Glenelg Football Club

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**Glenelg**

Full name	Glenelg Football Club
Nickname	The Tigers
Strip	Black with gold sash
Founded	1920 (joined SANFL 1921)
Sport	Australian rules football
League	South Australian National Football League
Ground	Glenelg Oval
Club song	Tigerland
President/Chair	Gary Metcalf
Coach	Mark Mickan
Captain	Ben Mules
2006	6th of 9

Glenelg is an Australian rules football club, who play in the South Australian National Football League. Known as the 'Tigers' (or the 'Bays'), their home ground is Glenelg Oval, located in the southern coastal suburbs of Adelaide.

1 Club history
2 Club details
3 Post war coaches
4 Post war placings
5 Magarey Medallists
6 SANFL leading goalkickers
7 Fos Williams Medalists
8 Jack Oatey Medalists

[edit] Club history

The Glenelg Football Club entered the South Australian League in 1921. It wasn't until May 2nd 1925 that the club saw its first league victory, a 12.6 (78) to 10.10 (70) win over West Torrens at Glenelg Oval.

"The Bays", as they are sometimes known, won their first SANFL premiership in 1934 with an 18.15 (123) to 16.18 (114) victory against Port Adelaide. The 1935 season saw them slump from first to last.

Until 1948, the team guernsey was gold with a black V, in 1949 the club adopted the now familiar black with gold sash design.

In total the Club has won 4 premierships - in 1934, 1973, and back to back flags in 1985 and 1986.

"The Bays" also had an unlikely amalgamation with West Adelaide Football Club during the war years.

[edit] Club details

South Australian Premiers: 4 - 1934, 1973, 1985, 1986
South Australian Night Series Winners: 4 - 1959, 1982, 1990, 1992
South Australian Supplementary Premiership Winners: 1 - 1971
Home Ground: Glenelg Oval (1921-1990, 1992-Current)
Previous Grounds: Football Park (1991)
Record Home Attendance: 17,171 v Sturt in 1968
Record Attendance: 58,113 v Sturt in 1974 Grand Final
Most Games: 448 by P Carey (1971-88)
Most Goals: 884 by D.K. "Fred" Phillis (1966-78, 1981)
Most Goals in Match: 18 [1] by Dennis Phillis|D.K. "Fred" Phillis v Central District in 1975
Most Goals in a Season: 137 by D.K. "Fred" Phillis in 1969
Most Years as Coach: 10 by D.Neil Kerley (1967-76)
Most Years as Captain: 8 by N.Chigwidden (1993-2000)
Highest Score: 49.23 (317) v Central District in 1975
Lowest Score: 1.4 (10) v Norwood in 2004
Greatest Win: 238 v Central District in 1975
Greatest Loss: 146 v North Adelaide in 1936
Longest Winning Run: 18 in 1973-1974
Longest Losing Run: 56 in 1921-1925

[edit] Post war coaches

E R Curnow (1945), N Betson (1946), E R Curnow (1947-1948), A Reval (1949), J Taylor (1950-1952), A Hall (1953-1954), C May (1955-1957), F N Davies (1958-1959), M Boyall (1960), W S Wickham (1961), D Long (1962-1963), L Fitzgerald (1964-1966), D Neil Kerley (1967-1976), John Nicholls (1977-1978), J Halbert (1979-1982), G Campbell (1983-1984), Graham Cornes (1985-1990), K Hodgeman (1991-1992), Mark Williams (1993-1994), T Symonds (1995-1996), W Stringer (1997), Tony McGuiness (1998-2000), B Honor (2001-2002), D Noble (2003-04), P Simmons (2005), T Burgess (2005), Mark Mickan (2006-Current)

[edit] Post war placings

1945 7, 1946 8, 1947 7, 1948 6, 1949 5, 1950 2, 1951 3, 1952 5, 1953 3, 1954 8, 1955 6, 1956 6, 1957 7, 1958 7, 1959 3, 1960 8, 1961 7, 1962 5, 1963 7, 1964 4, 1965 6, 1966 10, 1967 4, 1968 5, 1969 2, 1970 2, 1971 6, 1972 6, 1973 1, 1974 2, 1975 2, 1976 3, 1977 2, 1978 4, 1979 7, 1980 4, 1981 2, 1982 2, 1983 7, 1984 3, 1985 1, 1986 1, 1987 2, 1988 2, 1989 5, 1990 2, 1991 6, 1992 2, 1993 4, 1994 5, 1995 7, 1996 7, 1997 8, 1998 9, 1999 4, 2000 9, 2001 9, 2002 9, 2003 8, 2004 7, 2005 8, 2006 6

[edit] Magarey Medallists

The Magarey Medal is awarded to the "fairest and most brilliant" player in the League during the Home and Away season. Glenelg has nine Magarey Medallists: