Chris Thredgold (born 8 May 1971) 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 for Sturt in the

South Australian National Football League The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's governing body for the sport. Originally formed as the ...

(SANFL) from 1991 to 2002. He is the co-holder of the record for most years as captain at Sturt, shared with

Paul Bagshaw Paul Lynton Bagshaw (born 22 August 1946) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) during the 1960s and 1970s. Bagshaw played 360 games for the Double Blues and 14 for So ...

. A reliable full-back, Thredgold was often described as "the heart and soul of the Double Blues". As club captain at the time, Thredgold was controversially omitted from the successful 2002 Grand Final team. In 2014, Thredgold was elected as a board member of the Sturt Football Club in the portfolio of Football Director.

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* 1971 births Living people Sturt Football Club players North Adelaide Football Club players Australian rules footballers from South Australia People educated at Prince Alfred College {{AFL-bio-1970s-stub