Bruce Greenhill (26 July 1946 – 6 February 2014) was 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 with
Footscray in the
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...
(VFL).
Greenhill became an established footballer in the
Tasmanian Football League
The Tasmanian State League (TSL), colloquially known as the "Tasmanian Football League (TFL)" (formerly known as the "Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL)" and several other short-term names) is the highest ranked Australian ru ...
with Sandy Bay and Hobart during the 1970s and early 1980s, playing in numerous premierships with both clubs before retiring as a player following the 1981 season and becoming senior coach of
Hobart Football Club
Hobart Football Club (nicknamed The Tigers) is an Australian rules football club based in Hobart, Tasmania. They play their home fixtures at the TCA Ground on the Queens Domain, in Hobart and from 2014, the club has been a member of the Southe ...
in 1982 and 1983.
Following his retirement as coach, Greenhill became a radio and television commentator for ABC-Television and Radio's TFL match broadcasts which he did until the end of the 1997 season.
Greenhill later became head of
AFL Tasmania
AFL Tasmania is the Australian Football League (AFL) subsidiary in Tasmania and it’s governing body for Australian rules football in Tasmania. The organisation is responsible for AFL-linked Australian rules football development in the state.
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for a brief time in the late 1990s before retiring to Queensland in the early 2000s where he remained until he died from brain cancer in 2014.
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1946 births
2014 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Western Bulldogs players
Sandy Bay Football Club players
Hobart Football Club players
Hobart Football Club coaches