Chris Mainwaring

Chris Mainwaring
Mainwaring in 1996
Personal information
Full name	Christopher Douglas Mainwaring
Nickname(s)	Mainy
Date of birth	(1965-12-27)27 December 1965
Place of birth	Geraldton, Western Australia
Date of death	1 October 2007(2007-10-01) (aged 41)
Place of death	Nedlands, Western Australia
Original team(s)	Geraldton Rovers
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Position(s)	Wing
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1987–99	West Coast	201 (84)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1999.
Career highlights
East Fremantle premiership side 1985 West Coast Rookie of the Year 1987 Western Australia State of Origin representative Western Australia State of Origin captain 1991 All-Australian team 1991, 1996 West Coast premiership side 1992, 1994 West Coast Team of the Decade (1996) West Coast Best Clubman 1997 East Fremantle Team of the Century (1997) West Coast Team 20 (2006)
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Christopher Douglas Mainwaring (27 December 1965 – 1 October 2007) was an Australian rules footballer. He played for the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL) and East Fremantle in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). He was also a television presenter and sports journalist with Seven News Perth and a radio presenter with Mix 94.5.

Mainwaring started his career with the Greenough Demons (Rovers) before being recruited by East Fremantle "The Sharks" in 1985. In his first season, he was a member of the Western Australian State of Origin team and played in a Sharks premiership team.

He was a member of the West Coast Eagles' inaugural squad in 1987. He made his debut in round three that year, against Sydney at Subiaco and afterwards only missed one game for the season. and was named their best first year player. Mainwaring played for the Eagles on the wing and contributed greatly to their success, playing in both their 1992 and 1994 premierships. The image of him leaping with joy at the conclusion of the game, despite having a broken ankle, is one of the lasting images of the Eagles' first premiership. He played 201 games for the Eagles between 1987 and 1999, kicking 84 goals.

Mainwaring was an All-Australian in 1991 and 1996 and has been named on the wing in the West Coast Eagles' Team of the Decade in 1996, Team20 in 2006 and East Fremantle's Team of the Century in 1997. Whilst he never won the Club Champion award at the Eagles, he finished in the top 10 eight times, including placing third in both his debut and second years in the VFL and second in 1989, 1992 and 1996.