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	Cottesloe, Western Australia
Original team(s)	Geraldton Rovers (GNFL)
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Position(s)	Wing
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1985–1999	East Fremantle	061 0(43)
1987–1999	West Coast	201 0(84)
Total		262 (127)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1987–1992	Western Australia	8 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1999.
Career highlights
2× AFL Premiership player: (1992, 1994) WAFL Premiership player: (1985) West Coast Rookie of the Year 1987 2× All-Australian team: (1991, 1996) West Coast Team of the Decade (1996) East Fremantle Team of the Century (1997) West Australian Football Hall of Fame, inducted 2005 West Coast Hall of Fame, inducted 2014
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Christopher Douglas Mainwaring (27 December 1965 – 1 October 2007) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL) and for the East Fremantle Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).

Adored by young fans for his handsome appearance, Mainwaring was one of the most popular footballers of his era. At his peak, he was one of the finest wingmen in the AFL, forming a devastating midfield combination with Peter Matera in the early 1990s, but after a serious knee injury in 1997 he was never able to recapture his best form.

After retiring in 1999, Mainwaring worked as a television presenter and sports journalist with the Seven Network and a radio presenter with Mix 94.5 before his death in 2007 from a drug overdose at the age of 41.