Bob Elix

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Bob Elix is a former Australian rules footballer with Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), a long time official with the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) and former longserving member of the Darwin City Council.

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Career

Elix played on the half-back flank for Port Adelaide when they won the 1965 SANFL Grand Final against Sturt Football Club. [1]

His career as a SANFL player ended when he broke his leg during the Anzac Day match.

In June 1969 [2] Elix moved to Darwin, where he was appointed captain/coach of NTFL club Darwin for the 1970/71 season.

A knee injury forced his playing retirement, and Elix switched to coaching fellow NTFL club Waratah, taking them to premiers in 1976/77, with Queen Elizabeth II a spectator at the grand final. [2]

Elix coached his third NTFL club, Nightcliff, from 1977 to 1981, also serving as club president in 1978/79. He was an umpire in the 1979/80 and 1980/81 seasons. [3]

In 1979 he coached the Northern Territory representative side, which competed in Division Two of the National Football Championship Carnival. [3] He returned to coach the Tigers in 1980/81 and during this time also served as President of the Club. [2]

From 1990 to 1994 or 1996 he coached the Darwin University "Rats" Football Club (in the Northern Territory Football Association — NTFA), after which he was elected president of the club. [3]

Elix was elected to the NTFL Board in 1998 and became chairman of the NT branch of the Australian Football League (AFLNT) 2000–2013. He was chairman and was involved in the formation of the Northern Territory Football Club (NTFC), nicknamed Territory Thunder, in 2008, which competed in the Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL). [3]

During this time the league grew in influence and financial position, to where it was able to employ 34 full-time employees based in Darwin, Alice Springs, Wadeye, Groote Eylandt, Gove, Katherine, Elcho Island, Tiwi Islands and Tennant Creek. Much of this turnaround can be attributed to enlisting the aid of AFL CEO Wayne Jackson, largely credited to Elix. [3]

Recognition

Other interests

Elix served the Darwin City Council (DCC) as councillor for 31 years, a record term, retiring in December 2015. [5] He was deputy mayor in 2016. [6]

Elix was a contributor to Gods of Thunder, a history of the AFL in the Territory, by Jessica Webster, a former NT News journalist. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Port Gazette: One Day in October". Port Adelaide Football Club. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Hall of Fame". AFL. 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Elix Receives Top AFL Recognition". AFL Northern Territory. 12 January 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Lloyd to be inducted as AFL Life Member". 29 January 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  5. ↑ Judith Aisthorpe (2 December 2015). "Elix lauded for his service to council". NT News. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "International cooperation and respect". Royal Australian Navy News . Vol. 59, no. 18. Australia, Australia. 6 October 2016. p. 10 (Exercise Kakadu). Retrieved 26 September 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ ""Gods of Thunder", a Story of Defiance Against the Odds". 13 December 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
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