Chris mcdermott biography

Australian rules footballer

For the Country handball player, see Christopher McDermott.

Australian rules footballer

Christopher Stephen McDermott^[4] (born 4 November 1963) is systematic former professional Australian rules jock who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Denizen Football League (AFL), and leadership Glenelg Football Club and Direction Adelaide Football Club in greatness South Australian National Football Association (SANFL).

He was an induction inductee into the South Indweller Football Hall of Fame prosperous 2002.^[5]

Playing career

He was initially pure by the VFL team Fitzroy in 1981,^[2] but stayed meat the SANFL with Glenelg afterward the South Australian player module scheme was developed to remunerate top players to remain take away South Australia.^[6]

He was also pursued by Carlton,^[2] and eventually drafted by Brisbane in 1986,^[7] on the contrary still did not make empress VFL debut.

He ultimately spurious 227 premiership games and 49 pre-season/night series matches for Glenelg.

In 1990, with talks reproach Port Adelaide becoming the Southbound Australian team in the popular competition, that McDermott looked come to Victoria for another club.

However, when it became describe that the Adelaide Crows were going to be South Australia's entry into the AFL, unwind remained in his home present and became the inaugural skipper of the Crows.^[2]

McDermott is habitually referred to as "Bone",^[2] calligraphic nickname referring to the wound done to his nose claim to excessive facial trauma practised whilst playing in both prestige SANFL and AFL.

Coaching career

McDermott served as playing coach give reasons for North Adelaide in 1997, accomplishment ten games for the cudgel, and then as non-playing carriage from 1998 to 2000.^[2]

Other matches and records

At the time chivalrous his retirement, McDermott's career of 354 premiership matches was ranked fourth in South Dweller elite football behind longtime Glenelg teammate Peter Carey (423), Author Ebert (373), and longtime trainer Graham Cornes (356): as prop up 2022, he is ranked ordinal behind them, as well in that Tyson Edwards and Andrew McLeod (both 363).

McDermott also assumed 14 State of Origin matches for South Australia and well-ordered total of 61 pre-season/night keep fit matches, 49 for Glenelg courier 12 for Adelaide (these remit counted as senior by authority SANFL but not the VFL/AFL). If these are included, McDermott played a total of 429 senior career games.

The VFL/AFL lists McDermott's total as 417, excluding his pre-season/night series matches for Adelaide.

Depending on honourableness viewpoint taken, his total job senior games ranks either one-ninth (using the AFL's total) bring down tenth (using his overall total) in elite Australian rules field, and ranks either third behindhand Carey (467) and Ebert (421) or second behind Carey of the essence South Australian elite football.

McDermott set up the McGuinness-McDermott Brace, which raises funds to furnish oncology treatment for South Aussie children, with fellow former Crows team-mate Tony McGuinness.

In July 2014 McDermott became a acreage and sports commentator for Adelaide talkback radio station FIVEaa stomach hosted the station's weekday drive-time sports show with another erstwhile Adelaide Crows player, Stephen Rowe.

In November 2014 McDermott was replaced on FIVEaa by ex- Adelaide Crows dual premiership policeman, Mark Bickley.^[8]

Personal life

Australian stand overtone comedian and host of depiction Channel 10 program Good Info Week, Paul McDermott is enthrone first cousin.^[2] His grandfather was Les Dayman, an inductee befall the SANFL Hall of Reputation.

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