36-496: Mattner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Martin Mattner (born 1982), Australian rules footballer Ted Mattner (1893–1977), Australian politician [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Mattner . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding
72-546: A career equaling 21 disposals in a game against Melbourne , and failed to miss a match after his inclusion in round 7 which shows how well he was performing. In 2005, Mattner came of age and so did a younger Crows outfit. He played all but one match for the season and failed only once to gather more than ten disposals in a disappointing effort against Melbourne. His average of 16 disposals per game seeing him as an important cog in Adelaide's midfield. He also had 98 tackles, which
108-578: A clear best 22 player in Sydney. 2009 and 2010 saw solid form from Mattner while he has started the 2011 season in as strong form as has been seen from him at the club. Mattner has only missed one game in his time at the Sydney Swans, that being round 15, 2010 against North Melbourne. 2011 was one of Mattner's most consistent years in the AFL. He didn't see as much ball rebounding from the back half but, as
144-403: A feature of his game that he had become noted for. He picked up 11 disposals in his first game, and then 13 disposals in a win over St Kilda . He averaged eight disposals a match over his seven games, and had an impressive average of just over three tackles a game. Much was the same the next year, with coach Gary Ayres displaying a tendency to not play his younger players unless a senior player
180-515: A pure defender, he produced some of his best football. Mattner played his 200th AFL game in round 9, 2012, against St Kilda . The milestone was overshadowed by Lenny Hayes playing his 250th AFL game for the Saints in the same match, as the Swans lost by 28 points. He went on to play in the Swans' side that won the club's fifth premiership with a victory over Hawthorn . He played an important role in
216-481: A week to train and play football for Sturt . Mattner was Adelaide's leading tackler in the 2005 and 2006 seasons. In the 2006 season, he missed out on two games due to a calf injury. Mattner retired midway through the 2013 AFL season , succumbing to an ongoing hip injury. He took up a coaching role with the Sydney Swans as a development coach until the end of the 2015 season. In October 2015, Mattner
252-617: Is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans and Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was traded to Sydney from the Crows in October 2007 in exchange for draft pick number 28. Mattner grew up in the small town of Ki Ki , 150 kilometres south-east of Adelaide . In the year he was elevated off Adelaide's rookie list (2002), he was having to travel up to Adelaide twice
288-590: The Imperial Football Club in 1997, and later Sturt, until he was recruited to the Adelaide Football Club for the 2002 season, off of the rookie list. Debuting with Adelaide as a 19-year-old, Mattner began his career slowly. After being elevated from Adelaide's rookie list at the start of the 2002 season , he played just seven games for the year. One of his best performances was a game against Geelong where he laid 13 tackles ,
324-743: The Montrose Football Club in the Eastern Football Netball League (EFNL). Ayres' playing career is honored by the existence of the Gary Ayres Award , an annual award given to the player judged best-afield by the AFL Coaches Association throughout each AFL finals series . Beginning his playing career with Hawthorn in 1978, he had an illustrious career spanning from 1978 until 1993, playing 269 games and booting 70 goals. He
360-426: The back pocket position. He was nicknamed " Conan " by fans in reference to his powerful upper-body physique. He used his body to good effect in body on body contested situations. Ayres' height and weight was 187 cm / 100 kg. Allan Jeans described Ayres as "a good driver in heavy traffic". In 2020, Ayres revealed that the circumstances that led to his retirement from his playing career with Hawthorn at
396-422: The Crows, the club struggled and finished eleventh with nine wins and thirteen losses at the end of the 2000 season . Ayres, however guided the Crows to the final series in the next three seasons in 2001 , 2002 and 2003 , including reaching the elimination final in 2001, where they were eliminated by Carlton , the preliminary final in 2002, where they were eliminated by the eventual runners-up Collingwood and
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#1732787485232432-555: The Double Blues won the premiership over Central District and Mattner was listed among the best players in the Grand Final. Sturt's end of season trip was to Bali . Team members were caught up in the 2002 Bali bombings and fellow player Josh Deegan and club official Bob Marshall were killed. During the 2004 season , Mattner was seen to improve in a number of areas – averaging eleven disposals and playing 16 matches for
