Glenn Manton

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Glenn Manton
Personal information
Full name	Glenn Manton
Date of birth	1 June 1973
Original team	East Keilor/Strathmore
Height/Weight	185 cm / 88 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1992 – 1994 1995 – 2003 Total -	Essendon Carlton	021 0(4) 157 (30) 178 (34)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2003 season.

Glenn Manton (born 1 June 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton and Essendon. He usually played in defence but was occasionally used up forward.

AFL career

Glenn Manton played for both Strathmore and East Keilor before joining the Essendon Under-19s as a 16 year old.

He made his AFL debut in 1992 at 18 for the Bombers and played 21 games over 3 seasons for them. He joined the Blues in 1995 and played 12 games for the club as a tall key defender despite his relatively small height. At the end of his career he had appeared 157 times for Carlton. Glenn Manton was a part of the 1995 Carlton Premiership team and also played in the 1999 Grand Final where Carlton lost to North Melbourne. He played in 3 night premierships for both Carlton and Essendon, a Reserve Grade Premiership for Essendon and by the conclusion of his career he was inducted into the AFL's 200 Club.

Glenn continues to impact the game via his coaching pursuits and mentoring of up and coming players.

Background

Manton, throughout his playing time, was also a regular panelist on Nine Network's The Footy Show, and developed a reputation for his comedic ability. He has performed at Melbourne International Comedy Festivals. Glenn Manton is a 178 game player for Essendon and Carlton Football clubs and a member of the 1995 Carlton Premiership side. A life member of Carlton FC, he’s an inductee into the AFL 200 Club and played in three pre-season Premierships.

Glenn has a diverse media background in radio, television and print. He was a regular on Vega 91.5, Fox Football programs and wrote a regular column for MX. He has run the gambit of various media from Channel 9’s Footy Show to community radio station 3RRR.

In 1999 he co-founded Whitelion, a not for profit organisation assisting youth in crisis within the juvenile justice system. The organisation offers a range of mentoring programs and Manton is hands on motivating and building self-confidence in young people in custodial centres.

Manton now works as a motivational speaker, addressing a wide range of audiences.^[1]^[2]

Present day

Following his AFL career Glenn Manton made the transition to soccer with the South Melbourne Hellas, as they were known prior to the formation of the A League. He then represented Australia in bobsledding - racing on the World Cup circuit ahead of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino Italy. He continues to play suburban football, and was part of the Albion Cats' 2010 premiership team in Western Region Football League. In 2012 he signed for the Taylors Lakes Football Club in the Essendon District Football league.^[3] After a successful 2012 season, Glenn re-signed for the Taylors Lakes Football Club.

References

↑ http://www.saxton.com.au/glenn-manton/
↑ http://premierespeakers.com/glenn_manton/bio
↑ Jenkinson L, Hobson's Bay Weekly "Cats claw title to thwart Spotswood's dream run", 15 September 2010.

External links

v t e Carlton Football Club 1995 AFL Premiers

Carlton 21.15 (141) defeated Geelong 11.14 (80), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 4. Kernahan 1. Silvagni 2. Williams 5. McKay 6. Clape 7. Ratten 11. Spalding 13. Hanna 14. Sexton 16. Camporeale 19. Pearce 20. Brown 21. Bradley 22. Manton 23. Rice 32. Whitehead 33. Hogg 35. Dean 39. Christou 43. Koutoufides 44. Madden

Coach: Parkin

1991 AFL National Draft

1. John Hutton
2. Marcus Seecamp
3. Darren Kowal
4. Andrew McGovern
5. Jason Norrish
6. Paul Burton
7. Jeremy Guard
8. Michael Symons
9. Stephen O'Reilly
10. Andrew Lamprill
11. Leigh Willison
12. Rob Malone
13. Shane Crawford
14. Fabian Francis
15. Kieran O'Dwyer
16. Daniel Metropolis
17. Anthony Cole
18. Matthew Hogg
19. Phil Gilbert
20. Brett Cook
21. Willie Dick
22. Simon Crawshay
23. Mathew McKay
24. Kane Morphett
25. Steven Davies
26. Ben Herrald
27. Terry Board
28. Cale O'Keefe
29. Matthew Connell
30. Kane Purcell
31. Hayden Kilmartin
32. Micah Berry
33. Paul Morrish
34. Tim Leng
35. Darryl Donald
36. Jason Dullard
37. Ryan O'Connor
38. Jamie Rundle
39. Richard Taylor
40. Nick White
41. Todd Curley
42. Peter Freeman
43. David Strooper
44. Brett Sholl
45. Gary Barrow
46. Bruno Italiano
47. Glenn Manton
48. Kevin Mitchell
49. Todd Hawes
50. Bruce Hando
51. Shaun Brooker
52. Mathew Henderson
53. Alistair Gray
54. Leigh Snooks
55. Glenn Hoffman
56. Andrew Dunkley
57. Anthony McDonald
58. Justin Pickering
59. Greg Turner
60. James Billington
61. Michael Addison
62. Peter Maclean
63. Brendan Bower
64. Chris Barrett
65. Heath Shephard
66. Nick Roney
67. Shane Ellen
68. Mathew Bell
69. Brad Sholl
70. Jon Lister
71. Luke Chambers
72. Michael Shields
73. Cameron Burke
74. Brendan Krummel
75. Travis Edmonds
76. Matt Rendell
77. Jay Burton
78. Mathew Dickson
79. Bevan Smillie
80. Damian Ryan
81. Brendan Barrows
82. Scott Morrison
83. Peter Jacks
84. Alistair Burke
85. John Kennedy
86. Jamie Madigan
87. Sam Jones
88. Aiden Bussell
89. Paul Dimattina

Persondata
Name	Manton, Glenn
Alternative names	The Bolt
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	1 June 1973
Place of birth	Melbourne
Date of death
Place of death

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