Alan Killigrew

Alan Killigrew

Alan Killigrew (1919 - June 10, 2001) was a former Australian rules football player who went on to a celebrated career as senior coach in the Victorian Football League, South Australian National Football League and West Australian Football League.

Playing career

Killigrew (163cm or 5ft 4in) was a physically small man but an effective rover in 78 matches with the St Kilda Football Club from 1938 to 1941 and 1943 to 1945. He was voted club champion in 1940.

Coaching career

After his playing career was over Killigrew moved to Ballarat, where he managed a pub and coached Ballarat East and Golden Point. In 1956 he moved back to Melbourne to coach the St Kilda Football Club. He held this position from 1956 to 1960, demanding a "guts and determination" approach with emphasis on a fast running style and use of the handpass as an offensive tool. [http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/St_Kilda_part_2.htm] . In 1958 he led the club to its first Night Premiership and during his tenure he coached two players to Brownlow Medals - Brian Gleeson (in 1957) and Neil Roberts (1958).

Sensing a lack of support from the club board, Killigrew departed to Adelaide and the South Australian National Football League. He was senior coach at Norwood for three years where he steered the Redlegs to successive grand finals in 1960 and 1961 and a preliminary final in 1962.

In 1963 he was appointed senior coach for the North Melbourne Football Club, where he again led a team to victory in the 1965 and 1966 pre-season Night Finals. He was coach for three seasons, achieving a 28/38 win loss ration (1 draw). An infamous moment was his violent run-in with Geelong's Geoff Rosenow in the players race at Kardinia Park. He also was the successful state team coach for Victoria in the 1966 Carnival at Hobart. In 1967 he moved once more, this time to Perth as coach of the WAFL's Subiaco Football Club. He held this position for a single season, his final year of senior coaching.

References

1. [http://footystats.freeservers.com/Special/2001review.html Obituary at Footystats website]


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