fairest in 1947

Memorable Matches
1955‑‑round6 1955‑‑round7 1955‑‑round9 1955‑‑round11 1955‑‑round16 1956‑‑round2 1956‑‑round4 1957‑‑round4 1957‑‑round17

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1955‑‑ 63, 1956‑‑ 17, 1957‑‑ 23,
Total‑‑ 103 votes from 28 matches.
Named as Best player in 25.6% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 71.8% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1955— 63 votes: 4 1 4 4 5 5 5 3 5 . 5 . 4 4 5 5 4
1956— 17 votes: 1 4 3 5 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1957— 23 votes: . . 1 5 . . . 2 . . . . . 4 2 3 5 1

Most SANFL Goals in a Season
1957— 24 goals: 1 1 3 1 . . 2 2 3 1 . . . 3 1 2 4 .

Summary
Outstanding Victorian State rover who, when recruited in 1955, had an enormous, immediate impact. Quick, courageous and highly skilled.

Peter Cutten

Best & Fairest

1958

Glenelg ladder positions:
7th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 442
Played: 1957--1963
Games: 86
Goals: 56

Achievements

Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1958
Most Goals in a Match: 7 goals v South in round 11, 1959

Memorable Matches
1958‑‑round6 1958‑‑round8 1959‑‑round11 1961‑‑round1 1961‑‑round15 1962‑‑round10 1962‑‑round12 1962‑‑round13 1962‑‑round18

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1958‑‑ 8, 1959‑‑ 4, 1961‑‑ 5, 1962‑‑ 23,
Total‑‑ 40 votes from 14 matches.
Named as Best player in 2.3% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 16.3% of matches.

Best Seasons
1962— 23 votes: . . 1 . . . . . . 4 . 2 4 . . 5 4 3 .
1958— 8 votes: . . 1 . . 5 . 2 . . . . . . . . . .

Colin Richens

Best & Fairest 4 seasons

1959, 1961, 1963, 1966

Glenelg ladder positions:
3rd 7th 7th 10th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 429
Played: 1957--1968
Games: 209
Goals: 220

Achievements

Glenelg Captain in 1960
4X Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1959, 1961, 1963, 1966
2X Glenelg Top Goalkicker in 1960, 1962
200 Game Player
200 Career Goals
Most Goals in a Season: 35 goals in 1967
Most Goals in a Match: 6 goals v Woodville in round 11, 1967
Glenelg Hall of Fame - 1961--1976
12 State Games, 4 Goals
SA Football Hall of Fame Inductee in 2002

Memorable Matches
1958‑‑round13 1958‑‑round16 1959‑‑round15 1959‑‑round18 1959‑‑first semi 1960‑‑round15 1961‑‑round13 1961‑‑round16 1962‑‑round10 1962‑‑round11 1963‑‑round20 1964‑‑round4 1964‑‑first semi 1967‑‑round11 1967‑‑round16

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1957‑‑ 17, 1958‑‑ 32, 1959‑‑ 38, 1960‑‑ 36, 1961‑‑ 36, 1962‑‑ 40, 1963‑‑ 36, 1964‑‑ 39, 1965‑‑ 15, 1966‑‑ 64, 1967‑‑ 30, 1968‑‑ 4,
Total‑‑ 387 votes from 105 matches.
Named as Best player in 19.0% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 51.2% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1957— 17 votes: 3 . . 4 . . 3 . . 1 4 . . . . . 2 .
1958— 32 votes: . 5 . . 2 3 . . . . . . 5 5 . 5 4 3
1959— 38 votes: 3 1 . . . . . . 4 . 3 3 3 . 5 2 5 5 . 4
1960— 36 votes: 5 . . 4 2 5 4 . . . . . 3 5 5 . . 3
1961— 36 votes: . . . 5 . . . . . 2 4 5 5 . 4 5 2 4 .
1962— 40 votes: . . . 1 . 5 3 5 3 5 5 4 2 3 . . . 4 .
1963— 36 votes: . . . . . . . . . 4 2 3 3 1 5 5 5 4 . 4
1964— 39 votes: 3 3 . 5 . 5 4 . . . . 3 . 5 . . 1 . 5 . 5
1965— 15 votes: . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 5 . 1
1966— 64 votes: 3 3 3 . 3 . 5 1 3 4 5 5 3 5 . 2 4 5 5 5
1967— 30 votes: 4 5 . . . . 2 . . . 5 . . . 1 5 4 . 3 . 1

Most SANFL Goals in a Season
1957— 30 goals: 1 1 2 4 . 3 3 2 1 3 1 1 1 . 1 2 3 1
1958— 26 goals: 4 2 1 2 3 2 2 . . . . . 1 1 1 3 2 2
1959— 27 goals: 1 . 1 2 . . . 2 . . 1 2 2 . 2 4 3 2 3 2
1960— 29 goals: 2 . 3 1 1 2 2 . 3 2 3 2 1 2 4 . . 1
1961— 31 goals: 2 1 3 3 1 1 . 3 . 1 2 2 4 2 2 2 . 1 1
1962— 28 goals: 3 . . 1 2 3 3 1 3 2 4 2 1 1 . . . 2 .
1967— 35 goals: 2 4 . . 1 2 2 . . 2 6 . 3 1 2 3 1 . 2 2 2

Summary
A rover who was quick off the mark, had superb ball skills and uncanny anticipation, which often allowed him to snare the ball from opposition ruckmen. A fiercely determined competitor, fiery red-head he won State selection as a rover, then later in his career as a back pocket.

Brian Beal

Best & Fairest

1960

Glenelg ladder positions:
8th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 450
Played: 1959--1964
Games: 70
Goals: 8

Achievements

Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1960

Memorable Matches
1960‑‑round5 1961‑‑round9 1961‑‑round17 1962‑‑round9 1963‑‑round7 1963‑‑round9 1963‑‑round10 1963‑‑round15

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1960‑‑ 21, 1961‑‑ 12, 1962‑‑ 6, 1963‑‑ 15,
Total‑‑ 54 votes from 20 matches.
Named as Best player in 4.3% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 28.6% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1960— 21 votes: . . . . 4 . 2 1 5 2 . . 4 1 . . . 2
1961— 12 votes: 1 . . 1 2 . . . 1 . . . . . . . 4 3 .
1963— 15 votes: . . . . . . 3 . 4 5 . . . . 3 . . . . .

Don Hewett

Best & Fairest

1962

Glenelg ladder positions:
5th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 397
Played: 1954--1962
Games: 118
Goals: 83

Achievements

Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1962
100 Game Player
Most Goals in a Season: 21 goals in 1959 & 1960
Most Goals in a Match: 5 goals v Port in round 6, 1959
Glenelg Hall of Fame - 1940--1960
4 State Games

Memorable Matches
1956‑‑round1 1956‑‑round13 1957‑‑round3 1958‑‑round17 1959‑‑round6 1959‑‑round9 1960‑‑round4 1962‑‑round1 1962‑‑round3 1962‑‑round5 1962‑‑round8 1962‑‑round18

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1954‑‑ 1, 1955‑‑ 13, 1956‑‑ 31, 1957‑‑ 27, 1958‑‑ 13, 1959‑‑ 29, 1960‑‑ 25, 1961‑‑ 7, 1962‑‑ 31,
Total‑‑ 177 votes from 57 matches.
Named as Best player in 11.0% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 48.3% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1955— 13 votes: . . . . . . . . 1 4 2 3 . . 3 . .
1956— 31 votes: 5 2 2 . . 1 . . 4 . . . 4 1 . 4 4 4
1957— 27 votes: . 4 5 . . 2 4 1 . . 2 4 4 1 . . . .
1959— 29 votes: 5 . . . 3 1 3 5 5 . 2 5 . . . . . . . .
1960— 25 votes: . 2 1 5 . . 1 . 3 . . 1 . . 4 4 . 4
1962— 31 votes: 5 1 5 4 5 1 1 4 . . . . . . . . . 5 .

Summary
A centreman/wingman with outstanding ability and pace who could have been just about anything but for persistent knee injuries. Doug Long described him as an ‘out-and-out champion’. His courage was legendary at the Bay. He played despite many serious injuries and was able to star despite them. In 1962 he carried a shoulder injury but still starred in South Australia’s three State games. Against Victoria at Adelaide Oval Hewett was South Australia’s best, dominating the centre against Collingwood’s Ken Turner.

Colin Rice

Best & Fairest

1964

Glenelg ladder positions:
4th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 506
Played: 1964--1965
Games: 36
Goals: 64

Achievements

Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1964
Most Goals in a Season: 40 goals in 1964
Most Goals in a Match: 7 goals v Centrals in round 12, 1965
6 State Games, 11 Goals
97 Games for Geelong, 87 Goals - 1959 best and fairest

Memorable Matches
1964‑‑round8 1964‑‑round9 1964‑‑round10 1964‑‑round12 1964‑‑round14 1965‑‑round5 1965‑‑round8 1965‑‑round12

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1964‑‑ 38, 1965‑‑ 28,
Total‑‑ 66 votes from 21 matches.
Named as Best player in 16.7% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 58.3% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1964— 38 votes: . . . 2 . . 1 5 5 5 5 4 . 4 3 . . 2 1 1 .
1965— 28 votes: . . 1 . 5 1 4 4 3 . . 5 1 . . . . . . 4

Most SANFL Goals in a Season
1964— 40 goals: . . . 2 2 . 3 2 5 3 5 2 . 2 1 2 1 3 2 3 2
1965— 24 goals: . . 1 3 3 1 2 2 . . . 7 1 . 2 2 . . . .

Summary
Could kick accurately with either foot, was fast and fiery. He had all the attributes of a top rover with the added dimension of great strength to burst through packs.

Brian McGowan

Best & Fairest

1965

Glenelg ladder positions:
6th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 505
Played: 1964--1966
Games: 58
Goals: 115

Achievements

Glenelg Captain in 1966
Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1965
Glenelg Top Goalkicker in 1964
100 Career Goals
1X 50-99 SANFL Goals in a Season in 1964
Most Goals in a Season: 54 goals in 1964
Most Goals in a Match: 6 goals v Norwood in round 2, 1964; 6 goals v Woodville in round 11, 1964
118 Games with South Melbourne - 171 Goals, was their leading goalkicker in 1961

Memorable Matches
1964‑‑round2 1964‑‑round5 1964‑‑round11 1964‑‑round12 1964‑‑round13 1964‑‑round20 1965‑‑round5 1965‑‑round8 1965‑‑round11 1965‑‑round17

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1964‑‑ 39, 1965‑‑ 43, 1966‑‑ 31,
Total‑‑ 113 votes from 30 matches.
Named as Best player in 19.0% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 51.7% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1964— 39 votes: 2 5 . 3 5 . . . . . 4 5 5 . 5 . . . . 5 .
1965— 43 votes: 5 . 4 1 4 . 2 5 4 . 5 . 4 . . 5 4 . . .
1966— 31 votes: . . . 2 4 5 1 . 4 2 4 4 2 . . 3 . . . .

Most SANFL Goals in a Season
1964— 54 goals: 5 6 . 4 2 . 3 1 3 3 6 3 4 1 1 . . 3 1 5 3
1965— 29 goals: 3 . 2 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 . 1 2 3 2 1 . 2 1 1

Summary
Tiny rover with great ball getting ability and a sixth sense around the goals.

