Garry Sidebottom
| Garry Sidebottom | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth | 21 November 1954 | ||
| Place of birth | Western Australia | ||
| Original team(s) | Swan Districts Football Club (WANFL) | ||
| Debut | Round 1, 1978, St Kilda | ||
| Height / weight | 193 cm / 98 kg | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Garry Sidebottom (born 21 November 1954) is a former Australian rules football player who played for the St Kilda, Geelong and Fitzroy Football Clubs in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Swan Districts in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) during the 1970s and 1980s.
Sidebottom was a powerful and fearless player ideal for playing at centre half forward or as a ruckman. A versatile forward good in the air and hard in the clinches he kicked 227 goals while at Swan Districts and 145 goals while in the VFL.
He played in the inaugural State of Origin team for Western Australia in 1977 when WA defeated Victoria. In 1984 Sidebottom kicked 6 goals playing for WA against Victoria in another famous victory to the Sandgropers. He represented WA fifteen times in state games.[3]
Sidebottom entered football folklore when he missed the Geelong team bus to play in the 1981 Preliminary Final against Collingwood. His team-mate Peter Johnston took his place at the last minute, despite being told earlier he had not been selected. Johnston went on to play a memorable game despite eating half a chicken and a bucket of chips along with a strawberry thickshake shortly before the game began.[4]
Garry Sidebottom returned to Swan Districts as a coach of the reserves side in 2007.[5] He is the older brother of Allan Sidebottom who also played for Swan Districts, St Kilda and Fitzroy.
References
- ^ "AFL Tables – Garry Sidebottom". 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
- ^ "Swan Districts Football Club – Playertracker – Garry Sidebottom". 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-17. [dead link]
- ^ "Full Points Footy". 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
- ^ McClure, Geoff (2005-06-13). "The Age New side to bus legend". Melbourne. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
- ^ "Swan Districts Football Club – Swans Legend Returns". 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-17. [dead link]
External links
- Garry Sidebottom's playing statistics from AFL Tables