John Annear

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John Annear
Personal information
Date of birth	(1961-06-17) 17 June 1961
Original team	Claremont
Debut	Round 10, 1981, Collingwood v. Richmond, at Victoria Park
Height/Weight	178 cm / 80 kg
Playing career¹
Collingwood (1981–83) 43 games, 28 goals Richmond (1984–86) 65 games, 43 goals West Coast (1987–90) 58 games, 40 goals Total – 166 games, 111 goals
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 1990 season.

John Annear (born 17 June 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood, Richmond and West Coast in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1980s.

Annear began his career in Western Australia with Claremont and played 62 West Australian Football League games over three years before being recruited by Collingwood. He was used as a midfielder and played his best football at Richmond, where in 1984 he finished second in their 'Best and fairest'.

In 1987 he crossed to West Coast who were competing in their inaugural VFL season and was their second most experienced player behind Ross Glendinning. He made State of Origin appearances for Western Australia towards the end of the decade.

References

John Annear's statistics from AFL Tables
Full Points Footy Biography: John Annear
Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

v t e Inaugural West Coast Eagles VFL team

Full-back	Dwayne Lamb Michael Brennan Paul Peos

Centre	Phil Narkle Murray Wrensted Peter Davidson

Half-forward	Dean Laidley Laurie Keene Don Holmes

Full-forward	Steve Malaxos Darren Bennett Andrew Macnish

Ruck	Alex Ishchenko John Annear Wally Matera

Interchange	Chris Lewis Adrian Barich

Coach	Ron Alexander

West Coast defeated Richmond 20.13 (133) to 16.23 (119), Round 1, 1987, at Subiaco Oval

Persondata
Name	Annear, John
Alternative names
Short description	Australian footballer
Date of birth	17 June 1961
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