Neil Kerley

Best & Fairest

1967

Glenelg ladder positions:
4th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 545
Played: 1967--1969
Games: 55
Goals: 36
Coach: 1967--1976; 223 games - 63.7% won

Achievements

10 seasons Glenelg Coach in 1967--1976 (incl. Captain Coach in 1967--1969)
3 seasons Glenelg Captain in 1967--1969
Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1967
Most Goals in a Season: 22 goals in 1969
Glenelg Hall of Fame - 1961--1976
Premiership Coach in 1973
5 Grand Finals as Coach in 1969 1970 1973 1974 1975
1 Grand Finals as Captain in 1969
1 Grand Finals Played in 1969
Great of Glenelg
32 State Games
SA Captain 1959-62,1965-66
149 Games with West and 57 Games with South
3rd in 1961 Magarey Medal with West, 2nd in 1965 Magarey Medal with South
4X Premiership coach - West 1961,1983, South 1964, Glenelg 1973
628 Games as senior coach - 223 with Glenelg, 182 with West, 89 with Torrens, 68 with Centrals, 66 with South
SA Football Hall of Fame Inductee in 2002
Australian Football Hall of Fame Inductee in 1997

Memorable Matches
1967‑‑round3 1967‑‑round15 1967‑‑round18 1967‑‑round19 1967‑‑round20 1968‑‑round8 1968‑‑round19 1969‑‑round2 1969‑‑round6 1969‑‑round18

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1967‑‑ 34, 1968‑‑ 25, 1969‑‑ 23,
Total‑‑ 82 votes from 26 matches.
Named as Best player in 15.4% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 50.0% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1967— 34 votes: . . 5 . . . . . . 4 . . 2 . 5 4 . 5 5 4 .
1968— 25 votes: . 2 2 2 . . . 5 1 1 3 . 1 . . 1 . . 5 2
1969— 23 votes: . 5 2 . 2 5 . . . 3 . . . . . . . 4 2 . . . .

Summary
An inspirational leader who, as captain-coach, transformed Glenelg from more-or-less a “social club” to one of the most powerful football clubs in the country. As a player he was a real “big game” performer, totally fearless and always dedicated to winning the hard ball and the match. His toughness and courage was epitomised by his starring with a broken jaw - stuck together with some chewing gum - against Central District in 1968.

Graham Cornes

Best & Fairest 3 seasons

1968, 1972, 1974

Glenelg ladder positions:
5th 6th 2nd

Glenelg Career
Player#: 553
Played: 1967--1982
Games: 317
Goals: 347
Coach: 1985--1990; 149 games - 63.1% won

Achievements

6 seasons Glenelg Coach in 1985--1990
Glenelg Captain in 1978
3X Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1968, 1972, 1974
Glenelg Top Goalkicker in 1977
300 Game Player
300 Career Goals
1X 50-99 SANFL Goals in a Season in 1977
Most Goals in a Season: 72 SANFL + 2 other goals in 1977
Most Goals in a Match: 8 goals v West in round 9, 1977; 8 goals v North in round 7, 1981
Glenelg Hall of Fame - 1961--1976
1X Tassie Medallist in 1980
1X Simpson Medallist in 1979
4X All Australian in 1979, 1980, 1987, 1988
1X State Captain in 1978
2X Premiership Coach in 1985 1986
Premiership Player in 1973
5 Grand Finals as Coach in 1985 1986 1987 1988 1990
8 Grand Finals Played in 1969 1970 1973 1974 1975 1977 1981 1982
Great of Glenelg
21 State Games, 22 Goals
6-2 win-loss record as SA coach v Victoria
Inaugural coach of Adelaide Crows
SA Football Hall of Fame Inductee in 2002
Australian Football Hall of Fame Inductee in 2012

Memorable Matches
1968‑‑round14 1972‑‑round4 1972‑‑round6 1973‑‑grand final 1974‑‑round21 1976‑‑qual final 1977‑‑round9 1977‑‑round12 1978‑‑round22 1978‑‑qual final 1979‑‑round13 1979‑‑round17 1979‑‑round22 1981‑‑round7 1982‑‑prelim final

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1968‑‑ 29, 1969‑‑ 3, 1971‑‑ 46, 1972‑‑ 51, 1973‑‑ 42, 1974‑‑ 37, 1975‑‑ 23, 1976‑‑ 35, 1977‑‑ 38, 1978‑‑ 61, 1979‑‑ 29, 1980‑‑ 58, 1981‑‑ 15, 1982‑‑ 23,
Total‑‑ 490 votes from 145 matches.
Named as Best player in 13.3% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 49.3% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1968— 29 votes: 3 . . . 1 . . 3 . . 4 1 3 5 . 5 . . . 4
1971— 46 votes: . 4 5 . 4 3 4 2 . . . . . 4 5 5 3 2 . 5 .
1972— 51 votes: . . 2 5 2 5 4 . 4 . 2 . 5 . 3 1 3 1 5 4 5
1973— 42 votes: 1 3 . . 5 5 . 3 . . 5 4 . 3 5 2 . 4 . 2 . . .
1974— 37 votes: 5 2 . 5 4 2 5 . . . 2 . . . 2 . 5 . . . 4 1 . . . .
1975— 23 votes: . . 3 . 1 . 2 . . 2 3 . 4 . . 4 . 4 . . .
1976— 35 votes: 2 5 . . 2 . 4 . 3 . . . . 2 5 1 . 5 . . . 4 . 2
1977— 38 votes: 5 4 3 5 4 . . . 4 . . 4 . 1 2 . . . 1 5 . . . . . .
1978— 61 votes: . 4 . 4 . 5 4 2 5 2 2 5 . . 3 . 1 . 3 5 2 5 5 4
1979— 29 votes: . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 . 5 4 5 . . 3 1 4
1980— 58 votes: . . 3 3 1 5 1 3 . 2 . 4 4 . 4 2 3 3 2 4 4 5 . 5
1981— 15 votes: . . . . 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . . 3 3 3 . . . . . .
1982— 23 votes: 5 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . 4 . 2 . . . . . 4 5

Most SANFL Goals in a Season
1973— 30 goals: 1 1 2 . 2 1 . 1 3 . 1 4 . 2 3 . 3 2 1 1 1 . 1
1974— 42 goals: 6 2 1 2 5 1 2 . . . 6 2 . . 4 1 4 . 2 1 1 . 1 . . 1
1975— 35 goals: 4 2 1 1 2 . . 2 6 5 1 2 1 3 2 . 1 1 . . 1
1976— 35 goals: 3 3 . . 2 2 2 . 5 1 2 . 1 2 . 3 1 2 . . 1 4 . 1
1977— 72 goals: 6 5 2 7 6 3 . 4 8 3 1 3 . 7 6 . . 2 3 3 . 2 . . 1 .

Summary
From his first game against Sturt in 1967 it was obvious this spindly blonde had star quality. One of the most spectacular high marks in South Australian football history, he had all the skills and when it came to the crunch was at his best as with his classic mark and goal in the dying moments of the 1973 grand final.

Ken Eustice

Best & Fairest

1969

Glenelg ladder positions:
2nd

Glenelg Career
Player#: 554
Played: 1968--1970
Games: 52
Goals: 20

Achievements

Glenelg Captain in 1970
Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1969
1 Grand Finals as Captain in 1970
2 Grand Finals Played in 1969 1970
Runner-Up in 1969 Magarey Medal to Fred Phillis
25 State Games
107 Games with West
Won 1962 Magarey Medal with West
62 Games with Central District
State Captain in 1967
SA Football Hall of Fame Inductee in 2002

Memorable Matches
1968‑‑round8 1968‑‑round20 1969‑‑round6 1969‑‑round7 1969‑‑round10 1969‑‑round11 1969‑‑round15 1969‑‑prelim final

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1968‑‑ 16, 1969‑‑ 43,
Total‑‑ 59 votes from 19 matches.
Named as Best player in 10.2% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 38.8% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1968— 16 votes: . . 1 . . . . 4 4 . . . . . . . . 1 1 5
1969— 43 votes: 1 . 3 1 . 4 4 2 . 5 5 . . 2 5 . . 2 . 4 . 5 .

Summary
Described by Fos Williams as pound for pound the best footballer in Australia, Eustice gave the Bays great drive from his wing in the twilight of his career and missed his second Magarey Medal on the last vote of the night to Fred Phillis.

Rex Voigt

Best & Fairest

1970

Glenelg ladder positions:
2nd

Glenelg Career
Player#: 550
Played: 1967--1979
Games: 257
Goals: 258

Achievements

Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1970
200 Game Player
200 Career Goals
1X 50-99 SANFL Goals in a Season in 1973
Most Goals in a Season: 63 SANFL + 5 other goals in 1973
Most Goals in a Match: 7 goals v North in 1973 Grand Final
Glenelg Hall of Fame - 1961--1976
Premiership Player in 1973
5 Grand Finals Played in 1969 1970 1973 1975 1977
1 State Game

Memorable Matches
1968‑‑round13 1970‑‑round6 1970‑‑round7 1970‑‑round13 1970‑‑first semi 1970‑‑prelim final 1971‑‑round12 1971‑‑round18 1972‑‑round21 1973‑‑grand final 1974‑‑round14 1975‑‑grand final 1977‑‑grand final

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1967‑‑ 4, 1968‑‑ 15, 1969‑‑ 5, 1970‑‑ 50, 1971‑‑ 39, 1972‑‑ 27, 1973‑‑ 33, 1974‑‑ 4, 1975‑‑ 18, 1976‑‑ 11, 1977‑‑ 23, 1978‑‑ 4,
Total‑‑ 233 votes from 73 matches.
Named as Best player in 5.4% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 30.4% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1968— 15 votes: . . . . . . 2 . . . . . 5 . . 4 4 . . .
1970— 50 votes: . 3 . 3 2 5 4 2 2 . . 5 5 . 2 5 3 . . . 5 4 .
1971— 39 votes: 4 5 . . . 2 . 4 2 2 . 5 4 2 . . . 4 2 3 .
1972— 27 votes: . 5 4 1 . 3 . . . . . . . 3 2 . . 5 . . 4
1973— 33 votes: . 1 4 4 . 2 4 . 4 3 . 2 4 . . . . . 3 . . . 2
1975— 18 votes: . . . 2 . 2 . . . . . 3 3 . . . . . 3 . 5
1976— 11 votes: . 1 . . 3 . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . 2 . . . . 3
1977— 23 votes: . . 4 . . . 5 . 2 . . . . . . . 4 . 4 . . . . . . 4

Most SANFL Goals in a Season
1969— 24 goals: . . 3 4 . 1 . . . 1 1 1 . . . . . . 3 5 1 2 2
1970— 48 goals: . 3 1 2 3 4 3 2 4 1 . 4 5 1 2 4 2 . 3 1 . 3 .
1971— 42 goals: 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 1 4 3 . 5 1 2 2 . 2 6 . 2 1
1972— 39 goals: . 3 2 3 1 5 . . 3 . . . 2 3 5 . . 4 4 3 1
1973— 63 goals: 4 3 4 4 4 2 3 . 5 2 1 4 4 2 4 . . 1 2 4 . 3 7

Summary
Energetic rover who fearlessly bore into packs to win the ball, he kicked seven goals in the winning grand final against North Adelaide in 1973. He proceeded to become one of the best back pocket players around, arguably being best-on-ground in the 1975 grand final. A much-loved player and highly respected clubman.

