David Grenvold

David Grenvold
Personal information
Date of birth	(1966-03-06) 6 March 1966
Original team(s)	Glenelg (SANFL)
Height / weight	180 cm / 88 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1989–1996	Essendon	112 (18)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1996.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

David Grenvold (born 6 March 1966) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Originally from Bordertown, South Australia, Grenvold debut for Glenelg in 1984 as an 18 year old, he would continue to play on with Glenelg as a solid defender until 1988, missing out on the 1985 and 86 premiership teams. At age 21 he was drafted to Essendon in the 1987 VFL national draft at pick 45.

He played 12 games in his debut season and the following year played every game, except for a two-week suspension however in 1991 he injured his knee in a practice game at Moorabbin in 1991 and didn’t play a game that season. Grenvold would come back in 1992 with 11 games then played every game in 1993 including the 1993 Grand Final win over Carlton. He would play 18 games in 1994 and 23 games in 1995 but in 1996 he would only manage 1 game due to injury after which Grenvold retired from the AFL. Grenvold played in the backline for Essendon where he was a consistent, rugged contributor he appeared 122 times for the club, including their 1993 Grand Final win. He also represented South Australia in 1993.

Grenvold came back to Glenelg in 1997, playing until 1999. He would finish with 101 games and 20 goals for the Bays. After football Grenvold held roles at the Adelaide Football Club and Greater Western Sydney. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of West Adelaide Football Club.

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David Grenvold's statistics from AFL Tables

Essendon Football Club 1993 AFL premiers
Essendon 20.13 (133) defeated Carlton 13.11 (89), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1. Harvey 2. Mercuri 3. Salmon 4. Wanganeen 5. Hird 7. Daniher 8. Bewick 10. O'Donnell 11. Hills 13. Long 19. Somerville 21. Wallis 24. Misiti 26. Thompson (c) 29. Grenvold 31. Fletcher 32. Watson 38. Denham 47. Olarenshaw 48. Calthorpe
Coach: Sheedy

South Australian team – 1993 State of Origin
South Australia 19.13 (127) defeated Western Australia 14.17 (91), at Football Park, 2 June 1993, crowd: 21,487 South Australia 16.13 (109) defeated Victoria 14.13 (97), at the MCG, 5 June 1993, crowd: 31,792
Both games	Bickley Bradley Francis Grenvold Hall Hart Hynes A. Jarman D. Jarman Leslie McDermott (c) McGuinness (vc) McKay Modra Obst Pittman Robran Russell Smart Wanganeen
Semi-Final vs. Western Australia	Anderson Platten
Final vs. Victoria	Bulluss Kernahan
Coach: Cornes

1987 VFL national draft
First round	1. Richard Lounder 2. Chris McDermott 3. Graham Wright 4. Andrew Brockhurst 5. Michael Quirk 6. Andrew Rogers 7. Darren Davies 8. Darren Jones 9. Michael Murphy 10. Michael Parsons 11. Tim McNeil 12. Grant Williams 13. Peter Bubner
Second round	14. Wayne Peters 15. Andrew Jarman 16. Chris Grumley 17. Chris Waterson 18. Patrick Browne 19. Jamie Cox 20. Stuart Wigney 21. Shane Korth 22. Scott Christie 23. Scott Salisbury 24. Mark Ducker 25. Damien Trezise 26. Steven Oliver
Third round	27. Brendon Gale 28. Andrew Bishop 29. Andrew Pascoe 30. Ashley Byrne 31. Jamie Keane 32. John Cook 33. Rod Gunn 34. Stephen Hewitt 35. Craig Patrick 36. Tony Virgona 37. Andrew Obst 38. John Polkinghorne 39. David Kernahan
Fourth round	40. Bevan Cox 41. Michael Kennedy 42. Tim Wilson 43. Darren Wheildon 44. Bob Jones 45. David Grenvold 46. Gary Gunn 47. Stephen McQueen 48. Liam Pickering 49. Jim Silvestro 50. Stephen Tingay 51. Anthony Dessent 52. Stephen Gemmill
Fifth round	53. Andrew Wisken 54. Adam Ladbrook 55. Brendan Tranter 56. Keith Allan 57. Damien Kitschke 58. Peter Bennett 59. Simon Tregenza 60. Pat Gribble 61. Darren Read 62. David Querzoli 63. Jay Viney 64. Peter Nunn 65. Dean Adams

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