Malcolm Blight

Australian Rules Footballer

1950 –

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Who is Malcolm Blight?

Malcolm Jack Blight AM is a former Australian rules footballer who represented Woodville Football Club in the South Australian National Football League and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1970s and 1980s.

One of few players to have won the Brownlow Medal and the Magarey Medal, and so far the only player to have kicked 100 goals in a season in both the VFL and the SANFL, Blight is rightly regarded as one of Australian football's greatest-ever players. In addition, he has captained the state representative sides of both Victoria and South Australia.

In spite of his "failure" as a playing coach of North Melbourne, Blight would cement his reputation as one of the greatest coaches during his stints with Geelong and Adelaide, before finishing up in an acrimonious circumstances at St Kilda. The name Blight is of Cornish origin. In 2012 Blight was appointed director of coaching at the Gold Coast Suns.

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Born
Feb 16, 1950
South Australia
Profession
Lived in
  • Adelaide

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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