Peter Marker

Best & Fairest

1971

Glenelg ladder positions:
6th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 547
Played: 1967--1978
Games: 239
Goals: 168

Achievements

7 seasons Glenelg Captain in 1971--1977
Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1971
200 Game Player
100 Career Goals
Most Goals in a Season: 27 goals in 1969
Most Goals in a Match: 4 goals in round 10, 1968; 4 goals in round 1, 1970; 4 goals in round 4, 1974
Glenelg Hall of Fame - 1961--1976
4X State Captain in 1971--1973, 1975
Premiership Captain in 1973
Premiership Player in 1973
3 Grand Finals as Captain in 1973 1974 1975
5 Grand Finals Played in 1969 1970 1973 1974 1975
2X Runner-up in Magarey Medal - 1971, 1975
15 State Games, 17 Goals
SA Football Hall of Fame Inductee in 2002

Memorable Matches
1967‑‑round19 1969‑‑round9 1969‑‑prelim final 1970‑‑round5 1970‑‑prelim final 1970‑‑grand final 1971‑‑round4 1971‑‑round9 1971‑‑round13 1974‑‑prelim final 1974‑‑grand final 1975‑‑round4 1975‑‑round5 1975‑‑round16 1976‑‑qual final

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1967‑‑ 18, 1968‑‑ 37, 1969‑‑ 25, 1970‑‑ 40, 1971‑‑ 51, 1972‑‑ 37, 1973‑‑ 37, 1974‑‑ 32, 1975‑‑ 36, 1976‑‑ 45, 1977‑‑ 12,
Total‑‑ 370 votes from 111 matches.
Named as Best player in 13.7% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 49.1% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1967— 18 votes: . . . . 5 3 . 1 1 . . . 1 . . . 3 . 4 . .
1968— 37 votes: 2 5 5 . 2 . 4 . . 5 2 . . . 3 2 5 2 . .
1969— 25 votes: . . . . . 3 . . 5 . . 3 . . . . . . . . 5 4 5
1970— 40 votes: . 4 2 2 5 4 . . . . . . . . . 2 . 5 3 . 3 5 5
1971— 51 votes: . . 4 5 3 4 3 . 5 3 . . 5 5 . 4 2 3 3 2 .
1972— 37 votes: 5 1 . . . . 5 . 5 3 . . 1 . 4 5 4 3 . 1 .
1973— 37 votes: 3 4 5 1 3 4 . . 3 4 3 1 . . 4 . . . . 1 1 . .
1974— 32 votes: 4 4 . 1 . . . . . . 1 . . 1 . . 2 . 3 2 . . . 4 5 5
1975— 36 votes: . 5 5 5 5 . 4 2 . . . 4 . . . 5 1 . . . .
1976— 45 votes: 4 4 4 5 1 3 . . . 3 . 2 . . 3 . 3 4 . . . 5 4 .
1977— 12 votes: . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . 2 2 . 5 1 . . . . . .

Most SANFL Goals in a Season
1969— 27 goals: . 2 1 1 2 2 1 . 3 3 1 2 . . . 1 1 . . 3 1 1 2
1974— 26 goals: 1 1 . 4 2 . . 1 1 . 2 . 1 . 1 . 1 1 1 2 3 . . 2 2 .

Summary
His courage and desperation to get in and get the ball were hallmarks of his game. Highly-skilled and one of Glenelg’s great leaders, his class shone through with his third placing for the Tassie Medal in the 1972 State Carnival. On the field he was a smooth mover and off the field he was just as smooth, becoming possibly SA's premier football commentator and sports announcer after his playing career ended.

Kerry Hamilton

Best & Fairest

1973

Glenelg ladder positions:
1st

Glenelg Career
Player#: 546
Played: 1967--1975
Games: 120
Goals: 98

Achievements

Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1973
100 Game Player
Most Goals in a Season: 23 goals in 1969
Most Goals in a Match: 5 goals v Norwood in round 4, 1969
Glenelg Hall of Fame - 1961--1976
Premiership Player in 1973
2 Grand Finals Played in 1969 1973

Memorable Matches
1969‑‑round4 1969‑‑round12 1971‑‑round9 1971‑‑round21 1973‑‑round1 1973‑‑round9 1973‑‑round16 1973‑‑round17 1973‑‑grand final 1974‑‑round4 1974‑‑round11

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1967‑‑ 2, 1968‑‑ 5, 1969‑‑ 13, 1971‑‑ 9, 1973‑‑ 48, 1974‑‑ 16,
Total‑‑ 93 votes from 29 matches.
Named as Best player in 5.2% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 25.0% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1973— 48 votes: 5 . . . 4 . 3 . 5 . . 3 . . 3 5 4 1 . 5 3 3 4
1974— 16 votes: . . . 2 3 . 1 . 1 . 4 2 . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . .

Summary
A silky-skilled player who was the best centreman in the State in Glenelg’s stunning 1973 campaign. He anticipated where the ball was going, took it cleanly and fed it out immaculately.

Peter Carey

Best & Fairest 3 seasons

1975, 1979, 1981

Glenelg ladder positions:
2nd 7th 2nd

Glenelg Career
Player#: 580
Played: 1971--1988
Games: 448
Goals: 521

Achievements

6 seasons Glenelg Captain in 1983--1988
3X Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1975, 1979, 1981
Glenelg Top Goalkicker in 1973
400 Game Player
500 Career Goals
1X 50-99 SANFL Goals in a Season in 1973
Most Goals in a Season: 66 SANFL + 3 other goals in 1973
Most Goals in a Match: 11 goals v North in round 15, 1973
1X 10 Goals in a Match
Glenelg Hall of Fame - 1977--1990
1X Fos Williams Medallist in 1981
2X All Australian in 1979, 1980
2X Premiership Captain in 1985 1986
3X Premiership Player in 1973 1985 1986
4 Grand Finals as Captain in 1985 1986 1987 1988
10 Grand Finals Played in 1973 1974 1975 1977 1981 1982 1985 1986 1987 1988
Great of Glenelg
Best on Ground in 1973 Grand Final v North
19 State Games
SA Football Hall of Fame Inductee in 2002
Australian Football Hall of Fame Inductee in 2009

Memorable Matches
1973‑‑round2 1973‑‑round15 1973‑‑grand final 1974‑‑prelim final 1975‑‑round14 1977‑‑round9 1977‑‑round15 1977‑‑qual final 1979‑‑round20 1979‑‑round21 1979‑‑round22 1982‑‑round15 1984‑‑round20 1985‑‑grand final 1986‑‑grand final 1987‑‑round21

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1971‑‑ 7, 1972‑‑ 39, 1973‑‑ 26, 1974‑‑ 24, 1975‑‑ 34, 1976‑‑ 25, 1977‑‑ 52, 1978‑‑ 31, 1979‑‑ 64, 1980‑‑ 47, 1981‑‑ 50, 1982‑‑ 30, 1983‑‑ 31, 1984‑‑ 33, 1985‑‑ 11, 1986‑‑ 37, 1987‑‑ 54, 1988‑‑ 37,
Total‑‑ 632 votes from 200 matches.
Named as Best player in 13.8% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 50.0% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1972— 39 votes: 1 2 1 3 . . 3 3 2 5 . 1 2 . . . 5 4 3 2 2
1973— 26 votes: . 5 . 5 . 3 . . . . . . 2 . 2 . . . 4 . . . 5
1974— 24 votes: . . . . . . 4 4 . . . 3 1 . 5 . . . . . 3 . 1 . 3 .
1975— 34 votes: . . . . . 5 . . 1 3 . 2 . 5 5 . 3 2 5 . 3
1976— 25 votes: 5 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . 5 . . 3 5 4
1977— 52 votes: . . 2 . 5 5 . 3 5 2 . . 3 . 5 5 5 . . . . 2 5 3 1 1
1978— 31 votes: . . . 1 . . . . . 5 . . 3 4 . 1 5 5 . 2 5 . . .
1979— 64 votes: . 5 . 2 . 5 . . . 5 5 4 1 5 1 5 4 5 2 5 5 5
1980— 47 votes: . 3 5 1 3 . . . 2 . 1 1 1 . 2 5 1 4 4 5 3 3 . 3
1981— 50 votes: . . 4 4 2 2 2 4 2 . 4 . 5 4 5 . 4 . . . . . 2 4 2
1982— 30 votes: . . 5 5 . 1 1 . . . . . . 2 5 . . . . . . 3 1 . 5 2
1983— 31 votes: 2 . . . 5 . 5 . 5 . . 1 . . . 4 . 2 4 2 1 .
1984— 33 votes: 1 . . . . . . . 3 3 3 . . . . . 4 3 3 5 3 . 5 . .
1986— 37 votes: . . 2 . . . . . . 2 2 . . . 1 2 4 2 5 4 2 . 2 . 4 5
1987— 54 votes: . . . 5 . 4 1 5 4 2 3 2 2 3 . 2 . 4 3 1 5 4 . 1 3 .
1988— 37 votes: . 3 2 3 . 1 . 5 4 . . . . . 5 3 . . 2 3 3 . . 3 . .

Most SANFL Goals in a Season
1973— 66 goals: 4 2 3 3 2 6 1 2 . 4 2 . . 1 11 4 5 4 3 2 . 1 6
1974— 34 goals: . 1 2 . 2 1 1 1 1 3 . 4 1 3 . . . . 2 . 3 . 1 1 7 .
1975— 35 goals: 2 4 2 . . . . . . 1 . . . 6 1 4 8 1 1 2 3
1977— 32 goals: . . . . . . . . 2 1 . . 1 1 4 5 1 . 3 . . 3 8 1 . 2
1978— 35 goals: . . 3 4 1 1 3 4 2 . 4 . 1 . 1 . . . 4 5 1 . 1 .
1980— 37 goals: 1 . 3 1 2 2 1 . 1 3 1 . 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 4 5 2 1 .
1981— 25 goals: . 1 3 . . 2 2 1 1 . . . 2 1 2 1 1 . . . 3 1 3 1 .
1982— 27 goals: . 1 1 . . 1 2 1 2 2 . 1 1 . 4 . 2 2 . . 2 1 1 . 1 2
1983— 30 goals: . . 1 . . 1 . 1 2 1 3 3 1 1 2 1 . 2 2 3 5 1
1984— 24 goals: . 1 . 3 1 2 . 2 . . 2 2 . . 1 1 . 2 1 . 3 2 1 . .
1988— 26 goals: 1 2 1 1 3 . . . . 2 . . 3 4 . . . 4 . 1 1 2 . . 1 .

Summary
“Super” made his league debut as a 17 year old in 1971 against Centrals at Elizabeth while still a student at Seacombe High School. He established himself early in his career at centre-half-forward - booting six goals from that position in a best-afield performance in the 1973 grand final win. He remained the keystone in Glenelg's forward line until around 1978, when he transitioned into the club's no.1 ruckman - and remained there until is retirement after the 1988 grand final. He was club captain for 6 seasons from 1983 onwards, and maintained his high standards throughout his career with many observers rating him as best on ground in Glenelg's 1986 grand final win. During his playing career he amassed 448 league games for Glenelg as well as 19 state appearances and won many awards including 3 Glenelg best & fairest awards, 1 Fos Williams Medal and 2 All Australian selections.

