Glenelg Football Club is an

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 ...

team, which plays 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 ...

. The club is known as the "Tigers" (or the "Bays"), and their home ground is ACH Group Stadium (formerly Glenelg Oval), located in the southern coastal suburb of

Glenelg East, South Australia Glenelg East is a residential suburb south-west of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. It is characterised by quarter-acre blocks with heritage homes and parks intermingled with contemporary modern homes and low-rise multi-dwelling units. ...

Club history

The inaugural meeting of the Glenelg Football Club was held at the Glenelg Town Hall on Wednesday 10 March 1920, to form a club for players west of South Road to play in the B Grade. It was decided that the club colors would be red, yellow and black with white knickers. The Club participated in the B Grade (Reserves) Competition in 1920 and entered the South Australian League in 1921. At the Annual meeting on Thursday 3 March 1921 the club decided its colours to be black and gold, the guernsey to be black with a gold hoop around waist and arms, black socks with gold band, and white knickers. It was not until 2 May 1925 that the club saw its first league victory, a 12.6 (78) to 10.10 (70) win over West Torrens at Glenelg Oval. "The Bays", as they are sometimes known (due to the club's proximity to

Holdfast Bay The Holdfast Bay is a small bay in Gulf St Vincent, next to Adelaide, South Australia. Along its shores lie the local government area of the City of Holdfast Bay and the suburbs of Glenelg and Glenelg North European settlement on Holdfast Bay ...

), won their first SANFL premiership in 1934 with an 18.15 (123) to 16.18 (114) victory against . The 1935 season saw them slump from first to last. Until 1948, the team jersey was gold with a black V, in 1949 the club adopted the now familiar black with gold sash design. Since 2021 the team has revived the pre-1949 jersey and wears it as its "away" strip. In total the club has won 5 premierships – in 1934, 1973, back to back flags in 1985 and 1986 and most recently in

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

– breaking a 33 year premiership drought against traditional rivals . Glenelg amalgamated with

West Adelaide Football Club West Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Commonly known as The Bloods and Westies, the club's home base is Richmond Oval (South Australia), Richmond Oval (current ...

during the war years

1942 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in wh ...

1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in Nor ...

. Glenelg were a foundation member of the

SANFL Women's SANFL Women's League (also known as the SANFLW or the Hostplus SANFL Women's League) is the major state-level women's Australian rules football league in South Australia. History The league was launched in February 2017, initially comprising ...

competition in 2017.

Home grounds

Glenelg Oval Glenelg Oval (currently ACH Group Stadium and formerly Gliderol Stadium @ Glenelg) is located on Brighton Road, Glenelg East, South Australia. The ground is primarily used for Australian rules football and cricket and is the home ground for the ...

(''ACH Group Stadium'') (1921–90, 1992–present) *

Football Park Football Park, known commercially as AAMI Stadium, was an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes, South Australia, West Lakes, a western suburb of Adelaide, the state capital of South Australia, Australia. It was built in 197 ...

(1991) Since the club first entered the SANFL they have used Glenelg Oval as their home ground. The only year this did not occur was in 1991 when Glenelg used Football Park (along with new team

Woodville-West Torrens Woodville-West Torrens Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). It was formed in 1990 from an amalgamation of the neighbouring Woodville and West Torrens football clu ...

) under the SANFL's ground rationalisation scheme. This arrangement only lasted for the 1991 season as Glenelg moved back to The Bay while the Eagles moved to

Woodville Oval Woodville Oval (currently Maughan Thiem Hyundai Oval and formerly ''Unleash Solar Oval'') is primarily an Australian rules football and cricket oval found on Oval Avenue in the western Adelaide suburb of Woodville South in South Australia. It ...

. In 2012 Glenelg Oval became one of five suburban SANFL grounds to have lights installed for night games. The ground record crowd for Glenelg Oval was set on 20 July 1968 when 17,171 saw Sturt defeat Glenelg by just one point, 13.13 (91) to 13.12 (90). The record night attendance was set on 25 April 2014 (

ANZAC Day , image = Dawn service gnangarra 03.jpg , caption = Anzac Day Dawn Service at Kings Park, Western Australia, 25 April 2009, 94th anniversary. , observedby = Australia Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cook Islands New ...

