South Adelaide Football Club

The South Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club that competes in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Known as the Panthers, their home ground is Flinders University Stadium[1] (formerly Noarlunga Oval), located in Noarlunga Downs in the southern suburbs of Adelaide.

South Adelaide
Names
Full name	South Adelaide Football Club
Nickname(s)	Panthers
Motto	Visionary, Can-Do, United
2018 season
Leading goalkicker	Joel Cross (26) (Men's) Madison Bennett (9) (Women's)
Best and fairest	Joel Cross (2011, 2015, 2016 & 2019) (Men's) Czenya Cavouras (2019) (Women's)
Club details
Founded	1876
Colours	Navy and   White
Competition	South Australian National Football League (SANFL)
Coach	Jarrad Wright (Men's) Rick Watts (Women's)
Captain(s)	Joel Cross & Matt Rose (Men's) Lauren Buchanan (Women's)
Premierships	SANFL (11): 1877, 1885, 1892, 1893, 1895, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1935, 1938, 1964 SANFLW (2): 2018, 2019
Ground(s)	Flinders University Stadium (capacity: 12,000)
Uniforms
Home
Other information
Official website	safc.com.au

History

Club Formation and Early Days

The 1877 premiership team

The South Adelaide Football Club is one of the two surviving original members of the South Australian Football Association formed 30 April 1877 [2] still competing in the SANFL, and has held its original colours (which were originally blue caps and long white trousers) longer than any other and has competed in every single season. South Adelaide Football Club was formed in 1876 as a breakaway club from the Old Adelaide Football Club. After a meeting in the Draper Memorial Schoolrooms a secretarial position for the club was filled by Charles Cameron Kingston.[3] [4] The club played their first game on 20 May 1876 against the Victorian Club at Montefiore Hill which started at 3pm. After some hard work and several disputes over the rules of the game it ceased 2 hours later after the Victorians scored a goal.[5] South Adelaide was joint SAFA Club Champions along with the Victorians in the inaugural SAFA season of 1877.

Golden Era of Success

Between 1885 and 1900 South Adelaide won seven premierships (1885, 1892, 1893, 1895, 1896, 1898 and 1899) and was runner-up eight times between 1881 and 1903 (1881, 1882, 1886, 1894, 1897, 1900, 1902, 1903).[6]

South Adelaide was led from 1888 to 1898 by captain and "proto-coach" Dinny Reedman who is generally seen as the first to view team combination and planning as a critical component of success in football. In 1896 they won sixteen and drew two of eighteen games.[7]

Decline after District Football

Jack Tredrea was the first South Australian league player to reach 200 games

District football was introduced optionally in 1897 and became compulsory in 1899. This was difficult for South Adelaide, who had under Reedman obtained most of its top players from Christian Brothers College,[7] and even in 1899 when it won its sixth premiership in eight years half its side came therefrom. With the loss of Reedman and Jones to North Adelaide, and after one season goalsneak "Bos" Daly to West Torrens in 1900, the blue and whites declined steadily. This was exacerbated by the admission of Sturt in 1901. South Adelaide was runner-up in 1903 to Port Adelaide, but won only 26 and drew two of 108 games between 1906 and 1914, including a winless season in 1909 and two consecutive one-win seasons (both wins by less than a goal) in 1910 and 1911.[8] In 1915, South improved to second before lack of finals experience took its toll in the semi-final.

Following an enforced halt to SAFL football during World War I, the presence of champion defender Dan Moriarty made South highly competitive between 1919 and 1924, though it never rose above third in 1921. However, after his retirement South took four consecutive wooden spoons from 1926 to 1929 and did not finish above sixth in an eight-team competition between 1925 and 1934, winning only thirty and drawing three of 160 games. It was generally known that South had an unfairly small share of the area zoned between eight league clubs,[9] but the league committee refused to alter the status quo.

Brief Halcyon and Abrupt Fall

In response to South Adelaide's limited metropolitan recruiting resources, the club began a concerted country recruiting campaign during the 1930s. This bore spectacular fruit between 1935 and 1940. Under coach Vic Johnson, South Adelaide after a slow start played impressive football throughout 1935 and ultimately upset Port Adelaide for its first premiership since 1899. Jack Cockburn at centre half-back was the team's star and won the Magarey Medal. After two more seasons in the finals, South Adelaide reached a high point in 1938, losing only two games and swamping Port Adelaide with a 13-goal third quarter in the Grand Final.[10] Led by Clem Rosewarne, Max Murdy and Len Lapthorne, South averaged an amazing 132 points per game, and even without Rosewarne their attack remained extremely potent in 1939 and 1940, averaging 125 points over the minor round. The blue and whites failed badly in the 1939 finals, but won two finals before losing to Sturt in 1940.

