Brenton Phillips (born 5 November 1962) is a former
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
er who played mainly for the
Brisbane Bears in the
VFL/AFL and
North Adelaide in the
SANFL.
Phillips spent most of his time on the field playing as wing, half forward or ruck-rover. He first played with North Adelaide in 1981 and remained with them until after the 1985 season when he joined Essendon. The Bombers were coming off successive premierships and Phillips got just 10 games in 1986 due to the strength of the side. The following year he joined the Brisbane Bears for their inaugural season in the VFL and spent five seasons at the club.
In 1992 Phillips returned to South Australia and in 1993 won the
Magarey Medal. He won his first North Adelaide "best and fairest" award in 1993 and retained it in 1994. By the time he retired in 1998, he had played 222 games for North Adelaide. He was later named on the interchange bench in the club's official 'Team of the Century'.
He became coach of
Sturt in 2002 and led them to the premiership in his debut season in charge, ending a 26-year drought for the club.
In 2016 was an inductee into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame
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Brisbane Bears players
Essendon Football Club players
North Adelaide Football Club players
Sturt Football Club coaches
Magarey Medal winners
Australian rules footballers from South Australia
Living people
1962 births
South Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees