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Youngest Premiership Players

Postby spell_check » Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:35 pm

I'm still missing DOBs for 49 out of the 1445 players who have played in a premiership side from 1898 onwards:

16 y 205 d Roy Hele (West) 1911
16 y 334 d James Aish (Norwood) 2012
17 y 29 d Shannon Hurn (Central) 2004
17 y 88 d Leslie Shuttleworth (Sturt) 1932
17 y 97 d Sam Fairclough (Eagles) 2006
17 y 113 d Gavin Wanganeen (Port) 1990
17 y 142 d Bruce Abernethy (Port) 1979
17 y 192 d Keith LePage (Norwood) 1943
17 y 196 d Roy Hele (West) 1912
17 y 280 d Jimmy Toumpas (Eagles) 2011
17 y 287 d Warren Tredrea (Port) 1996
17 y 303 d Danny Hughes (Port) 1981
17 y 332 d James Aish (Norwood) 2013
17 y 345 d Craig Bradley (Port) 1981
17 y 361 d Jeff Potter (Port) 1959
18 y 15 d Ernie Johns (North) 1902
18 y 17 d Lindsay Head (Torrens) 1953
18 y 18 d Harold Dwyer (West) 1909
18 y 22 d Orazio Fantasia (Norwood) 2013
18 y 28 d Shannon Hurn (Central) 2005
18 y 36 d Richard Townsend (Norwood) 1904
18 y 52 d William Snelling (West) 2015
18 y 59 d Andrew McLeod (Port) 1994
18 y 61 d Zack Hier (Eagles) 2006
18 y 63 d Tim Nunan (North) 1991
18 y 67 d Ivan Holliday (Norwood) 1944
18 y 73 d Donald Phillis (North) 1931
18 y 98 d Trent Dumont (Norwood) 2013
18 y 104 d Brent Guerra (Central) 2000
18 y 123 d Ernest Smith (Norwood) 1901
18 y 145 d Fred Hardwick (North) 1930
18 y 147 d Bruce Abernethy (Port) 1980
18 y 161 d Jim Coverlid (Torrens) 1945
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Re: Youngest Premiership Players

Postby spell_check » Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:36 pm

Here is a list of youngest losing GF players (missing 91 DOBs of the 1677):

17 y 34 d Reginald Rounsevell (South) 1903
17 y 35 d Norman Jolly (Norwood) 1899
17 y 150 d Tony McGuinness (Glenelg) 1981
17 y 172 d Paul Weston (Glenelg) 1974
17 y 181 d Greg Phillips (Port) 1976
17 y 237 d Graham Sweeney (Port) 1967
17 y 253 d William Miller (Norwood) 1899
17 y 297 d John Marriott (Norwood) 1947
17 y 297 d Matthew Wright (North) 2007
17 y 333 d Chris McDermott (Glenelg) 1981
17 y 343 d Peter May (North) 1963
17 y 351 d Colin McKenzie (Port) 1944
18 y 5 d Adam Cooney (West) 2003
18 y 32 d Stephen Kernahan (Glenelg) 1981
18 y 32 d Jack Trengove (Sturt) 2009
18 y 35 d Harold Terrell (Port) 1930
18 y 36 d Harold Hawke (North) 1927
18 y 54 d Lachlan Ross (West) 1991
18 y 58 d Donald Roach (West) 1958
18 y 60 d Kym Hodgeman (Glenelg) 1974
18 y 64 d Victor Serotzki (Port) 1945
18 y 93 d Leslie McKinnon (West) 1959
18 y 96 d Horace Pope (Port) 1905
18 y 139 d Greg Anderson (Port) 1984
18 y 144 d Charles Drew (North) 1906
18 y 144 d Neville Hayes (Port) 1953
18 y 149 d Tony McGuinness (Glenelg) 1982
18 y 153 d Sam Smart (Norwood) 1993
18 y 169 d Robert Day (West) 1962
18 y 170 d Tim Ginever (Port) 1984
18 y 171 d Paul Weston (Glenelg) 1975
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Re: Youngest Premiership Players

Postby robranisgod » Mon May 06, 2024 7:53 pm

spell_check wrote:I'm still missing DOBs for 49 out of the 1445 players who have played in a premiership side from 1898 onwards:

16 y 205 d Roy Hele (West) 1911
16 y 334 d James Aish (Norwood) 2012
17 y 29 d Shannon Hurn (Central) 2004
17 y 88 d Leslie Shuttleworth (Sturt) 1932
17 y 97 d Sam Fairclough (Eagles) 2006
17 y 113 d Gavin Wanganeen (Port) 1990
17 y 138 d Charles Drew (North) 1905
17 y 142 d Bruce Abernethy (Port) 1979
17 y 192 d Keith LePage (Norwood) 1945


According to North's past player records Charles Drew didn't commence senior football until 1906. William Alfred Vernon (Vern) Drew was the premiership player in 1905. Both Drew's played in the losing team in 1906.
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Re: Youngest Premiership Players

Postby DOC » Mon May 06, 2024 7:57 pm

If you have the date of the game, and how old the player was in years and days, how are you missing the birth date?
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Re: Youngest Premiership Players

Postby spell_check » Mon May 06, 2024 8:47 pm

robranisgod wrote:
spell_check wrote:I'm still missing DOBs for 49 out of the 1445 players who have played in a premiership side from 1898 onwards:

16 y 205 d Roy Hele (West) 1911
16 y 334 d James Aish (Norwood) 2012
17 y 29 d Shannon Hurn (Central) 2004
17 y 88 d Leslie Shuttleworth (Sturt) 1932
17 y 97 d Sam Fairclough (Eagles) 2006
17 y 113 d Gavin Wanganeen (Port) 1990
17 y 138 d Charles Drew (North) 1905
17 y 142 d Bruce Abernethy (Port) 1979
17 y 192 d Keith LePage (Norwood) 1945


According to North's past player records Charles Drew didn't commence senior football until 1906. William Alfred Vernon (Vern) Drew was the premiership player in 1905. Both Drew's played in the losing team in 1906.


