Grant Wilmot

Grant Wilmot
Personal information
Date of birth (1956-10-15) 15 October 1956
Height/Weight 182 cm / 76 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1974–1976
1977–1979
1980
1981
1982, 1984
1985, 1988
1989		 Montmorency
Preston
Collingwood
Montmorency
Heidelberg West
Montmorency
Eltham
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1989 season.
Career highlights
  • Montmorency 1976 premiership player
  • Eltham 1989 premiership player
  • Eltham 1995 premiership coach
  • Montmorency Team of the Century

Grant Wilmot (born 15 October 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Playing career

Wilmot played his junior football at Diamond Valley Football League club Montmorency and broke into their seniors in 1974.[2] He was a member of Montmorency's 1976 premiership team.[2]

From 1977 to 1979, Wilmot played for Preston in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).[2] He played in the 1978 VFA Grand Final, which Preston lost to Prahran.[2] Wilmot, who had previously fought a professional boxing bout as a middleweight in 1976, received a six-week suspension for his actions during the game.[2][3]

He made five senior appearances for Collingwood in the 1980 VFL season.[4] His best performance, which earned him three Brownlow Medal votes, came in a win over St Kilda at Victoria Park, where he had 20 disposals and kicked four goals.[5]

Injuries brought an early end to his VFL career and he spent the rest of his playing career at Montmorency, Heidelberg West and Eltham.[2] While at Heidelberg West in 1982, Wilmot finished second, to Wayne Headlam, in the Frank Smith Medal.[2]

Coaching

Wilmot started his coaching career in his one season stint at Eltham, where he was both a player and assistant coach.[2] Eltham defeated Epping in the Division 2 Grand Final that year.[2] In 1990 and 1991 he was senior coach of Croydon, then head coach at Heidelberg for next two years.[2] He coached Eltham to a premiership in 1995 and returned to Montmorency as an assistant coach the following year.[2] In 1997 he was senior coach of Montmorency.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "The Grant Wilmot Story". Montmorency Football Club.
  3. ↑ "Grant Wilmot". BoxRec.
  4. ↑ AFL Tables: 1980 Stats
  5. ↑ AFL Tables: Collingwood v St Kilda

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