Paul Weston

Best & Fairest 2 seasons

1976, 1980

Glenelg ladder positions:
3rd 4th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 599
Played: 1973--1982
Games: 196
Goals: 176

Achievements

4 seasons Glenelg Captain in 1979--1982
2X Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1976, 1980
100 Game Player
100 Career Goals
Most Goals in a Season: 35 SANFL + 2 other goals in 1980
Most Goals in a Match: 7 goals v South in round 15, 1979
Glenelg Hall of Fame - 1977--1990
1X Fos Williams Medallist in 1982
2X State Captain in 1981, 1982
2 Grand Finals as Captain in 1981 1982
5 Grand Finals Played in 1974 1975 1977 1981 1982
Third in Magarey Medal in 1976, 1979, 1981
13 State Games
49 games with West Torrens, 23 games with Norwood, 60 games with Essendon
SA Football Hall of Fame Inductee in 2002

Memorable Matches
1976‑‑round14 1977‑‑prelim final 1978‑‑round1 1978‑‑round4 1978‑‑round21 1979‑‑round15 1979‑‑round19 1979‑‑round21 1980‑‑round2 1980‑‑round12 1980‑‑round19 1981‑‑round1 1981‑‑prelim final 1982‑‑round19

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1975‑‑ 7, 1976‑‑ 47, 1977‑‑ 25, 1978‑‑ 58, 1979‑‑ 47, 1980‑‑ 49, 1981‑‑ 39, 1982‑‑ 44,
Total‑‑ 316 votes from 93 matches.
Named as Best player in 12.4% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 52.2% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1976— 47 votes: . 3 . 2 4 4 . 3 . 2 3 5 5 5 . 4 4 1 . 2 . . . .
1977— 25 votes: 1 . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . 4 . . 5 3 3
1978— 58 votes: 4 . 5 3 3 2 2 5 4 4 4 2 4 1 . . . . 1 3 4 2 . 5
1979— 47 votes: . 2 . 5 . . . 3 . 4 4 3 3 . 4 . . 4 5 4 4 2
1980— 49 votes: . 5 4 4 . 1 . 4 . 1 . 5 . . 3 . 5 5 5 1 . 4 2 .
1981— 39 votes: 5 . . . 1 . . . . . 2 . . 5 . 5 . . 5 . . 5 3 5 3
1982— 44 votes: 1 4 4 3 1 . . 4 . 4 . . 1 4 . . . 3 5 . 3 . 4 3 . .

Most SANFL Goals in a Season
1978— 24 goals: 1 1 . 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 . . . . . 1 . . 2 2 1
1979— 30 goals: . 1 1 4 1 . . 1 1 . . . . . 7 . 2 3 1 3 3 2
1980— 35 goals: 2 4 3 1 . . . . 1 1 2 2 2 . 2 . 1 2 5 4 . 2 . 1
1981— 25 goals: 3 1 . . 1 . 1 . 1 . 2 . 1 . 1 2 3 1 1 . 1 4 2 . .
1982— 34 goals: . 1 2 2 2 1 . 1 . 1 . . 1 . 1 . 2 1 4 1 4 2 3 3 2 .

Summary
A Player with all the skills and a wonderful football brain who could play in any key position and dominate, he always seemed to have so much time to do anything. He also had a booming kick - who could forget his winning torpedo punt goal in the dying seconds against Norwood in 1982?

Kym Hodgeman

Best & Fairest 3 seasons

1977, 1978, 1989

Glenelg ladder positions:
2nd 4th 5th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 602
Played: 1974--1980, 1986--1990
Games: 244
Goals: 411
Coach: 1991--1992; 48 games - 54.2% won

Achievements

2 seasons Glenelg Coach in 1991--1992
3X Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1977, 1978, 1989
2X Glenelg Top Goalkicker in 1978--1979
200 Game Player
400 Career Goals
2X 50-99 SANFL Goals in a Season in 1975, 1978
Most Goals in a Season: 58 SANFL + 3 other goals in 1975
Most Goals in a Match: 8 goals v Centrals in round 8,1975
Glenelg Hall of Fame - 1977--1990
1X Magarey Medallist in 1978
1X All Australian in 1979
Premiership Player in 1986
1 Grand Finals as Coach in 1992
5 Grand Finals Played in 1974 1975 1977 1986 1988
Reserves Magarey Medallist in 1974
Third in Magarey Medal in 1980
9 State Games
91 Games with North Melbourne, Best and Fairest 1984
SA Football Hall of Fame Inductee in 2002

Memorable Matches
1974‑‑round14 1976‑‑round6 1977‑‑round14 1977‑‑round22 1977‑‑grand final 1978‑‑round6 1978‑‑round7 1978‑‑round15 1980‑‑round1 1980‑‑round7 1986‑‑grand final 1987‑‑round3 1987‑‑round14 1988‑‑elim final 1989‑‑round15

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1974‑‑ 9, 1975‑‑ 26, 1976‑‑ 48, 1977‑‑ 67, 1978‑‑ 75, 1979‑‑ 34, 1980‑‑ 55, 1986‑‑ 11, 1987‑‑ 20, 1988‑‑ 19, 1989‑‑ 41,
Total‑‑ 405 votes from 114 matches.
Named as Best player in 16.2% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 52.8% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1975— 26 votes: . 2 4 . . . 1 4 4 . 5 . . . 2 3 . . . . 1
1976— 48 votes: 3 . 5 4 . 5 5 2 4 . . . . 4 . 5 . . 1 5 4 . . 1
1977— 67 votes: 4 1 . 1 . 4 4 5 3 5 5 . . 5 3 . 3 . 2 . 5 5 3 4 . 5
1978— 75 votes: 2 5 4 5 5 4 5 . 3 3 5 . 2 5 5 . 2 4 5 4 3 4 . .
1979— 34 votes: 3 . 2 4 . 3 . 5 . 3 . . . . . 2 . 3 4 2 3 .
1980— 55 votes: 5 4 . 5 4 3 5 1 5 . 2 . 3 1 1 3 4 . 3 . . . 4 2
1987— 20 votes: 2 . 5 4 . . . . . . 5 . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . .
1988— 19 votes: . . . . . . . . 3 5 . . 4 . . . . . . . 2 . 5 . . .
1989— 41 votes: . 3 . 4 . 4 4 3 4 . . . 2 2 5 5 . 1 . 4 . . .

Most SANFL Goals in a Season
1975— 58 goals: 2 3 4 . 4 3 3 8 4 3 3 2 1 3 2 6 4 . . 2 1
1976— 47 goals: 2 2 2 5 1 4 3 1 5 2 1 1 1 2 . 2 2 1 1 5 1 1 . 2
1977— 47 goals: 2 3 1 2 1 6 2 3 4 1 3 2 7 3 1 1 1 1 2 1
1978— 51 goals: 1 4 2 2 3 3 6 3 4 3 3 . 1 2 7 . . . 2 1 3 1 . .
1979— 32 goals: 3 . 3 1 1 1 . 3 . 2 2 . . . . 4 2 2 . 2 4 2
1980— 36 goals: 2 2 3 . 4 1 3 1 2 1 3 2 2 2 1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 1 .
1988— 36 goals: . 1 3 . 4 4 . . . 2 . 1 4 1 . . 3 . . 2 3 . 4 1 2 1
1989— 25 goals: . 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 . . . 1 2 2 . . . 3 1 2 1 3 .

Summary
Neil Kerley knew very quickly this tiny rover was “special” when he ran the wrong way straight into a charging pack of Port Adelaide players and grabbed a mark. He had electric pace and agility, skill, courage, persistence and was lethal around the goals. After a very successful stint with North Melbourne, he returned to the Bay to fulfil a lifelong dream and play in the Tigers’ 1986 premiership.

Tony McGuinness

Best & Fairest

1982

Glenelg ladder positions:
2nd

Glenelg Career
Player#: 662
Played: 1981--1985, 1998
Games: 113
Goals: 200
Coach: 1998--2000; 62 games - 32.3% won

Achievements

3 seasons Glenelg Coach in 1998--2000
Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1982
100 Game Player
200 Career Goals
2X 50-99 SANFL Goals in a Season in 1982, 1985
Most Goals in a Season: 57 SANFL + 2 other goals in 1982
Most Goals in a Match: 6 goals v West in round 9, 1982; 6 goals v Port in round 1, 1985
Glenelg Hall of Fame - 1977--1990
1X Magarey Medallist in 1982
3X All Australian in 1988, 1992, 1993
Premiership Player in 1985
3 Grand Finals Played in 1981 1982 1985
109 Games with Footscray - Best and Fairest 1987
113 Games with Adelaide - Captain 1995-96, Best and Fairest 1993
SA Football Hall of Fame Inductee in 2002

Memorable Matches
1982‑‑round2 1982‑‑round9 1982‑‑round10 1982‑‑round12 1982‑‑round18 1983‑‑round9 1983‑‑round18 1984‑‑round4 1985‑‑round1 1985‑‑round13 1985‑‑round16 1985‑‑round20

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1982‑‑ 54, 1983‑‑ 50, 1984‑‑ 33, 1985‑‑ 37,
Total‑‑ 174 votes from 51 matches.
Named as Best player in 14.1% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 51.5% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1982— 54 votes: . 5 2 2 4 5 2 . 5 5 . 5 5 . . . 5 4 . . . 2 . . 3 .
1983— 50 votes: 4 5 4 3 4 . . 2 4 . 1 2 . 1 5 . . 4 2 4 5 .
1984— 33 votes: . . 4 5 4 3 2 . . 4 . 5 . 3 1 . . . . . . . . . 2
1985— 37 votes: 4 . 5 . 2 . 1 . . . . 4 4 2 . 4 . . . 5 . 4 . 1 1

Most SANFL Goals in a Season
1982— 57 goals: . 4 1 . 3 3 4 2 6 2 . . 2 1 3 . 5 3 1 3 3 2 5 1 3 .
1983— 43 goals: 3 2 4 1 3 2 . 1 3 . 3 2 2 2 4 2 . 3 4 2 . .
1984— 35 goals: 2 . 2 . 2 3 1 2 1 3 2 4 1 2 2 . . 1 1 1 3 . . . 2
1985— 51 goals: 6 1 4 1 3 2 1 1 . . 3 4 2 1 3 1 1 1 3 4 . 3 2 2 2

Summary
Exploded on to the scene with an outstanding game from the bench in the 1981 grand final and caused a sensation in a tremendous 1982 season by becoming the youngest winner of the Magarey Medal at just 18. Had explosive pace and also could run all day, had a booming left-foot kick for his size and booted countless team-lifting goals on the run and from “impossible” angles.

