fullname years clubs article_title position statsend name coachyears birth_date coachclubs draftpick heightweight
anthony g. symonds 1981-96 1987 glenelg hawthorn tony symonds
 wingman 1987 tony symonds 1995-96 15 february 1962 glenelg 65th overall , 1986 vfl draft 185 cm / 72 & nbsp ; kg
tony symonds

anthony ` tony ' symonds -lrb- born 15 february 1962 -rrb- is a former australian rules footballer who played with hawthorn in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- and glenelg in the south australian national football league -lrb- sanfl -rrb- .
symonds was a regular fixture of the glenelg team of the 1980s , playing mostly as a wingman .
he was a member of both glenelg 's 1985 and 1986 premiership teams .
using the last pick of the 1986 vfl draft , hawthorn acquired his services for the 1987 vfl season where he played three games before returning to south australia .
he made his league debut in the opening round , with four disposals against carlton .
his next appearance came two weeks later , in a win over collingwood , where he had 9 disposals and kicked two behinds .
at the sydney cricket ground in round seven , he played his third and final game , kicking a goal and managing 10 disposals .
after leaving hawthorn , symonds continued his career at glenelg and in 1995 was appointed senior coach , as a replacement for mark williams , who had joined essendon as an assistant .
his coaching career started well with a 92 point win over port adelaide in the season opener but glenelg could only finish the year in seventh .
again in 1996 , the club finished in seventh position and he lost his job to former team-mate wayne stringer .
