Adrian Battiston | Demonwiki (original) (raw)

DOB: 16 September <1963>

Debut: Round 1, 1982 against at
Last MFC Game: Round 14, 1987 against at Princes Park

From: Tatura

Number: 53 (1981 Reserves), 16 (1982-1987)

Honours
Morrish Medal - <1981>
Under 19s Best and Fairest - <1981>
Best First Year Player - <1982>
Best and Fairest - <1984>
Leading Goalkicker - <1984>
Premiership player - <1984>

Games: 96 (105 total)
Goals: 75 (78 total)
Career Statistics

Victorian Teal Cup representative in <1980> joined the club that year, rotating between the Under 19s and . He was picked for a night match that season but never called off the interchange bench. The next season he won the Morrish Medal for best player in the <1981> Under 19s competition. Battiston debuted in the first round of the next season and kicked 25 goals for the season after playing every game.

Out of favour and injury prone in <1983> and <1984> he played just 12 and seven games respectively over the two seasons, finishing as runner up in the Gardiner Medal for Reserve grade Best and Fairest in '84.

On the back of his excellent season in the Seconds, Battiston returned to once again play every match in <1985>. He had almost joined , with the Tigers only pulling out of a deal to sign him at the last minute. He played the first 14 games of <1987> before missing the rest of the season, and the Demons charge into the finals.

In <1988>, Battiston moved to Sydney for a reported fee of $80,000. He spent two seasons with the Swans before joining Glenelg for two years in <1990> and <1991>. He played 23 games with the club and acted as their general manager. He was later a player manager and list manager at West Coast.

Tribunal Record

Lists

Media
Inside Football - 12/06/1980, 22/05/1986, 10/03/1989
Footy Almanac - 22/09/2019

Links
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Glenelg History profile
Snouts Louts profile
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