Tim Evans
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth | 13 August 1953 |
| Recruited from | Penguin |
| Height and weight | 189 cm / 96 kg |
| Playing career¹ | |
| Team(s) |
Geelong (1971–74)
Port Adelaide (1975–1986)
South Australia
Total
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| ¹ Statistics to end of 1986 season | |
| Career highlights | |
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Tim Evans (born 13 August 1953) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).
Originally from Tasmania, Evans played for Penguin Football Club in the North West Football Union[1] before being recruited by Geelong in 1971, where he spent four seasons at half back.
In 1975 he joined Port Adelaide and went on to play 248 games for the club. Initially used in defense, he was moved to full forward in 1977 by coach John Cahill and was an immediate success leading the league with 87 goals, including 7 in the Grand Final win over Glenelg. He repeated the performance in 1978 kicking 90 for the season. He first kicked over 100 goals in 1980 when he kicked a then SANFL record 146 goals and won the leagues inaugural Ken Farmer Medal in 1981 kicking 98 for the season. Evans went on to kick 1044 goals before his retirement at the end of the 1986 season, as well as 25 goals in seven games for South Australia at interstate football.
Tim Evans played Port Adelaide's 1977, 1979-81 premiership teams as well as playing full back in the losing 1976 Grand Final to Sturt in front of the SANFL record crowd of 66,897 at Football Park.
Evans topped the SANFL's goalkicking six times and was Port's leading goalkicker ten times and was inducted into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame in 2008.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Devaney, J. "Tim Evans (Geelong and Port Adelaide)". Accessed 13 October 2010.
[edit] External links
- Tim Evans's statistics from AFL Tables
