David Grenvold

David Grenvold
David Grenvold
Personal information
Date of birth	6 March 1966 (age 58)
Original team(s)	Glenelg (SANFL)
Draft	No. 45, 1987 national draft
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	88 kg (194 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1984–1988, 1998.1999	Glenelg
1989–1996	Essendon
Total
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1996.
Career highlights
	AFL premiership player: 1993 ;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Last updated February 06, 2025

David Grenvold (born 6 March 1966) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early life and junior football

Grenvold was born in Bordertown, South Australia on 6 March 1966 and raised there.^[1] He grew up supporting VFL club North Melbourne Football Club.^[1] He debuted for Glenelg in 1984 as an 18-year-old, he would continue to play on with Glenelg as a solid defender until 1988, missing out on the 1985 and 86 premiership teams. At age 21 he was drafted to Essendon in the 1987 VFL national draft at pick 45.^[1]

VFL Career

He played 12 games in his debut season and the following year played every game, except for a two-week suspension however in 1991 he injured his knee in a practice game at Moorabbin in 1991 and didn't play a game that season. Grenvold would come back in 1992 with 11 games then played every game in 1993 including the 1993 Grand Final win over Carlton. He would play 18 games in 1994 and 23 games in 1995 but in 1996 he would only manage 1 game due to injury after which Grenvold retired from the AFL. Grenvold played in the backline for Essendon where he was a consistent, rugged contributor he appeared 112 times for the club, including their 1993 Grand Final win. He also represented South Australia in 1993.

Post-VFL

Grenvold came back to Glenelg in 1997, playing until 1999. He would finish with 101 games and 20 goals for the Bays. After football Grenvold held roles at the Adelaide Football Club and Greater Western Sydney. Grenvold was Chief Executive Officer of West Adelaide Football Club from 2017 to 2019. He is currently CEO of RSL SA/NT.

Statistics

^[2]

**Legend**
G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks


Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)							Votes
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	Votes
1989	Essendon	29	12	2	2	82	69	151	25	14	0.2	0.2	6.8	5.8	12.6	2.1	1.2	0
1990	Essendon	29	23	3	6	210	163	373	64	31	0.1	0.3	9.1	7.1	16.2	2.8	1.3	6
1991	Essendon	29	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1992	Essendon	29	11	2	4	70	61	131	19	9	0.2	0.4	6.4	5.5	11.9	1.7	0.8	0
1993†	Essendon	29	24	7	4	214	142	356	69	28	0.3	0.2	8.9	5.9	14.8	2.9	1.2	0
1994	Essendon	29	18	1	2	120	78	198	36	15	0.1	0.1	6.7	4.3	11.0	2.0	0.8	0
1995	Essendon	29	23	3	2	143	85	228	52	15	0.1	0.1	6.2	3.7	9.9	2.3	0.7	0
1996	Essendon	29	1	0	0	6	5	11	2	0	0.0	0.0	6.0	5.0	11.0	2.0	0.0	0
Career			112	18	20	845	603	1448	267	112	0.2	0.2	7.5	5.4	12.9	2.4	1.0	6

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References

1 2 3 AFL Record (Round 16, 2007) Pg 26. 4 December 2008
↑ David Grenvold's player profile at AFL Tables

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David Grenvold's playing statistics from AFL Tables
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[AFL_Record-1] 1 2 3 AFL Record (Round 16, 2007) Pg 26. 4 December 2008

[2] David Grenvold's player profile at AFL Tables

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v t e Essendon Football Club 1993 AFL premiers
Essendon 20.13 (133) defeated Carlton 13.11 (89), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1. Harvey 2. Mercuri 3. Salmon 4. Wanganeen 5. Hird 7. Daniher 8. Bewick 10. O'Donnell 11. Hills 13. Long 19. Somerville 21. Wallis 24. Misiti 26. Thompson (c) 29. Grenvold 31. Fletcher 32. Watson 38. Denham 47. Olarenshaw 48. Calthorpe
Coach: Sheedy

v t e South Australian team – 1993 State of Origin
South Australia 19.13 (127) defeated Western Australia 14.17 (91), at Football Park, 2 June 1993, crowd: 21,487 South Australia 16.13 (109) defeated Victoria 14.13 (97), at the MCG, 5 June 1993, crowd: 31,792
Both games	Bickley Bradley Francis Grenvold Hall Hart Hynes A. Jarman D. Jarman Leslie McDermott (c) McGuinness (vc) McKay Modra Obst Pittman Robran Russell Smart Wanganeen
Semi-final vs. Western Australia	Anderson Platten
Final vs. Victoria	Bulluss Kernahan
Coach: Cornes

v t e 1987 VFL national draft
First round	1. Richard Lounder 2. Chris McDermott 3. Graham Wright 4. Andrew Brockhurst 5. Michael Quirk 6. Andrew Rogers 7. Darren Davies 8. Darren Jones 9. Michael Murphy 10. Michael Parsons 11. Tim McNeil 12. Grant Williams 13. Peter Bubner
Second round	14. Wayne Peters 15. Andrew Jarman 16. Chris Grumley 17. Chris Waterson 18. Patrick Browne 19. Jamie Cox 20. Stuart Wigney 21. Shane Korth 22. Scott Christie 23. Scott Salisbury 24. Mark Ducker 25. Damien Trezise 26. Steven Oliver
Third round	27. Brendon Gale 28. Andrew Bishop 29. Andrew Pascoe 30. Ashley Byrne 31. Jamie Keane 32. John Cook 33. Rod Gunn 34. Stephen Hewitt 35. Craig Patrick 36. Tony Virgona 37. Andrew Obst 38. John Polkinghorne 39. David Kernahan
Fourth round	40. Bevan Cox 41. Michael Kennedy 42. Tim Wilson 43. Darren Wheildon 44. Bob Jones 45. David Grenvold 46. Gary Gunn 47. Stephen McQueen 48. Liam Pickering 49. Jim Silvestro 50. Stephen Tingay 51. Anthony Dessent 52. Stephen Gemmill
Fifth round	53. Andrew Wisken 54. Adam Ladbrook 55. Brendan Tranter 56. Keith Allan 57. Damian Kitschke 58. Peter Bennett 59. Simon Tregenza 60. Pat Gribble 61. Darren Read 62. David Querzoli 63. Jay Viney 64. Peter Nunn 65. Dean Adams

David Grenvold
Personal information
Date of birth	(1966-03-06) 6 March 1966 (age 58)
Original team(s)	Glenelg (SANFL)
Draft	No. 45, 1987 national draft
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	88 kg (194 lb)
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1984–1988, 1998.1999	Glenelg	101 (20)
1989–1996	Essendon	112 (18)
Total		213 (38)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1996.
Career highlights
AFL premiership player: 1993
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com