Andrew Plympton

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Andrew Plympton

Nationality	Australian

Andrew Plympton was the President of St Kilda Football Club during the late 1990s, 1993–2001 during which time the club enjoyed improved success from the previous barren 20 years.

Under Andrew Plympton's administration St. Kilda advanced to the 1997 Grand Final, its first since 1971, but were ultimately unsuccessful in losing to the Adelaide Crows by 31pts.

Also under Andrew Plympton, St. Kilda won its first ever pre-season Premiership in 1996 with a 58 point thumping of reigning premier Carlton. It was St. Kilda's first trophy of any kind since the famous 1966 VFL Premiership. As such, Plympton's reign did see an upturn in success for St. Kilda and was generally regarded as a successful time in terms of turning the club around and seeing a large increase in membership for much of this time. If not for Andrew Plympton's leadership St. Kilda may well have been in danger of falling out of the league - but the strict financial management Plympton brought to the club kept it afloat and laid the foundations for its later prosperity under Rod Butterss.