Chris Thredgold

Last updated

Chris Thredgold
Personal information
Full name Christopher Thredgold
Date of birth (1971-05-08) 8 May 1971 (age 50)
Original team(s) Prince Alfred College
Position(s) Full back
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1990 North Adelaide 2 (1)
1991–2002 Sturt 223 (11)
Total225 (12)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2002.
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Chris Thredgold (born 8 May 1971) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Sturt in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) from 1991 to 2002. He is the co-holder of the record for most years as captain at Sturt, shared with Paul Bagshaw. A reliable full-back, Thredgold was often described as "the heart and soul of the Double Blues". [1] As club captain at the time, Thredgold was controversially omitted from the successful 2002 Grand Final team.

In 2014, Thredgold was elected as a board member of the Sturt Football Club in the portfolio of Football Director. [2]

Related Research Articles

Central District Football Club

Central District Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the South Australian National Football League. Based at Elizabeth in the City of Playford about 25 km to the north of Adelaide, South Australia the club’s development zones include the outer Adelaide northern suburbs of Salisbury, Elizabeth, Golden Grove, Greenwith, Township of Gawler, One Tree Hill and Barossa Valley Districts.

Sturt Football Club

The Sturt Football Club, nicknamed The Double Blues, is a semi-professional Australian rules football club based in the suburb of Unley, South Australia, which plays in the South Australian National Football League.

Gilbert Roche Andrews "Gil" Langley was an Australian Test cricketer, champion Australian rules footballer and member of parliament, serving as Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1977 to 1979 for the Don Dunstan Labor government.

South Adelaide Football Club

The South Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club that competes in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Known as the Panthers, their home ground is Flinders University Stadium, located in Noarlunga Downs in the southern suburbs of Adelaide.

Chris McDermott is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and the Glenelg Football Club and North Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

Neil Craig Australian rules footballer, born 1956

Neil Passmore Craig is an Australian coach and former Australian rules footballer. He has worked as a fitness adviser, coach of the Adelaide Football Club, a caretaker coach of the Melbourne Football Club, the former General of Performance at the Essendon Football Club, as well as the Director of Coaching at the Carlton Football Club.

Paul Lynton Bagshaw is a former Australian rules footballer who represented Sturt in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) during the 1960s and 1970s. Bagshaw played 360 games for the Double Blues and 14 for South Australia. He also kicked 258 goals for Sturt and captained the club from 1973 to 1980. He played in seven winning grand finals.

Stephen Scott Kernahan is a former Australian rules football player and administrator best known for his playing careers with the Carlton Football Club of the Australian Football League and the Glenelg Football Club of the SANFL from 1981 until 1997. He also played 16 State of Origin games for South Australia and gained selection as an All-Australian five times. He later served for six years as president of the Carlton Football Club.

Len Fitzgerald was an Australian rules footballer of exceptional talent in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and South Australian National Football League (SANFL). At various time he played in the key positions of centre half-forward, centre half-back and ruck-rover.

Rick Davies is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Sturt and South Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Nicknamed the "Jumbo Prince", Davies played a total of 390 games throughout his career (317 for Sturt, 33 for South Adelaide, 20 for Hawthorn, and 20 State Games for South Australia. Though not tall for a ruckman at only 188 cm, Davies was known for his strong marking and body strength which he used to great effect against opponents who were often taller and heavier than him.

Damian Squire is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League (AFL) and both North Adelaide and Sturt in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Squire is the step-brother of former Norwood and Central District footballer Mark Jones.

Hendrick Stanbury "Taffy" Waye was an Australian rules footballer who played with Sturt in the South Australian Football Association (SAFA) during the early 1900s.

Robert Osborne Shearman was an Australian rules footballer who represented Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and West Torrens and Sturt in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) from the 1950s to the 1970s.

Ben Nelson is an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Adelaide in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Jade Sheedy is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sturt Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

Seamus Maloney is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Sturt in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) from 1996 to 2003. For four seasons from 2012 he was the head coach of the Sturt Football Club, resigning from the role at the end the 2015 season.

Parker Morton Australian rules footballer, coach, and administrator

Parker Thomas "Bo" Morton was an Australian rules footballer, coach and administrator for the Sturt Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

John C. Paynter is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Sturt and Glenelg in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) from 1980 to 1992.

John Woollard Australian rules footballer

John "Jack" Woollard was an Australian rules footballer who played at eight clubs across the South Australian Football League, West Australian Football League and Goldfields Football League.

Bill Mayman was an Australian rules footballer who played with Sturt in the South Australian Football League (SAFL).

References

  1. Devaney, John; Cardosi, Adam. "Chris Threadgold". Australian Football. Full Points Footy. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  2. "Chris Thredgold elected Board Member". Sturt Football Club. Sturt Football Club. Retrieved 14 July 2015.