Glenn Archer

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**Glenn Archer**
Personal Info
Birth	March 24, 1973,
Recruited from	Lyndale/Noble Park
Height/Weight	182cm / 91kg
Playing Career¹
Debut	Round ?, ?, 1992, North Melbourne vs. ?, at ?
Team(s)	North Melbourne (1992-) 289 games, 139 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2006 season
Career Highlights
Norm Smith Medal 1996 North Melbourne premiership side 1996, 1999 North Melbourne Team of the Century All-Australian 1996, 1998, 2002

Glenn Archer (born March 24, 1973) is an Australian rules footballer with the North Melbourne Football Club.

Debuting in 1992, Archer was an inconsistent and undersized player. Continuous work on his 182cm frame resulted in a weight increase to 94 kilograms in 1996, and led to his becoming a more notable on-field presence.

He has a reputation as one of the most courageous players ever to play the game.

In 1996 he won All-Australian selection, and was named best on ground in the Kangaroos' 1996 premiership team, winning the Norm Smith Medal. Archer tasted premiership success once more in 1999.

Archer was voted "Shinboner of the Century" by the North Melbourne Football Club in 2005. In addition to playing, Archer currently runs a player management business.

Glenn was offered a lucrative 3 year contract with 450,000 over those three years from Sydney, which he turned down. The man behind the deal, Ron Joseph, is now "Arch's" manager. Glenn Archer bought a van for the club and not too long later, it was vandalized. There was outcry and many people were disgusted. Not long after that the clubrooms at Arden St Oval burnt down in a mysterious fire.