Fred Phillis

Fred Phillis
Personal information
Full name	Dennis Keith Phillis
Nickname(s)	Fred
Date of birth	(1948-09-09) 9 September 1948 (age 68)
Height / weight	187 cm / 90 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1966–1981	Glenelg (SANFL)	274 (853)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1981.
Career highlights
SANFL debut with Glenelg in 1966 Glenelg Leading Goal Kicker 1968-72, 1975-76 SANFL Leading Goal Kicker 1969-71, 1975-76 SANFL Magarey Medallist 1969 First ever SANFL Magarey Medallist to play Full-forward Glenelg Premiership player 1973 Kicked over 100 goals in four SANFL seasons 1969-70, 1975-76 10 State Games for South Australia Glenelg Football Club All-time Leading Goal Kicker Glenelg Football Club Hall of Fame inductee 2002 South Australian Football Hall of Fame inaugural inductee 2002 Glenelg Football Club Player Life Member SANFL Player Life Member

Dennis Keith "Fred" Phillis (born 9 September 1948) is an Australian rules footballer who was a prolific goal scorer, playing his entire senior career with South Australian National Football League(SANFL) club Glenelg in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

Phillis was nicknamed "Fred"[1] when his schoolmates likened him to the most famous English Test cricket pace bowler of the day, "Fiery" Fred Truman. The nickname stuck and to many SANFL fans he is only known as "Fred" Phillis rather than by his birth name of Dennis.

Phillis is the brother of South Australian rules footballer Wayne "Butch" Phillis, who also played his career at Glenelg, and for many years has run a successful chain of new and used car yards in Adelaide's southern suburbs, primarily Wayne Phillis Ford and Wayne Phillis Kia.

Fred Phillis began his senior career with Glenelg in the SANFL in 1966 as a Centre half back under the coaching of Len Fitzgerald. He was soon moved to Centre half-forward and later Full-forward by incoming 1967 coach Neil Kerley. This lateral thinking paid off with Phillis kicking a then SANFL record of 137 goals in 1969.

He polled 18 votes in the 1969 Magarey Medal to be the first player to win the medal having played chiefly at full forward for the season.

Despite playing in Glenelg's 1973 Grand Final win over North Adelaide at the Adelaide Oval, Fred Phillis played in losing Grand Finals for Glenelg against Sturt in 1969 and 1974, Nowrood in 1975, and Port Adelaide in 1977 and 1981. Quirkily enough, in the 1973 grand final win by Glenelg over North Adelaide, he failed to kick a goal.

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