1941 saw South slip to fifth with only six wins, but that could hardly have prepared them for the experiences of the following two decades after full-scale football resumed after World War II.[11] Between 1947 and 1951 South won only seven games out of eighty-six, and from 1945 to 1963 South never won more than six games in a season, nor finished above any rival except Glenelg and Sturt. Other clubs with greater financial resources duplicated South's 1930s country recruiting campaigns and the club turned over coaches at an extraordinary rate. Eight coaches were employed in nine seasons from 1953 to 1961: even a spell by Port Adelaide legend "Fos" Williams in 1960 failed to raise them above second last, and neither did the adoption of the club's current nickname "The Panthers" in 1957[12]

Kerley and Another Decline

In 1959, after doubting whether the club was viable as a league team, the SANFL granted South Adelaide a substantial area of newly developing southern Adelaide suburbs. During the early 1960s it became apparent that South Adelaide, though only marginally better statistically than the dreadful late 1940s and early 1950s teams, was possessed of enough talent to move beyond the bottom couple of placings. In 1963, South Adelaide sought the services of proven West Adelaide player/coach Neil Kerley after he was controversially sacked by the Bloods, and despite being sceptical Kerley did accept and put the team on an intense training schedule during the 1963/1964 off-season.[9]

South Adelaide rose rapidly in 1964, losing only three minor round games before defeating Port Adelaide by 27 points in the Grand Final. It remained prominent for the remaining two years of Kerley's stint but failed to make the grand final. However, under champion player Peter Darley as captain-coach the Panthers declined very quickly owing to the loss of key followers Kerley and David Kantilla,[13] winning only two games in 1969 for another wooden spoon and not improving until another renowned coach in Haydn Bunton, Jr. took over the reins in 1975. Under Bunton, the Panthers, playing fast, skilful football firmly rooted in the South "tradition",[9] contested the major round for the first time in eleven years in 1977 and reached the Grand Final in 1979. However, on an appallingly windy day and muddy ground the experienced Port Adelaide, aided by winning the toss, were too good, winning 9-9 (63) to 3-14 (32). The Panthers fluctuated in yo-yo fashion under Bunton, never playing in two consecutive finals series before he departed to return to Subiaco after a sabbatical at the end of 1982.

Noarlunga

In 1979, South Adelaide's recruiting zone in the southern suburbs was extended to cover all the developing areas around O‘Halloran Hill, giving the club a potential community base for the first time in its long history. It continued to play at Adelaide Oval until 1994 (the oval was ironically located on the northern side of the City of Adelaide and River Torrens), and its fortunes fluctuated, with two unsuccessful finals appearances under future Adelaide Crows coach Graham Cornes in 1983 and 1984 being followed by free-fall under the coaching of former Hawthorn (VFL) ruckman Don Scott and Sturt champion full forward Rick Davies to a wooden spoon in 1987. South was under severe pressure to enter into a merger with another SANFL club, but was argued that if South made the long-proposed move to Noarlunga it would be able to capture expanding suburbs in the future.

Under John Reid, South developed rapidly after a one-win season and twenty-six successive losses during 1988 and early 1989. After this disastrous losing streak, South rose to contest each SANFL finals series between 1990 and 1992, with a minor premiership in 1991 the highlight, the Panthers being bundled out by West Adelaide in the Preliminary Final. However, the Panthers have been a disappointment in the two decades since the formation of the Adelaide Crows in 1991, with fourth-place finishes in 2006 and 2011 its highest placings, and some dubious coaching changes such as the sacking of former St Kilda coach Ken Sheldon in 1996, and briefly employing seventy-one-year-old veteran John Cahill during 2008. After this, the Panthers won only four games in the 2009 and 2010 seasons for their worst two-season record since the dark days of 1950 and 1951.

Three South Australian Premiers have had a close association with the South Adelaide Football Club: Charles Cameron Kingston (Premier 1893-1899), Dean Brown (1993-96) and Mike Rann (2002-2011). Kingston played for South Adelaide, Dean Brown became Patron and Mike Rann was Number One Ticket Holder. During his Premiership Rann presented the Club with a 100-year peppercorn lease over the Noarlunga Oval site owned by the State Government in what he described as 'land rights for the Panthers'. The club presented the Premier with 100 peppercorns.

South Adelaide entered a team in the SANFL Women's League in 2018. In their short history fielding a women's team, they have become the most successful team in the competition, winning back-to-back premierships in 2018/19.[14]

Home Grounds

1. Adelaide Oval (1882–1903, 1905–94)
2. Jubilee Oval (1904)
3. Flinders University Stadium (1995–present)

Panther Park was meant to be South's new home ground with plans to build a grandstand but only the change rooms were built and it was used as a training base and for South's junior teams. South Adelaide's clubrooms were based at Panther Park at the inner-southern Adelaide suburb of St Mary's until 1995 when the club moved to Noarlunga and its new ground Flinders University Stadium (then called Noarlunga Oval). Prior to 1995, with the exception of 1904 when they played at the now defunct Jubilee Oval, the Panthers played all their home games at the Adelaide Oval (ironically located on the northern side of the Adelaide city centre) while in 1992 and 1993 they played two games at the Bice Oval in the southern suburb of Christies Beach to gauge support in the area for the Panthers. The oval, located only 1 km from where Hickinbotham Oval now sits, was packed to capacity in 1993 with approximately 8,000 crammed in to see South take on 'local' rival Glenelg. It was following this game that the South Adelaide Football Club made the decision to move permanently to Noarlunga.

