Steve Malaxos

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Steve Malaxos
Personal information
Full name	Stephen Malaxos
Date of birth	(1961-06-19) 19 June 1961
Original team	Claremont
Height/Weight	177 cm / 87 kg
Club information
Current club	Retired
Number	Haw. 10, WC 8
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1985 1987–90 Total	Hawthorn West Coast	9 (15) 66 (30) 75 (45)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 1990 season.
Career highlights
Claremont premiership side 1981 E. B. Cook Medal 1983, 1984 Western Australian Sports Star of the Year 1984 Sandover Medal 1984 All-Australian team 1986 (captain), 1988 West Coast Eagles captain 1990 Lynn Medal 1991, 1994, 1995 East Fremantle premiership side 1992, 1994 Western Australian Football Hall of Fame 2005

Stephen "Steve" Malaxos (born 19 June 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach from Western Australia. While playing for Claremont in the WAFL, he won the 1984 Sandover Medal. Malaxos was an All-Australian with Claremont in 1986 and while he was with the West Coast Eagles in 1988. He was the inaugural fairest and best player at West Coast (1987), holds the Eagles' record for the most possessions in a game (48) and captained the club in 1990.^[1]

Malaxos is now head coach at East Fremantle, after successfully coaching the colts team to a premiership in 2010 . In 2005, he was inducted into the Western Australian Football Hall of Fame.

He began his senior career as a forward in 1979, with Claremont—at the time a strong club in a strong competition, before the era of the Australian Football League. Malaxos was a 1981 premiership player with the Tigers, and won the club trophy in both 1983 and 1984. He was Western Australian Sports Star of the Year in 1984, after winning the Sandover.^[2]

In 1985, Malaxos was recruited by Hawthorn in the VFL. He went to Glenferrie Oval as the all-Australian captain, but struggled for an opportunity in the powerful Hawks line-up. Malaxos was a Reserves and night premiership player with the Hawks but returned to Claremont at the end of the season after playing only nine senior games.^[3]

At the end of the 1986 season, West Coast, due to enter the competition at the start of the 1987 season added him to their inaugural list. The Eagles were required to pay the Hawks a $35,000 clearance fee.

In Malaxos's inaugural season at West Coast he played 21 games; in round 22, against Essendon, he collected his record of 48 possessions.

In 1990, Malaxos played 20 games during the home-and-away season, including the club's historic drawn qualifying final against Collingwood, and the replay a week later. Despite being captain, Malaxos was dropped for the remaining finals matches, and replaced as captain by John Worsfold. He did not add to his total of 66 games for West Coast, but was on the club's list for the 1991 season

During 1991, he played his 150th game with Claremont. In 1992, he transferred to East Fremantle. He won three club fairest and best awards with the Sharks, and played in premiership sides in 1992 and 1994.

In 1999, Malaxos was appointed as coach of the Sydney Swans reserves team in the AFL. In 2004, Malaxos was appointed to an assistant coach's position with Fremantle in the AFL, a position he left in 2009.

Malaxos was inducted into the Western Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2005.

References

↑ "WA Today Football – Malaxos to leave Dockers". 2009. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
↑ "Western Australian Sports Federation – Sports Stars of the Year from 1956". 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
↑ Malaxos (Claremont, Hawthorn, West Coast, East Fremantle) "Full Points Footy – Steve Malaxos". 2008. Retrieved 2010-09-12.

Sources

Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

Preceded by Inaugural	West Coast Eagles Best and Fairest winner 1987	Succeeded by John Worsfold
Preceded by Murray Rance	Captain of the West Coast Eagles 1990	Succeeded by John Worsfold

v t e Sandover Medal winners

1921: Hoft / Outridge 1922: Boyd 1923: W. Thomas 1924: Gosnell 1925: Owens 1926: Leonard 1927: Craig 1928: Rocchi 1929: Leonard / B. Thomas 1930: Flemming 1931: Richards 1932: Hough 1933: S. Clarke 1934: S. Clarke 1935: Krepp / Daily 1936: Moloney 1937: Jenkins 1938: Bunton, Sr. 1939: Bunton, Sr. 1940: O'Keefe 1941: Bunton, Sr. 1942: Bowen 1943: Moriarty 1944: Davies 1945: Bailey 1946: Loughridge 1947: Lewington 1948: McIntosh 1949: Maffina 1950: Allen / Conway 1951: Buttsworth 1952: Marsh 1953: McIntosh 1954: McIntosh 1955: Todd 1956: Farmer 1957: J. Clarke / Farmer 1958: Kilmurray 1959: Foley 1960: Farmer 1961: Beard / Sorrell 1962: Bunton, Jr. 1963: Sorrell 1964: Cable 1965: Walker 1966: Walker 1967: Parkinson / Walker 1968: Cable 1969: Brown 1970: Dalton / Walker 1971: Hollins 1972: Miller 1973: Cable 1974: Melrose 1975: Quartermaine 1976: Spencer 1977: Peake 1978: Kelly 1979: Kelly 1980: Michael 1981: Michael 1982: Narkle 1983: Cousins / Ironmonger 1984: Malaxos / M. Mitchell / Spencer 1985: Wrensted 1986: Bairstow 1987: Watson 1988: Bain 1989: Edwards 1990: Grasso 1991: Dargie 1992: West 1993: Mildenhall 1994: Dargie 1995: Treleven 1996: Wasley 1997: Anderson 1998: Bromage 1999: Seebeck 2000: Ambrose 2001: Turnbull 2002: Pickett 2003: Beros 2004: Pickett 2005: Crabb / McGrath 2006: Priddis 2007: Jones 2008: Ballantyne 2009: Young 2010: Krakouer 2011: Blackwell 2012: K. Mitchell 2013: O'Brien

The Sandover Medal has been awarded every year since 1921 to the fairest and best player in the West Australian Football League and its various incarnations.

v t e Western Australia State of Origin captains

1977–79: Moss 1979–80: Peake 1981: Carter 1982: Moss 1982–83: Michael 1984: Malaxos 1985: Langsford 1985: Glendinning 1986–87: Peake 1987: Rioli 1988: Glendinning 1988: Watson 1988–89: Buckenara 1990: Malaxos 1991: Mainwaring 1992–93: Worsfold 1995: Allan 1996–97: McKenna 1998: Waterman

v t e Captains of the West Coast Eagles

1987–1988: Glendinning 1989: Rance 1990: Malaxos 1991–1998: Worsfold 1999–2000: McKenna 2001: Kemp/Cousins 2002–2005: Cousins 2006–2007: Judd 2008–: Glass

v t e Club Champion Award · John Worsfold Medal Winners

1987: Malaxos 1988: Worsfold 1989: McKenna 1990: Lewis 1991: Turley 1992: Kemp 1993: Jakovich/Pyke 1994: Jakovich 1995: Jakovich 1996: Banfield 1997: Matera 1998: McIntosh 1999: McKenna 2000: Jakovich 2001: Cousins 2002: Cousins 2003: Cousins 2004: Judd 2005: Cousins 2006: Judd 2007: Glass 2008: Cox 2009: Glass 2010: LeCras 2011: Glass 2012: Selwood 2013: Priddis

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	Malaxos, Steve
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	19 June 1961
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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