468-640: The Port Melbourne Football Club at the end of the 2021 season, after he served as senior coach of the club for a total of fourteen years. Ayres came to this decision after being overlooked for re-appointment as senior coach for the 2022 season, when the club decided not to renew his contract as senior coach, when it expired at the end of 2021. On 24 October 2000, Ayres was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for contribution to Australian Football. In 2005, Ayres spent
504-586: The West Coast Eagles in the 1994 Grand Final , Ayres was appointed Geelong Football Club senior coach for the 1995 season after Blight handed the coaching reins to Ayres. In his first year and season as Geelong Football Club senior coach, Geelong lost to Carlton in the 1995 Grand Final by a margin of 61 points under Ayres, which was their fourth Grand Final defeat in seven seasons. In the 1996 season , Geelong under Ayres finished seventh with thirteen wins, one draw and eight losses, where they made it to
540-559: The defenders with Adelaide. After departing Adelaide in 2020 due to reduction in coaching panel sizes, Mattner successfully returned as the coach of the Sturt Football Club in 2021. Gary Ayres Gary James Ayres (born 28 September 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is currently the senior coach for
576-416: The end of a disappointing 1999 season where Geelong under Ayres finished eleventh with ten wins and twelve losses and after the board of Geelong Football Club, that was led by CEO Brian Cook , refused to offer him a contract extension beyond the 2000 AFL season, Ayres quit as Geelong Football Club senior coach to take the coaching position at Adelaide where Malcolm Blight had, again, just resigned. Ayres
612-412: The end of the 1993 season, was after a disconnect with senior coach Alan Joyce and his frustration after being dropped to the reserves side. Team Individual After his retirement from his playing career, Ayres turned to coaching; starting as an assistant coach under senior coach Malcolm Blight at Geelong for the 1994 season . After Blight's resignation in 1994, following Geelong's defeat to
648-552: The injury and could lead to a life of crippling pain. Mattner became the senior coach of Sturt in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) in 2016. After finishing eighth out of ten in 2015, Sturt won the premiership in his first season as coach, and won its second consecutive premiership in 2017. Mattner joined the Adelaide Football Club post 2018 SANFL season with Sturt and took up an assistant role, Mattner will be in charge of
684-457: The likes of Gary Ablett and Jimmy Bartel . Also in the game against St Kilda , Mattner had a career high number of kicks and marks playing further in the midfield. He continued to play well during the season, picking up 21 disposals against Fremantle in round 19 and again against Melbourne three weeks later in round 22. He picked up 12 Brownlow Medal votes, beating the likes of veterans Simon Goodwin , Andrew McLeod and Mark Ricciuto . In
720-477: The person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mattner&oldid=850658541 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Monitored short pages Martin Mattner Martin Mattner (born 6 August 1982)
756-508: The preliminary final. In 2006, Mattner started to play on a half-back flank, keeping a smaller player relatively quiet and gaining many possessions of his own. This was suggested by former Crows coach Malcolm Blight , as he did with Andrew McLeod and Simon Goodwin in 1997 and 1998 . At the end of the season, he had only missed out on two games due to a calf injury. He had a career high 27 disposals against St Kilda, and followed that performance with 25 disposals against Geelong playing on
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#1732787485232792-423: The qualifying final losing to North Melbourne . In the 1997 season , Ayres guided Geelong to finish second on the ladder with fifteen wins and seven losses, but however lost to North Melbourne again in the qualifying finals and were eliminated by the eventual premiers Adelaide in the semi-finals. In the 1998 season , Geelong with Ayres struggled and finished twelve with nine wins and thirteen losses. In 1999, at
828-560: The remainder of the 2004 season and was eventually employed full-time senior coach. In 2006, he returned to coaching as assistant coach at the Essendon Football Club under senior coach Kevin Sheedy . When Matthew Knights was appointed as senior coach of Essendon at the end of the 2007 season, Knights vowed to modernise the club's support staff, Ayres subsequently lost his position as assistant coach. In 2008, Ayres
864-447: The rest of the 2004 season, he told the Adelaide board that if he could not coach the following year, he would leave immediately. He then walked out of the club's office without shaking hands or responding to media enquiries. Ayres coached Adelaide to a total of 107 games with a 55–52 win–loss ratio to a winning percentage of 51.4 percent. He was replaced by assistant coach Neil Craig as caretaker senior coach of Adelaide Football Club for
