Grant Wilmot

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Grant Wilmot
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Wilmot with Collingwood in 1980
Personal information
Date of birth(1956-10-15)15 October 1956
Date of death 4 July 2016(2016-07-04) (aged 59)
Original team(s) Montmorency
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1977–1979 Preston 38
1980 Collingwood 5 (5)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1980.
Career highlights
  • Montmorency 1976 premiership player
  • Eltham 1989 premiership player
  • Eltham 1995 premiership coach
  • Montmorency Team of the Century
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Grant Wilmot (15 October 1956 – 4 July 2016) [1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [2]

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Playing career

Wilmot played his junior football at Diamond Valley Football League club Montmorency and broke into their seniors in 1974. [3] He was a member of Montmorency's 1976 premiership team. [3]

From 1977 to 1979, Wilmot played for Preston in the Victorian Football Association (VFA). [3] He played in the 1978 VFA Grand Final, which Preston lost to Prahran. [3] Wilmot, who had previously fought a professional boxing bout as a middleweight in 1976, received a six-week suspension for his actions during the game. [3] [4]

He made five senior appearances for Collingwood in the 1980 VFL season. [5] His best performance, which earned him three Brownlow Medal votes, came in a win over St Kilda at Victoria Park, where he had 20 disposals and kicked four goals. [6]

Injuries brought an early end to his VFL career and he spent the rest of his playing career at Montmorency, Heidelberg West and Eltham. [3] While at Heidelberg West in 1982, Wilmot finished second, to Wayne Headlam, in the Frank Smith Medal. [3]

Coaching

Wilmot started his coaching career in his one-season stint at Eltham, where he was both a player and assistant coach. [3] Eltham defeated Epping in the Division 2 Grand Final that year. [3] In 1990 and 1991 he was senior coach of Croydon, then head coach at Heidelberg for next two years. [3] He coached Eltham to a premiership in 1995 and returned to Montmorency as an assistant coach the following year. [3] In 1997 he was senior coach of Montmorency. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.croydonfootballclub.com.au/news/post/grant-wilmot-passing.html%5B%5D
  2. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN   9781920910785.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "The Grant Wilmot Story". Montmorency Football Club. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "Grant Wilmot". BoxRec.
  5. ↑ "AFL Tables - 1980 Stats - Player Lists". afltables.com. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "AFL Tables - Collingwood v St Kilda - Sat, 3-May-1980 2:10 PM - Match Stats". afltables.com. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
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