Allan Giffard

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Allan Giffard
Personal information
Full name Allan Giffard
Date of birth (1963-10-02) 2 October 1963 (age 54)
Place of birth Brisbane
Original team(s) Sherwood [1]
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Position(s) Half forward
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1987 Brisbane Bears 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1987.
Career highlights
  • 2 x B&F Sherwood Magpies
  • QAFL B&F runner up 1984
  • Represented Queensland 12 times.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Allan Giffard (born 2 October 1963) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Brisbane Bears in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Australian rules football Contact sport invented in Melbourne

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Brisbane Bears former Australian rules football club

The Brisbane Football Club, nicknamed the Bears was an Australian rules football club and the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). The club played its first match in 1987, but struggled on and off the field until it made the finals for the first time in 1995. The Bears merged with the Fitzroy Football Club after the completion of the following season to form the Brisbane Lions.

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Giffard was a member of Brisbane's squad for their inaugural season in 1987.

A local recruit from Sherwood, Giffard played just once for the Bears. That game was against Footscray at Western Oval in round nine and he had six disposals. [2] Prior to joining the Bears, he played over 100 senior games with the Sherwood Magpies, where he won two best and fairest awards and kicked over 100 goals in two consecutive seasons. He was runner up in the QAFL best and Fairest award in 1984 and also played 12 representative games for Queensland. After being delisted by the Bears he played with the South Launceston Bulldogs in the Tasmanian Football League.

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The Western Magpies Australian Football Club is the senior Australian rules football club of the western suburbs of Brisbane which competes in Division One of the AFLQ State League. The club is based at 41 Chelmer st, Chelmer, at the same grounds as the Sherwood Junior Australian Football Club and fields a team in the AFLQ senior, reserve, under 18 and women's grade competitions. The Western Magpies AFC provides a focal point for talented players from all of the junior clubs that lie within Brisbane's western suburbs. The club aims to provide a pathway into the AFL for players from these junior clubs, develop the network of surrounding senior and junior Australian rules football clubs, and provide a fun, friendly, family oriented hub for local football in the western suburbs. The Western Magpies Australian Football Club and Sherwood Junior Australian Football Club are sponsored by Tradelink, Hog's Breath Cafe and Cleanway.

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References

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN   978-1-920910-78-5.
  2. ↑ AFL Tables: Allan Giffard
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