History

Nineteenth century

The South Adelaide Football Club is the second oldest football club in South Australia, and has held its colours longer than any other. South Adelaide was formed in 1875 and played their first game in June 1876, wearing blue caps and long white trousers. South Adelaide was the first team to win a premiership in the (then) newly formed South Australian Football Association in 1877, and between 1892 and 1900 it won six premierships and was runner-up three times. South Adelaide was led from 1888 to 1898 by captain and "proto-coach" Dinny Reedman who is generally seen as the first to view team combination and planning as a critical component of success in football. In 1896 they won sixteen and drew two of eighteen games.

Decline after District Football

District football was introduced optionally in 1897 and became compulsory in 1899. This was difficult for South Adelaide, who had under Reedman obtained most of its top players from Christian Brothers College, and even in 1899 when it won its sixth premiership in eight years half its side came therefrom. With the loss of Reedman and Jones to North Adelaide, and after one season goalsneak "Bos" Daly to West Torrens in 1900, the blue and whites declined steadily. This was exacerbated by the admission of Sturt in 1901. South Adelaide was runner-up in 1903 to Port Adelaide, but won only 26 and drew two of 108 games between 1906 and 1914, including a winless season in 1909 and two consecutive one-win seasons (both wins by less than a goal) in 1910 and 1911. In 1915, South improved to second before lack of finals experience took its toll in the semi-final.

Following an enforced halt to SAFL football during World War I, the presence of champion defender Dan Moriarty made South highly competitive between 1919 and 1924, though it never rose above third in 1921. However, after his retirement South took four consecutive wooden spoons from 1926 to 1929 and did not finish above sixth in an eight-team competition between 1925 and 1934, winning only thirty and drawing three of 160 games. It was generally known that South had an unfairly small share of the area zoned between eight league clubs, but the league committee refused to alter the status quo.

Brief Halcyon and Abrupt Fall

In response to South Adelaide’s limited metropolitan recruiting resources, the club began a concerted country recruiting campaign during the 1930s. This bore spectacular fruit between 1935 and 1940. Under coach Vic Johnson, South Adelaide after a slow start played impressive football throughout 1935 and ultimately upset Port Adelaide for its first premiership since 1899. Jack Cockburn at centre half-back was the team’s star and won the Magarey Medal. After two more seasons in the finals, South Adelaide reached a high point in 1938, losing only two games and swamping Port Adelaide with a 13-goal third quarter in the Grand Final. Led by Clem Rosewarne, Max Murdy and Len Lapthorne, South averaged an amazing 132 points per game, and even without Rosewarne their attack remained extremely potent in 1939 and 1940, averaging 125 points over the minor round. The blue and whites failed badly in the 1939 finals, but won two finals before losing to Sturt in 1940.

1941 saw South slip to fifth with only six wins, but that could hardly have prepared them for the experiences of the following two decades after full-scale football resumed after World War II. Between 1947 and 1951 South won only seven games out of eighty-six, and from 1945 to 1963 South never won more than six games in a season, nor finished above any rival except Glenelg and Sturt. Other clubs with greater financial resources duplicated South’s 1930s country recruiting campaigns and the club turned over coaches at an extraordinary rate. Eight coaches were employed in nine seasons from 1953 to 1961: even a spell by Port Adelaide legend "Fos" Williams in 1960 failed to raise them above second last, and neither did the adoption of the club’s current nickname "The Panthers" in 1957

Kerley and Another Decline

In 1959, after doubting whether the club was viable as a league team, the SANFL granted South Adelaide a substantial area of newly developing southern Adelaide suburbs. During the early 1960s it became apparent that South Adelaide, though only marginally better statistically than the dreadful late 1940s and early 1950s teams, was possessed of enough talent to move beyond the bottom couple of placings. In 1963, South Adelaide sought the services of proven West Adelaide player/coach Neil Kerley after he was controversially sacked by the Bloods, and despite being sceptical Kerley did accept and put the team on an intense training schedule during the 1963/1964 off-season.

