Summary - History of Glenelg Football Club

Glenelg Football Club Records & Achievements

GLENELG FOOTBALL CLUB RECORDS
from 1921 - 2023

Formed:	1920
Admitted to League:	1921
Colours:	Black and Yellow
Guernseys:	1920 (B grade) -- red, yellow and black guernseys 1921-1926 -- black guernsey with a gold hoop around the waist and arms 1927-1948 -- gold guernsey with a black V 1949-1961 -- black guernsey with a gold sash front and back 1962-1966 -- black guernesy with a yellow yoke and collar 1967-Now -- black guernsey with a yellow sash on front
Home Ground:	1920-1990, 1992-NOW -- Glenelg Oval (Stratarama Stadium) - opened in 1898 1991 -- Football Park
Glenelg Oval Measurements:	160m X 115m

LEAGUE TEAM RECORDS

Premierships:

6 -- 1934, 1973, 1985, 1986, 2019, 2023
-- 3X via minor premiership (1973, 2019, 2023) -- 2X from 2nd (1934, 1986) -- 1X from 3rd (1985)

Runners up:

14 -- 1950, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 2008, 2021
-- 4X via minor premiership (1969, 1981, 2008, 2021) -- 4X from 2nd (1950, 1975, 1977, 1990) -- 6X from 4th (1970, 1974, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1992)

Grand Final Result Sequence:

W L L L W L L L L L W W L L L L L W L W

Minor Premierships

8 -- 1969, 1973, 1981, 2008, 2009, 2019, 2021, 2023
-- 3X won premiership (1973, 2019, 2023) -- 4X lost grand final (1969, 1981, 2008, 2021) -- 1X finished 3rd (2009)

Stanley H Lewis Trophy:

11 -- 1969, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1990, 2009, 2010, 2019, 2021, 2023

Other Trophies :

5 -- 1959 Advertiser Cup, 1971 Coca Cola Cup, 1982 Escort Cup, 1990 Foundation Cup, 1992 Foundation Cup

Win-Loss Record in Finals:

By Type of Final			By Era
	Won-Lost	%Won		Won-Lost	%Won
All Finals	49 - 50	49	1921 to 1969	7 - 10	41
Grand Final	6 - 14	30	1970 to 1975	9 - 3	75
Preliminary	15 - 6	71	1976 to 1981	4 - 10	29
Second Semi	5 - 12	29	1982 to 1992	21 - 9	70
First Semi	9 - 10	47	1993 to 2011	2 - 13	13
Qualifying	7 - 5	58	2019 to 2023	6 - 5	55
Elimination	7 - 3	70		-

Finals
Over Performance

6 seasons without Double Chance, but made Grand Final:
1970, 1974, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1992

Finals
Under Performance

6 seasons with Double Chance, but out in straight sets:
1978, 1980, 1993, 1999, 2009, 2010

Best Glenelg Oval Attendance:

17,171 v Sturt on July 20, 1968.
Biggest attendance since 1991-- 11,827 v Sturt on June 28, 2008

Best Final Attendance:

58,113 v Sturt at Football Park in 1974 Grand Final

Highest score:

317 points -- Glenelg 49-23 317 d. Central District 11-13 79 at Glenelg Oval on 23-Aug-1975
Glenelg have scored 200 points or more in a match on 17 occasions (1X in 1969, 10X in the 1970's, 5X in the 1980's, 1X in 1990)

Highest score Against:

217 points -- Port Adelaide 33-19 217 d. Glenelg 12-14 86 at Alberton Oval on 12-May-1934
Glenelg's Opposition have scored 200 points or more in a match on 3 occasions (Port in 1934, North in 1936, South in 1938)

Lowest Score:

1 - 4 10 pts -- v Norwood at Norwood Oval on 16-Jul-2004

Lowest Score Against:

1 - 3 9 pts -- by Norwood at Norwood Oval on 23-May-2008 (The REVENGE!)

Biggest Winning Margin:

238 points -- Glenelg 49-23 317 d. Central District 11-13 79 at Glenelg Oval on 23-Aug-1975
Glenelg have Won by 100 points or more on 42 occasions (7X in 1960's, 14X in 1970's, 15X in 1980's, 4X in 1990's, 1X in 2007, 1X in 2023)

Biggest Losing Margin:

152 points -- Port Adelaide 29-15 189 d. Glenelg 5 -7 37 at Alberton Oval on 13-Apr-2014
Glenelg have Lost by 100 points or more on 32 occasions (4X in 1920's, 5X in 1930's, 1X in 1940, 1X in 1957, 4X in 1960's, 3X in 1980's, 6X in 1990's, 3X in 2000's, 5X in 2010's)

Longest Winning Sequence:

