Michael Parsons (footballer)

Michael Parsons
Personal information
Full name	Michael Parsons
Date of birth	(1960-10-03)3 October 1960
Date of death	24 April 2009(2009-04-24) (aged 48)
Place of death	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Original team(s)	North Adelaide
Height / weight	203 cm / 99 kg
Position(s)	Ruckman
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1988–90	Sydney Swans	25 (14)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1990.

Michael "Mike" Parsons (3 October 1960 – 24 April 2009) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL) and North Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

Parsons grew up in Legana, Tasmania. Nicknamed "Bristles", he was initially a talented basketball player, winning a basketball scholarship to Utah. Upon returning to Australia he played for the Launceston Casino City in the National Basketball League. Most notably, he played at Launceston in the 1981 NBL Season, where they were league Champions. Parsons later moved to Adelaide to continue his studies, where he played for the West Adelaide Bearcats in the NBL.

Parsons later converted to Australian Rules Football, playing as a ruckman. He is best remembered in football circles for his Jack Oatey Medal winning performance in North Adelaide's 1987 SANFL Grand Final win. He was then recruited to Sydney with the tenth pick in the 1987 VFL Draft but struggled to make an impact in his three years, although he gathered three Brownlow Medal votes for his 23 disposal effort in a match against the West Coast Eagles midway through his first season. Parsons returned to North Adelaide in 1991 and finished the year as a member of another premiership team.

In 2008, Parsons suffered a stroke and was revealed to be suffering from a brain tumour. He died in hospital on 24 April 2009.^[1]

References

↑ North Adelaide Football Club website

Sources

Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim. The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers (7th edition). Melbourne: Bas Publishing (2007)

External links

Michael Parsons's statistics from AFL Tables

Jack Oatey Medal winners

1981: Ebert 1982: Jenkins 1983: Borchard 1984: Thomas 1985: Kernahan 1986: Hall 1987: Parsons 1988: Abernethy 1989: Johnston 1990: Fiacchi 1991: Hart 1992: Buckley 1993: Sziller 1994: Wakelin 1995: Darcy 1996: Brown 1997: Cunningham 1998: Chalmers 1999: Poole 2000: J. Gowans 2001: Macgowan 2002: Powell 2003: C. Gowans 2004: Steinberner 2005: McCabe 2006: Skipworth 2007: C. Gowans 2008: MacKenzie 2009: Goodrem 2010: Callinan 2011: Parry 2012: Terlich 2013: Zorzi 2014: Panos 2015: Schmidt 2016: Stephens

The Jack Oatey Medal has been awarded since 1981 to the "best" player in the South Australian National Football League Grand Final.

1987 VFL national draft

First round	1. Richard Lounder 2. Chris McDermott 3. Graham Wright 4. Andrew Brockhurst 5. Michael Quirk 6. Andrew Rogers 7. Darren Davies 8. Darren Jones 9. Michael Murphy 10. Michael Parsons 11. Tim McNeil 12. Grant Williams 13. Peter Bubner

Second round	14. Wayne Peters 15. Andrew Jarman 16. Chris Grumley 17. Chris Waterson 18. Patrick Browne 19. Jamie Cox 20. Stuart Wigney 21. Shane Korth 22. Scott Christie 23. Scott Salisbury 24. Mark Ducker 25. Damien Trezise 26. Steven Oliver

Third round	27. Brendon Gale 28. Andrew Bishop 29. Andrew Pascoe 30. Ashley Byrne 31. Jamie Keane 32. John Cook 33. Rod Gunn 34. Stephen Hewitt 35. Craig Patrick 36. Tony Virgona 37. Andrew Obst 38. John Polkinghorne 39. David Kernahan

Fourth round	40. Bevan Cox 41. Michael Kennedy 42. Tim Wilson 43. Darren Wheildon 44. Bob Jones 45. David Grenvold 46. Gary Gunn 47. Stephen McQueen 48. Liam Pickering 49. Jim Silvestro 50. Stephen Tingay 51. Anthony Dessent 52. Stephen Gemmill

Fifth round	53. Andrew Wisken 54. Adam Ladbrook 55. Brendan Tranter 56. Keith Allan 57. Damien Kitschke 58. Peter Bennett 59. Simon Tregenza 60. Pat Gribble 61. Darren Read 62. David Querzoli 63. Jay Viney 64. Peter Nunn 65. Dean Adams

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