South Adelaide rose rapidly in 1964, losing only three minor round games before defeating Port Adelaide by 27 points in the Grand Final. It remained prominent for the remaining two years of Kerley’s stint but failed to make the grand final. However, under champion player Peter Darley as captain-coach the Panthers declined very quickly owing to the loss of key followers Kerley and David Kantilla, winning only two games in 1969 for another wooden spoon and not improving until another renowned coach in Haydn Bunton, Jr. took over the reins in 1975. Under Bunton, the Panthers, playing fast, skilful football firmly rooted in the South "tradition", contested the major round for the first time in eleven years in 1977 and reached the Grand Final in 1979. However, on an appallingly windy day and muddy ground the experienced Port Adelaide, aided by winning the toss, were too good, winning 9-9 (63) to 3-14 (32). The Panthers fluctuated in yo-yo fashion under Bunton, never playing in two consecutive finals series before he departed to return to Subiaco after a sabbatical at the end of 1982.

Noarlunga

In 1979, South Adelaide’s recruiting zone in the southern suburbs was extended to cover all the developing areas around O‘Halloran Hill, giving the club a potential community base for the first time in its long history. It continued to play at Adelaide Oval until 1994 (the oval was ironically located on the northern side of the City of Adelaide and River Torrens), and its fortunes fluctuated, with two unsuccessful finals appearances under future Adelaide Crows coach Graeme Cornes in 1983 and 1984 being followed by free-fall under the coaching of former Hawthorn (VFL) ruckman Don Scott and Sturt champion full forward Rick Davies to a wooden spoon in 1987. South was under severe pressure to enter into a merger with another SANFL club, but was argued that if South made the long-proposed move to Noarlunga it would be able to capture expanding suburbs in the future.

Under John Reid, South developed rapidly after a one-win season and twenty-six successive losses during 1988 and early 1989. After this disastrous losing streak, South rose to contest each SANFL finals series between 1990 and 1992, with a minor premiership in 1991 the highlight, the Panthers being bundled out by West Adelaide in the Preliminary Final. However, the Panthers have been a disappointment in the two decades since the formation of the Adelaide Crows in 1991, with fourth-place finishes in 2006 and 2011 its highest placings, and some dubious coaching changes such as the sacking of former St Kilda coach Ken Sheldon in 1996, and briefly employing seventy-one-year-old veteran John Cahill during 2008. After this, the Panthers won only four games in the 2009 and 2010 seasons for their worst two-season record since the dark days of 1950 and 1951.

Three South Australian Premiers have had a close association with the South Adelaide Football Club: Charles Cameron Kingston (Premier 1893-1899), Dean Brown (1993-96) and Mike Rann (2002-2011). Kingston played for South Adelaide, Dean Brown became Patron and Mike Rann was Number One Ticket Holder. During his Premiership Rann presented the Club with a 100-year peppercorn lease over the Noarlunga Oval site owned by the State Government in what he described as 'land rights for the Panthers'. The club presented the Premier with 100 peppercorns.

Home Grounds

1. Adelaide Oval (1882-1903, 1905-94)
2. Jubilee Oval (1904)
3. Hickinbotham Oval (1995-present)

South Adelaide’s clubrooms were based at Panther Park at the inner-southern Adelaide suburb of St Mary’s until 1995 when the club moved to Noarlunga and its new ground Hickinbotham Oval (then called Noarlunga Oval). Prior to 1995, with the exception of 1904 when they played at the now defunct Jubilee Oval, the Panthers played all their home games at the Adelaide Oval (ironically located on the northern side of the Adelaide city centre) while in 1992 and 1993 they played two games at the Bice Oval in the southern suburb of Christies Beach to gauge support in the area for the Panthers. The oval, located only 1 km from where Hickinbotham Oval now sits, was packed to capacity in 1993 with approximately 8,000 crammed in to see South take on 'local' rival Glenelg. It was following this game that the South Adelaide Football Club made the decision to move permanently to Noarlunga.

South Adelaide christened their new home at Noarlunga in Round 8 of the 1995 SANFL season. The opening game at Noarlunga also saw the ground record crowd of 10,123 when Glenelg defeated the Panthers by 47 points. Originally called Noarlunga Oval, the name was officially changed to Hickinbotham Oval in 2005 to honour former Panther and successful property developer, the late Alan Hickinbotham.