South Adelaide christened their new home at Noarlunga in Round 8 of the 1995 SANFL season. The opening game at Noarlunga also saw the ground record crowd of 10,123 when Glenelg defeated the Panthers by 47 points. Originally called Noarlunga Oval, the name was officially changed to Hickinbotham Oval in 2005 to honour former Panther and successful property developer, the late Alan Hickinbotham.[1]

In late 2010 the South Adelaide Football Club obtained permission from the City of Onkaparinga to install four light towers at the oval with the intent to host night SANFL games at the venue. Unlike other SANFL grounds which had lights installed, Hickenbotham Oval is not surrounded by housing and permission to build the lights was easily obtained as they were ruled to have minimal impact on the local residents. The first game played under lights on 9 April 2011 saw South defeat North Adelaide in front of 2,630. The record night attendance at the oval was set just a few weeks later in Round 4 of the 2011 SANFL season when 2,700 saw the clash between the Panthers and Port Adelaide.

Club records

• Record Attendance at Hickinbotham Oval: 10,123 v Glenelg in Round 8, 1995
• Record Night Attendance at Hickinbotham Oval: 2,700 v Port Adelaide in Round 4, 2011
• Record Attendance at Adelaide Oval (minor round): 30,618 v Port Adelaide in Round 2, 1965
• Record Attendance: 56,353 v Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval, 1964 SANFL Grand Final
• Record Attendance at AAMI Stadium: 50,428 v Port Adelaide, 1979 SANFL Grand Final
• Most Games: 337 by Stuart Palmer (1969–85)
• Most Goals in a Season: 115 by Chris Munro in 1935
• Most Goals for the Club: 393 by Chris Munro (1928–30, 1932–37)
• Most Years as Coach: 8 by Haydn Bunton, Jr. (1975–82)
• Most Years as Captain: 11 by Jack Reedman (1888–98)
• Most Premierships as Captain: 5 by Jack Reedman (1892, 1893, 1895, 1896, 1898)
• SANFL Leading Goal Kicker: R Wardrop (1882), Alf Bushby (1887), Jack Kay (1896, 1898, 1902), S Scott (1945), Danny Del-Re (1995), Michael Wundke (2011, 2013), Brett Eddy (2016)
• SANFL Ken Farmer Medallists: Danny Del-Re (1995), Michael Wundke (2011)
• Most Best & Fairest Awards: 7 by Peter Darley (1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1973)
• Highest Score: 39.16 (250) v Woodville 19.14 (128) at Football Park in Round 14, 1984

Club song

The club song is based on Lily of Laguna.

We are the blue and white
We are the grand old blue and white
We're the team to take the Panthers top
Until we win the flag we will not stop
Fight on forever,
We'll weaken never in our endeavour
To raise the Panther flag to glory
We are the famous blue and white!

Current playing list

• 2 James Rose
• 3 James Loneragan
• 4 Joseph Haines
• 5 Matthew Broadbent
• 6 Damon Freitag
• 7 Sam Overall
• 8 Matt Rose
• 9 Reece Milsom
• 10 Anthony Biemans
• 11 Ben Haren
• 12 Eamon Wilkinson
• 14 Ben Sawford
• 15 Luke Bogle
• 16 Jackson Elmes
• 17 Darnell Tucker
• 19 Joel Cross
• 20 Jesse McKinnon
• 21 Ben Heaslip
• 22 Jake Summerton
• 23 Malcolm Karpany
• 24 Hayden Sampson
• 25 Daniel Sladojevic
• 26 Cameron McGree
• 27 Aaron Douglass
• 29 Jaidan Kappler
• 30 Nic Schwarz
• 31 Liam Fitt
• 32 Beau McCreery
• 33 Jonty Manuel
• 34 Tyson Brown
• 35 Tom Highmore
• 36 Tom Whittlesea
• 37 Jake McCreery
• 38 Danny Juckers
• 39 Alex Cailotto
• 41 Sam Whitbread
• 42 Tyler Davies
• 43 Robert Badger
• 44 Nathan Beenham
• 45 Ky McGrath
• 46 Tyson Hoffmann
• 47 Marcus Lippett
• 48 Josh Rosman
• 49 Tate lovering
• 50 Tyler Oliver
• 51 Billy Cameron
• 52 Hayden Kernahan
• 53 Lachlan Williams
• 54 Tarik Illingworth
• 55 Henry Kerinaiua
• 56 Justin Evans
• 57 Bailey Snelling
• 58 Abraham Kur
• 59 Cooper Machin
• 60 Brad Potter
• 61 Job Colwell

|coach= Jarrad Wright |assistant= Adam Blakely |assistant2= Josh Thewlis |assistant3= Michael Handby }}

