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Neil Craig enjoyed
an auspicious eighteen
season league career
with three clubs
during which time
he played a total
of 321 SANFL games,
plus 11 for South
Australia. A skilful,
hard running footballer,
he commenced with
Norwood in 1973,
and two years later
was a member of
the club's first
senior premiership
team for a quarter
of a century. When
the Redlegs again
went top in 1978,
Craig was close
to best afield in
a stirring, come
from behind grand
final victory over
Sturt (reviewed
here). In 1980,
after 126 games
for Norwood, he
crossed to Sturt
where he added another
134 games in seven
seasons, skippering
the side in 1985
and 1986. He also
captained his state
against Victoria
in 1984. His final
port of call was
North Adelaide,
where he played
61 games in four
years. Towards the
end of the 2004
season Neil Craig
was appointed coach
of Adelaide and
in a highly promising
first full season
in charge he led
the side to the
minor premiership
and thereafter as
far as the preliminary
final.
Note: Neil Craig
was also coach of
Norwood from 1991-1995,
the highlight being
a grand final appearance
in 1993 which Norwood
lost to Woodville-West
Torrens.
*Courtesy
of John Devaney
at www.fullpointsfooty.net
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