In late 2010 the South Adelaide Football Club obtained permission from the City of Onkaparinga to install four light towers at the oval with the intent to host night SANFL games at the venue. Unlike other SANFL grounds which had lights installed, Hickenbotham Oval is not surrounded by housing and permission to build the lights was easily obtained as they were ruled to have minimal impact on the local residents. The first game played under lights on 9 April 2011 saw South defeat North Adelaide in front of 2,630. The record night attendance at the oval was set just a few weeks later in Round 4 of the 2011 SANFL season when 2,700 saw the clash between the Panthers and Port Adelaide.

Club Records

• South Australian Premiers: 11 - 1877, 1885, 1892, 1893, 1895, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1935, 1938, 1964
• SANFL Night Premiers: 3 - 1984, 1986, 1991
• Home Ground: Hickinbotham Oval (1995-present)
• Previous Home Grounds: Adelaide Oval (1882-1903, 1905-94), Jubilee Oval (1904)
• Record Attendance at Hickinbotham Oval: 10,123 v Glenelg in Round 8, 1995
• Record Night Attendance at Hickinbotham Oval: 2,700 v Port Adelaide in Round 4, 2011
• Record Attendance at Adelaide Oval (minor round): 30,618 v Port Adelaide in Round 2, 1965
• Record Attendance: 56,353 v Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval, 1964 SANFL Grand Final
• Record Attendance at AAMI Stadium: 50,428 v Port Adelaide, 1979 SANFL Grand Final
• Most Games: 337 by Stuart Palmer (1969-85)
• Most Goals in a Season: 115 by Chris Munro in 1935
• Most Goals for the Club: 393 by Chris Munro (1928-30, 1932-37)
• Most Years as Coach: 8 by Haydn Bunton, Jr. (1975-82)
• Most Years as Captain: 11 by Jack Reedman (1888-98)
• Most Premierships as Captain: 5 by Jack Reedman (1892, 1893, 1895, 1896, 1898)
• SANFL Leading Goal Kicker: R Wardrop (1882), Alf Bushby (1887), Jack Kay (1896, 1898, 1902), S Scott (1945), Danny Del-Re (1995), Michael Wundke (2011, 2013)
• SANFL Ken Farmer Medallists: Danny Del-Re (1995), Michael Wundke (2011)
• Most Best & Fairest Awards: 7 by Peter Darley (1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1973)
• Highest Score: 39.16 (250) v Woodville 19.14 (128) at Football Park in Round 14, 1984

Club song

The club song was based on Lily of Laguna.

Individual honours

Magarey Medallists

Main article: List of Magarey Medallists

• Frank Barry (1915)
• Dan Moriarty (1919, 1920, 1921)
• Jack Cockburn (1935)
• Jim Deane (1953, 1957 - awarded retrospectively)
• Mark Naley (1991)
• Andrew Osborn (1998)
• Joel Cross (2012)
• Joel Cross (2015)

All-Australians

• Peter Darley 1969
• Mark Naley 1986

League top goalkickers

Year	Goals	Player
1882	14	R. Wardrop
1885	19	H. Hill
1887	25	Alf Bushby
1896	25	Jack Kay
1898	35	Jack Kay
1902	28	Jack Kay
1945	54	S. Scott
1995	95	Danny Del-Re
2011	67	Michael Wundke
2013	52	Michael Wundke

'Greatest Team'

The South Adelaide Team of the Century is officially called the 'Greatest Team'.

Greatest Team
B:	Jack Reedman (captain)	Bill Oliver	George Mulcahy
HB:	Bob Schmidt	Dan Moriarty	Jack Cockburn
C:	Laurie Cahill	Jim Deane	Mark Coombe
HF:	Max Murdy	Don Pryor	Alf 'Bulla' Ryan
F:	Mark Naley	Chris Munro	Jack Dawes
Foll:	Peter Darley	Jack Tredrea	Frank Tully
Int:	Lindsay Backman	Ray Linke	Len Lapthorne
Coach:	-

