Grant Wilmot | |||
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![]() Wilmot with Collingwood in 1980 | |||
Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 15 October 1956 | ||
Date of death | 4 July 2016 | (aged 59)||
Original team(s) | Montmorency | ||
Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1977–1979 | Preston | 38 | |
1980 | Collingwood | 5 (5) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1980. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Grant Wilmot (15 October 1956 – 4 July 2016) [1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [2]
Wilmot played his junior football at Diamond Valley Football League club Montmorency and broke into their seniors in 1974. [3] He was a member of Montmorency's 1976 premiership team. [3]
From 1977 to 1979, Wilmot played for Preston in the Victorian Football Association (VFA). [3] He played in the 1978 VFA Grand Final, which Preston lost to Prahran. [3] Wilmot, who had previously fought a professional boxing bout as a middleweight in 1976, received a six-week suspension for his actions during the game. [3] [4]
He made five senior appearances for Collingwood in the 1980 VFL season. [5] His best performance, which earned him three Brownlow Medal votes, came in a win over St Kilda at Victoria Park, where he had 20 disposals and kicked four goals. [6]
Injuries brought an early end to his VFL career and he spent the rest of his playing career at Montmorency, Heidelberg West and Eltham. [3] While at Heidelberg West in 1982, Wilmot finished second, to Wayne Headlam, in the Frank Smith Medal. [3]
Wilmot started his coaching career in his one-season stint at Eltham, where he was both a player and assistant coach. [3] Eltham defeated Epping in the Division 2 Grand Final that year. [3] In 1990 and 1991 he was senior coach of Croydon, then head coach at Heidelberg for next two years. [3] He coached Eltham to a premiership in 1995 and returned to Montmorency as an assistant coach the following year. [3] In 1997 he was senior coach of Montmorency. [3]
Grant Wilmot | |||
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![]() Wilmot with Collingwood in 1980 | |||
Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 15 October 1956 | ||
Date of death | 4 July 2016 | (aged 59)||
Original team(s) | Montmorency | ||
Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1977–1979 | Preston | 38 | |
1980 | Collingwood | 5 (5) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1980. | |||
Career highlights | |||
| |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Grant Wilmot (15 October 1956 – 4 July 2016) [1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [2]
Wilmot played his junior football at Diamond Valley Football League club Montmorency and broke into their seniors in 1974. [3] He was a member of Montmorency's 1976 premiership team. [3]
From 1977 to 1979, Wilmot played for Preston in the Victorian Football Association (VFA). [3] He played in the 1978 VFA Grand Final, which Preston lost to Prahran. [3] Wilmot, who had previously fought a professional boxing bout as a middleweight in 1976, received a six-week suspension for his actions during the game. [3] [4]
He made five senior appearances for Collingwood in the 1980 VFL season. [5] His best performance, which earned him three Brownlow Medal votes, came in a win over St Kilda at Victoria Park, where he had 20 disposals and kicked four goals. [6]
Injuries brought an early end to his VFL career and he spent the rest of his playing career at Montmorency, Heidelberg West and Eltham. [3] While at Heidelberg West in 1982, Wilmot finished second, to Wayne Headlam, in the Frank Smith Medal. [3]
Wilmot started his coaching career in his one-season stint at Eltham, where he was both a player and assistant coach. [3] Eltham defeated Epping in the Division 2 Grand Final that year. [3] In 1990 and 1991 he was senior coach of Croydon, then head coach at Heidelberg for next two years. [3] He coached Eltham to a premiership in 1995 and returned to Montmorency as an assistant coach the following year. [3] In 1997 he was senior coach of Montmorency. [3]