Stephen Kernahan

Best & Fairest 3 seasons

1983, 1984, 1985

Glenelg ladder positions:
7th 3rd 1st

Glenelg Career
Player#: 655
Played: 1981--1985
Games: 136
Goals: 290

Achievements

3X Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1983, 1984, 1985
2X Glenelg Top Goalkicker in 1983--1984
100 Game Player
200 Career Goals
4X 50-99 SANFL Goals in a Season in 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985
Most Goals in a Season: 71 SANFL + 10 other goals in 1985
Most Goals in a Match: 7 goals v North in 1985 Grand Final
Glenelg Hall of Fame - 1977--1990
1X Jack Oatey Medallist in 1985
2X Fos Williams Medallist in 1984, 1988
5X All Australian in 1985, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1994
1X State Captain in 1996
Premiership Player in 1985
3 Grand Finals Played in 1981 1982 1985
Leading vote getter in 1983 Magarey Medal but was ineligible due to suspension
Kicked 10 goals in State match v Victoria in 1984
16 State Games, 51 Goals
251 Games for Carlton (226 as Captain) - 738 Goals, club leading Goalkicker 11 years in a row, Best and Fairest 1987, 1989, 1992
SA Football Hall of Fame Inductee in 2002
Australian Football Hall of Fame Inductee in 2001

Memorable Matches
1981‑‑round21 1982‑‑round18 1982‑‑round19 1982‑‑elim final 1983‑‑round12 1984‑‑round2 1984‑‑round7 1984‑‑round10 1984‑‑round14 1985‑‑round11 1985‑‑round14 1985‑‑round18 1985‑‑round19 1985‑‑grand final

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1981‑‑ 14, 1982‑‑ 39, 1983‑‑ 51, 1984‑‑ 77, 1985‑‑ 65,
Total‑‑ 246 votes from 71 matches.
Named as Best player in 16.0% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 59.7% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1981— 14 votes: . . . . . 1 1 . . . 3 1 . 2 . . . . . . 4 2 . . .
1982— 39 votes: 3 . . . . 4 . 1 . . 2 . 4 . 4 . 2 5 4 5 . . 5 . . .
1983— 51 votes: 3 3 5 . . 4 . . 1 . 4 5 2 4 . 3 5 . . 5 2 5
1984— 77 votes: 3 5 3 . 3 . 5 4 2 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 . 4 3 . 2 . 3 4
1985— 65 votes: . 2 4 . . . 3 4 . 2 5 3 1 5 2 1 4 4 5 4 2 . 5 4 5

Most SANFL Goals in a Season
1981— 39 goals: 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 1 . 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 .
1982— 51 goals: 2 . 2 1 . 4 4 4 4 3 2 1 1 3 1 . 3 2 1 . 1 1 3 3 4 1
1983— 55 goals: 5 . 6 3 . 3 . 2 . . 2 6 2 4 1 4 3 1 3 4 3 3
1984— 56 goals: 3 3 1 4 . . 5 2 2 6 4 2 3 2 1 1 5 2 3 1 1 . 2 2 1
1985— 71 goals: 4 2 5 4 2 1 3 . 2 1 3 1 3 5 2 2 3 4 3 2 5 1 4 2 7

Summary
He had everything. The height, the physique, the marking ability that was second to none, the long accurate kick, the big-game temperament, the leadership... how many premierships would he have helped the Tigers to if he had played in the days before Victorian clubs lured our best talent away? An icon of the Glenelg Football Club - but also of the game.

Chris McDermott

Best & Fairest 3 seasons

1986, 1987, 1988

Glenelg ladder positions:
1st 2nd 2nd

Glenelg Career
Player#: 656
Played: 1981--1996
Games: 277
Goals: 183

Achievements

2 seasons Glenelg Captain in 1989--1990
3X Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1986, 1987, 1988
200 Game Player
100 Career Goals
Most Goals in a Season: 23 SANFL + 3 other goals in 1986
Most Goals in a Match: 4 goals in Prelim.Final, 1981; 4 goals in rounds 9 & 15, 1982; 4 goals in round 3, 1986
Glenelg Hall of Fame - 1977--1990
1X Fos Williams Medallist in 1987
1X Simpson Medallist in 1987
3X All Australian in 1986, 1987, 1992
7X State Captain in 1988, 1990-1995
2X Premiership Player in 1985 1986
1 Grand Finals as Captain in 1990
7 Grand Finals Played in 1981 1982 1985 1986 1987 1988 1990
66 Games with Adelaide Crows, Captain 1991-1994, Best and fairest 1992
15 State Games
SA Football Hall of Fame Inductee in 2002

Memorable Matches
1981‑‑round16 1985‑‑round4 1985‑‑round15 1985‑‑grand final 1986‑‑round13 1986‑‑round15 1987‑‑round13 1988‑‑round2 1988‑‑round18 1989‑‑round14 1989‑‑round16 1990‑‑round5 1990‑‑round9 1990‑‑round11 1995‑‑round2

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1981‑‑ 17, 1982‑‑ 12, 1983‑‑ 33, 1984‑‑ 23, 1985‑‑ 52, 1986‑‑ 74, 1987‑‑ 86, 1988‑‑ 82, 1989‑‑ 43, 1990‑‑ 29, 1995‑‑ 5, 1996‑‑ 20,
Total‑‑ 476 votes from 130 matches.
Named as Best player in 19.8% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 54.9% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1981— 17 votes: . . . . . . . . . 2 . 2 . . . 4 . 4 . 1 . . 1 3 .
1982— 12 votes: . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . 2 . . . . 4 2 . . 1 . .
1983— 33 votes: . . . 4 . 2 3 4 . 5 5 3 . . 3 . . 1 3 . . .
1984— 23 votes: 5 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . 5 4 . 5 . . 3
1985— 52 votes: . 4 . 5 4 . 2 1 5 5 . . 3 1 5 . 3 . 3 . . 5 . 3 3
1986— 74 votes: 3 5 4 4 4 4 5 3 5 . 3 . 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 . 2 . . . .
1987— 86 votes: 4 4 4 . 5 5 5 1 2 . 1 5 5 5 . 3 4 3 5 5 2 3 4 3 4 4
1988— 82 votes: . 5 . . 1 4 . 4 5 2 2 5 5 5 1 5 5 5 . 5 5 5 3 4 5 1
1989— 43 votes: . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 3 4 . 4 5 4 5 3 . 5 4
1990— 29 votes: . . . . 5 . . 3 5 . 5 2 5 . . . 4 . . . . . .
1996— 20 votes: . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . 3 5 5 2 . . .

Summary
His courage, desperation, ability to read the play, get his hands on the ball and set up team-mates and remarkable toughness are legendary at Glenelg. In the club’s glory years of the late 1980’s he not surprisingly was known as the “heart of the Bay”.

David Marshall

Best & Fairest

1990

Glenelg ladder positions:
2nd

Glenelg Career
Player#: 631
Played: 1978--1993
Games: 354
Goals: 287

Achievements

Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1990
300 Game Player
200 Career Goals
Most Goals in a Season: 30 SANFL + 6 other goals in 1986
Most Goals in a Match: 4 goals in round 7, 1982; 4 goals in round 20, 1990; 4 goals in round 22, 1993
Glenelg Hall of Fame - 1977--1990
1X State Captain in 1993
2X Premiership Player in 1985 1986
8 Grand Finals Played in 1981 1982 1985 1986 1987 1988 1990 1992
Runner-up in Magarey Medal in 1990
3 State Games
26 games with Adelaide Crows
SA Football Hall of Fame Inductee in 2003

Memorable Matches
1982‑‑round7 1983‑‑round13 1983‑‑round14 1983‑‑round16 1984‑‑round2 1984‑‑round8 1984‑‑round21 1987‑‑round12 1987‑‑round17 1989‑‑round2 1990‑‑round15 1990‑‑round17 1990‑‑second semi 1992‑‑round9 1992‑‑first semi

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1979‑‑ 7, 1980‑‑ 16, 1981‑‑ 23, 1982‑‑ 31, 1983‑‑ 57, 1984‑‑ 51, 1985‑‑ 11, 1986‑‑ 20, 1987‑‑ 42, 1988‑‑ 27, 1989‑‑ 35, 1990‑‑ 49, 1992‑‑ 17, 1993‑‑ 24,
Total‑‑ 410 votes from 139 matches.
Named as Best player in 8.6% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 45.7% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1980— 16 votes: 4 2 2 . 2 . . . . 3 . . . 2 . . . . . . . . 1 .
1981— 23 votes: . 3 . 2 . 3 . . . . . . . . 2 1 1 . 2 3 . . 4 2 .
1982— 31 votes: 2 2 1 . . . 5 . 2 . . 1 . 3 . 5 1 . 3 . . . 2 . 1 3
1983— 57 votes: . 4 3 5 3 1 . 1 3 4 3 4 5 5 1 5 4 . 5 . . 1
1984— 51 votes: . 4 . 2 2 5 4 5 . 2 . 3 . . . . 2 5 . . 5 4 3 . 5
1986— 20 votes: . 2 5 . . 2 . . . . . . 2 . . . 3 . . 2 1 . . 2 1 .
1987— 42 votes: 1 . 2 . 4 . . . . 4 . 3 3 2 . . 5 . . 4 3 5 . 4 2 .
1988— 27 votes: 3 . 3 . . . 4 . . . 5 . . 1 2 . 1 . . 4 . . . . 4 .
1989— 35 votes: . 5 1 . 2 3 2 4 . 5 . . 4 1 1 2 . . . . 3 2 .
1990— 49 votes: 2 . 5 . . . . 4 4 5 . . 2 5 5 3 5 . 1 3 . 5 .
1992— 17 votes: . . . . 2 2 3 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . .
1993— 24 votes: . 3 . 4 . . 4 1 . 1 . 2 . . . . . . 3 2 . 4

Most SANFL Goals in a Season
1984— 25 goals: . 2 . 3 . 1 . 3 . . . 3 2 . . 1 1 2 2 2 . . 2 . 1
1986— 30 goals: 1 1 . 2 . . . . . . . 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 3 1 2 2 2
1987— 24 goals: 2 1 3 1 1 . . . 1 2 . 1 3 2 2 . . . . . 1 1 . 2 1 .
1993— 28 goals: 1 . 2 3 . 3 1 1 . 2 2 2 . 2 . 2 . 2 4 . 1 .

Summary
His silky skills and all round class were showcased when, after 13 years of league football, he made his mark in the AFL in the inaugural year of the Crows in 1991. Always composed and in control he could deliver the ball beautifully either by foot or by hand and no-one was a more lethal finisher running into goals.