Honour board

South Adelaide Football Club Honor Board

Year	Pos	W-L-D	Coach	Captain	Best & Fairest	Top Goalkicker	Goals
1876	2 (Runner up)	4-1-4	N/A	G.D. Kennedy	N/A	G.D. Kennedy	2
Formation of the South Australian Football Association
1877	1 (Premiers)		N/A	G.D. Kennedy	N/A		10
1878	2 (Runner up)		N/A	G.D. Kennedy A.C. Mehrtens	N/A		2 2
1879	3		N/A	S.A. Wallace	N/A		2
1880	3		N/A	J.H. Sinclair A.C. Mehrtens	N/A		9
1881	3		N/A	A.C. Mehrtens T. Maloney	N/A		8
1882	2 (Runner up)		N/A	A.C. Mehrtens	N/A		13
1883	8		N/A	A.C. Mehrtens H.R. Hill	N/A		8
1884	3		N/A	A.C. Mehrtens	N/A		12
1885	1 (Premiers)		N/A	A.J. Hall	N/A		13 13
1886	2 (Runner up)		N/A	A. McIntyre	F. Mehrtens		8
1887	4		N/A	W.H. Watling	N/A		22
1888	4		N/A	W.H. Watling	N/A		15
1889	5		N/A	G.J. Rowley A. Hammond J.C. Reedman	N/A		8
1890	3		N/A	J.C. Reedman	N/A		13
1891	3		N/A	J.C. Reedman	N/A		24
1892	1 (Premiers)		N/A	J.C. Reedman	N/A		26
1893	1 (Premiers)		N/A	J.C. Reedman	N/A		16 16
1894	2 (Runner up)		N/A	J.C. Reedman	N/A		21
1895	1 (Premiers)		N/A	J.C. Reedman	N/A		32
1896	1 (Premiers)		N/A	J.C. Reedman	N/A		25
1897	2 (Grand Finalist)		N/A	J.C. Reedman	N/A		26
1898	1 (Premiers)		N/A	J.C. Reedman	N/A		35
1899	1 (Premiers)		N/A	A.E. Tomlin	N/A		32
1900	2 (Grand Finalist)		N/A	S.E. Reedman	N/A		16
1901	4		N/A	H.A. Kruss	N/A		18
1902	2 (Grand Finalist)		N/A	S.E. Reedman	N/A
1903	2 (Grand Finalist)		N/A	S.E. Reedman J. Kay	N/A
1904	3		N/A	J. Kay	N/A
1905	4		N/A	S.E. Reedman J.P. Hansen	N/A
1906	5		N/A	A. Morton	N/A
South Australian Football League
1907	5		N/A	J.B. Windsor	N/A
1908	5		F.T. O'Brien	F.T. O'Brien	N/A
1909	7		G. Wallace J.J. Tredrea	D.V. McDougall	N/A
1910	7		T.M. Thomas	Jack Tredrea	N/A
1911	7		T.M. Thomas	Jack Tredrea	N/A
1912	5		J.C. Reedman	Jack Tredrea	N/A
1913	5		T.M. Thomas	Jack Tredrea	N/A
1914	6		Bert Renfrey	Jack Tredrea	N/A
1915	3		Bert Renfrey	Jack Tredrea	N/A
Competition suspended due to WWI
1919	6		Bert Renfrey	S.N. McKee	N/A
1920	6		G. Wallace	S.N. McKee	N/A
1921	3		Jack Tredrea	S.N. McKee	N/A
1922	4		Jack Tredrea	S.N. McKee	N/A
1923	3		Jack Tredrea	A.F. Caust	Dan Moriarty
1924	5		N/A	A.F. Caust	A.J. Ryan
1925	7		N/A	Dan Moriarty	W.G. Oliver
1926	8		Sampson Hosking	W.G. Oliver	W.G. Oliver
South Australian National Football League
1927	8		A.J. Ryan W.T. Oliver	W.G. Oliver	W.H. Jackson
1928	8		A.H. Job	H. Lingwood-Smith	A.J. Ryan
1929	8		A.H. Job	W.G. Oliver	F.J. Tully
1930	6		H.B. McGregor	S.R. Jaffer	F.J. Tully
1931	7		Jack Tredrea	S.R. Jaffer	S.R. Jaffer