South Adelaide Football Club

Senior Women's list								Coaching staff
1 Kristi Harvey 2 Nikki Gore 3 Stacey Huddleston 4 Lauren Buchanan (c) 5 Louella McCarthy 6 Hannah Munyard 7 Lucy Northcott 8 Elyse Haussen 9 Leah Mencel 10 Morgan Tucker 11 Czenya Cavouras 13 Lisa Whiteley 14 Mollie Mckendrick 15 Nicole Mark		16 Caitlin Williams 17 Layla Fitzgibbons 18 Madison Bennett 19 Montana McKinnon 20 Stacey Richardson 21 Helen Maidment 22 Emily Woods 23 Courtney Gum 24 Danielle Goding 25 Teah Charlton 26 Taylah Eastwood 27 Bree-Anna Leibhardt 28 Tonia Fielke 29 Cheyenne Hammond		30 Elisabeth Davison 31 Airlie Schirmer 32 Mykala Walker-Murphy 34 Madeliene Green 35 Jaslynne Smith 36 Bronwen Bosley 37 Zahn Anthony 38 Heidi Smith 41 Jess O'Reilly 42 Jorja Rowe 43 Samantha Pratt 44 Elke Jarvis 45 Grace Duffy				Head coach Krissie Steen Assistant coaches Rick Watts Ben Coleman Chris Bennett Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice captain(s) Updated: 21 March 2018 Source(s): https://www.safc.com.au/player-profiles-safc-w.html

Honours

Club

Premierships
Competition	Level	Wins	Years Won
SANFL	Seniors	11	1877, 1885, 1892, 1893, 1895, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1935, 1938, 1964
SANFL Women's	Seniors	2	2018, 2019
SANFL Reserves	Reserves	3	1914, 1979, 1991
SANFL Under 19s (1937–2008)	Under 19s	2	1993, 1994
SANFL Under 17s (1939–2008)	Under 17s	2	1990, 1995
SANFL Under 18s (2009–present)	Under 18s	0	Nil
SANFL Under 16s (2010–present)	Under 16s	0	Nil
Other titles and honours
Stanley H Lewis Trophy	Senior	1	1991
SANFL Night Series	Seniors	3	1984, 1986, 1991
SANFL Fast Footy	Seniors	1	2018
Finishing positions
SANFL	Minor premiership	4	1898, 1899, 1938, 1991
	Runners-up	11	1881, 1882, 1886, 1894, 1897, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1937, 1940, 1979
	Wooden spoons	27	1909, 1910, 1911, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1934, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1969, 1970, 1987, 1988, 1997, 2009, 2010
SANFL Women's League	Minor premiership	1	2018
	Grand Finalists	1	2020
	Wooden spoons	0	Nil

Magarey Medallists

• Frank Barry (1915)
• Dan Moriarty (1919, 1920, 1921)
• Jack Cockburn (1935)
• Jim Deane (1953, 1957 – awarded retrospectively)
• Mark Naley (1991)
• Andrew Osborn (1998)
• Joel Cross (2012)
• Joel Cross (2015)

All-Australians

• Peter Darley 1969
• Mark Naley 1986

League top goalkickers

Year	Goals	Player
1882	14	R. Wardrop[15]
1885	19	H. Hill[15]
1887	25	Alf Bushby[16]
1896	25	Jack Kay[17]
1898	35	Jack Kay[17]
1902	28	Jack Kay[17]
1945	54	S. Scott[15]
1995	95	Danny Del-Re[15]
2011	67	Michael Wundke[15]
2013	52	Michael Wundke[15]
2016	68	Brett Eddy[15]

'Greatest Team'

The South Adelaide Team of the Century is officially called the 'Greatest Team'.[18][19]

Greatest Team

B:	Jack Reedman (captain)	Bill Oliver[20]	George Mulcahy
HB:	Bob Schmidt[21]	Dan Moriarty	Jack Cockburn
C:	Laurie Cahill	Jim Deane	Mark Coombe[22]
HF:	Max Murdy[23]	Don Pryor	Alf 'Bulla' Ryan
F:	Mark Naley	Chris Munro	Jack Dawes[24]
Foll:	Peter Darley	Jack Tredrea[25]	Frank Tully[26]
Int:	Lindsay Backman[27]	Ray Linke[28]	Len Lapthorne[29]
Coach:	–

