- Phil Krakouer
Phil Krakouer (born 15 January 1960) is an Australian rules football player who played for the
North Melbourne Football Club during the 1980s. Notable for his speed, freakish skills and an uncanny ability to pass the ball to his brother,Jim Krakouer , who also played for North Melbourne. The position favoured for Phil Krakouer was as a half forward flank or wingman.The Krakouer brothers, the children of Eric and Phoebe Krakouer [cite web|url=http://shop.abc.net.au/browse/product.asp?productid=512557|title=Magic and Mayhem: The Footballing World of the Krakouer Brothers|year=2005|accessdate=2007-08-15] , were born and lived in
Mount Barker, Western Australia . The brothers played their first senior football for Mount Barker for the North Mount Barker Football Club as teenagers where their incredible skills were first noticed. [cite web|url=http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/k.htm|title=Full Points Football - Biographies [K] |year=2007|accessdate=2007-08-15] . TheClaremont Football Club recruited both the Krakouers in 1978. [cite web|url=http://www.greenleft.org.au/2005/652/33263|title=Football Champions battle racism|year=2007|accessdate=2007-08-15]In 1982, both Krakouer brothers left to play for the
North Melbourne Football Club (Kangaroos) after they had helped Claremont in winning the previous year's WAFL premiership.Phil played 141 games for North Melbourne and 7 for Footscray. He also topped the North Melbourne goal kicking list on three occasions 1983, 1985 and 1987. [cite web|url=http://kangaroos.com.au/TheClub/History/HonourRoll/tabid/4993/Default.aspx|title=Kangaroos Football Club Honour Roll|year=2007|accessdate=2007-08-15]
Phil Krakouer is the uncle of former AFL player for Richmond
Andrew Krakouer .References
Further reading
* Sean Gorman (2005) "Brotherboys: The Story of Jim and Phillip Krakouer", Allen & Unwin, 2005 ISBN 1741145953
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