Wayne Primmer (born 9 January 1959) is a former professional

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er who played with

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in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and West Torrens in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Recruited from Woomelang, Primmer was a rover and had a particularly strong season in

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, where he kicked 24 goals in his first six appearances that year, with seven goal hauls against South Melbourne,

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. By the end of the season he had amassed 47 goals, which were enough to top Essendon's goal-kicking. Primmer transferred to SANFL club West Torrens for the 1980 season, then to Mid-Murray Football League club Lalbert, in 1981 and 1982, the first as captain-coach. In 1983 he joined Hamilton as captain-coach and from 1984 to 1987 he played with Benalla, captain-coaching them in every year except 1986. Primmer then coached

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from 1992 to 1994. Primmer coached Greta Football Club in the

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from 2005 to 2007, then later coached Sandhurst in the Bendigo Football League from 2016 to 2018, which included their 2016 premiership!

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1959 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Essendon Football Club players West Torrens Football Club players Benalla Football Club players Hamilton Football Club players Living people {{AFL-bio-1950s-stub