Honour board

South Adelaide Football Club Honor Board

Year	Pos	W-L-D	Coach	Captain	Best & Fairest	Top Goalkicker	Goals
1876	2 (Runner up)	4-1-4	N/A	G.D. Kennedy	N/A	G.D. Kennedy	2
Formation of the South Australian Football Association
1877	1 (Premiers)		N/A	G.D. Kennedy	N/A		10
1878	2 (Runner up)		N/A	G.D. Kennedy A.C. Mehrtens	N/A		2 2
1879	3		N/A	S.A. Wallace	N/A		2
1880	3		N/A	J.H. Sinclair A.C. Mehrtens	N/A		9
1881	3		N/A	A.C. Mehrtens T. Maloney	N/A		8
1882	2 (Runner up)		N/A	A.C. Mehrtens	N/A		13
1883	8		N/A	A.C. Mehrtens H.R. Hill	N/A		8
1884	3		N/A	A.C. Mehrtens	N/A		12
1885	1 (Premiers)		N/A	A.J. Hall	N/A		13 13
1886	2 (Runner up)		N/A	A. McIntyre	F. Mehrtens		8
1887	4		N/A	W.H. Watling	N/A		22
1888	4		N/A	W.H. Watling	N/A		15
1889	5		N/A	G.J. Rowley A. Hammond J.C. Reedman	N/A		8
1890	3		N/A	J.C. Reedman	N/A		13
1891	3		N/A	J.C. Reedman	N/A		24
1892	1 (Premiers)		N/A	J.C. Reedman	N/A		26
1893	1 (Premiers)		N/A	J.C. Reedman	N/A		16 16
1894	2 (Runner up)		N/A	J.C. Reedman	N/A		21
1895	1 (Premiers)		N/A	J.C. Reedman	N/A		32
1896	1 (Premiers)		N/A	J.C. Reedman	N/A		25
1897	2 (Grand Finalist)		N/A	J.C. Reedman	N/A		26
1898	1 (Premiers)		N/A	J.C. Reedman	N/A		35
1899	1 (Premiers)		N/A	A.E. Tomlin	N/A		32
1900	2 (Grand Finalist)		N/A	S.E. Reedman	N/A		16
1901	4		N/A	H.A. Kruss	N/A		18
1902	2 (Grand Finalist)		N/A	S.E. Reedman	N/A
1903	2 (Grand Finalist)		N/A	S.E. Reedman J. Kay	N/A
1904	3		N/A	J. Kay	N/A
1905	4		N/A	S.E. Reedman J.P. Hansen	N/A
1906	5		N/A	A. Morton	N/A
South Australian Football League
1907	5		N/A	J.B. Windsor	N/A
1908	5		F.T. O'Brien	F.T. O'Brien	N/A
1909	7 (Wooden Spoon)		G. Wallace J.J. Tredrea	D.V. McDougall	N/A
1910	7 (Wooden Spoon)		T.M. Thomas	Jack Tredrea	N/A
1911	7 (Wooden Spoon)		T.M. Thomas	Jack Tredrea	N/A
1912	5		J.C. Reedman	Jack Tredrea	N/A
1913	5		T.M. Thomas	Jack Tredrea	N/A
1914	6		Bert Renfrey	Jack Tredrea	N/A
1915	3		Bert Renfrey	Jack Tredrea	N/A
Competition suspended due to WWI
1919	6		Bert Renfrey	S.N. McKee	N/A
1920	6		G. Wallace	S.N. McKee	N/A
1921	3		Jack Tredrea	S.N. McKee	N/A
1922	4		Jack Tredrea	S.N. McKee	N/A
1923	3		Jack Tredrea	A.F. Caust	Dan Moriarty
1924	5		N/A	A.F. Caust	A.J. Ryan
1925	7		N/A	Dan Moriarty	W.G. Oliver
1926	8 (Wooden Spoon)		Sampson Hosking	W.G. Oliver	W.G. Oliver
South Australian National Football League
1927	8 (Wooden Spoon)		A.J. Ryan W.T. Oliver	W.G. Oliver	W.H. Jackson
1928	8 (Wooden Spoon)		A.H. Job	H. Lingwood-Smith	A.J. Ryan
1929	8 (Wooden Spoon)		A.H. Job	W.G. Oliver	F.J. Tully
1930	6		H.B. McGregor	S.R. Jaffer	F.J. Tully
1931	7		Jack Tredrea	S.R. Jaffer	S.R. Jaffer
1932	8 (Wooden Spoon)		H.B. McGregor	H.B. McGregor	C.R. Rose
1933	7		S.R. Jaffer	S.R. Jaffer	F.J. Tully
1934	8 (Wooden Spoon)		Frank Golding	C.R. Rose	Jack Cockburn
1935	1 (Premiers)		W.V. Johnson	F.J. Tully	F.J. Tully
1936	4		W.V. Johnson	F.J. Tully	G.L. Mulcahy J.P. Dawes
1937	2 (Grand Finalist)		L.J. Ashby	W.J. McKay	J.P. Dawes
1938	1 (Premiers)		L.J. Ashby	J.P. Dawes	Laurie Cahill
1939	3		L.J. Ashby	J.P. Dawes	Laurie Cahill
1940	2 (Grand Finalist)		L.J. Ashby	J.P. Dawes	M.A. Murdy
1941	5		L.J. Ashby	J.P. Dawes	Jack Cockburn
Merger with Sturt due to WWII
1942			J.P. Dawes L.F.E. Rusby	J.P. Dawes
1943			L.F.E. Rusby L.J. Ashby	J.P. Dawes
1944			L.J. Ashby	J.P. Dawes
Competition returns to unaligned teams
1945	8 (Wooden Spoon)	3-14-0	L Ashby	C Ames	M Doherty	S Scott	64
1946	7	5-12-0	M Murdy	J Templeton	K Brown	Len Lapthorne	29
1947	8 (Wooden Spoon)	2-15-0	Laurie Cahill	D Pryor	Alan Hickinbotham	D Pryor	51
1948	8 (Wooden Spoon)	0-17-0	Laurie Cahill	D Pryor	Jim Deane	Len Lapthorne	23
1949	7	4-13	Jim Deane	Len Lapthorne	Jim Deane	M Merchant	35
1950	8 (Wooden Spoon)	0-17	Jim Deane	Len Lapthorne	R Linke	Len Lapthorne	27
1951	8 (Wooden Spoon)	1-17	Jim Deane	Jim Deane	Jim Deane	Len Lapthorne	47
1952	7	5-12	Jim Deane	Jim Deane	R Linke	M Read	47
1953	8 (Wooden Spoon)	5-13	Jim Deane	Jim Deane	Jim Deane	M Read	47
1954	7	5-13	Alan Hickinbotham	Alan Hickinbotham	R Linke	M Read	46
1955	8 (Wooden Spoon)	2-15	Jack Graham	R Hewitt	D Polden	J Judd	25
1956	7	6-12	P Hunt	Jim Deane	Jim Deane	J Judd	38
1957	8 (Wooden Spoon)	2-16	Laurie Cahill	Jim Deane	Jim Deane	K Peucker	37
