Gavin Wanganeen

Gavin Wanganeen
Gavin Wanganeen
Personal information
Full name	Gavin Adrian Wanganeen
Nickname(s)	Wanga
Date of birth	18 June 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Mount Gambier, South Australia
Original team(s)	Salisbury North (SAAFL)
Draft	No. 12, 1989 National Draft, Essendon
Height	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Position(s)	Utility
Playing career1
Years	Club
1990, 2006	Port Adelaide (SANFL)
1991–1996	Essendon
1997–2006	Port Adelaide
Total
Representative team honours
Years	Team
1992–1998	South Australia
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2005.
Career highlights
	2× AFL Premiership player: (1993, 2004); SANFL Premiership player: (1990); Brownlow Medal: (1993); John Cahill Medal: (2003); Michael Tuck Medal: (1993); Port Adelaide captain: (1997–2000); 5× All-Australian team: (1992, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2003); National Football Carnival Championship (1993); Essendon Team of the Century (Back Pocket); Champions of Essendon (Number 19); Indigenous Team of the Century; Australian Football Hall of Fame, inducted 2010; South Australian Football Hall of Fame, inducted 2012;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Gavin Adrian Wanganeen (born 18 June 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), and also for the Port Adelaide Magpies in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

A Brownlow Medal winner and Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee, Wanganeen was appointed Port Adelaide's inaugural captain upon entry into the AFL in 1997 and is the first Indigenous Australian footballer to win the Brownlow Medal^[1] and reach the 300-game milestone at senior VFL/AFL level. Since retirement, Wanganeen has taken up painting. He is a descendant of the Kokatha people,^[2] a Western Desert people of South Australia, an inheritance he has explored in his art work since retirement. He has had two solo exhibitions and was an ambassador for the Adelaide Fringe in 2019.

^ Hobbs, Greg (25 September 1993). "GAVIN THE GREAT". The Football Record. Vol. 82, no. 26. AFL Media. p. 7 – via State Library of Victoria.
^ Ralph, Jon (4 June 2010). "Indigenous superman Gavin Wanganeen blazed a trail". Herald Sun. Retrieved 4 June 2010.

[great-1] Hobbs, Greg (25 September 1993). "GAVIN THE GREAT". The Football Record. Vol. 82, no. 26. AFL Media. p. 7 – via State Library of Victoria.

[2] Ralph, Jon (4 June 2010). "Indigenous superman Gavin Wanganeen blazed a trail". Herald Sun. Retrieved 4 June 2010.

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