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Full name
Malcolm John Whitford
Known as
Malcolm Whitford
Born
11 February 1937 (age 87)
Height and weight
Height: 191 cm
Senior clubs
North Adelaide; South Adelaide
Recruited from
North Adelaide (1964)
Club | League | Career span | Games | Goals | Avg | Win % | AKI | AHB | AMK | BV |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
North Adelaide | SANFL | 1956-1962 | 113 | 143 | 1.27 | — | — | — | — | — |
South Adelaide | SANFL | 1964-1967 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
SANFL | 1956-1962, 1964-1967 | 147 | 143 | 0.97 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Total | 1956-1962, 1964-1967 | 147 | 143 | 0.97 | — | — | — | — | — |
Malcolm Whitford not only possessed extraordinary pace, he knew how to use it. While with North Adelaide he was often instructed to run with the ball at every opportunity, a license he clearly relished, and undertook with considerable success. Despite standing 191 cm in height he was typically used on a wing or a half forward flank - not at all unusual these days, of course, but almost unprecedented in the 1950s and ‘60s, when Whitford was playing.
Between 1956 and 1962 he played a total of 113 SANFL games for North, highlighted by an appearance on a half forward flank in the 1960 Grand Final win over Norwood. In 1964 he was enticed back to league football by South Adelaide’s newly appointed coach, Neil Kerley, and added another 34 senior games before retiring for good in 1967.
Author - John Devaney