Xavier Tanner

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Xavier Tanner
Personal information
Date of birth	2 May 1956
Original team	Wodonga
Debut	1976, North Melbourne
Height/Weight	183 cm / 78 kg
Playing career¹
North Melbourne (1976–83) 100 games, 68 goals Melbourne (1984–85) 11 games, 5 goals Total – 111 games, 73 goals
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 1985 season.

Xavier Tanner (born 2 May 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

A centreman, Tanner was recruited to the VFL from Wodonga in the Ovens & Murray Football League. He played in North Melbourne's 1977 premiership side and their losing grand final the following season. After managing exactly 100 games he joined his old coach Ron Barassi at Melbourne in 1984 and spent the last two seasons of his career with them.^[2]

Tanner is currently the Assistant Principal at Wanganui Park Secondary College in Shepparton, Victoria.

Tanner's father Gerald Tanner played one game for Richmond in 1941.^[3]

References

↑ Fullpointsfooty profile http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/t-u-v.htm#Xavier%20Tanner%20(North%20Melbourne%20&%20Melbourne)
↑ Xavier Tanner's statistics from AFL Tables
↑ Hillier, K. (2004) Like Father Like Son, Pennon Publishing, Melbourne. ISBN 1-877029-73-4.

v t e North Melbourne Football Club 1977 VFL Premiers

North Melbourne 9.22 (76) drew with Collingwood 10.16 (76), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground; North Melbourne 21.25 (151) defeated Collingwood 19.10 (124), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 23. Dench 1. Keenan 2. Alves 3. Cassin 5. Sutton 8. Crosswell 9. Cable 12. Montgomery 13. Cowton 15. Blight 16. McCann 20. Schimmelbusch 21. Byrne 25. Tanner 29. Baker 30. Gumbleton 34. Henshaw 35. Nettlefold 36. Icke 49. Briedis

Coach: Barassi

Persondata
Name	Tanner, Xavier
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	2 May 1956
Place of birth
Date of death
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