1958	6	6-11-1	R Reiman	R Reiman	G Christie	J Judd	37
1959	8 (Wooden Spoon)	3-15	R Reiman	R Reiman	R Jackson	J Judd	52
1960	7	3-15	Fos Williams	D Panizza	D Panizza	D Panizza	22
1961	6	5-14	W Sutherland	G Christie	David Kantilla	D Kantilla	31
1962	8 (Wooden Spoon)	3-16	W Sutherland	G Christie	David Kantilla	L Backman	45
1963	8 (Wooden Spoon)	2-18	W Sutherland D Parham	I Day	Peter Darley	L Backman	34
1964	1 (Premiers)	17-3	Neil Kerley	Neil Kerley	Peter Darley	I Day	35
1965	3	15-5	Neil Kerley	Neil Kerley	R Schmidt	L Backman	41
1966	4	14-6	Neil Kerley	Neil Kerley	Peter Darley	A Skuse	38
1967	5	11-9	Peter Darley	Peter Darley	Peter Darley	L Backman	31
1968	6	9-10-1	Peter Darley	Peter Darley	Peter Darley	P Jones	32
1969	10 (Wooden Spoon)	2-18	Peter Darley	Peter Darley	M Coombe	L Backman	42
1970	10 (Wooden Spoon)	3-17	Jim Deane	L Backman	L Backman	P Howlett	60
1971	9	6-15	Jim Deane	Peter Darley	P Haines	P Howlett	50
1972	9	5-16	Dave Darcy	Dave Darcy	Peter Darley	P Jones	30
1973	9	4-17	Dave Darcy	Dave Darcy	Peter Darley	M Dittmar	60
1974	8	7-15	P Darcy	R Keddie	D Young	P Darley	44
1975	8	5-13	Haydn Bunton, Jr.	R Keddie	R Keddie	Graham Robbins	50
1976	7	9-11-1	Haydn Bunton, Jr.	R Keddie	Ron Hateley	A Bennett	67
1977	4	14-8	Haydn Bunton, Jr.	G Robbins	G Baynes	Wayne Slattery	54
1978	7	8-13-1	Haydn Bunton, Jr.	G Baynes	G Baynes	G Linke	38
1979	2 (Grand Finalist)	14-8	Haydn Bunton, Jr.	G Baynes	G Baynes	Wayne Slattery	61
1980	7	8-14	Haydn Bunton, Jr.	G Baynes	S Butler	Geoff Linke	84
1981	4	15-7	Haydn Bunton, Jr.	G Baynes	Robb Hawkins	Geoff Linke	74
1982	8	8-14	Haydn Bunton, Jr.	S Palmer	R White	C Reynolds	70
1983	5	12-10	Graham Cornes	S Palmer	Robb Hawkins	John Schneebichler	65
1984	5	13-9	Graham Cornes	S Palmer	Mark Naley	D Harris	57
1985	8	8-14	Don Scott Rick Davies	John Schneebichler	David Kappler	Rick Davies	72
1986	9	7-14-1	Rick Davies	John Schneebichler	Darren Troy	Rick Davies	72
1987	10 (Wooden Spoon)	5-17	Rick Davies	John Schneebichler	David Kappler	D Stoeckel	55
1988	10 (Wooden Spoon)	1-21	J Reid	S Butler	David Kappler	S Schmid	38
1989	9	6-16	J Reid	S Butler	M Whitford	D Stoeckel	50
1990	4	9-11	J Reid	M Bennett	Darren Trevena	D Stoeckel	52
1991	3	16-6	J Reid	M Bennett	David Kappler	S Schmid	40
1992	5	11-11	J Reid	M Bennett	M Grummet	Randall Bone	35
1993	6	9-11	J Reid	Darren Kappler	M Dillon	Peter McIntyre	79
1994	7	9-13	Ken Sheldon	D Trevena	C Wittman	P Keam	35
1995	6	11-11	Ken Sheldon	D Trevena	J Polkinghorne	Danny Del-Re	92
1996	8	6-14	K Sheldon S Butler	D Stoeckel	Andrew Osborn	C Cameron	20
1997	9 (Wooden Spoon)	4-14-2	Ken Applegarth	D Stoeckel	J Polkinghorne	C Cameron	20
1998	7	9-11	Ken Applegarth	Andrew Osborn	Dean Talbot	Ryan Fitzgerald	40
1999	8	2-18	Ken Applegarth	Andrew Osborn	Kym Cobb	David Hams	43
2000	6	9-10-1	Greg Anderson	Andrew Osborn	Dean Talbot	Mark Demasi	39
2001	7	7-13	Greg Anderson	Kym Koster	D Morgan	Clay Sampson	28
2002	8	4-16	Greg Anderson	Kym Koster	Clay Sampson	Mark Demasi	25
2003	7	6-13-1	Greg Anderson	Clay Sampson	Chris Hall	Rod Tregenza	59
2004	8	7-13	Robert Pyman	Clay Sampson	Clinton King	Rod Tregenza	39
2005	7	7-13	Robert Pyman	Clay Sampson	M Davis	Ben Warren	60
2006	4	11-9	Robert Pyman	Clay Sampson	Rhys Archard	Ben Warren	64
2007	8	4-15-1	Robert Pyman Gary Cameron	Clay Sampson	Scott McGlone	Ben Warren	27
2008	8	5-14-1	John Cahill Clay Sampson	Jason Torney	James Boyd	Ben Warren	42
2009	9 (Wooden Spoon)	2-18	Clay Sampson	Jason Torney	Mitch Sandery	Ben Warren	48
2010	9 (Wooden Spoon)	2-17-1	Ron Fuller	Ben Warren	Nick Liddle	Ben Warren	32
2011	4	8-11-1	Ron Fuller	Nick Murphy	Joel Cross	Michael Wundke	67
2012	8	7-13	Ron Fuller	Nick Murphy	Nick Liddle	Michael Wundke	55
2013	8	6-14	Ron Fuller / Kym Cobb	Josh Thewlis	Nick Liddle	Michael Wundke	52
2014	3	11-7	Brad Gotch	Josh Thewlis / Nick Murphy	Keegan Brooksby	Brett Eddy	67
2015	6	9-8-1	Brad Gotch	Brad Crabb	Joel Cross	Brett Eddy	42
2016	4	14-4	Brad Gotch	Brad Crabb	Joel Cross & Brede Seccull	Brett Eddy	74
2017	6	8-10	Garry Hocking	Brad Crabb	Nick Liddle	Ben Haren	23
2018	5	11-7	Jarrad Wright[30]	Joel Cross & Keegan Brooksby	Nick Liddle[31]	Nathan Kreuger[32]	22
2019	6	9-7-2	Jarrad Wright	Joel Cross & Matt Rose	Joel Cross	Joel Cross	26

