John Todd (footballer)

John Todd
Personal information
Full name	John Herbert Todd
Date of birth	(1938-05-21) 21 May 1938 (age 78)
Original team(s)	South Fremantle reserves
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1955–1966	South Fremantle	132
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1955–1962	Western Australia	13 (27)
Coaching career³
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1959, 1966–68, 1995–98	South Fremantle	172 (83–88–1)
1973–76	East Fremantle	87 (45–41–1)
1977–87, 1990–94, 2000–02	Swan Districts	417 (217–200–0)
1988–89	West Coast	45 (20–25–0)
Total		721 (365–354–2)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1966. ² State and international statistics correct as of 1962. ³ Coaching statistics correct as of 2002.
Career highlights
Sandover Medal 1955 South Fremantle best and fairest 1955, 1958, 1961 South Fremantle captain 1959, 1961–62 All-Australian team 1961 East Fremantle premiership coach 1974 Swan Districts premiership coach 1982, 1983, 1984, 1990 South Fremantle premiership coach 1997 Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee 2003 West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee 2004 Swan Districts Team of the Century coach

John Herbert Todd (born 21 May 1938 in Manjimup, Western Australia) is a former Australian rules football player and coach, most notable for his long and successful coaching career in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).

Todd played for South Fremantle in the during the 1950s and 1960s, and won the Sandover Medal in 1955 at just 17 years of age, but his playing career was cut short by a serious knee injury. He then became only the second coach to guide three WAFL clubs (East Fremantle, South Fremantle and Swan Districts) to premierships, and led fledgling Australian Football League club West Coast to its first finals appearance in 1988. He is one of only four coaches in the major Australian football leagues to have coached over 700 senior games, and was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame for his coaching achievements.

Todd first came to notice when he scored 7 goals in South Fremantle's reserve grade WAFL premiership. He made his senior debut the following year aged 16 years and 336 days, one of the youngest and played in every league game, winning both the Sandover Medal and South's best and fairest award. Aged 17 and 4 months when he beat Graham Farmer by 4 votes in the 1955 Sandover Medal count, he was the youngest ever winner in open-age competition (Laurie Bowen was younger when he won the award in 1942, one of the seasons which were restricted to under age during World War II).

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