Adrian Battiston (born 16 September 1963) 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
Melbourne and the
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club based in Sydney, New South Wales. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW). The Swans also field a reser ...
in the
Victorian Football League (VFL).
Battiston, who came to Melbourne from
Tatura, won the
Morrish Medal
The Morrish Medal is an Australian rules football award.
Formerly awarded to the best and fairest player in the VFL Under-19 competition (known as the Thirds prior to 1959), since 1992 the award has been given to the best player in the Victori ...
in 1981 for his performances in the VFL Under 19 competition. This earned him a promotion to the seniors in 1982 and he played in all 22 league games that year, winning Melbourne's "Best First Year Player" award. He was the leading disposal getter for Melbourne in the
1985 VFL season
The 1985 VFL season was the 89th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.
The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 23 March until 28 September, and comprised a ...
.
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His two seasons at Sydney were spent mostly in the reserves, and in 1990 he moved to his third state, South Australia, to play for Glenelg.[Australian Football: Adrian Battiston - Player Bio]
/ref> He made 23 appearances for the club and would later act as their general manager.[
Battiston was the List Manager for the West Coast Eagles,]
References
External links
DemonWiki profile
1963 births
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
Melbourne Football Club players
Sydney Swans players
Glenelg Football Club players
Tatura Football Club players
Living people
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