Players

Notable players and coaches

Source: http://australianfootball.com/clubs/stats/South+Adelaide/320

A:	Wally Allen[33]	Len 'Buck' Ashby[34]
B:	Lindsay Backman[27]	Frank 'Dinky' Barry	Andy Bennett	Mark Bickley	Randall Bone
B:	Dean Brogan	Keegan Brooksby	Keith Brown[35]	Alf Bushby[16]
C:	Laurie Cahill	Alipate Carlile	Arnold Caust[36]	Gary Christie[37]	Matthew Clarke
C:	Craig Cock[38]	Jack Cockburn	Mark Coombe[22]	Graham Cornes	Damian Cupido
D:	Anthony 'Bos' Daly[39]	'Jack' Daly[40]	Caleb Daniel	David Darcy	Luke Darcy
D:	Peter Darley	Alwyn Davey	Rick Davies	James 'Jim' Dawes[41]	John 'Jack' Dawes[24]
D:	Ian Day[42]	Jim Deane	Danny Del-Re	Michael Doughty	Stephen Doyle
F:	Ashley Fernee	Tom Fields	Ryan "Fitzy" Fitzgerald	Eddie Fry[43]
G:	Simon Goodwin	Nikki Gore	Jack Graham	Ryan Griffen	Chris Groom
H:	Jim Handby	Michael Handby	Frank Hansen[44]	John 'Jack' Hansen[45]	Keith 'Barney' Haussen[46]
H:	Robb Hawkins	Glynn Hewitt	Alan Hickinbotham[1]	Clem Hill	H. Hill[15]
J:	Dick Jackson[47]	Stan Jaffer[48]	Vic Johnson[49]	Ernie Jones	John Judd[50]
K:	David Kantilla	Darren Kappler	Barry Karklis[51]	Jack Kay[17]	Bob Keddie
K:	Neil Kerley	Ron Kitchen[52]	Kym Koster
L:	Brendon Lade	Len Lapthorne[29]	Ray Linke[28]
M:	George Margitich	Ron McGowan	Cory McGrath	Bruce McGregor	Peter McIntyre
M:	Dan Moriarty	George Mulcahy[19]	Max Murdy[23]	Chris Munro[19]
N:	Mark Naley
O:	Bill Oliver[20]	Andrew Osborn
P:	Stuart Palmer	Des Panizza[53]	Denis Parham	Bryan Ploenges[54]	Ian Prendergast
P:	Don Pryor[19]
R:	Jack 'Dinny' Reedman	Brian Roberts	Matthew Rogers	Lester Ross[55]	Alfred 'Bulla' Ryan
S:	Clay Sampson	Joe Scanlon[56]	Bob Schmidt[21]	John Schneebichler[57]	S. Scott[15]
S:	Alf Skuse[58]	Nigel Smart	Frank Spiel[59]	Chris Stasinowsky
T:	Jim Templeton[60]	James Tierney	Jason Torney	Jack Tredrea[25]	Frank Tully[26]
V:	Nathan van Berlo	Lyndon Valente	John Vickers[61]
W:	George Wallace[62]	H. Wardrop[15]	Alan White[63]	Robin White	Malcolm Whitford[64]