18 games -- from 1973 (r8) to 1974 (r2)
17 games -- in 2021 (r1 to r18)
12 games -- from 1968 (r20) to 1969 (r11)
12 games -- in 2008 (r2 to r15)
11 games -- in 2023 (r2 to r12).
Other Longest Undefeated Sequence is 15 games in 2009

Longest Winning Sequence at Glenelg:

14 games -- from 1979 (r20) to 1981 (r9)
14 games -- from 2020 (r11) to 2022 (r3)
13 games -- from 1972 (r18) to 1974 (r2)
Other Longest Undefeated Sequences at Glenelg: 14 games in 2008-2010, and 14 games in 2018-2019

Best Start to Season Before Losing:

17-0 -- in 2021
11-0 -- in 1969
10-0 -- in 1981
9-0 -- in 1975
6-0 -- in 1973

Longest Winning Sequence against each Club:

17 v Sturt -- from 1988 to 1994
14 v West -- from 1969 to 1976
14 v Woodville -- from 1967 to 1973
13 v North -- from 1973 to 1978
11 v Centrals -- from 1964 to 1968
11 v Adelaide -- from 2016 to 2022
8 v South -- from 1972 to 1975
8 v Norwood -- from 1967 to 1970
8 v Port -- from 2007 to 2010
7 v West Torrens -- from 1972 to 1974
4 v W-WT Eagles -- from 1998 to 1999, & 2009 to 2010

Longest Losing Sequence:

56 games -- 1921-1924

Current Streaks:

10 -- WON in a row v Centrals (last Loss -- r13 2018)
7 -- WON in a row v West (last Loss -- r4 2020)
6 -- LOST in a row in First-Semi Finals (last Win -- 1992)
3 -- LOST in a row in Qualifying Finals (last Win --1990)

Wooden Spoons:

20 -- 1921-1925, 1935, 1937-1940, 1946, 1954, 1960, 1966, 1998, 2000-2002, 2013-2014

PLAYER ACHIEVEMENTS

Most Games as Coach:

		All Matches			Finals
	Yrs	Tot	W-L-D	%won	W-L	%won
Neil Kerley	10	223	142-81	64	11-8	58
Graham Cornes	6	149	94-54-1	63	14-5	74
Mark Mickan	6	120	74-42-4	63	2-7	22
John Halbert	4	97	64-31-2	67	4-5	44
Jim Handby	5	82	24-58	29
Ray Curnow	5	75	22-53	29

Most Years As Captain:

8 -- Nick Chigwidden
7 -- Peter Marker
6 -- Peter Carey
6 -- Ben Mules

Most Career Games:

448 -- Peter Carey
354 -- David Marshall
319 -- John Seebohm
317 -- Graham Cornes
306 -- John MacFarlane

Most Career Goals:

884 -- Fred Phillis
827 -- Jack Owens
555 -- Colin Churchett
521 -- Peter Carey

Most Goals in a Season:

137 -- Fred Phillis in 1969
128 -- Fred Phillis in 1975
124 -- John Fidge in 1990

Most Goals in a Game:

18 -- Fred Phillis v Central at Glenelg in 1975
15 -- Fred Phillis v South at Glenelg in 1969
13 -- Jack Owens v Port at Alberton in 1932
13 -- Jack Owens v South at Glenelg in 1932
13 -- Colin Churchett v South at Glenelg in 1949
13 -- John Fidge v West at Glenelg in 1992

Most Times Glenelg Best & Fairest:

5 -- Len Sallis in 1926, 1930-1931, 1933-1934
4 -- Nick Chigwidden in 1991-1994 (4 in a row)
4 -- Matthew Snook in 2015, 2017, 2020, 2021

Most Times Glenelg Top Goalkicker:

10 -- Jack Owens in 1924-1932, 1934 (includes 9 in a row)
7 -- Fred Phillis in 1968-1972, 1975-1976 (includes 5 in arow)
6 -- Colin Churchett in 1947-1951, 1953 (includes 5 in a row)

Most State Games:

21 -- Graham Cornes
20 -- Allan Crabb
19 -- Peter Carey
15 -- Peter Marker, Chris McDermott

State Captains:

Neil Davies -- 2 years -- 1957, 1958
Peter Marker -- 4 years -- 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975
Graham Cornes -- 1 year -- 1978
Paul Weston -- 2 years -- 1981, 1982
Chris McDermott -- 7 years -- 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
David Marshall -- 1 year -- 1993
Stephen Kernahan -- 1 year -- 1996 (while in AFL)
Liam McBean -- 1 year -- 2022

Magarey Medallists:

1928 -- Jim Handby
1934 -- George 'Blue' Johnston
1940 -- Mel Brock
1941 -- Marcus Boyall
1949 -- Allan Crabb
1969 -- DK 'Fred' Phillis
1978 -- Kym Hodgeman
1982 -- Tony McGuinness
2006 -- Brett Backwell
2019 -- Luke Partington

Fos Williams Medallists:
(in State Games)