Nick Chigwidden

Best & Fairest 4 seasons

1991, 1992, 1993, 1994

Glenelg ladder positions:
6th 2nd 4th 4th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 714
Played: 1987--2000
Games: 293
Goals: 257

Achievements

8 seasons Glenelg Captain in 1993--2000
4X Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
200 Game Player
200 Career Goals
Most Goals in a Season: 32 SANFL + 2 other goals in 1991
Most Goals in a Match: 6 goals v Sturt in round 9, 1991; 6 goals v Centrals in round 14, 1992
Glenelg Hall of Fame - 1991--2023
3 Grand Finals Played in 1988 1990 1992
Great of Glenelg
2X Runner-up in Magarey Medal - 1993, 1999
2 State Games
SA Football Hall of Fame Inductee in 2023

Memorable Matches
1989‑‑round4 1991‑‑round3 1991‑‑round9 1992‑‑round13 1992‑‑round14 1992‑‑elim final 1993‑‑round17 1993‑‑round19 1994‑‑round7 1995‑‑round15 1995‑‑round23 1999‑‑round6 1999‑‑round19 1999‑‑round21 2000‑‑round2

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1988‑‑ 4, 1989‑‑ 7, 1991‑‑ 45, 1992‑‑ 44, 1993‑‑ 37, 1994‑‑ 36, 1995‑‑ 31, 1996‑‑ 27, 1997‑‑ 30, 1998‑‑ 27, 1999‑‑ 34, 2000‑‑ 17,
Total‑‑ 339 votes from 103 matches.
Named as Best player in 9.8% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 38.7% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1991— 45 votes: 4 . 5 1 5 2 . 5 3 5 4 2 . . . 2 . . . 3 4 .
1992— 44 votes: . 4 4 . 5 . . 3 . 5 . 4 3 3 . 3 . 5 . . . 1 4 . . .
1993— 37 votes: 5 . . . 3 2 3 5 . . . . 4 . 5 5 . 2 . . 3 .
1994— 36 votes: . . 3 . . 5 . . . . 1 . 5 3 5 . . 3 2 3 . 5 1
1995— 31 votes: 4 . . . . . . . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 5 2 . 5 .
1996— 27 votes: . . . . . 4 . 1 1 . 2 . . 5 4 4 . 1 2 3
1997— 30 votes: 2 4 1 3 2 . . . . . . . 2 . . 5 3 3 . 5
1998— 27 votes: 2 . 5 5 . 4 2 . . . . 4 . 1 . . . 4 . .
1999— 34 votes: . 3 4 . 5 . . . . . . . . 4 . 4 4 5 . 2 2 1
2000— 17 votes: 3 . . . 4 . 4 2 . . 4 . . . . . . . . .

Most SANFL Goals in a Season
1989— 24 goals: 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 . 2 . . 1 3 . 1 . . . . 1 3 1
1991— 32 goals: 2 . 5 2 1 1 3 6 3 . . 2 . 1 1 2 . . 1 1 1 .
1992— 27 goals: 1 1 1 . 1 1 . 4 . 1 . 3 6 1 . 1 1 . 1 1 . . 3 . . .
1995— 25 goals: 2 1 1 . 1 2 2 1 3 1 . 1 2 . 1 . . . . 2 3 2

Summary
An ultra-determined, competitive, fearless rover and inspirational leader, Chiggy for many years after the arrival of the Crows in SA football remained the heart and soul of the Glenelg Football Club. Tony Symonds, Chigwidden’s coach in 1995-96, said he was “one of the most outstanding club men Glenelg had ever had. He has as much heart as any player I’ve played with and he doesn’t accept second best”.

Dean Bailey

Best & Fairest

1995

Glenelg ladder positions:
7th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 762
Played: 1993--1996
Games: 61
Goals: 18

Achievements

Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1995

Memorable Matches
1993‑‑round12 1993‑‑round14 1995‑‑round7 1995‑‑round17 1995‑‑round19 1995‑‑round21 1996‑‑round3 1996‑‑round14

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1993‑‑ 14, 1994‑‑ 12, 1995‑‑ 38, 1996‑‑ 15,
Total‑‑ 79 votes from 24 matches.
Named as Best player in 11.5% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 39.3% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1993— 14 votes: . . . . . . . . . 2 . 3 . . . 2 5 . . . 2 .
1995— 38 votes: . . 1 . . 5 . . 5 5 5 . 1 . 5 3 5 . 3 . . .
1996— 15 votes: 4 4 . . . . . . . . . 4 2 1 . . . . . .

Ben Thompson

Best & Fairest

1996

Glenelg ladder positions:
7th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 793
Played: 1996--1997, 2001--2002
Games: 51
Goals: 9

Achievements

Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1996

Memorable Matches
1996‑‑round11 1996‑‑round22 1996‑‑round23 1997‑‑round4 1997‑‑round6 1997‑‑round8 1997‑‑round9

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1996‑‑ 15, 1997‑‑ 25, 2002‑‑ 6,
Total‑‑ 46 votes from 13 matches.
Named as Best player in 7.8% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 25.5% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1996— 15 votes: . . 3 . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 3 5
1997— 25 votes: . . 5 2 4 1 4 5 . 4 . . . . . . . . . .

Grant Reubenicht

Best & Fairest

1997

Glenelg ladder positions:
8th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 754
Played: 1991--1999
Games: 104
Goals: 12

Achievements

Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1997
100 Game Player
1 Grand Finals Played in 1992

Memorable Matches
1992‑‑round15 1994‑‑round20 1995‑‑round3 1995‑‑round6 1995‑‑round19 1996‑‑round15 1997‑‑round12 1997‑‑round15 1997‑‑round19

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1991‑‑ 3, 1992‑‑ 11, 1994‑‑ 16, 1995‑‑ 20, 1996‑‑ 11, 1997‑‑ 21,
Total‑‑ 82 votes from 25 matches.
Named as Best player in 3.8% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 24.0% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1994— 16 votes: . 4 . 2 . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . 4 . 2 . . .
1995— 20 votes: . 2 5 . 4 . . . . . 2 . . . . . 4 . . 3 . .
1997— 21 votes: . . . . . . . . . . 4 . 4 3 . . 5 1 . 4

Dwaine Kretschmer

Best & Fairest

1998

Glenelg ladder positions:
9th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 751
Played: 1991--1999
Games: 140
Goals: 60

Achievements

Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1998
100 Game Player
1 Grand Finals Played in 1992

Memorable Matches
1992‑‑round2 1993‑‑round4 1994‑‑round11 1996‑‑round9 1997‑‑round8 1997‑‑round19 1997‑‑round20 1998‑‑round16 1998‑‑round17 1998‑‑round19

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1992‑‑ 13, 1993‑‑ 13, 1994‑‑ 2, 1995‑‑ 1, 1996‑‑ 4, 1997‑‑ 29, 1998‑‑ 24, 1999‑‑ 4,
Total‑‑ 90 votes from 34 matches.
Named as Best player in 3.6% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 24.3% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1993— 13 votes: . . 2 . . . . . 4 . . . 1 1 3 . . . . . 1 1
1997— 29 votes: . . . . . . 5 . . 3 2 3 1 2 . . 4 2 5 2
1998— 24 votes: . . . 2 3 . . 3 . . 3 . . 5 3 . 4 1 . .

Richard Kelly

Best & Fairest

1999

Glenelg ladder positions:
4th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 828
Played: 1998--2000
Games: 48
Goals: 7

Achievements

Glenelg Best & Fairest in 1999

Memorable Matches
1998‑‑round1 1998‑‑round22 1999‑‑round7 1999‑‑round17 1999‑‑round19 1999‑‑round21 2000‑‑round8

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1998‑‑ 12, 1999‑‑ 41, 2000‑‑ 16,
Total‑‑ 69 votes from 21 matches.
Named as Best player in 8.3% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 43.8% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1999— 41 votes: . . . . 2 3 2 4 3 . . 2 4 . 5 . 5 4 . . 3 4
2000— 16 votes: 2 4 . . . . 5 . 1 . . . . . . . 4 . . .

Martin Mellody

Best & Fairest

2000

Glenelg ladder positions:
9th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 847
Played: 1999--2001
Games: 47
Goals: 12

Achievements

Glenelg Best & Fairest in 2000

Memorable Matches
1999‑‑round5 1999‑‑qual final 2000‑‑round6 2000‑‑round19 2001‑‑round17 2001‑‑round20 2001‑‑round21

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1999‑‑ 14, 2000‑‑ 35, 2001‑‑ 35,
Total‑‑ 84 votes from 22 matches.
Named as Best player in 21.3% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 46.8% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1999— 14 votes: . 2 2 2 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . 5 .
2000— 35 votes: . . . 3 5 4 2 . 5 . . . . 5 5 5 . 1 . .
2001— 35 votes: . . 5 5 4 4 . 3 . . . . . . 5 . . 4 5 .

Paul Sherwood

Best & Fairest

2001

Glenelg ladder positions:
9th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 850
Played: 1999--2008
Games: 190
Goals: 21

Achievements

Glenelg Best & Fairest in 2001
100 Game Player
Glenelg Hall of Fame - 1991--2023
1 Grand Finals Played in 2008

Memorable Matches
1999‑‑round22 2000‑‑round13 2002‑‑round16 2002‑‑round23 2003‑‑round10 2004‑‑round17 2004‑‑round18 2005‑‑round10 2006‑‑round10 2007‑‑round12 2008‑‑round22 2008‑‑grand final

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1999‑‑ 9, 2000‑‑ 10, 2001‑‑ 13, 2002‑‑ 11, 2003‑‑ 22, 2004‑‑ 26, 2005‑‑ 9, 2006‑‑ 5, 2007‑‑ 5, 2008‑‑ 11,
Total‑‑ 121 votes from 44 matches.
Named as Best player in 2.6% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 23.2% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
2001— 13 votes: 4 . . . . 2 2 . . . . . . 2 3 . . . . .
2002— 11 votes: . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 2 1 . 2 2 . 2 1
2003— 22 votes: . . . 5 3 . 3 2 4 4 . . . 1 . . . . . .
2004— 26 votes: . . 4 . . . 2 . 5 4 . . . . 4 4 . 1 2 .

Summary
An outstanding, dependable, skilful and rebounding full back who shone at the Bay in tough times before playing a significant role in the climb up the ladder to finish his career with a grand final apearance in 2008. Recruited from Queensland club Morningside, Forest became a state representative and dual Advertiser Team of the Year defender. Assistant coach in the 2019 premiership success.

