Tim Evans (born 13 August 1953) is a former

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player who played for

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in the

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(SANFL) and in the

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(VFL).

Early life

Originally from

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, Evans played for

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in the

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Geelong (1971-1974)

Evans was recruited by Geelong in

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, where he spent four seasons at half back.

Port Adelaide (1975-1986)

In 1975, he joined Port Adelaide and went on to play 230 games for the club. He won the club's goalkicking with 64 that year. After a season used in defence, he was moved to

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in 1977 by coach John Cahill and was an immediate success, leading the league with 88 goals, including seven in Port Adelaide's

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win over Glenelg. He repeated the performance in 1978, kicking 90 for the season. Evans first kicked over 100 goals in 1980 when he kicked a then-SANFL record 146 goals, and would win the league's inaugural

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in 1981 kicking 98 for the season. Evans retired at the end of the 1986 season. He had kicked 993 goals, the second highest total in SANFL history behind

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(who kicked 1,417 between 1929 and 1941), and 1,019 in his career, the 12th highest total in elite Australian rules football. Evans also kicked 41 goals in 10 games for

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in interstate football, and a further 51 goals in 18 games in pre-season and night series competition. He played in Port Adelaide's 1977 and 1979-81 premiership teams as well as playing full back in the losing 1976 Grand Final to Sturt in front of the SANFL record crowd of 66,897 at

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, and also in the losing 1984 Grand Final. Evans topped the SANFL's goalkicking six times, and was Port's leading goalkicker ten times.

Honours

He was an inaugural inductee into the

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in 2002 and was inducted into the

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in 2008. Tim Evans is also a Port Adelaide Life Member, an SANFL player Life Member (for having played 200 games) and was selected at full forward in Port Adelaide's Greatest Team of players from 1870-2000.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, Tim 1953 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Tasmania Geelong Football Club players Port Adelaide Football Club (SANFL) players Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions) Penguin Football Club players South Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame inductees