Phil Cronan

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Phil Cronan
Personal information
Full name Phillip Roy Cronan
Date of birth (1959-07-17) 17 July 1959 (age 65)
Original team(s) South Fremantle, (WAFL)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1979–1982,1990–1991 South Fremantle 102
1983 West Perth 22 (14)
1984–1986 St Kilda 49 (21)
1987–1988 Footscray 26 (5)
1989 Woodville 22
Representative team honours
YearsTeamGames (Goals)
1981–1984 Western Australia 8 (1)
Coaching career
YearsClubGames (W–L–D)
1997 Swan Districts 20 (11–9–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1991.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Phil Cronan (born 17 July 1959) is an Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in between 1984 and 1988. [1]

He first played for South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) between 1979 and 1982, including in South's 1980 WAFL Grand Final winning side. In December 1982 he announced that he wanted to leave South Fremantle and join Perth. However on 11 January 1983 he signed to play for West Perth. He played in all 21 WAFL games and in West Perth's loss to Sydney Swans in the 1983 Sterling Cup national competition. [2]

When Cronan moved to play for St Kilda in 1984, West Perth, Swan Districts and the WAFL applied to the Supreme Court of Victoria for an injunction to prevent him and fellow West Australian Phil Narkle from playing in the VFL. The Western Australian clubs claimed that the players were still contracted to their WAFL clubs and should not be cleared to play in the VFL. The judge, Justice Kaye, refused to hear the applications to issue an injunction, due to the expected seven-day duration of the applications. He also questioned the importance of the case in relation to other cases, stating "It seems to me that football cases should not be heard in this court" and "there are other matters ... which are more important than football". [3] Both Cronan and Narkle continued to play for St Kilda. On 19 April 1984, the VFL and WAFL agreed on a new clearance system to avoid future legal challenges. [4]

After being delisted by Footscray, Cronan moved to South Australia [5] where he played for Woodville in 1989. He then returned to Western Australia where he played for South Fremantle for two more seasons before retiring. Cronan played in eight state games for Western Australia. [6]

He later turned to coaching, leading Swan Districts in 1997. He has also coached junior teams, including the South Fremantle colts (Under 19) team in 1998 [7] and the Western Australian State Under 18s team in 2002. [8] From 2011 to 2012, he was the coach of the East Fremantle colts team. [9]

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  2. ↑ Poat, Peter (ed.). "Season summary". 1983 West Australian Football Register: 71, 87, 90.
  3. ↑ Munday, Jane (12 April 1984). "Judge rules football out of bounds". The Age . Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  4. ↑ Poat, Peter (ed.). 1984 West Australian Football Register. p. 103.
  5. ↑ Linnell, Garry; Connolly, Rohan (27 October 1988). "Eagles keen to get Bulldog Royal". The Age.
  6. ↑ "WA Football 200 Club". wafootball.com.au. Archived from the original on 12 October 2011.
  7. ↑ "1998 Football Group" (PDF). sffc.com.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2013.
  8. ↑ Western Australia 2002 Team List [ dead link ] (28 June 2002)
  9. ↑ "EFFC Staff". effc.com.au. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012.
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