James Byrne

Best & Fairest

2002

Glenelg ladder positions:
9th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 841
Played: 1999--2002
Games: 52
Goals: 26

Achievements

Glenelg Captain in 2002
Glenelg Best & Fairest in 2002

Memorable Matches
1999‑‑round1 1999‑‑round7 1999‑‑round9 2000‑‑round15 2000‑‑round22 2001‑‑round8 2001‑‑round11 2002‑‑round23

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
1999‑‑ 34, 2000‑‑ 29, 2001‑‑ 21, 2002‑‑ 32,
Total‑‑ 116 votes from 33 matches.
Named as Best player in 15.4% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 63.5% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
1999— 34 votes: 3 4 3 4 4 5 . 5 . . 3 . . 3 . . . . . . . .
2000— 29 votes: . . 5 . . . . 5 . . . 4 5 . 2 . 3 . 5 .
2001— 21 votes: . 2 . . 2 . 4 4 4 5 . . . . . . . . . .
2002— 32 votes: 5 . 2 4 . . 1 2 . 4 . 2 . . . 3 4 1 . 4

William Neely

Best & Fairest 2 seasons

2003, 2004

Glenelg ladder positions:
8th 7th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 905
Played: 2003--2005
Games: 58
Goals: 20

Achievements

2X Glenelg Best & Fairest in 2003, 2004

Memorable Matches
2003‑‑round2 2003‑‑round7 2003‑‑round23 2004‑‑round8 2004‑‑round12 2004‑‑round19 2004‑‑round23 2005‑‑round9

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
2003‑‑ 37, 2004‑‑ 46, 2005‑‑ 19,
Total‑‑ 102 votes from 30 matches.
Named as Best player in 15.5% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 51.7% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
2003— 37 votes: . 5 . . . 4 4 . . 3 5 2 4 . . . . 5 . 5
2004— 46 votes: 1 . 3 3 3 4 5 . 2 . 5 4 3 . . 1 5 2 . 5
2005— 19 votes: . . . 2 . 4 2 5 . . . . . 2 . . 1 . . 3

Adam Fisher

Best & Fairest 2 seasons

2005, 2009

Glenelg ladder positions:
8th 3rd

Glenelg Career
Player#: 933
Played: 2005--2009
Games: 94
Goals: 43

Achievements

2X Glenelg Best & Fairest in 2005, 2009
1 Grand Finals Played in 2008

Memorable Matches
2005‑‑round7 2005‑‑round8 2005‑‑round9 2005‑‑round20 2006‑‑round3 2006‑‑round6 2007‑‑round4 2007‑‑round10 2008‑‑round6 2008‑‑round8 2008‑‑round20 2009‑‑round6

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
2005‑‑ 48, 2006‑‑ 31, 2007‑‑ 61, 2008‑‑ 53, 2009‑‑ 36,
Total‑‑ 229 votes from 63 matches.
Named as Best player in 21.3% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 67.0% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
2005— 48 votes: . . 2 5 3 5 5 4 5 2 . 2 2 . . 3 5 5 . .
2006— 31 votes: 5 . 5 4 5 . 5 4 3 . . . . . . . . . . .
2007— 61 votes: 3 . 5 4 3 5 3 5 1 2 . . 3 4 4 . 4 . 3 4 3 5
2008— 53 votes: 4 4 2 . 5 4 5 . 3 4 . . . . 3 3 5 . 1 . 2 4 4
2009— 36 votes: 5 . 3 . . 5 . 5 . 3 . 1 1 . 4 . . . 1 4 . 4

Summary
A classy, skilful on-baller who could run all day, Fisher was a key to the Tiger's minor premierships of 2008-09. He was a State representative and was selected in the Advertiser Team of the Year on 3 occasions.

Brett Backwell

Best & Fairest

2006

Glenelg ladder positions:
6th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 899
Played: 2003--2009
Games: 131
Goals: 105

Achievements

Glenelg Best & Fairest in 2006
100 Game Player
100 Career Goals
Most Goals in a Season: 26 SANFL + 1 other goals in 2006
Most Goals in a Match: 4 goals v Norwood in round 7, 2003
1X Magarey Medallist in 2006
1X Fos Williams Medallist in 2003
1 Grand Finals Played in 2008
R.O.Shearman Medallist in 2003
6 State games
18 games with Carlton 1999-2001
Played with West Adelaide in 2002 and North Adelaide in 2011-12

Memorable Matches
2003‑‑round3 2003‑‑round19 2006‑‑round16 2006‑‑round17 2006‑‑round18 2006‑‑round20 2007‑‑round10 2007‑‑round23 2008‑‑round6 2008‑‑round7 2008‑‑round13 2009‑‑round10

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
2003‑‑ 55, 2004‑‑ 30, 2005‑‑ 30, 2006‑‑ 43, 2007‑‑ 35, 2008‑‑ 26, 2009‑‑ 11,
Total‑‑ 230 votes from 67 matches.
Named as Best player in 14.5% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 51.1% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
2003— 55 votes: 3 3 5 . . 3 5 3 3 . 3 . 3 5 5 . 5 4 5 .
2004— 30 votes: . 4 2 . . 1 4 5 . 5 . 5 2 . . . . . . 2
2005— 30 votes: 3 5 . 4 . . . . . . 4 4 . . . 4 . . 4 2
2006— 43 votes: . 3 . . 1 2 4 5 . . 1 4 3 4 4 5 2 5 . .
2007— 35 votes: . . . 3 . 4 1 4 5 . 1 4 . . . 3 . . 1 5 . 4
2008— 26 votes: 5 . 1 . 4 5 . . 2 . 5 . 2 . 2 . . . . . . . .

Most SANFL Goals in a Season
2006— 27 goals: 2 1 1 3 1 1 3 . . . 3 1 1 1 . 2 1 3 3 .

Summary
A midfielder with pace to burn, he was able to get out of tricky situations, elude tackles and, when he was away, there was little hope of catching him. Eye-catching, skilful and dangerous around the goals, Backwell won a Magarey Medal, John H. Ellers Trophy and Fos Williams Medal after claimimg the J.J.Liston Trophy as the VFL's fairest and most brilliant with Carlton.

Ben Kane

Best & Fairest 2 seasons

2007, 2011

Glenelg ladder positions:
4th 5th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 960
Played: 2007--2011
Games: 110
Goals: 53

Achievements

2X Glenelg Best & Fairest in 2007, 2011
100 Game Player
1 Grand Finals Played in 2008
23 games with Hawthorn before joining Glenelg, and 59 games with Sturt after.

Memorable Matches
2007‑‑round19 2008‑‑round17 2008‑‑prelim final 2009‑‑round2 2009‑‑round13 2009‑‑round19 2010‑‑round1 2010‑‑round8 2011‑‑round1 2011‑‑round9 2011‑‑round17 2011‑‑round21

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
2007‑‑ 37, 2008‑‑ 24, 2009‑‑ 38, 2010‑‑ 32, 2011‑‑ 54,
Total‑‑ 185 votes from 62 matches.
Named as Best player in 10.9% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 56.4% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
2007— 37 votes: 2 4 1 2 4 1 . . . . . 5 . 3 2 1 5 . . 2 2 3
2008— 24 votes: 1 2 . 2 . 2 3 . . . . . . . 5 2 3 1 . . . 3 .
2009— 38 votes: 3 5 . 1 5 1 . . 4 . . 4 . 4 . 3 5 . . 1 . 2
2010— 32 votes: 5 3 . 2 4 1 4 . . . . . . 4 3 . 3 . 2 1 . .
2011— 54 votes: 5 . . 4 . 3 . 5 . 2 3 4 1 5 5 4 3 . 5 2 3

Summary
Won 2 best and fairest awards with Glenelg, was silky skilled, and hugely athletic with the ability to run all day. Became the Iron Man of SANFL footy, playing all his 110 games in a row for Glenelg after debuting in round 1, 2007. He switched to Sturt in 2012 - where he also became club champion - and played another 59 in a row. All up he played 169 games in arow with Glenelg and Sturt from 2009-14. He was Glenelg's vice-captain in 2009-10, and he made the Advertiser Team of the Year three times.

Ty Allen

Best & Fairest 3 seasons

2008, 2010, 2012

Glenelg ladder positions:
2nd 4th 6th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 916
Played: 2003--2014
Games: 160
Goals: 51

Achievements

3 seasons Glenelg Captain in 2012--2014
3X Glenelg Best & Fairest in 2008, 2010, 2012
100 Game Player
Glenelg Hall of Fame - 1991--2023
1 Grand Finals Played in 2008
1 State Game

Memorable Matches
2006‑‑round18 2007‑‑elim final 2008‑‑round4 2008‑‑round5 2008‑‑round12 2008‑‑round22 2008‑‑round23 2009‑‑round12 2010‑‑round10 2010‑‑round12 2012‑‑round3 2012‑‑round14

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
2006‑‑ 5, 2007‑‑ 7, 2008‑‑ 36, 2009‑‑ 30, 2010‑‑ 42, 2011‑‑ 6, 2012‑‑ 21, 2013‑‑ 1, 2014‑‑ 3,
Total‑‑ 151 votes from 47 matches.
Named as Best player in 7.5% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 29.4% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
2008— 36 votes: . . 4 5 . 3 4 . . 5 . 1 . . . 4 . . 5 5 . . .
2009— 30 votes: . . . 5 . . . 1 . . 5 3 . 3 . 2 . 3 2 2 4 .
2010— 42 votes: . . 4 . . 3 . . 5 4 2 5 . . 2 . . 3 . 4 5 5
2012— 21 votes: . 3 . . 3 . . . . . . 1 5 4 . . 4 . 1 .

Summary
An inspirational bellgetter who loved nothing better than throwing himself into the bottom of a pack to win the hard ball, then getting his team-mates involved with his slick handball. In his prime the best midfielder in the SANFL, Allen finished third in Magarey Medal voting three years in a row from 2008-10. At the Bay he didn’t miss out, just the 10th player to win three club champion awards.

Andrew Bradley

Best & Fairest 2 seasons

2013, 2014

Glenelg ladder positions:
9th 10th

Notes:
Tied with Craig Pitt for Best and Fairest in 2014

Glenelg Career
Player#: 984
Played: 2010--2022
Games: 201
Goals: 38

Achievements

5 seasons Glenelg Captain in 2014--2018
2X Glenelg Best & Fairest in 2013, 2014
200 Game Player
Premiership Player in 2019
2 Grand Finals Played in 2019 2021

Memorable Matches
2011‑‑round2 2012‑‑round11 2013‑‑round17 2014‑‑round18 2015‑‑round9 2015‑‑round10 2016‑‑round2 2016‑‑round4 2017‑‑round1 2019‑‑round13 2020‑‑round5 2021‑‑prelim final

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
2011‑‑ 5, 2012‑‑ 23, 2013‑‑ 42, 2014‑‑ 27, 2015‑‑ 37, 2016‑‑ 14, 2017‑‑ 19, 2018‑‑ 4, 2019‑‑ 17, 2020‑‑ 13, 2021‑‑ 10, 2022‑‑ 11,
Total‑‑ 222 votes from 72 matches.
Named as Best player in 5.5% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 35.8% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
2012— 23 votes: . 2 4 2 . . 4 . . 4 . 4 . 3 . . . . . .
2013— 42 votes: . 3 . . . . . 5 4 5 3 . . . 5 4 2 4 4 3
2014— 27 votes: . . 1 . 2 4 4 4 . . . . . 3 . 4 2 3
2015— 37 votes: . . 3 3 1 1 . 2 5 5 . . 3 2 2 5 . 5
2017— 19 votes: 3 . . . 4 . 5 . . . . 4 3 . . . . .
2019— 17 votes: . 2 . 1 . 3 2 . . . . 2 3 . . . 4 . . . .
2020— 13 votes: . 1 . 4 3 . . 1 3 . 1 . . . .
2021— 10 votes: . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . 1 . 1 1 . 3 .

Craig Pitt

Best & Fairest

2014

Glenelg ladder positions:
10th

Notes:
Tied with Andrew Bradley for Best and Fairest in 2014

Glenelg Career
Player#: 1011
Played: 2012--2016
Games: 66
Goals: 13

Achievements

Glenelg Best & Fairest in 2014

Memorable Matches
2012‑‑round14 2013‑‑round1 2014‑‑round5 2014‑‑round7 2014‑‑round14 2015‑‑round10

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
2012‑‑ 4, 2013‑‑ 8, 2014‑‑ 13, 2015‑‑ 1,
Total‑‑ 26 votes from 10 matches.
Named as Best player in 1.5% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 15.2% of matches.

Best Seasons
2014— 13 votes: . . 2 . 3 . 2 . . . . 2 . 4 . . . .