1932	8		H.B. McGregor	H.B. McGregor	C.R. Rose
1933	7		S.R. Jaffer	S.R. Jaffer	F.J. Tully
1934	8		Frank Golding	C.R. Rose	Jack Cockburn
1935	1 (Premiers)		W.V. Johnson	F.J. Tully	F.J. Tully
1936	4		W.V. Johnson	F.J. Tully	G.L. Mulcahy J.P. Dawes
1937	2 (Grand Finalist)		L.J. Ashby	W.J. McKay	J.P. Dawes
1938	1 (Premiers)		L.J. Ashby	J.P. Dawes	Laurie Cahill
1939	3		L.J. Ashby	J.P. Dawes	Laurie Cahill
1940	2 (Grand Finalist)		L.J. Ashby	J.P. Dawes	M.A. Murdy
1941	5		L.J. Ashby	J.P. Dawes	Jack Cockburn
Merger with Sturt due to WWII
1942			J.P. Dawes L.F.E. Rusby	J.P. Dawes
1943			L.F.E. Rusby L.J. Ashby	J.P. Dawes
1944			L.J. Ashby	J.P. Dawes
Competition returns to unaligned teams
1945	8	3-14-0	L Ashby	C Ames	M Doherty	S Scott	64
1946	7	5-12-0	M Murdy	J Templeton	K Brown	L Lapthorne	29
1947	8	2-15-0	Laurie Cahill	D Pryor	Alan Hickinbotham	D Pryor	51
1948	8	0-17-0	Laurie Cahill	D Pryor	Jim Deane	L Lapthorne	23
1949	7	4-13	Jim Deane	L Lapthorne	Jim Deane	M Merchant	35
1950	8	0-17	Jim Deane	L Lapthorne	R Linke	L Lapthorne	27
1951	8	1-17	Jim Deane	Jim Deane	Jim Deane	L Lapthorne	47
1952	7	5-12	Jim Deane	Jim Deane	R Linke	M Read	47
1953	8	5-13	Jim Deane	Jim Deane	Jim Deane	M Read	47
1954	7	5-13	Alan Hickinbotham	Alan Hickinbotham	R Linke	M Read	46
1955	8	2-15	Jack Graham	R Hewitt	D Polden	J Judd	25
1956	7	6-12	P Hunt	Jim Deane	Jim Deane	J Judd	38
1957	8	2-16	Laurie Cahill	Jim Deane	Jim Deane	K Peucker	37
1958	6	6-11-1	R Reiman	R Reiman	G Christie	J Judd	37
1959	8	3-15	R Reiman	R Reiman	R Jackson	J Judd	52
1960	7	3-15	Fos Williams	D Panizza	D Panizza	D Panizza	22
1961	6	5-14	W Sutherland	G Christie	David Kantilla	D Kantilla	31
1962	8	3-16	W Sutherland	G Christie	David Kantilla	L Backman	45
1963	8	2-18	W Sutherland D Parham	I Day	Peter Darley	L Backman	34
1964	1 (Premiers)	17-3	Neil Kerley	D Kerley	Peter Darley	I Day	35
1965	3	15-5	D Kerley	D Kerley	R Schmidt	L Backman	41
1966	4	14-6	D Kerley	D Kerley	Peter Darley	A Skuse	38
1967	5	11-9	Peter Darley	Peter Darley	Peter Darley	L Backman	31
1968	6	9-10-1	Peter Darley	Peter Darley	Peter Darley	P Jones	32
1969	10	2-18	Peter Darley	Peter Darley	M Coombe	L Backman	42
1970	10	3-17	Jim Deane	L Backman	L Backman	P Howlett	60
1971	9	6-15	Jim Deane	Peter Darley	P Haines	P Howlett	50
1972	9	5-16	Dave Darcy	Dave Darcy	Peter Darley	P Jones	30
1973	9	4-17	Dave Darcy	Dave Darcy	Peter Darley	M Dittmar	60
1974	8	7-15	P Darcy	R Keddie	D Young	P Darley	44
1975	8	5-13	Haydn Bunton, Jr.	R Keddie	R Keddie	Graham Robbins	50
