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Key Facts

Full name
Douglas Cox

Known as
Doug Cox

Born
16 September 1957

Died
30 November 2019 (aged 62)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 23y 193d
Last game: 26y 281d

Height and weight
Height: 187 cm
Weight: 89 kg

Senior clubs
West Torrens; St. Kilda; Essendon

Jumper numbers
St. Kilda: 7
Essendon: 21

Recruited from
West Torrens (1981); St. Kilda (1984)

Doug Cox

Advanced stats
Club
League
Career span
Games
Goals
Avg
Win %
AKI
AHB
AMK
BV
West TorrensSANFL1979-1980, 1985-1986, 19886660.09—————
St. KildaV/AFL1981-19823610.0319%7.226.221.974
EssendonV/AFL1984300.00100%5.004.332.000
SANFL1979-1980, 1985-1986, 19886660.09—————
V/AFL1981-1982, 19843910.0326%7.056.081.974
Total1979-1982, 1984-1986, 198810570.07—————

AFL: 9,213th player to appear, 4,964th most games played, 9,483rd most goals kickedSt. Kilda: 1,249th player to appear, 410th most games played, 1,067th most goals kickedEssendon: 906th player to appear, 989th most games played, 1,162nd most goals kicked

Originally from South Mildura Doug Cox joined West Torrens in 1979 and played 66 SANFL games for the club in two separate stints. In between he played for St Kilda (36 games, 1981-2) and Essendon (3 games in 1984). His transfer to St Kilda was controversial because Mildura lay in Richmond’s zone and so the Tigers protested. The League responded by docking the Saints eight premiership points but later in the year the rules governing transfers were quietly amended to make St Kilda’s signing of Cox legal, wherupon the eight points were restored.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers by Russell Holmesby & Jim Main; Wikipedia article

Footnotes

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