See also

• Category:South Adelaide Football Club players

References

1. Alan Hickinbotham, australianfootball.com.
2. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/40794431
3. "SAFC History (Club Website)". Archived from the original on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
4. https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/208457294
5. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/92249237
6. History of the South Adelaide Football Club, SANFL website. Retrieved on 1 May 2009.
7. South Adelaide Premiership Panels
8. See South Adelaide in 1911
9. South Adelaide Club Biography
10. South Swamps Port
11. Between 1942 and 1944 the SANFL contested a restricted, four team competition with its eight member clubs paired off geographically: Port Adelaide-West Torrens; Norwood-North Adelaide; West Adelaide-Glenelg and South Adelaide-Sturt
12. SA Memory
13. David Kantilla: Indigenous Pioneer
14. "South wins back-to-back flags". sanfl.com.au. 26 May 2019.
15. "SANFL Leading Goalkickers 1877 - 1980 (Premiership Matches)".
16. Alf Bushby at AustralianFootball.com
17. Jack Kay at AustralianFootball.com
18. ADELAIDE Official 'Greatest Team' Archived 7 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
19. "Hall of Fame, South Adelaide Football Club". Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
20. Willian "Bill" Oliver
21. Bob Schmidt
22. Mark Coombe
23. Max Murdy
24. Jack Dawes
25. Jack Tredrea, AustralianFootball.com
26. Frank Tully
27. Lindsay Backman
28. Ray Linke
29. Len Lapthorne
30. Club, Author: South Adelaide Football. "Jarrad Wright Appointed as South Adelaide's Next Senior Coach". The Official South Adelaide Football Club Website - The Panthers. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
31. Club, Author: South Adelaide Football. "Nick Liddle takes out 2018 Knuckey Cup". The Official South Adelaide Football Club Website - The Panthers. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
32. Club, Author: South Adelaide Football. "Nick Liddle takes out 2018 Knuckey Cup". The Official South Adelaide Football Club Website - The Panthers. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
33. Wally Allen at AustralianFootball.com
34. Len Ashby at AustralianFootball.com
35. Keith Brown at AustralianFootball.com
36. Arnold Caust at AustralianFootball.com
37. Gary Christie at AustralianFootball.com
38. Craig Cock at AustralianFootball.com
39. Anthony Daly at AustralianFootball.com
40. John W. Daly at AustralianFootball.com
41. James 'Jim' Dawes at AustralianFootball.com
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43. Eddie Fry at AustralianFootball.com
44. Frank Hansen at AustralianFootball.com
45. John Hansen at AustralianFootball.com
46. Keith Haussen at AustralianFootball.com
47. Dick Jackson at AustralianFootball.com
48. Stanley Jaffer at AustralianFootball.com
49. Victor Johnson at AustralianFootball.com
50. John Judd at AustralianFootball.com
51. Barry Karklis at AustralianFootball.com
52. Ron Kitchen at AustralianFootball.com
53. Des Panizza at AustralianFootball.com
54. Bryan Ploenges at AustralianFootball.com
55. Lester Ross at AustralianFootball.com
56. Joseph Scanlon at AustralianFootball.com
57. John Schneebichler at AustralianFootball.com
58. Alf Skuse at AustralianFootball.com
59. Frank Spiel at AustralianFootball.com
60. Jim Templeton at AustralianFootball.com
61. John Vickers at AustralianFootball.com
62. George Wallace at AustralianFootball.com
63. Alan White at AustralianFootball.com
64. Malcolm Whitford at AustralianFootball.com

External links

• Official website