) when 9,245 saw Glenelg defeat the

Adelaide Crows The Adelaide Crows (officially the Adelaide Football Club) are a professional Australian rules football team based in Adelaide, South Australia. Founded in 1990. The Crows has fielded a men's team in the Australian Football League (AFL) sinc ...

reserves 17.21 (123) to 13.8 (86) for the Tigers first win of the

2014 SANFL season The 2014 South Australian National Football League season (officially the SANFL IGA League) was the 135th season of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Australian rules football competition. 2014 introduced a number of chang ...

. Glenelg Oval also saw the highest score in SANFL history in 1975 when Glenelg defeated Central District 49.23 (317) to 11.13 (79): the winning margin of 238 is the 2017 the SANFL record, and remains the club's record win. Glenelg's champion

full-forward Full-forward is a position in Australian rules football and Gaelic football with a key focus on kicking goals. The Coleman Medal is awarded to the player, often a full-forward, who has kicked the most goals in an Australian Football League se ...

, the 1969 Magarey Medallist

Fred Phillis Dennis Keith "Fred" Phillis (born 9 September 1948) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Glenelg Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Background Born Dennis Keith Phillis, his schoolmat ...

, kicked 18 goals for the game, including his 100th for the season.

Club song

The Glenelg Tigers have the same club song as that of the Richmond Tigers based on "Row, Row, Row".
Oh we're from Tigerland
A fighting fury, we're from Tigerland
In any weather you'll see us with a grin
Risking head and shin
If we're behind then never mind
We'll fight and fight and win
For we're from Tigerland.
We never weaken till the final siren's gone
Like the Tiger of old, we're strong and we're bold
For we're from Tiger – black and the gold – we're from Tigerland.

Current playing list

* * * * *(c) * * * * * * * * * * * * * *(vc) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Coach = Brett Hand *Assistant Coach = Brett Exelby *Reserves Coach = Joel Tucker

Club achievements

Club records

*South Australian Supplementary Premiership Winners: 2 – 1971, 2007 *Home Ground:

(''Gliderol Stadium @ Glenelg'') (1921–90, 1992–Current) *Previous Grounds:

(1991) *Record Attendance at Gliderol Stadium @ Glenelg: 17,171 v Sturt on 20 July 1968 *Record Attendance at Gliderol Stadium @ Glenelg since

Adelaide Football Club The Adelaide Crows (officially the Adelaide Football Club) are a professional Australian rules football team based in Adelaide, South Australia. Founded in 1990. The Crows has fielded a men's team in the Australian Football League (AFL) since ...

formation (1991): 11,827 v Sturt, 28 June 2008 *Record Night Attendance at Gliderol Stadium @ Glenelg: 9,245 v

Adelaide Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...

, 25 April 2014 *Record Attendance: 58,113 v Sturt at

, 1974

SANFL 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 ...

Grand Final *Record Attendance since

formation (1991): 42,242 v at

AAMI Stadium Football Park, known commercially as AAMI Stadium, was an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes, a western suburb of Adelaide, the state capital of South Australia, Australia. It was built in 1973 by the South Australian Nat ...

, 1992

Grand Final *Record Attendance since AFL entry (1997): 39,105 v , 2019

Grand Final *Most Games: 423 by Peter Carey (1971–88) *Most Goals: 842 by D.K. "Fred" Phillis (1966–78, 1981) *Most Goals in Match: 18 by D.K. "Fred" Phillis v Central District in 1975 *Most Goals in a Season: 137 by D.K. "Fred" Phillis in 1969 *First player to kick 100 goals in an SANFL season: Jack Owens (1932 – 102 goals) *Most Years as Coach: 10 by

Neil Kerley Donald Neil Kerley (20 February 1934 – 29 June 2022) was an Australian rules footballer and coach. He is best known for taking three clubs to four South Australian National Football League (SANFL) premierships over three decades as both a p ...

