Tony Antrobus

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Tony Antrobus
Personal information
Full name	Anthony Antrobus
Nickname(s)	The Angry Ant / The Ant
Date of birth	(1962-04-08) 8 April 1962
Place of birth	Adelaide, South Australia
Original team	North Adelaide (SANFL)
Height/Weight	174 cm / 72 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1981-86 1987–90 1991	North Adelaide (SANFL) Essendon (VFL/AFL) St Kilda (AFL)	95 (?) 22 (26) 6 (5)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 1991 season.
Career highlights
SANFL debut with North Adelaide in 1981 SANFL Magarey Medallist 1983 VFL debut with Essendon on 4 April 1987 vs West Coast at Windy Hill North Adelaide Football Club Team of the Century 1901-2000 - Forward pocket

Anthony "Ant" Antrobus (born 8 April 1962) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the North Adelaide Roosters in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and had stints with Essendon and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was commonly referred to by his nickname of "The Ant". Although only weighing 72 kg and being 174 cm tall, Antrobus was a very aggressive player who never took a backward step. Tony Antrobus was the winner of the 1983 Magarey Medal while playing for North Adelaide.

Career

As a forward with considerable speed and goal sense, Antrobus first played for North Adelaide in 1981 and in each of the three games of his debut season was judged to be best afield in the Magarey Medal voting. He won the award in 1983, becoming the tenth North Adelaide player to achieve the most sought after individual award in the SANFL. The talent scouts from Victoria persisted in pursuing one of the most sought after players in the SANFL. He eventually was lured to the VFL in 1987 to join Essendon but niggling injuries kept his appearances limited, playing 22 games over four seasons. St Kilda picked him up in 1991 but the following year he decided to return to his home state for one last season with the Roosters.

Antrobus was named in the forward pocket in the official North Adelaide 'Team of the Century'.

On 24 October 2000, Antrobus was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for being a "recipient of the highest individual honour in South Australian Football".^[1]

References

↑ "Tony Antrobus". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 3 January 2012.

External links

Tony Antrobus's statistics from AFL Tables
Fullpointsfooty profile
Unofficial AFL Stats

v t e Magarey Medal winners

1898: Green 1899: Malin 1900: not awarded 1901: Sandland 1902: MacKenzie 1903: Waye 1904: not awarded 1905: MacKenzie 1906: MacKenzie 1907: Mack 1908: Tierney 1909: R. Head 1910: Hosking 1911: Cumberland 1912: Low 1913: Leahy 1914: Ashley 1915: Barry / Hosking / Perry 1916–18: not awarded 1919: Moriarty 1920: Moriarty / Richardson 1921: Adams / Karney / Moriarty / Scott 1922: Barnes 1923: Riley 1924: Scott 1925: Bampton / Lill 1926: McGregor 1927: McGregor 1928: Handby 1929: Snell 1930: Scott 1931: Sexton 1932: Pontifex 1933: Dunn 1934: Johnston 1935: Cockburn 1936: McCallum 1937: Hawke 1938: Quinn 1939: McArthur / Pash 1940: Brock 1941: Boyall 1942–44: not awarded 1945: Quinn 1946: Hank 1947: Hank 1948: R. Phillips 1949: Crabb / R. Phillips 1950: McKay 1951: Marriott 1952: Fitzgerald 1953: Deane 1954: Fitzgerald 1955: L. Head 1956: Boyd 1957: Benton / Deane 1958: L. Head 1959: Fitzgerald 1960: Barbary 1961: Halbert 1962: Eustice 1963: L. Head 1964: Motley 1965: Window 1966: Kneebone 1967: Lindner / Obst 1968: Robran 1969: Phillis 1970: Robran 1971: R. Ebert 1972: Blight 1973: Robran 1974: R. Ebert 1975: Woite 1976: R. Ebert 1977: Trevor Grimwood 1978: Hodgeman 1979: Duckworth 1980: R. Ebert 1981: Aish 1982: McGuinness 1983: Antrobus 1984: Platten 1985: Fielke 1986: Anderson 1987: Jarman 1988: Whittlesea 1989: McAdam 1990: Hodges 1991: Naley 1992: Buckley 1993: B. Phillips 1994: McIntosh 1995: Kilpatrick / McIntosh 1996: Francou 1997: Atkinson / Jarman 1998: Osborn 1999: Squire 2000: Squire 2001: Brown / O'Connor 2002: Sheedy / Weatherald 2003: B. Ebert 2004: Thomas 2005: Clayton 2006: Backwell 2007: Allan 2008: Crane 2009: Archard / Ezard 2010: Allan 2011: Allan 2012: Cross / Symes

The Magarey Medal has been awarded since 1898 to the "best and most brilliant" player in the South Australian National Football League and its various incarnations.

Persondata
Name	Antrobus, Tony
Alternative names	The ANT
Short description	Australian footballer
Date of birth	8 April 1962
Place of birth	Adelaide, South Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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