Chris McDermott

Chris McDermott

Personal information
Birth	4 November 1963 (1963-11-04) (age 48)
Recruited from	Glenelg, (SANFL)
Height and weight	182cm / 92 kg
Playing career¹
Debut	Round 1, 1986, Carlton v. Hawthorn, at Waverley Park
Team(s)	Glenelg, (SANFL) (1981–1990, 1992, 1995–1996) 275 games and 184 goals Adelaide, VFL/AFL (1991–1996) 117 games, 25 goals North Adelaide, SANFL (1997) 10 games Total – 402 games, 209 goals
Coaching career¹
Team(s)	North Adelaide (1997–2000)
¹ Statistics to end of 2000 season
Career highlights
Glenelg Best and Fairest: 1986-87-88 Glenelg Captain: 1988–1990 Glenelg Premiership Player: 1985–1986 Adelaide Captain 1991–1994 Adelaide Best and Fairest 1992 All-Australian: 1986, 1987, 1992 Represented South Australia 14 times

Chris McDermott (born 4 November 1963) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League.

Chris McDermott was the inaugural captain of the Adelaide Crows. He was initially signed by Fitzroy in 1981 but chose to stay loyal to the Glenelg Football Club and reap the rewards of the South Australian player retention scheme. He was chased by Carlton, and eventually drafted by Brisbane in 1986, but still never made his VFL debut. He played 275 games for his SANFL club Glenelg, preferring to play football in his home state of South Australia. It was not until 1990 when talks of Port Adelaide becoming the South Australian team in the national competition that McDermott looked to Victoria for any other club. However, when it became clear that the Adelaide Crows were going to be South Australia's entry into the AFL, he was delighted to remain in his home state as the club's inaugural captain.

Commonly referred to as "Bone". This nickname refers to the unfortunate state of his nose due to excessive facial trauma experienced whilst playing in both the SANFL and AFL.

His 720 disposals in the 1992 AFL season is still a record for a home and away season, (not including finals), with records beginning in 1986.^[1]

Life after football has seen McDermott set-up the McGuinness-McDermott Foundation with fellow former Crows team-mate Tony McGuinness.

He is also the cousin of the Australian stand up comedian and host of the Channel 10 program Good News Week, Paul McDermott.

Playing career

• Glenelg: 1981–1990, 1992, 1995–1996 – 277 games, 184 goals.
• Adelaide: 1991–1996 – 117 games, 25 goals.
• North Adelaide (as player-coach): 1997 – 10 games.
• South Australia: 14 games.

Honors

• Glenelg Captain (1988–1990)
• Glenelg Best-and-Fairest (1986, 1987, 1988)
• Glenelg Premiership Player (1985–1986)
• Adelaide Captain (1991–1994)
• Adelaide Best-and-Fairest 1992
• All-Australian 1986, 1987 (captain), 1992
• South Australia Captain (1988–1995)
• Fos Williams Medal 1987
• Simpson Medal 1987

Coaching career

• North Adelaide: 1997–2000

References

1. ^ Most Disposals in a Season (1986–2008)

External links

• Chris McDermott's statistics from AFL Tables

Sporting positions
Preceded by Inaugural captain	Adelaide Football Club Captain 1991–1994	Succeeded by Tony McGuinness
Awards
Preceded by Mark Mickan	Adelaide Best and Fairest winner 1992	Succeeded by Tony McGuinness

Persondata
Name	Macdermott, Chris
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	4 November 1963
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death