- Greg Phillips
Infobox afl player | firstname = Greg
lastname = Phillips
birthdate = 26 March 1959
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heightweight = 188cm / 98 kg
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debutdate = 1976
debutteam = Port Adelaide FC
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playingteams = Port Adelaide FC (1976-82) (1987-93)
* 338 games (SANFL)
Collingwood (1983-86)
* 84 games, 12 goals (VFL)
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statsend = 1993
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Greg Phillips (born 26 March 1959) is a former
Australian rules footballer who played with the Port Adelaide FC in the SANFL and had a stint with Collingwood in the VFL during the 1980s. He also played 20 interstate matches for South Australia.Phillips started his career in 1976 at Port Adelaide and was a key member of their defense during a successful era for the club. He was a member of eight Port Adelaide premiership sides, in 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1992. At the 1980 Adelaide
State of Origin carnival he was selected in theAll-Australian team.He joined VFL club Collingwood in 1983 and played with them for four seasons before returning to Port and winning their 1988 best and fairest. Phillips was captain of Port Adelaide from 1991 to the end of the 1993 season he announced his retirement.
In 2000 he was selected as a centre half back in Port Adelaide's official 'Greatest Team 1870 to 2000'.
His daughter
Erin Phillips is a member of the Australian basketball team.See also
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1977 SANFL Grand Final
*1990 SANFL Grand Final
*1992 SANFL Grand Final External links
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* [http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/p-q.htm#Greg%20Phillips%20(Port%20Adelaide%20&%20Collingwood) Fullpointsfooty profile]
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