1976	7	9-11-1	Haydn Bunton, Jr.	R Keddie	R Hateley	A Bennett	67
1977	4	14-8	Haydn Bunton, Jr.	G Robbins	G Baynes	Wayne Slattery	54
1978	7	8-13-1	Haydn Bunton, Jr.	G Baynes	G Baynes	G Linke	38
1979	2 (Grand Finalist)	14-8	Haydn Bunton, Jr.	G Baynes	G Baynes	Wayne Slattery	61
1980	7	8-14	Haydn Bunton, Jr.	G Baynes	S Butler	Geoff Linke	84
1981	4	15-7	Haydn Bunton, Jr.	G Baynes	Robb Hawkins	Geoff Linke	74
1982	8	8-14	Haydn Bunton, Jr.	S Palmer	R White	C Reynolds	70
1983	5	12-10	Graham Cornes	S Palmer	Robb Hawkins	J Schneebichler	65
1984	5	13-9	Graham Cornes	S Palmer	Mark Naley	D Harris	57
1985	8	8-14	Don Scott Rick Davies	J Schneebichler	D Kappler	Rick Davies	72
1986	9	7-14-1	Rick Davies	J Schneebichler	Darren Troy	Rick Davies	72
1987	10	5-17	Rick Davies	J Schneebichler	D Kappler	D Stoeckel	55
1988	10	1-21	J Reid	S Butler	D Kappler	S Schmid	38
1989	9	6-16	J Reid	S Butler	M Whitford	D Stoeckel	50
1990	4	9-11	J Reid	M Bennett	Darren Trevena	D Stoeckel	52
1991	3	16-6	J Reid	M Bennett	D Kappler	S Schmid	40
1992	5	11-11	J Reid	M Bennett	M Grummet	Randall Bone	35
1993	6	9-11	J Reid	D Kappler	M Dillon	Peter McIntyre	79
1994	7	9-13	Ken Sheldon	D Trevena	C Wittman	P Keam	35
1995	6	11-11	Ken Sheldon	D Trevena	J Polkinghorne	Danny Del-Re	92
1996	8	6-14	K Sheldon S Butler	D Stoeckel	Andrew Osborn	C Cameron	20
1997	9	4-14-2	K Applegarth	D Stoeckel	J Polkinghorne	C Cameron	20
1998	7	9-11	K Applegarth	Andrew Osborn	D Talbot	Ryan Fitzgerald	40
1999	8	2-18	K Applegarth	Andrew Osborn	K Cobb	D Hams	43
2000	6	9-10-1	Greg Anderson	Andrew Osborn	D Talbot	M Demasi	39
2001	7	7-13	Greg Anderson	Kym Koster	D Morgan	Clay Sampson	28
2002	8	4-16	Greg Anderson	Kym Koster	S Sampson	M Demasi	25
2003	7	6-13-1	Greg Anderson	Clay Sampson	C Hall	R Tregenza	59
2004	8	7-13	Robert Pyman	Clay Sampson	C King	R Tregenza	39
2005	7	7-13	Robert Pyman	Clay Sampson	M Davis	B Warren	60
2006	4	11-9	Robert Pyman	Clay Sampson	R Archard	B Warren	64
2007	8	4-15-1	Robert Pyman Gary Cameron	Clay Sampson	S McGlone	B Warren	27
2008	8	5-14-1	John Cahill Clay Sampson	Jason Torney	J Boyd	B Warren	42
2009	9	2-18	Clay Sampson	Jason Torney	M Sandery	B Warren	48
2010	9	2-17-1	Ron Fuller	B Warren	Nick Liddle	B Warren	32
2011	4	8-11-1	Ron Fuller	N Murphy	Joel Cross	M Wundke	67
2012	8	7-13	Ron Fuller	N Murphy	Nick Liddle	M Wundke	55
2013	8	6-14	Ron Fuller / K Cobb	Josh Thewlis	Nick Liddle	M Wundke	52
2014	3	11-7	Brad Gotch	Josh Thewlis / N Murphy	Keegan Brooksby	Brett Eddy	67
2015	6	9-8-1	Brad Gotch	Brad Crabb	Joel Cross	Brett Eddy	4