(1967–76) *Most Years as Captain: 8 by Nick Chigwidden (1993–2000) *Highest Score: 49.23 (317) v Central District 11.13 (79) at Glenelg Oval in Round 17, 23 August 1975 *Lowest Score: 1.4 (10) v Norwood in 2004 *Greatest Win: 238 points v Central District in 1975 *Greatest Loss: 146 points v

North Adelaide North Adelaide is a predominantly residential precinct and suburb of the City of Adelaide in South Australia, situated north of the River Torrens and within the Adelaide Park Lands. History Surveyor-General Colonel William Light of the colo ...

in 1936 *Longest Winning Run: 18 in 1973–1974 *Longest Losing Run: 56 in 1921–1925

Post World War 2 coaches

* Ray Curnow (1945) *

Norm Betson Norman Edward Betson (8 July 1914 – 5 May 1988) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1940s. Before arriving at Essendon, Betson played with Albury and was captain ...

(1946) * Ray Curnow (1947–1948) * Allan Reval (1949) * Johnny Taylor (1950–1952) * Pat Hall (1953–1954) * Charlie May (1955–1957) * Neil Davies (1958–1959) *

Marcus Boyall Marcus Boyall (8 October 1917 – 30 September 1985) was an Australian rules footballer best known for his playing career with Victorian Football League (VFL) club Collingwood and South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club Gle ...

(1960) * Stan Wickham (1961) *

Doug Long Doug Long (28 March 1940 – 9 February 2009) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Glenelg in the South Australian National Football League The South Australian National Foot ...

(1962–1963) *

Len Fitzgerald Len Fitzgerald (7 May 1929 – 17 April 2007) was an Australian rules footballer of exceptional talent in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and South Australian National Football League (SANFL). At various time he played in the key positions ...

(1964–1966) *

(1967–1976) * John Nicholls (1977–1978) *

John Halbert John Arno Halbert (born 5 September 1937) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Sturt Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). A member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame, Halbert ha ...

(1979–1982) *

Graham Campbell Graham Fraser Campbell (22 July 1936 – 30 January 2022) was an Australian rules footballer who played 151 games for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League from 1956 until 1964. Playing career In his playing days Campbe ...

(1983–1984) *

Graham Cornes Graham Studley Cornes Order of Australia, OAM (born 31 March 1948 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach, as well as a media personality. From 1995 until early 2013, Cornes co-hosted a weekday drivetime sports ...

(1985–1990) *

Kym Hodgeman Kym Hodgeman (born 30 July 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer best known for his playing career with Glenelg in the SANFL from 1974 - 1980 & secondly for a 5 year stint with in the Australian Football League (VFL) from 1981 - 1985 ...

(1991–1992) * Mark Williams (1993–1994) * Tony Symonds (1995–1996) * Wayne Stringer (1997) * Tony McGuinness (1998–2000) * Brenton Honor (2001–2002) * David Noble (2003–2004) * Peter Simmons (2005) * Tony Burgess (2005) *

Mark Mickan Mark James Mickan (born 30 January 1961) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Bears and Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Mickan began his senior career with South Austr ...

(2006–2011) *

Kris Massie Kris Massie (born Kristiaan Martinger, 30 May 1980) is an Australian rules football coach and former player who played for the Carlton Football Club and Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He also coached the Glen ...

(2011–2013) *

Nick Stevens Nick Stevens (born 3 January 1980) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League and former coach of South Australian National Football League club Glenelg. He played in four pre-season premierships, with Port Adel ...

(2014) *

Matthew Lokan Matthew Lokan (born 20 November 1982) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), as well as the Port Adelaide Magpies in the South Australian Nation ...

(2015–2017) * Mark Stone (2018–2020) * Brett Hand (2021–)

Post World War 2 placings

*1945 – 7th *1946 – 8th *1947 – 7th *1948 – 6th *1949 – 5th *1950 – 2nd *1951 – 3rd *1952 – 5th *1953 – 3rd *1954 – 8th *1955 – 6th *1956 – 6th *1957 – 7th *1958 – 7th *1959 – 3rd *1960 – 8th *1961 – 7th *1962 – 5th *1963 – 7th *1964 – 4th *1965 – 6th *1966 – 10th *1967 – 4th *1968 – 5th *1969 – 2nd *1970 – 2nd *1971 – 6th *1972 – 6th *1973 – 1st *1974 – 2nd *1975 – 2nd *1976 – 3rd *1977 – 2nd *1978 – 4th *1979 – 7th *1980 – 4th *1981 – 2nd *1982 – 2nd *1983 – 7th *1984 – 3rd *1985 – 1st *1986 – 1st *1987 – 2nd *1988 – 2nd *1989 – 5th *1990 – 2nd *1991 – 6th *1992 – 2nd *1993 – 4th *1994 – 5th *1995 – 7th *1996 – 7th *1997 – 8th *1998 – 9th *1999 – 4th *2000 – 9th *2001 – 9th *2002 – 9th *2003 – 8th *2004 – 7th *2005 – 8th *2006 – 6th *2007 – 4th *2008 – 2nd *2009 – 3rd *2010 – 4th *2011 – 5th *2012 – 6th *2013 – 9th *2014 – 10th *2015 – 9th *2016 – 7th *2017 – 7th *2018 – 6th *2019 – 1st *2020 - 4th *2021 - 2nd

