South Adelaide Football Club EST.1876

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Past Players and Officials


About

Provide an opportunity for all South Adelaide Past Players & Officials to reconnect with teammates & colleagues from their respective era and hopefully commence new relationships with former Panthers from other eras.

Provide support to fellow South Adelaide Past Players & Officials when necessary and contribute financial support to assist a range of services to SAFC where possible.

Our current membership categories are;

  • Past Player and Officials 3 Match Home
  • Past Player and Officials Full Membership
  • Past Player and Officials Interstate Membership

For payment:

  • Contact SAFC reception 8186 8200
  • Email SAFC reception@safc.com.au
  • Click link below Shop.SAFC and click ‘Add to Cart’

Connection with PP&O

  • Major focus to increase financial membership of PP&O
  • Support for PP&O (Health, Wellbeing, Pastoral Care)
  • Annual donation to SANFL Past Player Well-Being & Hardship Fund (tbc)
  • PP&O Data Base development & management (live’ document)
  • PP&O Events (eg Baggie Blue cap initiative)
  • SAFC Web site ‘PP&O tab’ (incl photo gallery, event notification etc)
  • Social Network (Facebook; Instagram etc)

SAFC Financial Contribution

  • ‘Hut on the Hill’ beverage sales
  • PP&O Membership fee contribution
  • Special Projects (tba)

PP&O Fundraising

  • PP&O Membership fees (50%)
  • Events
  • Sponsorship from PP&O network
  • ‘Hut on the Hill’ contribution from SAFC

Junior Program Assistance

  • ‘PP&O Annual Award’ presented at Best & Fairest night - for the player that represents SAFC Brand Values ie Visionary/Can-Do/United for Club & Community

Senior Program Assistance

  • Interstate/Regional Recruits (mentoring, rent assistance; flights/accommodation for parents upon league debut etc)
  • Presentation of ‘Baggie Blue’ caps to debutants
  • Home Game ‘PP&O Home Match Award’ 
  • ‘PP&O Annual Award’ presented at Knuckey Cup night - for the player that represents SAFC Brand Values ie Visionary/Can-Do/United for Club & Community
  • Soup Nights

Women’s Program Assistance

  • ‘PP&O Annual Award’ presented at Knuckey Cup night - for the player that represents SAFC Brand Values ie Visionary/Can-Do/United for Club & Community

PP&O Introduction to recently Retired Players

  • Retirement Letter - thanking player for service
  • Introduction to PP&O

Panther Zone Assistance 

  • Footballs/Donations etc
  • Best Player awards (SAFC Merchandise, $$ etc)

PP&O Support

  • Pastoral Care
  • Well-being & Hardship

PP&O ‘Hut on the Hill’

  • Funding contribution for renovation/replacement
The South Adelaide Football Club Past Players and Officials (PP&O) Association was formed in 1991 under the leadership of former player Gary Mousley who was Chairman for 15 years ably assisted by David Earl, Ian Threadgold and Bob Swanson. PP&O members paid an annual sub and could make voluntary donations. This allowed the PP&O to organise fundraising functions, donate to the SAFC and build the ‘Hut on the Hill’.

Built in 1991, the shed provides a permanent monument to the PP&O. This location is a meeting place for our members and a place to congregate and show support to our playing teams. We encourage all past players & officials to stand together and show strength in numbers which will promote our membership and provide a presence to our current players.

News and Events

Vale Craig Cock
The South Adelaide Football Club is saddened to learn of the recent passing of former player Craig Cock. Craig began his football journey with Forbes Primary School before being recruited to So...
28 October 2019
Four South Adelaide Champions inducted into SAFC Hall of Fame
A quintuplet of past South Adelaide champions were inducted into the SAFC Hall of Fame on Saturday night.  At the 2019 Knuckey Cup, four past South Adelaide champions were rightfully ...
8 October 2019
Sammy D Stars - City to Bay 2019
South Adelaide's Kingston will take part in the 2019 City to Bay to help raise funds to support the work of the Sammy D Foundation.  The South Adelaide Football Club is proud to ann...
17 August 2019
South Adelaide officially unveil mural celebrating its champions
South Adelaide Football Club is pleased to officially unveil its "Champions" Mural celebrating past and present players. The project, believed to be the first of its kind for a Sou...
19 July 2019

Players

SAFC has a chronological ‘league debut number’ list dating back to 1876 which contains each player that played league football for South Adelaide. As at the end of the 2025 season 1,856 players have played league football for South Adelaide. 

In recognition of the achievement in playing league football, the Past Players & Officials Committee decided to implement a new initiative to present all players who played at least one game of league footy with South Adelaide a 'Baggy Blue' cap containing their unique # league debut number.

All current players also receive a 'Baggy Blue' cap on debut containing their # league debut number which is presented by a past player to acknowledge their first league game for South Adelaide. This initiative aims to bond all South Adelaide league players; past, present & future.

 or go to Every Player List. Here for Men. Here for Women.  

To the legends, the 200 gamers, the 199 to 1 gamer, the good average players, the just average players, the first and only gamers, the one seasoners, the pre-seasoners, the non-life members, the has-beens and the never-was’s. 

There’s no doubt you’ve played alongside some champions and witnessed first-hand their natural qualities which made them so, year after year, opponent after opponent in rain, hail, mud or shine, our legends always found a way.

Realistically though for most, our footy days were a mix of shattered dreams, opportunities missed, and getting dropped to the twos for no bloody reason! We all endured concussions, shredded ligaments, blood curdling corkies, broken jaws, busted noses and torn hammy’s along the way.

After all was said and career was done, one momentous occasion was absorbed amongst the chaos; it was the excitement of being named in the Panthers league team for the very first time. On reflection, surely this was the highlight of all our careers. “You’ve made the league team” your family and friends would say - the anticipation, the well wishes, the build-up and nervousness of pulling on the famous blue and white guernsey inside “the sheds” for one of the oldest and proudest clubs in the land, when playing your first league game.

First games often didn’t go quite to plan, even more so, your last games. So, when the boots were hung up and the cheering went silent, no one really said goodbye, we all just moved on & got on with our lives.  Something was missing though & we think we’ve found it with an ol ‘baggie blue’.

Time in footy is marked with numbers; on your jumper, games played, goals tally, kicks, handballs, training sessions attended, training sessions missed, hangers & clangers, big contracts, small contracts, times dropped, seasons played, beers after the game, time in the showers, footy trips, card games, best and fairest votes - it’s always been a numbers game.

Now you’ve got a new number; a unique personalised league debut number proudly displayed on a ‘baggie blue’. This cap has been designed subtlety so it can be worn discreetly but proudly while out walking, talking, golfing, fishing, riding & sliding, drinking a beer, working a plough or wearing it right now!

Sponsors

The Past Players and Officials thank the following sponsors for their support. 
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A range of sponsorship options are available. 

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