Greg Packham

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Greg Packham
Personal information
Full name Greg Packham
Date of birth (1959-03-01) 1 March 1959 (age 65)
Original team(s) Redan
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1982–1983 St Kilda 17 (31)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1983.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Greg Packham (born 1 March 1959) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1980s.

From Ballarat, Packham started his career at St Kilda in 1982 and kicked 24 goals from 12 appearances that year. [1] He played just five further games for St Kilda and finished with an unusual statistic of having kicked at least one goal in every one of his 17 league games. [2]

The red haired forward then returned to his original club Redan and in 1981 won the Henderson Medal, awarded to the best and fairest player in the Ballarat Football League. He was later named as a forward pocket in Redan's official "Team of the 20th Century".

In 1985, he played for Caulfield in the Victorian Football Association, and he finished second in the J. Field Medal for best and fairest of Division 2. [3] In 1986, he tied for the Grogan Medal, with Coorparoo's Brendan McMullen, in the 1986 Queensland Australian Football League season with Kedron. [4]

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References

  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN   978-1-920910-78-5.
  2. "Greg Packham". AFL Tables.
  3. Brendan Moloney (29 August 1985). "MacLeod romps away with Liston". The Age. Melbourne, VIC. p. 29.
  4. "Kedron". Full Points Footy. Archived from the original on 30 November 2002.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)