Magarey Medallists

The

Magarey Medal The Magarey Medal is an Australian rules football honour awarded annually since 1898 to the fairest and most brilliant player in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), as judged by field umpires. The award was created by Willia ...

is awarded to the "fairest and most brilliant" player in the League during the Home and Away season. Glenelg has ten Magarey Medalists and two Reserves Magarey Medalists: * 1928 – Jim Handby * 1934 –

George "Blue" Johnston George Bain "Blue" Johnston" (27 March 1907, date of death unknown) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Glenelg in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) between 1927 and 1940. Johnston was nicknamed "Blue" in ty ...

* 1940 – Mel Brock * 1941 –

* 1949 – Allan Crabb * 1969 – D.K. "Fred" Phillis * 1974 –

(Reserves Magarey Medalist) * 1978 –

* 1982 – Tony McGuinness * 2006 –

Brett Backwell Brett William Backwell (born 18 May 1980) is a former Australian rules football player who achieved some international notoriety in 2005 when he had a finger amputated to enable him to continue his chosen sport. Backwell played for in the Au ...

* 2008 – Scott Lewis (Reserves Magarey Medalist) * 2019 – Luke Partington

SANFL leading goalkickers

* 1927 – Jack Owens (80 goals) * 1928 – Jack Owens (83) * 1932 – Jack Owens (102) * 1948 –

Colin Churchett Colin Churchett (30 January 1926 – 5 February 2012) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Glenelg in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He also played a game for South Melbourne in the Victorian Football Le ...

(88) * 1949 –

(72) * 1950 –

(105) * 1951 –

(102) * 1969 – D.K. "Fred" Phillis (137) * 1970 – D.K. "Fred" Phillis (107) * 1971 – D.K. "Fred" Phillis (99) * 1975 – D.K. "Fred" Phillis (108) * 1976 – D.K. "Fred" Phillis (98)

Ken Farmer Medallists

* 2010 - Todd Grima (58) * 2015 - Clint Alleway (47) * 2019 -

Liam McBean Liam McBean (born 25 August 1994) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by the Richmond Football Club with pick 33 in the 2012 Nat ...

(46) * 2020 -

(38) * 2021 -

(51)

Fos Williams Medalists

The

Fos Williams Medal The Fos Williams Medal has been awarded since 1981 to the best Australian rules football player from South Australia during Inter-State or Inter-Competition matches. The medal is named in honour of legendary South Australian National Football Le ...

is awarded to the best player during

State of Origin A State of Origin competition is a type of sporting event between players representing their state or territory. State of Origin began in Australian rules football on 8 October 1977 between Western Australia (WA) and Victoria, at Subiaco Oval ...

games for South Australia. Glenelg has six Fos Williams Medalists, including one dual medalist: * 1981 – Peter Carey * 1982 –

Stephen Copping Stephen Copping (born 3 August 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Glenelg in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) during the 1980s. After finishi ...

* 1982 –

Paul Weston Paul Weston (born Paul Wetstein; March 12, 1912 – September 20, 1996) was an American pianist, arranger, composer, and conductor who worked in music and television from the 1930s to the 1970s, pioneering mood music and becoming known as "the F ...

* 1984 –

Stephen Kernahan Stephen Scott Kernahan (born 1 September 1963) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and for the Glenelg Football Club in the South Australian National Football ...

* 1987 –

Chris McDermott Christopher Stephen McDermott (born 4 November 1963) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the Glenelg Football Club and North Adelaide Foot ...