900-535: The season, he only failed to pick up 10 disposals or more in a game three times (twice against eventual premiers West Coast ), and failed to lay a tackle twice. He kicked five goals for the season, including a career high two goals in a game against the Bulldogs in round 5. He has been praised by coach Neil Craig after he wanted him to take some parts of his game to a higher level. He is now considered an "automatic selection" player – that is, he will always get into
936-424: The semi finals in 2003, where they were eliminated by the eventual premiers Brisbane Lions . However, during the 2004 season , the club with Ayres found themselves struggling again where Adelaide sat twelfth on the ladder with four wins and nine losses after Round 13, 2004. When told he would not continue as senior coach for the 2005 season, Ayres quit midseason. Though he had been given the opportunity to stay for
972-416: The starting squad unless he is injured. Mattner managed 19 of 23 games for Adelaide in 2007, though his statistics were well down on previous years. Despite being a naturally attacking player, Mattner was consistently played in defence, rather than on a wing which would be his preferred position. This is often offered as an explanation to his drop in form, and subsequent trading away from the Crows. Mattner
1008-469: The team, including a ferocious run down tackle on Hawthorn's Grant Birchall in the dying minutes. Mattner played the first seven rounds of the season in reasonable form however was sidelined for 3 rounds midway through the season. Just prior to round 11, Mattner announced his retirement effective immediately, due to a degenerative hip condition that had caused him constant pain for several years. Mattner stated that to continue playing football would aggravate
1044-421: The year. Midway through a disappointing season for the team (where the Crows missed the finals), new coach Neil Craig gave Mattner more opportunity than previous coach Ayres, which helped Mattner grow as a player, another feature becoming noticeable was his run through the midfield. His new coach also played him more through the wing than Gary Ayres did, giving him more opportunity as a player. At that time, he had
1080-487: Was announced as the head coach of Sturt . He is one of only a few to win a SANFL Premiership as a player, a SANFL Premiership as a coach and an AFL Premiership as a player. Mattner grew up in the tiny southeast South Australian town of Ki Ki. He attended Coomandook Area School and played some junior football with the Peake and Districts Football Club. He then sought to further develop his game and progressed to play with
1116-572: Was appointed senior coach of the Port Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League . He is the longest-serving coach in the club's history. Ayres has coached Port Melbourne to two premierships and three minor premierships, which included the club's perfect 2011 season , in which the club won all 21 of its premiership matches. Ayres then led the club to another premiership in 2017. Ayres left
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1152-477: Was injured. He was able to play ten games in the 2003 season , averaging nine disposals a match, including 21 in a game against the Kangaroos , in the same game as he kicked his first goal. Mattner during these two years was still young, and was playing well for his local SANFL club Sturt , regularly gathering 20 or more disposals a match as well as laying many bone-crunching tackles. In the 2002 SANFL season,
1188-555: Was part of a total of 5 premiership teams – 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, and 1991. He won the Norm Smith Medal twice, adjudged best on ground in 1986 and 1988 and is one of only four players in the history of the AFL to do so. Ayres captained Victoria against Tasmania in the 1989 State of Origin contest. He captained the Hawks in his final two years from 1992 to 1993. Gary played most of his football in defence, particular
1224-403: Was replaced by Mark Thompson as Geelong Football Club senior coach. Ayres coached Geelong Football Club to a total of 116 games with 65 wins 50 losses and one draw to a winning percentage of 56 percent. Ayres once again replaced Malcolm Blight , this time as Adelaide Football Club senior coach at the end of the 1999 season and coached Adelaide from 2000 until 2004. In his first season at
1260-414: Was the highest of any Crows player in the season. His long left-foot kicking, often described as "raking" and "accurate" by television commentators, was vital in setting up many of Adelaide's forward thrusts. He missed just one game in the season, which was in round 22, but failed to have a 15 disposal plus game in any of the Crows' three finals. Adelaide was knocked out of the finals race by West Coast in
1296-548: Was traded to the Sydney Swans at the end of the 2007 season and quickly found his feet in the Swans' backline. He had a terrific first year at his new club and consequently placed 3rd in the Bob Skilton Medal (Sydney's Best and Fairest Award) behind Jarrad McVeigh and Brett Kirk. His second game for the Swans was his 100th AFL game overall, played against Port Adelaide . Since then, Mattner has played some very consistent football in defence and has established himself as
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