Xavier Tanner
Australian rules footballer
Australian rules footballer
Xavier Tanner | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | (1956-05-02) 2 May 1956 (age 68) | ||
Original team(s) | Wodonga (OMFL) | ||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1976–1983 | North Melbourne | 100 (68) | |
1984–1985 | Melbourne | 011 0(5) | |
Total | 111 (73) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1985. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Xavier Tanner (born 2 May 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
A centreman, Tanner was recruited to the VFL from Wodonga in the Ovens & Murray Football League. He played in North Melbourne's 1977 premiership side and their losing grand final the following season. After exactly 100 games with North Melbourne he joined his old coach Ron Barassi at Melbourne in 1984 and spent the last two seasons of his career with them.[2]
Tanner is currently the assistant principal at Wanganui Park Secondary College in Shepparton, Victoria.
Tanner's father, Gerald Tanner, played one game for Richmond in 1941.[3]
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North Melbourne Football Club 1977 VFL premiers
North Melbourne 9.22 (76) drew with Collingwood 10.16 (76), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground;
North Melbourne 21.25 (151) defeated Collingwood 19.10 (124), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
North Melbourne 21.25 (151) defeated Collingwood 19.10 (124), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
- 1. Keenan
- 2. Alves
- 3. Cassin
- 5. Sutton
- 8. Crosswell
- 9. Cable
- 12. Montgomery
- 13. Cowton
- 15. Blight
- 16. McCann
- 20. Schimmelbusch
- 21. Byrne
- 23. Dench (c)
- 25. Tanner
- 29. Baker
- 30. Gumbleton
- 34. Henshaw
- 35. Nettlefold
- 36. Icke
- 49. Briedis
Coach: Barassi