A fiery character both on and off the field, he once got arrested in Victoria Square when he challenged another politician to a duel with a set of pistols he had sent to him. People's Choice Award! Jumper No. MRS Property Reserves Match Report 5 Matthew Broadbent. "Soapy", as he was affectionately known, was selected in the AFL Indigenous Team of The Century. 6 Damon Freitag.

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Jumper No. |assistant2= The South Adelaide Team of the Century is officially called the 'Greatest Team'.Between 1942 and 1944 the SANFL contested a restricted, four team competition with its eight member clubs paired off geographically: Port Adelaide-West Torrens; Norwood-North Adelaide; West Adelaide-Glenelg and South Adelaide-Sturt This was probably some version of Gaelic football, as it was played between Irish colonists on St. Patrick's Day. South Adelaide vs NorwoodAddress: 1 Lovelock Drive, Noarlunga Downs, South Australia, Australia, 5168 Other clubs were soon formed at Modbury (1862), Port Adelaide (1870), Gawler, Woodville, Kensington, and Willunga. 2014 saw the introduction of the Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide Power teams into the SANFL bringing back a ten-team senior competition.

However, the year was not without success, as Joel Cross can now take his place amongst South's greatest players after winning his second Magarey medal. This new club arranged matches between its members, who lived north and south of the River Torrens, and with another group known as Collegians, whose members attended one of Adelaide's private colleges. The first mention of football being played in South Australia comes from a newspaper report in 1843 seven years after the colony was first settled. Kingstonian - Peter Hill. Deane was captain and coach of South Adelaide for many years, as well as playing two seasons for Richmond in the VFL. The South senior team has contested the SANFL finals in three seasons during the past decade, reaching the preliminary final in 2014 under coach Brad Gotch. The team we now know as the Panthers had its beginning at a meeting in the Draper Memorial schoolrooms.
2016, marked the 140-year anniversary of the South Adelaide Football Club, an event which was celebrated at the clubs "Blue and White Ball", through a commemorative guernsey displaying the names of over 1700 players that have played senior football since the clubs inception and various other activities.

During its early years, the clubs matches were played at the old Jubilee Oval, which was located next to Frome Road in what is now the University of Adelaide. Coopers Stadium; Fortis in Procella Army; Build The Fort; Constitution and Club Values; Bequest Information; Norwood Football Club Song; Redlegs Foundation; … In the 1930's South won two premierships (1935 and 1938) with a formidable team which included 1935 Magarey Medallist Jack Cockburn, and South Adelaide Hall of Famers Laurie Cahill and Jack and Jim Dawes. A ruckman and defender, he captained South Adelaide for 11 years (including five premierships) and is an inaugural member of both the AFL and SANFL Halls of Fame, as well as being captain of The Greatest South Adelaide Team. The league team narrowly missed the finals in 2015 after injuries to key players late in the minor round. Jumper No. From its very beginning, it wore blue and white, colours which it has carried right through the 140 years of its history to the present day. South's last appearance in a grand final was in 1979 when it played in both the reserves and league grand final on the same day. Fortis in Procella Army ; View the Fortis Guernsey; Inside Norwood. Frank Barry became the club's first Magarey Medallist, winning the league's highest honour in 1915.