Craig Balme

Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
Craig Balme
Personal information
Date of birth (1961-03-05) 5 March 1961 (age 63)
Original team(s) Subiaco[1]
Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 88 kg (194 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1983 Richmond 3 (0)
1984–1995 Norwood 254 (87)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1995.
Career highlights
  • Norwood premiership 1984
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Craig Balme (born 5 March 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Norwood in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

Balme, who started out at Richmond in the under 19s, made three senior appearances for Richmond, from rounds three to five in the 1983 VFL season.[2][3] He then joined Norwood, coached by his brother Neil.[4] From 1984 to 1995, Balme played 254 SANFL games for Norwood.[5] He was a full-back in the club's 1984 premiership team and memorably clashed with opposition full-forward Tim Evans in the grand final win over Port Adelaide, before the first bounce.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  2. ^ "Tiger with too much spirit". The Age. Melbourne. 29 May 1981. p. 20. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Craig Balme". AFL Tables.
  4. ^ Devaney, John. Full Points Footy's SA Football Companion. Full Points Publications.
  5. ^ "Players - Balme, Craig". Redlegs Museum.
  6. ^ "S.A.N.F.L. Norwood top from fifth position". The Canberra Times. ACT. 1 October 1984. p. 20. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  7. ^ "When the main show was SANFL". Adelaide Football Club.
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Norwood Football Club • 1984 SANFL premiers
Norwood 15.10 (100) defeated Port Adelaide 13.13 (91), at Football Park; crowd 50,271
  • 2. G. Thomas
  • 3. Jenkins (c)
  • 4. Michalanney
  • 6. C. Balme
  • 7. K. Thomas
  • 8. Aish
  • 9. Roberts
  • 10. Ross, Jr.
  • 11. Gallagher
  • 13. Vardenaga
  • 14. McIntosh
  • 15. Hein
  • 19. Laughlin
  • 22. Winter
  • 25. Fosdike
  • 30. Scanlon
  • 31. Hall
  • 44. Warhurst, Jr.
  • 47. Jarvis
Coach: Balme