Scott Salisbury 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 over 200 games for Glenelg in the

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(SANFL) during the 1980s and 1990s. Salisbury, who often played in the

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, was a member of Glenelg's 1985 and 1986 premiership teams. He represented South Australia regularly at interstate football and in 1987 was awarded

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selection. On the back of this effort, the

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recruited Salisbury in the 1987 VFL Draft but he never made a senior appearance in the VFL. He returned to Glenelg and captained the club in both the 1991 and 1992 seasons, including their

1992 SANFL Grand Final The 1992 South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Grand Final saw the Port Adelaide Magpies defeat the Glenelg Tigers by 56 points. The match was played on Saturday 3 October 1992 at Football Park in wet weather in front of a crowd of 42 ...

loss to Port Adelaide. In 2002 Salisbury was inducted into Glenelg's Hall of Fame.

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Official Glenelg Website
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