Notable players and coaches

Source: http://australianfootball.com/clubs/stats/South+Adelaide/320

A:	Wally Allen	Len 'Buck' Ashby
B:	Lindsay Backman	Frank 'Dinky' Barry	Andy Bennett	Mark Bickley	Randall Bone
B:	Dean Brogan	Keith Brown	Alf Bushby
C:	Laurie Cahill	Alipate Carlile	Arnold Caust	Gary Christie	Matthew Clarke
C:	Craig Cock	Jack Cockburn	Mark Coombe	Graham Cornes	Damian Cupido
D:	Anthony 'Bos' Daly	'Jack' Daly	Caleb Daniel	David Darcy	Luke Darcy
D:	Peter Darley	Alwyn Davey	Rick Davies	James 'Jim' Dawes	John 'Jack' Dawes
D:	Ian Day	Jim Deane	Danny Del-Re	Michael Doughty	Stephen Doyle
F:	Ashley Fernee	Ryan "Fitzy" Fitzgerald	Eddie Fry
G:	Simon Goodwin	Jack Graham	Ryan Griffen	Chris Groom
H:	Jim Handby	Michael Handby	Frank Hansen	John 'Jack' Hansen	Keith 'Barney' Haussen
H:	Robb Hawkins	Glynn Hewitt	Alan Hickinbotham	Clem Hill	H. Hill
J:	Dick Jackson	Stan Jaffer	Vic Johnson	Ernie Jones	John Judd
K:	David Kantilla	Darren Kappler	Barry Karklis	Jack Kay	Bob Keddie
K:	Neil Kerley	Ron Kitchen	Kym Koster
L:	Brendon Lade	Len Lapthorne	Ray Linke
M:	George Margitich	Ron McGowan	Cory McGrath	Bruce McGregor	Peter McIntyre
M:	Dan Moriarty	George Mulcahy	Max Murdy	Chris Munro
N:	Mark Naley
O:	Bill Oliver	Andrew Osborn
P:	Stuart Palmer	Des Panizza	Denis Parham	Bryan Ploenges	Ian Prendergast
P:	Don Pryor
R:	Jack 'Dinny' Reedman	Brian Roberts	Matthew Rogers	Lester Ross	Alfred 'Bulla' Ryan
S:	Clay Sampson	Joe Scanlon	Bob Schmidt	John Schneebichler	S. Scott
S:	Alf Skuse	Nigel Smart	Frank Spiel	Chris Stasinowsky
T:	Jim Templeton	James Tierney	Jason Torney	Jack Tredrea	Frank Tully
V:	Nathan van Berlo	Lyndon Valente	John Vickers
W:	George Wallace	H. Wardrop	Alan White	Robin White	Malcolm Whitford

AFL/VFL representatives

Past and present South Adelaide players who have played at AFL/VFL include:

Andy Bennett (Hawthorn and St. Kilda) Mark Bickley (Adelaide) Randall Bone (Adelaide and Hawthorn) Dean Brogan (Port Adelaide and GWS) Laurie Cahill (1912-1974) (Richmond) Alipate Carlile (Port Adelaide) Matthew Clarke (Brisbane Bears, Brisbane Lions, Adelaide and St. Kilda) Jack Cockburn (1911-1990) (Essendon) Graham Cornes (North Melbourne) Damian Cupido (Brisbane Lions and Essendon) Caleb Daniel (Western Bulldogs (2015-now)) David Darcy (Footscray) Luke Darcy (Footscray/Western Bulldogs) Alwyn Davey (Essendon) Rick Davies (Hawthorn) Jim Deane (1928-2010) (Richmond) Danny Del-Re (Footscray) Michael Doughty (Adelaide) Stephen Doyle (Sydney Swans) Ashley Fernee (Adelaide) Ryan "Fitzy" Fitzgerald (Sydney Swans and Adelaide) Simon Goodwin (Adelaide) Jack Graham (1916-1984) (South Melbourne)

Ryan Griffen (Western Bulldogs and GWS) Chris Groom (Adelaide, Fremantle and North Melbourne) Robb Hawkins (Geelong) Glynn Hewitt (Richmond) Alan Hickinbotham (1925-2010) (Geelong) Darren Kappler (Fitzroy, Sydney Swans and Hawthorn) Bob Keddie (Hawthorn) Kym Koster (Footscray and Adelaide) Brendon Lade (Port Adelaide) George Margitich (1908-1958) (Melbourne) Ron McGowan (Footscray) Cory McGrath (Essendon and Carlton) Peter McIntyre (Adelaide) Mark Naley (Carlton) Ian Prendergast (Carlton) Brian Roberts (Richmond and South Melbourne) Matthew Rogers (Richmond) Lester Ross (St. Kilda) Clay Sampson (Melbourne, Adelaide and Richmond) Nigel Smart (Adelaide) Jason Torney (Richmond and Adelaide) Nathan van Berlo (Adelaide) Robin White (Melbourne)

[ Source: Wikipedia ]