* 1988 –

* 2003 –

Jack Oatey Medalists

The

Jack Oatey Medal The Jack Oatey Medal is awarded to the best player during the SANFL Grand Final. It has been awarded since 1981. In 2018, Mitch Grigg of Norwood became the first player to win the Jack Oatey Medal on a losing team, after his team were defeated b ...

is awarded to the best player during

Grand Final Primarily in Australian sports, a grand final (sometimes colloquially abbreviated to "grannie") is a game that decides a sports league's premiership (or championship) winning team, i.e. the conclusive game of a finals (or play-off) series. Sy ...

. Glenelg has three Jack Oatey Medalists: * 1985 –

* 1986 – Tony Hall * 2019 – Matthew Snook

Glenelg Hall of Fame

The Glenelg Football Club set up its Hall of Fame in 2001, when it inducted 25 of its greatest players. There have since been 14 induction ceremonies, the most recent taking place in 2021, as the club marked its League centenary celebrations. Glenelg's Hall of Fame divides players into five main historical eras for the club: 1) 1921–1939; 2) 1940–1960; 3) 1961–1976; 4) 1977–1990; and 5) 1991–2021. * Players with names in bold are also in the

South Australian Football Hall of Fame The South Australian Football Hall of Fame enshrines those who have made a most significant contribution to the game of Australian Football. The Hall of Fame was established in 2002 when 114 outstanding individuals became inaugural inductees. S ...

* Players with an asterisk* next to their names are also in the

Australian Football Hall of Fame The Australian Football Hall of Fame was established in 1996, the Centenary year of the Australian Football League, to help recognise the contributions made to the sport of Australian rules football by players, umpires, media personalities, coa ...

Club ambassadors

As of 2013 the Glenelg Football Club has seven club ambassadors. They are: *

Anna Meares Anna Maree Devenish Meares (born 21 September 1983) is an Australian retired track cyclist. She currently resides in Adelaide in South Australia where the Australian Institute of Sport's Track Cycling program has its headquarters at the Adelaid ...

– Multiple World and Olympic track cycling champion. *

Brett Aitken Brett Aitken (born 25 January 1971) is an Australian Olympic track cyclist. He has won three Olympic medals, including gold in the Madison event at the 2000 Olympics.Jones, Jeff & Stevenson, John (2006)Olympic gold medalist Aitken returns to c ...

– Olympic track cyclist. 2000 Olympic Gold Medallist – Men's Madison *

Gary Sweet Gary Sweet (born 22 May 1957) is an Australian film and television actor known for his roles in '' Alexandra's Project'' (as Steve), ''Police Rescue'' (as Sergeant "Mickey" McClintock), ''Cody'' (as Cody), '' Big Sky'' (as Chris Manning), ''Bod ...

– Film and television actor * Jane Woodlands-Thompson – Head coach of the

ANZ Championship The ANZ Championship, also known as the Trans-Tasman Netball League, is a former netball league featuring teams from both Australia and New Zealand. Between 2008 and 2016, it was the top-level league in both countries. The competition was owned ...

Adelaide Thunderbirds Adelaide Thunderbirds are an Australian netball team based in Adelaide, South Australia. Since 2017 they have played in Suncorp Super Netball. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship and between 1997 and 2007, they played in ...

netball Netball is a ball sport played on a court by two teams of seven players. It is among a rare number of sports which have been created exclusively for female competitors. The sport is played on indoor and outdoor netball courts and is specifical ...

team * John Hawkes – Leading Australian horse trainer * Kate Ellis – Federal Member for Adelaide. Current Shadow Minister for Education and Early Childhood. *

Luke Schenscher Luke Dean Schenscher (born 31 December 1982) is an Australian former professional basketball player. He played four years of college basketball for Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball, Georgia Tech before having stints in the National B ...

– 7'1" (216 cm) tall former

NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United St ...

basketball player. Formerly played for the

Adelaide 36ers The Adelaide 36ers, also known as the Sixers, are an Australian professional men's basketball team in the National Basketball League (NBL). The 36ers are the only team in the league representing the state of South Australia and are based in th ...

in the Australasian-based National Basketball League.

References

External links

*
Snouts Louts, Glenelg Football Club supporter group site
* * {{Authority control South Australian National Football League clubs SANFL Women's League Australian rules football clubs in South Australia 1920 establishments in Australia