Anthony "Tony" McGuinness

Tony McGuinness
Personal information
Date of birth	(1964-05-06) 6 May 1964 (age 53)
Place of birth	Adelaide, South Australia
Original team(s)	Glenelg (SANFL)
Draft	No. 10, 1981 interstate draft
Debut	Round 1, 1986, Footscray vs. St Kilda, at Western Oval
Height	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1981–85, 1998	Glenelg (SANFL)	103 (174)
1986–90	Footscray (VFL/AFL)	109 (108)
1991–96	Adelaide (AFL)	113 (79)
Total		325 (361)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
	South Australia	12 (?)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1998–2000	Glenelg
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1998.
Career highlights
Club Adelaide captain: 1995–96 Malcolm Blight Medal: 1993 Adelaide Team of the Decade - Follower Charles Sutton Medal: 1987 Glenelg best and fairest: 1982 Glenelg Football Club Hall of Fame Adelaide life member Representative 2× National Football Carnival championship: 1988, 1993 Overall SANFL premiership: 1985 3× All-Australian team: 1988, 1992, 1993 Magarey Medal: 1982 South Australian Football Hall of Fame (inaugural inductee)
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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Anthony "Tony" McGuinness (born 6 May 1964 in Adelaide, South Australia) is a former Australian rules football player who played for Footscray and Adelaide in the VFL/AFL. His wife is former Nine News Adelaide presenter Georgina McGuinness.

McGuinness proved his skills early in his career with leading SANFL club Glenelg, winning the Magarey Medal in 1982 at the age of 18. A dynamic and pacy left-footed rover, he featured strongly in Glenelg's 1985 premiership victory against North Adelaide, kicking 2 goals.

Like his Glenelg premiership teammate Stephen Kernahan, McGuinness then accepted the invitation to play in the more lucrative Victorian Football League. He was signed by Footscray and quickly justified his huge reputation. In five seasons at the Bulldogs, McGuinness missed only one game and consistently racked up many possessions, usually distributing it with precision by hand or by his trusty left foot. He stood out in an otherwise mediocre team, especially in wet weather, and won the club best and fairest award in 1987.

After a particularly fine 1990 season, in which he was a key member of the Bulldogs' revival, McGuinness decided to return to South Australia in 1991 to play with the newly formed Adelaide Crows. He was appointed the club's first vice-captain and holds the honour of both captaining The Crows in their first ever game (a pre-season trial game win over Essendon in front of over 45,000 at Football Park) and of kicking the first-ever goal for Adelaide in the AFL season proper against Hawthorn, again at Footy Park. McGuinness was Vice-Captain of the Crows for that game with former Glenelg teammate Chris McDermott taking over as captain. He would remain the Crows' vice-captain from 1991 until 1994.

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