Alan Mannix

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Alan Mannix
Personal information
Nickname(s) Doc
Date of birth (1947-05-09) 9 May 1947 (age 74)
Original team(s) Crib Point
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1965–1972 Footscray 112 (44)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1972.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Alan Mannix (born 9 May 1947) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Career

Footscray

Mannix, a wingman and half forward, was 17 years old when he debuted for Footscray in the 1965 VFL season, after coming to the club from Crib Point. [1] Although he never played a VFL final, he was a member of the Footscray team that won the night premiership in 1967. [2] [3] He celebrated his 100th league game in 1971, against Fitzroy, but was injured in the third quarter and required an operation for a lacerated kidney. [4]

VFA

Following his eighth and final VFL season in 1972, Mannix left to play in the Victorian Football Association (VFA). [5] Mannix went to Coburg with a clearance, paying the $500 transfer fee out of his own pocket. [6]

Mannix played 110 games for Coburg, making him one of a small group of players to play more than 100 games for a VFL club and a VFA club. [6] He won a 2nd Division premiership in 1974, [7] [8] finished third in voting for the 1975 J. J. Liston Trophy, won the club's best and fairest award twice, in 1973 and 1976, then was rewarded with the captaincy in 1977. [9] [10]

He also won a best and fairest for Werribee, in 1979. [11] The following year he captain-coached Werribee for the season. [12]

Coburg named Mannix on a wing in the club's Team of the Century. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN   9781920910785.
  2. ↑ "Alan Mannix – Games Played". AFL Tables. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  3. ↑ Carter, Ron (26 September 1967). "Runaway win to Bulldogs". The Age . Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  4. ↑ Beames, Percy (17 August 1971). "Mannix has operation". The Age . p. 24. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  5. ↑ Fiddian, Marc (2013). The VFA – A History of the Victorian Football Association 1877 – 1995. Melbourne Sports Books. p. 117.
  6. 1 2 Marc Fiddian (1 July 1978). "Doc's ton in two rival codes". The Age. Melbourne. p. 35.
  7. ↑ Cleary, Phil. "Phil Cleary – views on Australian football, politics and people" . Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  8. ↑ Rees, Michael. "Australian Football – Photographs and memories". Australian Football.com. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "Hodgetts best". The Age . 6 November 1975. p. 30. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "Best & Fairest Winners 1925-2013 - Coburg". Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  11. ↑ "Best and Fairests". Werribee Football Club. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  12. ↑ Fiddian, Marc (2013). The VFA – A History of the Victorian Football Association 1877 – 1995. Melbourne Sports Books. p. 182.
  13. ↑ "TOTC – Coburg". Footystats. Archived from the original on 7 May 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
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