Thanks, I've taken that entry out

DOC wrote:If you have the date of the game, and how old the player was in years and days, how are you missing the birth date?

These players are the ones I don't have a DOB for, so they can't be included in the list if they were young enough:
A Arthurs South 1898
Alfred Dawes South 1898 1899
James Dawes South 1898 1899
Richard Grierson South 1898 1899
Fred May South 1898
Frank O'Brien South 1898 1899
? Williams South 1898
Arthur Lloyd South 1899
Walter Butler Port 1903
Jack Morison Norwood 1904 1907
John Cock Port 1906
Tom McKenna West 1908
John Middleton Port 1910
Harry Bates West 1911
William Mills West 1911
Joseph Middleton Port 1914
Bill Noal Sturt 1915
Gordon Beck Port 1921
John Taylor Port 1921
Roy Bent Norwood 1922 1925
Murray Dobson Norwood 1922
William Potts Norwood 1922 1923 1925
William Burns Norwood 1923
William Heinrich Norwood 1923 1925
Charles O'Malley Torrens 1924
Richard Osborn Torrens 1924
James Sayers Torrens 1924
Cecil Martin Norwood 1925
Edgar Bennetts West 1927
Ernest Fisher Sturt 1932
Ross Treleaven Sturt 1932
Albert James Glenelg 1934
Jack Heath Port 1937
William Allen Norwood 1941
Tom Barnes Torrens 1945
Jim Edwards Torrens 1945
William Sutherland West 1947
John Rudd Norwood 1948 1950
Max Mayo Norwood 1950
Kevin Salvemini Port 1951
Tom Garland Port 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958
James Sawford Port 1955 1956 1957
Robert Fabian Port 1957 1962 1963 1965
Frank Hogan West 1961
Leon O'Driscoll West 1961
Peter Phipps West 1961
John Wallace West 1961
Richard Bray Port 1962 1963 1965
Graham Matters Port 1962 1965
Steve Traynor Port 1962 1963 1965
Kevin Salmon Port 1963 1965
Bruce Alexander South 1964
Graham Durbridge South 1964
David Kantilla South 1964
Tony Shaw South 1964
Robert Elix Port 1965
Doug Spiers Port 1965
Trevor Clarke Sturt 1966 1967 1968 1969
Brian Schwarz Sturt 1966 1967 1968
Daniel Jaques Port 1998
Alf Steed Port 1998
Brodie Lomas Eagles 2006
Jason Sutherland Central 2010

Some of the above also played in a losing GF, those who only did play in a losing GF are:
Otto L'Estage Port Norwood 1898 1899
Harry Linklater Port 1898
Thomas Munyard Port 1898
William Renfrey Port 1898
Fred Smithers Port 1898 1901
John Thomas Port 1898
Robert McDonald Norwood 1899
Ernest Peters Norwood 1899
John Donovan South 1900 1902
John O'Connell South 1900
William Huston South 1902 1903
Alfred Ramsey South 1902 1903
P Kelly South 1903
George Moore Port 1904
H Philps Port 1904
Stanley Hemson Port 1905
Harold Lee Sturt 1910
Edward Callanan Port 1911 1912
William Mahoney Port 1912
Walter Gray Norwood 1920
Joseph Brown West 1922
John Kearns West 1922
John O'Dea West 1922
John Lock Torrens 1925
Thomas McInerney Port 1930
John Hooper Port 1934
John McFarlane Port 1934
Charles Wilson South 1940
Ron Hall Port 1944 1945 1946
Rex Mann Port 1946
John A Miller Glenelg 1950
Brian Wright Glenelg 1950
Robert Fosdike Norwood 1952 1955 1957 1960 1961
Des Hines Norwood 1952
Norman Walker Norwood 1952 1955 1957
Bob Williams Norwood 1952
Kevin Charnstrom Norwood 1955
Ron Dickson Norwood 1955 1957
Robert Skinner Norwood 1955
Jim Taylor Norwood 1955
Robert Williams Norwood 1955 1957
Doug Young Norwood 1955 1957
Dean McKay West 1956
Alfred Warhurst West 1956
Des Hoffman Norwood 1957
George Dellar Norwood 1960 1961
Phil Stephens Norwood 1960
Robert Ashby Norwood 1961
Dennis Modra Norwood 1961
John Hudson Port 1964
Ashley McKay Port 1964 1966 1967
Malcolm S Jones Sturt 1965
Peter Thomas Sturt 1965
Leigh Whicker Sturt 1965
Ross Haslam Port 1966 1967 1968 1971
Colin Moore Port 1966 1967
Barry Pilgrim Port 1966
Greg Leal Port 1967 1968
Terry Crabb Glenelg 1969 1970
Thomas Moroney Glenelg 1969
Kevin Rowe Glenelg 1969
Ken Smith Glenelg 1969 1970
Peter Obst Glenelg 1974
Andrew Beveridge Eagles 2000 2001
Andrew Merriman Eagles 2004
Brad Williams Eagles 2004
Jacob Bowen Sturt 2009
Matthew Payne Sturt 2009
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