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KEY FACTS

Official name
Glenelg Football Club

Known as
Glenelg

Nickname
Tigers (also popularly referred to as 'The Bays')

Formed
1920

Colours
Black and gold

Associated clubs
Glenelg Reserves; Glenelg U18s; West Adelaide-Glenelg; Glenelg WFC; Glenelg U16s; Glenelg U14s

Affiliation (Current)
South Australian National Football league (SANFL) 1921–2024

Home Ground
Glenelg Oval

SANFL Premierships
1934, 1973, 1985, 1986, 2019, 2023 (6 total)

Senior Premierships
Stanley H. Lewis Memorial Trophy: 1969, 1973, 1975-6, 1981, 1990, 2009-10, 2019 (9 total); SANFL Night/Knock-out/Pre-Season Series: 1959, 1971, 1982, 1990, 1992 (5 total)

Most Games
448 - Peter Carey (1971-1988)

Most Goals
869 - D.K. "Fred" Phillis (1966–78, 1981)

League Top Goalkickers
J.Owens (80) 1928, (83) 1929 & (102) 1932; C.Churchett (88) 1948, (72) 1949, (105) 1950 & (102) 1951; D.Phillis (137) 1969, (107) 1970, (99) 1971, (108) 1975 & (98) 1976; T.Grima (58) 2010; C.Alleway (47) 2015; L.McBean (46) 2019, (38) 2020, (51) 2021 (17 total)

Magarey Medalists
J.Handby 1928; G.Johnston 1934; M.Brock 1940; M.Boyall 1941; A.Crabb 1949; D.Phillis 1969; K.Hodgeman 1978; A.McGuinness 1982; B.Backwell 2006; L.Partington 2019 (10 total)

Headquarters
64 Brighton Rd, Glenelg East, SA 5045

Postal Address
PO Box 72, Glenelg, SA, 5045

Phone: 1300 687 258 

Email
reception@glenelgfc.com.au

Website
glenelgfc.com.au

Glenelg



In 1973, the quintessential 'Kerley method’ - glimpsed, perhaps, in 1964 with South Adelaide, and again with the 1969 Tigers - came at last to full fruition. Glenelg in ‘73 was, in terms of its average standard of performance, a VFL side in all but name. With [one] exception it not only never lost, it never looked like doing so - until that ‘one day in September’...

John Devaney looks back at Glenelg's SANFL history which, to many, represents a frustrating record of underachievement.

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1963 Season (SANFL) Fixture

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Glenelg's 1963 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Glenelg 3.94.106.166.20 56 LOST Sturt 3.111.511.515.6 96 -40 GLE Apr 13 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 H Glenelg 1.44.76.914.12 96 WON South Adelaide 5.87.108.1610.17 77 19 KEN Apr 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 H Glenelg 3.83.108.149.16 70 LOST North Adelaide 4.05.78.814.13 97 -27 GLE Apr 27 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 A Glenelg 0.24.66.68.8 56 LOST Port Adelaide 5.511.616.1022.12 144 -88 ALB May 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 A Glenelg 2.53.67.77.8 50 LOST West Adelaide 4.08.211.415.6 96 -46 RIC May 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 H Glenelg 4.49.512.813.11 89 WON West Torrens 1.23.75.910.12 72 17 GLE May 18 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 A Glenelg 4.25.28.511.6 72 LOST Norwood 0.27.1112.1415.18 108 -36 NOR May 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 A Glenelg 1.35.68.118.12 60 LOST North Adelaide 3.27.59.1113.15 93 -33 PRO Jun 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 H Glenelg 2.47.58.810.8 68 WON Port Adelaide 2.06.17.37.7 49 19 GLE Jun 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 H Glenelg 4.76.810.1111.11 77 LOST Sturt 2.33.63.711.13 79 -2 ADO Jun 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 H Glenelg 7.69.812.1312.14 86 WON Norwood 0.15.56.119.16 70 16 GLE Jun 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 A Glenelg 0.23.54.710.9 69 LOST West Adelaide 7.212.519.1319.16 130 -61 RIC Jul 13 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 A Glenelg 4.28.412.715.7 97 WON South Adelaide 2.29.810.1413.18 96 1 ADO Jul 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 A Glenelg 1.25.47.67.8 50 LOST West Torrens 2.46.89.1212.18 90 -40 THB Jul 27 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 H Glenelg 2.18.48.59.10 64 LOST Norwood 3.25.49.1011.14 80 -16 GLE Aug 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 A Glenelg 4.14.24.54.6 30 LOST Port Adelaide 5.211.815.1223.22 160 -130 ADO Aug 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 H Glenelg 3.83.97.117.11 53 LOST West Adelaide 1.14.35.610.14 74 -21 GLE Aug 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 A Glenelg 0.51.56.78.8 56 LOST Sturt 1.24.96.127.18 60 -4 UNL Aug 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 H Glenelg 1.54.87.1413.18 96 LOST North Adelaide 2.37.512.616.9 105 -9 KEN Aug 31 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 H Glenelg 5.212.820.1124.20 164 WON South Adelaide 5.65.89.1112.13 85 79 GLE Sep 7 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.