Mike Patterson (footballer)

Mike Patterson
Personal information
Date of birth	(1941-01-07)7 January 1941
Date of death	16 April 2002(2002-04-16) (aged 61)
Original team(s)	Mirboo North
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1959-1969	Richmond	152 (73)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1970-1977 1978-1980 1981-1983 1984	North Adelaide (SANFL) St Kilda Frankston (VFA) Richmond	46 (14-31-1) 22 (10-12-0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1984 season.
Career highlights
Richmond Premiership Player 1967 Richmond Reserves Best & Fairest 1966, 1969 Interstate Games:- 1

Michael 'Mike' Patterson was an Australian rules footballer and coach. Affectionately known as the "Swamp Fox", Patterson was a premiership ruckman with the Richmond Football Club in 1967, and also captain/coach of the 1972 Australian Champions, the North Adelaide Football Club.

Richmond

Patterson played for the Richmond Football Club between 1959 and 1969. When first choice ruck Neville Crowe was suspended for the 1967 grand final Patterson stepped up brilliantly to compete with legendary ruckman Polly Farmer and made a major contribution to Richmond's 9-point victory.^[1]

North Adelaide

In 1970 Patterson joined the North Adelaide Football Club as captain/coach with great success, hardening a champion side and leading the Roosters to SANFL premierships in 1971 and 1972. In 1972 he also led North Adelaide to national triumph in the Australian Championship, sealed with a 1-point victory over the Carlton Football Club.

After 1973 he retired as a player after a career of 18 years but remained as North Adelaide's coach until 1977.

St Kilda

He returned to the VFL as coach of St Kilda from 1978 until Round 2 of 1980. St Kilda collected the wooden spoon for the third time in three years in 1979. Former player and trucking millionaire Lindsay Fox had been brought into the club, as president, in 1979. One of his actions was to facilitate the signing of high profile Alex Jesaulenko as an on-field player only. However this placed great pressure on Patterson's position as Jesaulenko had an established record as a captain-coach, having the year previously led Carlton to premiership victory.

During the Round 2 match two St Kilda players, in an attempt to win the ball, comically bumped into each other. Fox declared this indicated a lack of discipline that could no longer be tolerated. Patterson was sacked immediately for Jesaulenko.

Frankston

Patterson went on to coach the Frankston in the VFA from 1981 to 1983.

Richmond

Patterson returned home to Punt Road Oval in his final position as senior VFL coach of the Richmond Football Club for the 1984 season.

Honours

In 2001, shortly before his premature death, Mike Patterson, the first Victorian to steer an SANFL club to a premiership, was selected as coach of North Adelaide's official 'Team of the Twentieth Century'.^[2]

References

External links

Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996

Richmond Football Club 1967 VFL premiers

Richmond 16.18 (114) defeated Geelong 15.15 (105), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

1. Guinane 2. Ronaldson 3. Dean 4. Hart 8. Clay 9. Northey 12. A. Richardson 15. Swift (c) 17. B. Richardson 22. M. Perry 24. Barrot 25. Patterson 27. Burgin 28. Strang 29. Bartlett 30. Bourke 33. J. Perry 37. Green 39. Jewell 40. Brown

Coach: Hafey

Coaches of the St Kilda Football Club

1906: Hall 1908: Grace 1909: J. Smith 1911: Drohan 1913: Sparrow 1914: McNamara 1915; 1918:* J. Smith 1919: Eicke 1920: Sparrow 1920–1921: Ricketts 1922–1923: McNamara 1924: Eicke 1925–1926: Clark 1927: Heinz 1928–1929: Sparrow 1930: Cubbins 1931–1932: Hardy 1932: King 1933: Deane 1934: C. Watson 1935–1937: Minogue 1938–1940: Clarke 1938: B. Patterson 1941: Knight 1942–1943: Garvin 1944–1945: H. Thomas 1946–1947: Hird 1948–1950: Froude 1951: Green 1952–1953: Williamson 1954–1955: Foote 1956–1958: Killigrew 1959–1960: Francis 1961–1976: Jeans 1972; 1974: Guy 1977: R. Smith 1978–1980: M. Patterson 1980–1982: Jesaulenko 1983–1984: Jewell 1984–1986: Gellie 1987–1989: Baldock 1987: Davis 1990–1993: Sheldon 1994–1998: Alves 1999–2000: T. Watson 2001: Blight 2001–2006: G. Thomas 2007–2011: Lyon 2012–2013: Watters 2014–: Richardson

St Kilda did not participate in the VFL from 1916–1917 due to World War I Italics* denote caretaker coach

Coaches of the Richmond Football Club

1908–1909: Condon 1910: Hall 1911: Incigneri 1912: C. Pannam 1913: Jenkins 1914–1916: Ricketts 1917: Maybury 1918: Nolan 1919: Clark 1920–1925: Minogue 1926: Morris 1927–1932: Hughes 1933: Schmidt 1934–1940: Bentley 1937: Titus 1941–1952: Dyer 1941: Titus 1953–1955: A. Pannam 1956: Oppy 1957–1960: McDonald 1961–1963: Rowe 1964: Harris 1964–1965: Smith 1965: Titus 1966–1976: Hafey 1971: Howell 1976–1978: Richardson 1979–1981: Jewell 1982–1983: Bourke 1984: Patterson 1985: Sproule 1985–1987: Jewell 1988–1991: Bartlett 1992: Jeans 1993–1995: Northey 1996–1997: Walls 1997–1999: Gieschen 2000–2004: Frawley 2005–2009: Wallace 2009: Rawlings 2010–: Hardwick

Italics denote caretaker coach

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