Matthew Snook

Best & Fairest 4 seasons

2015, 2017, 2020, 2021

Glenelg ladder positions:
9th 7th 4th 2nd

Notes:
Tied with Luke Parrtington for Best and Fairest in 2021

Glenelg Career
Player#: 1007
Played: 2011--2024
Games: 207
Goals: 46

Achievements

4X Glenelg Best & Fairest in 2015, 2017, 2020, 2021
200 Game Player
1X Jack Oatey Medallist in 2019
3X Premiership Player in 2019 2023 2024
4 Grand Finals Played in 2019 2021 2023 2024
R.O.Shearman Medallist in 2020
Runner-up in 2020 Magarey Medal
3rd by 1 vote in 2021 Magarey Medal

Memorable Matches
2015‑‑round12 2017‑‑round10 2019‑‑round6 2019‑‑round17 2019‑‑grand final 2020‑‑round8 2020‑‑round10 2020‑‑round13 2021‑‑round9 2021‑‑round15 2022‑‑round2 2022‑‑round10 2022‑‑round15 2023‑‑second semi 2024‑‑grand final

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
2013‑‑ 6, 2014‑‑ 37, 2015‑‑ 46, 2016‑‑ 27, 2017‑‑ 40, 2018‑‑ 32, 2019‑‑ 43, 2020‑‑ 59, 2021‑‑ 57, 2022‑‑ 54, 2023‑‑ 25, 2024‑‑ 23,
Total‑‑ 449 votes from 120 matches.
Named as Best player in 22.7% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 58.0% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
2014— 37 votes: . . . . . . . . 5 . 5 5 5 . 5 3 5 4
2015— 46 votes: . . 5 . 3 5 . 3 3 . 4 5 5 5 3 . 5 .
2016— 27 votes: . . 2 . 3 . 3 2 5 4 . 2 . 5 1 . . .
2017— 40 votes: . 1 . 2 . 1 4 4 3 5 . 5 . 5 5 5 . .
2018— 32 votes: 3 . . . . 2 3 . 1 5 5 . 5 . 3 . . 5
2019— 43 votes: . . . . . 5 5 . 3 . 3 4 . 4 5 . 5 . 4 . 5
2020— 59 votes: 5 4 5 3 4 5 5 5 . 5 4 5 5 4 .
2021— 57 votes: 3 4 . 3 2 3 . . 5 4 4 . 3 5 4 . 2 5 5 . 5
2022— 54 votes: . 5 1 4 3 5 4 3 4 5 4 3 . 5 4 . . 4 . .
2023— 25 votes: 5 2 . 2 . 1 1 2 . . . . 2 2 . . . . 5 3
2024— 23 votes: . 3 . . 4 . 3 3 4 . . . 2 . 1 . . . . . . 3

Josh Scott

Best & Fairest

2016

Glenelg ladder positions:
7th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 1043
Played: 2014--2019
Games: 90
Goals: 151

Achievements

Glenelg Best & Fairest in 2016
2X Glenelg Top Goalkicker in 2016, 2018
100 Career Goals
Most Goals in a Season: 42 goals in 2016
Most Goals in a Match: 6 goals v Centrals in round 19, 2016
Premiership Player in 2019
1 Grand Finals Played in 2019

Memorable Matches
2015‑‑round13 2016‑‑round2 2016‑‑round15 2016‑‑round19 2017‑‑round2 2018‑‑round3 2018‑‑round7 2018‑‑round15 2019‑‑round11 2019‑‑prelim final

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
2015‑‑ 13, 2016‑‑ 22, 2017‑‑ 5, 2018‑‑ 33, 2019‑‑ 10,
Total‑‑ 83 votes from 26 matches.
Named as Best player in 7.8% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 28.9% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
2015— 13 votes: . . . . . . . 1 . . 2 3 4 . . . 3 .
2016— 22 votes: . 3 . . . . . . 3 . . 5 . . 5 . 4 2
2018— 33 votes: . . 5 4 5 . 5 . . 4 . 2 1 5 . . . 2

Most SANFL Goals in a Season
2016— 42 goals: 1 3 3 3 2 . 4 2 2 3 . 4 2 1 6 1 2 3
2017— 24 goals: 1 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 . 2 . 1 1 1 1 .
2018— 35 goals: 1 . 2 3 2 3 5 2 2 3 3 1 2 3 1 . . 2

Summary
An inspirational, high flying key forward who courageously threw himself into the fray and was only the fifth player to win the best and fairest and be leading goalkicker in the same season. Made a remarkable recovery from a horror broken wrist to shine in the Tiger's 2019 premiership success. Was twice selected in The Advertiser Team of the Year.

Max Proud

Best & Fairest 2 seasons

2018, 2022

Glenelg ladder positions:
6th 4th

Glenelg Career
Player#: 1014
Played: 2012--2024
Games: 191
Goals: 17

Achievements

4 seasons Glenelg Captain in 2020--2023
2X Glenelg Best & Fairest in 2018, 2022
100 Game Player
Premiership Captain in 2023
3X Premiership Player in 2019 2023 2024
2 Grand Finals as Captain in 2021 2023
4 Grand Finals Played in 2019 2021 2023 2024

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
2012‑‑ 4, 2013‑‑ 1, 2014‑‑ 10, 2018‑‑ 26, 2019‑‑ 18, 2020‑‑ 4, 2021‑‑ 11, 2022‑‑ 27, 2023‑‑ 27, 2024‑‑ 20,
Total‑‑ 148 votes from 59 matches.
Named as Best player in 1.6% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 30.9% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
2018— 26 votes: 4 1 1 . 2 4 . 4 4 . 1 1 2 . . 2 . .
2019— 18 votes: 3 1 1 . 4 . . 3 . . . . . . . 5 . . 1 . .
2021— 11 votes: . . . 1 . . 3 . . 3 . 2 . . 2 . . . . . .
2022— 27 votes: . . . . 2 4 1 4 1 . 3 1 . . 3 . 4 3 1 .
2023— 27 votes: . 4 3 1 . 2 . . 4 . . . . 4 5 . . 1 3 .
2024— 20 votes: . 4 . . . 3 1 . . . . 3 . . . 1 3 . . 5 . .

Jesse White

Best & Fairest

2019

Glenelg ladder positions:
1st

Glenelg Career
Player#: 1098
Played: 2018--2019
Games: 37
Goals: 9

Achievements

Glenelg Best & Fairest in 2019
Premiership Player in 2019
1 Grand Finals Played in 2019

Memorable Matches
2018‑‑round17 2019‑‑round1 2019‑‑round6 2019‑‑round14 2019‑‑second semi 2019‑‑grand final

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
2018‑‑ 4, 2019‑‑ 11,
Total‑‑ 15 votes from 6 matches.
Named as Best player in 2.7% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 16.2% of matches.

Best Seasons
2019— 11 votes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . 5 1 3

Luke Partington

Best & Fairest

2021

Glenelg ladder positions:
2nd

Notes:
Tied with Matthew Snook for Best and Fairest in 2021

Glenelg Career
Player#: 1110
Played: 2019--2023
Games: 88
Goals: 49

Achievements

Glenelg Best & Fairest in 2021
Most Goals in a Season: 18 goals in 2019
Most Goals in a Match: 4 goals v Port in round 14, 2019
1X Magarey Medallist in 2019
2X Premiership Player in 2019 2023
3 Grand Finals Played in 2019 2021 2023
R.O.Shearman Medallist in 2019
6 Games with Norwood

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
2019‑‑ 59, 2020‑‑ 40, 2021‑‑ 41, 2022‑‑ 31, 2023‑‑ 24,
Total‑‑ 195 votes from 56 matches.
Named as Best player in 18.2% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 63.6% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
2019— 59 votes: 4 . . 3 . . 4 5 5 4 . 5 5 5 4 3 2 4 3 3 .
2020— 40 votes: . 5 1 1 2 2 3 2 4 4 5 4 4 . 3
2021— 41 votes: . 5 4 . 5 5 2 4 2 . 5 5 . 2 . . . . . . 2
2022— 31 votes: 3 4 4 3 5 . . . 5 1 . . 3 . . . 2 . . 1
2023— 24 votes: 4 . 5 . . . 5 3 3 . . . . . 2 . 2 . . .

Corey Lyons

Best & Fairest

2023

Glenelg ladder positions:
1st

Glenelg Career
Player#: 1139
Played: 2022--2024
Games: 60
Goals: 26

Achievements

Glenelg Best & Fairest in 2023
2X Premiership Player in 2023 2024
2 Grand Finals Played in 2023 2024

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
2022‑‑ 17, 2023‑‑ 37, 2024‑‑ 38,
Total‑‑ 92 votes from 29 matches.
Named as Best player in 10.0% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 48.3% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
2022— 17 votes: . . . 1 . 2 5 1 . 3 . . . . 5 . . . . .
2023— 37 votes: 3 1 . 5 . 4 . . 1 . . 3 4 . . 4 5 3 . 4
2024— 38 votes: . 1 4 . . 5 . . . . 5 2 . 4 4 . 2 2 4 . 1 4

Matthew Allen

Best & Fairest

2024

Glenelg ladder positions:
1st

Notes:
Tied with James Bell for Best and Fairest in 2024

Glenelg Career
Player#: 1115
Played: 2020--2024
Games: 98
Goals: 94

Achievements

Glenelg Best & Fairest in 2024
Most Goals in a Season: 31 goals in 2024
Most Goals in a Match: 6 goals v Sturt in round 9, 2023
2X Premiership Player in 2023 2024
3 Grand Finals Played in 2021 2023 2024

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
2021‑‑ 31, 2022‑‑ 24, 2023‑‑ 28, 2024‑‑ 56,
Total‑‑ 139 votes from 42 matches.
Named as Best player in 14.3% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 42.9% of matches.

Best Seasons (≥15 votes, or votes in ≥5 games)
2021— 31 votes: . . . . 3 2 1 5 . . . . . 4 3 3 3 2 1 4 .
2022— 24 votes: . 3 . . . 1 2 . . . 1 . . 1 2 5 . . 5 4
2023— 28 votes: . . . . 5 . . 1 5 3 5 4 . . . . . 5 . .
2024— 56 votes: 5 2 . . 5 4 5 5 5 2 . . . 5 2 3 . 3 1 4 5 .

Most SANFL Goals in a Season
2023— 25 goals: . . 1 2 2 1 . 1 6 . 3 1 . . 1 1 . 3 2 1
2024— 31 goals: 3 . 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 4 . 1 . . 2 1 . 1 3 2 1 .

James Bell

Best & Fairest

2024

Glenelg ladder positions:
1st

Notes:
Tied with Matthew Allen for Best and Fairest in 2024

Glenelg Career
Player#: 1148
Played: 2023--2024
Games: 41
Goals: 24

Achievements

Glenelg Best & Fairest in 2024
2X Premiership Player in 2023 2024
2 Grand Finals Played in 2023 2024

Newspaper Best Player Votes Each Season
(Votes allocated on 5-4-3-2-1 basis according to best 5 Glenelg players named in the newspaper for each SANFL game)
2023‑‑ 3, 2024‑‑ 40,
Total‑‑ 43 votes from 14 matches.
Named as Best player in 7.3% of matches.
Named in Top-5 players in 34.1% of matches.

Best Seasons
2024— 40 votes: . . 5 4 3 . . . . . . 4 . . 3 5 4 1 5 . 4 2