1981 -- Peter Carey
1982 -- Paul Weston
1984 -- Stephen Kernahan (kicked 10 goals in a losing side)
1987 -- Chris McDermott
2003 -- Brett Backwell

Jack Oatey Medallists:
(in Grand Finals)

1985 -- Stephen Kernahan
1986 -- Tony Hall
2019 -- Matthew Snook
2023 -- Lachie Hosie

SANFL Top Goalkickers /
Ken Farmer Medallists:

SANFL Top Goalkickers
1926 -- Jack Owens (64 goals) -- led at End of Minor Round but was passed by Roy Bent (Norwood) in Finals.
1927 -- Jack Owens (80 goals)
1928 -- Jack Owens (83 goals)
1932 -- Jack Owens (102 goals)
1948 -- Colin Churchett (88 goals)
1949 -- Colin Churchett (72 goals)
1950 -- Colin Churchett (105 goals)
1951 -- Colin Churchett (102 goals)
1955 -- Brian Rundle (56 goals) -- led at end of Minor Round but was passed by Paul Caust (Sturt) in Finals.
1969 -- Fred Phillis (137 goals)
1970 -- Fred Phillis (107 goals)
1971 -- Fred Phillis (99 goals)
1975 -- Fred Phillis (123 goals)
1976 -- Fred Phillis (98 goals)
Ken Farmer Medallists
2010 -- Todd Grima (58 goals)
2015 -- Clint Alleway (47 goals)
2019 -- Liam McBean (46 goals)
2020 -- Liam McBean (38 goals) -- tied with James Rowe
2021 -- Liam McBean (51 goals)
2023 -- Lachie Hose (52 goals)

Tassie Medallists:

1980 -- Graham Cornes (State of Origin Carnival, Adelaide, 1980)

Simpson Medallists:

1979 -- Graham Cornes
1987 -- Chris McDermott

Bob Quinn Medallists:
(in ANZAC day games)

2020 -- Liam McBean (match delayed until 2021)
2022 -- Sam Durdin

All Australians:

Neil Davies -- 1953
Brian Colbey -- 1969
Graham Cornes -- 1979-1980 as a player, 1987-1988 as coach
Peter Carey -- 1979, 1980
Kym Hodgeman -- 1979
Keith Kuhlmann -- 1980
Stephen Kernahan -- 1985 (& 1986,1988,1992,1994 while with Carlton)
Chris McDermott -- 1986-1987 (& 1992 while with Adelaide)
Scott Salisbury -- 1987
Tony Hall -- 1988 (while with Hawthorn, but before playing a game)

Glenelg Hall of Fame:

1921 - 1939: Len Sallis*, George Johnston*, Jack Owens*, Jim Handby*, Mel Brock*, Arthur Link*, Jack Hanley*
1940 - 1960: Allan Crabb*, Neil Davies*, Ray Hunt*, Don Hewett, Colin Churchett*, Marcus Boyall*, Ted Robjent*, Kevin Abley*
1961 - 1976: Harry Kernahan*, Colin Richens, Fred Phillis, Rex Voigt, Graham Cornes, Neil Kerley*, Peter Marker, Brian Colbey , Neville Caldwell, Laurie Rosewarne, Wayne Phillis, Doug Long* , Kerry Hamilton
1977 - 1990: John MacFarlane, David Marshall, Chris McDermott, Kym Hodgeman, Paul Weston, Scott Salisbury, Stephen Kernahan, Peter Carey, Tony McGuiness, John Seebohm, Stephen Copping, Tony Hall, Ross Gibbs, Tony Symonds, David Holst, Peter Maynard , Chris Duthy, Jim Lihou
1991 - 2021: Nick Chigwidden, Simon Hele, Allan Bartlett, Ty Allen, Ben Mules

Greats of Glenelg:

Graeme Bignell*, Tom Bonnily*, Dr Owen Bowering*, Warren Brown*, Peter Carey, Nick Chigwidden, Graham Cornes, Ray Curnow*, John H Ellers*, Tom Gleghorn, Reg Hopgood*, Neil Kerley*, Harry Kernahan*, Barry Mair*, George Rigelsford*, John Robinson*, Laurie Rosewarne, Alf Wadham*

PREMIERSHIPS in OTHER GRADES

Seconds/Reserves Premierships:	8 -- 1967, 1981, 1982, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2021, 2023
Under 19 / Senior Colts Premierships: (1936 to 2008)	6 -- 1959, 1967, 1969, 1979, 1992, 2008
Under 18 Premierships: (from 2009)	4 -- 2009, 2010, 2016, 2022
Under 17 / Junior Colts Premierships: (1939 to 2008)	5 -- 1958, 1959, 1960, 1971, 1975
Under 16 Premierships: (from 2009)	5 -- 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
SANFL Women's League: (from 2018)	1 -- 2021

MEDALS in OTHER GRADES