Malcolm Greenslade (born 17 June 1948) is a former

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player who was part of the successful Sturt team which dominated the

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competition in the late 1960s. He played two matches for

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club

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while posted on

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duty in

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1971, and finished his playing career with SANFL club Glenelg. Greenslade made his name as a goal-kicking forward with Sturt in the SANFL. During his 215-game career with the

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he kicked 607 goals, led their goal-kicking on five occasions and played in their 1967, 1969 and 1970 premiership sides. Greenslade kicked nine of Sturt's 24 goals in the 1969 Grand Final win over Glenelg. Later in his career he moved to full-back and played his final three seasons for Glenelg. In 1981, his final season, he was captain and best & fairest for the Glenelg reserves premiership side. He was a student and later a sports teacher at

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. His two

games came whilst he was on

training in

. Kicking one goal against the

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on debut, the next week he and fellow Sturt footballer and

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Michael Nunan Michael Allen Nunan (born 12 April 1949) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Sturt Football Club, Norwood Football Club and the North Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), as wel ...

, played for

against

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and Greenslade kicked six goals. He and Nunan then returned to Sturt. In just his two games at Richmond, Greenslade was nominated for "Mark of the Century" during 's century year of

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competition.

References

* Hogan P: ''The Tigers Of Old'', Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996

External links

* Living people Sturt Football Club players Richmond Football Club players Glenelg Football Club players 1948 births Australian rules footballers from South Australia {{AFL-bio-1940s-stub