Phillip Ambrose Tierney (born 15 March 1942) is a former

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er who played with

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in the

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(WANFL) during the 1960s. Tierney was a prolific full-forward, kicking over 100 goals in a season on three occasions and topping East Perth's goal-kicking five times. Due to his career coinciding with that of

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, Tierney won the

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as the league's top goal scorer just once, with 119 goals in 1967. He also kicked 106 goals in 1968 and 105 majors in 1971. Tierney was a member of his only premiership team in 1972 and retired after the Grand Final. He played as a half forward flanker in the premiership decider against Claremont but was kept goalless. In 1970 he joined West Torrens in South Australia for a season and was their best forward that year, kicking 65 goals. At the

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, Tierney represented Western Australia for the first time and kicked 11 goals from his three games. Tierney was, in 2006, named at full-forward in East Perth's official 'Team of the Century' which took into account the era from 1945 to 2005.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tierney, Phil 1942 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Western Australia East Perth Football Club players West Torrens Football Club players