14-882: Phillis is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname [ edit ] Dennis Phillis (born 1948), Australian rules footballer Jodi Phillis (born 1965), Australian guitarist Rob Phillis (born 1956), Australian retired motorcycle road racer Tom Phillis (1931–1962), Australian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer Given name [ edit ] Phillis Lydia Macbeth, birth name of Lydia Bilbrook (1888–1990), English actress Phillis Emily Cunnington (1887–1974), English doctor and historian Phillis Levin (born 1954), American poet Phillis Meti (born 1987), New Zealand golfer Phillis Nolan (1946–2022), Irish lawn bowler Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784), first published African-American poet See also [ edit ] Operation Phillis ,
28-529: 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. He played in Glenelg's 1973 Grand Final win over North Adelaide at
42-657: Is an Australian rules football honour awarded annually since 1898 to the fairest and most brilliant player in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), as judged by field umpires. The award was created by William Ashley Magarey , then chairman of the league. The current recipients are Harry Boyd from the Norwood Football Club and Will Snelling from the Sturt Football Club . William Magarey
56-401: Is third on the all time SANFL goal scoring list behind legendary North Adelaide full-forward Ken Farmer (1,417 from 1929–41), and Port Adelaide champion Tim Evans (992 from 1975–86): Owens sits 4th on the list with 827 goals, while Churchett is 15th with 555. After retiring as a player, Phillis continued to pursue his chosen career as an architect. Magarey Medal The Magarey Medal
70-624: The Adelaide Oval , and in losing Grand Finals for Glenelg against Sturt in 1969 and 1974, Norwood 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. In perhaps Glenelg's most memorable non-finals game, Phillis scored 18 goals at Glenelg Oval in Round 18 of the 1975 SANFL season as part of the team's record-breaking 49.23 (317) to 11.13 (79) win over Central District , and kicked his 100th goal for
84-537: The Glenelg Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Born Dennis Keith Phillis, his schoolmates likened him to noted English Test cricket pace bowler Fred Trueman . He is almost exclusively known by his nickname. Phillis is the brother of fellow Glenelg player and businessman Wayne Phillis . Phillis began his senior career with Glenelg in the SANFL in 1966 as
98-616: The British service-assisted evacuation operation for British citizens in Côte d'Ivoire in November 2004 James Fillis Phyllis (ship) , also spelled Phillis Phyllis (disambiguation) Phillips (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share the same given name or the same family name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to
112-404: The award though they can continue gaining votes leading to times when an ineligible player would poll the most votes in the medal count but not win the medal. This occurred in 1912, 1968, 1983 and 1987 (see table below). In the 1990s the awarding of the medal was changed so that players tied on the most votes would share the medal. Prior to this, a countback system was used, whereby the player with
126-428: The competition was suspended due to war 1916-1918, and when a restricted competition was held during the war period of 1942-1944. After each match, the three field umpires (those umpires who control the flow of the game) confer and award 3, 2 and 1 point(s) to the players they regard as the best, second best and third best during the match. Players suspended for a reportable offence during the season are ineligible to win
140-614: The first Medal to South Australia’s "fairest and most brilliant player" of that season. Similar best and fairest player awards followed in other state-based competitions, notably the Sandover Medal in Western Australia from 1921 and Brownlow Medal in Victoria from 1924. The Magarey Medal has been awarded in every year of SANFL competition since 1898, with the exception of 1900, 1904 (no record being extant), when
154-452: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phillis&oldid=1199712705 " Categories : Given names Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Dennis Phillis Dennis Keith " Fred " Phillis (born 9 September 1948) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for
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#1732793832417168-592: The most "best on ground" performances would be awarded the medal. In 1998, ten players who had finished runner-up over prior years owing to the countback rule were retrospectively awarded the Magarey Medal. A single design for the medal was used after this. The first recipient of the Magarey Medal was Norwood’s Alby Green in 1898. The following players have been multiple recipients of the medal. Malcolm Blight (1972), John Platten (1984) and Nathan Buckley (1992) are Magarey Medallists who subsequently won
182-629: The season during the match. Phillis is the highest goal scorer in the history of the Glenelg club, having kicked 836 goals in his 268-game, 14-year career, an average of 59.8 goals per season and 3.12 goals per match. He also kicked 48 goals in twelve night series matches for Glenelg, bringing his overall total to 884 goals from 280 matches in Glenelg colours. This is all the more remarkable when considering that former league leading goal kickers Jack Owens (1927–1928, 1932) and Colin Churchett (1948–1951) are also Glenelg champions. As of 2022 , Phillis
196-668: Was born in Adelaide , South Australia . A lawyer by vocation, he had an enduring interest in sports, although he did not play football. He was, however, an active sports administrator who, in 1897, became the inaugural Chairman of the South Australian Football Association (later renamed the SANFL). The sport at that time was known for often rough play, and Magarey wanted to help combat this, and help gain more respect for umpires. In 1898 Magarey presented
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