Xavier Tanner (born 2 May 1956) 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 with

North Melbourne North Melbourne is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Melbourne local government area. North Melbourne recorded a population of 14,953 at the ...

and

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

(VFL). A centreman, Tanner was recruited to the VFL from

Wodonga Wodonga (Pallanganmiddang language, Waywurru: ''Wordonga'') is a city on the Victoria (Australia), Victorian side of the border with New South Wales, north-east of Melbourne, Australia. It is located wholly within the boundaries of the City of ...

in the

Ovens & Murray Football League The Ovens and Murray Football Netball League (O&MFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition containing ten clubs based in north-eastern Victoria, the southern Riverina region of New South Wales and the Ovens and Murray are ...

. He played in North Melbourne's 1977 premiership side and their losing grand final the following season. After exactly 100 games with North Melbourne he joined his old coach

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at Melbourne in 1984 and spent the last two seasons of his career with them. Tanner is currently the assistant principal at

Wanganui Park Secondary College Wanganui Park Secondary College was a Government secondary college with about 1,300 students from years 7 to 12 in Shepparton, Victoria. The school The school had approximately 1,300 students, 300 of which are assumed to graduate successfully ...

in Shepparton, Victoria. Tanner's father, Gerald Tanner, played one game for

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.Hillier, K. (2004) ''Like Father Like Son'', Pennon Publishing, Melbourne. .

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tanner, Xavier 1956 births Living people Melbourne Football Club players North Melbourne Football Club players North Melbourne Football Club Premiership players Wodonga Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) People from Wodonga One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players