John Northey

John Northey
Personal information
Full name	John Neville Northey
Date of birth	(1943-06-29) 29 June 1943
Original team(s)	Derrinallum
Height / weight	175 cm / 69 kg
Position(s)	Half forward flank
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1963–1970	Richmond	118 (192)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1985 1986–1992 1993–1995 1996 1997–1998 Total -	Sydney Swans Melbourne Richmond Brisbane Bears Brisbane Lions	022 000(6–16–0) 167 00(90–76–1) 067 00(32–34–1) 025 000(17–7–1) 034 00(12–21–1) 315 (157–154–4)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1998.

John "Swooper" Northey (born 29 June 1943) is a former Australian rules football player and coach. He played from 1963 to 1970 with the Richmond Football Club. Northey was a dual premiership player with Richmond, winning flags in 1967 and 1969. He is better known, however, as a coach.

Playing career

A Derrinallum recruit, the lightly framed Northey was a fleetfooted runner and earned the "swooper" nickname by his ability to get the ball and pass it on to a teammate. He played 118 games and kicked 192 goals. He had a vital role in Richmond’s 1967 and 1969 premiership teams.

Coaching career

Northey left Richmond and moved to Sydney to coach in the Sydney Football League. he coached NSW against a VFL Reserves team in 1972 and then Redan to five BFL premierships between 1975 and 1980. He was serving as an assistant coach with St Kilda before he was appointed as senior coach with the Sydney Swans for one season in 1985 where he was sacked after a year when he didn't fit into flamboyant owner Geoffrey Edelsten's vision of a higher profile coach. He was replaced by Tom Hafey.

He then went to coach Melbourne from 1986–1992; his most successful year was when he took the Demons to the 1988 VFL Grand Final, eventually losing to Hawthorn. After the 1992 season he decided to leave the Melbourne Football Club as coach after struggling to finish 11th.

From 1993–1995 he coached his former club, Richmond. His first two seasons at Richmond were unsuccessful but in the 1995 season they finished 4th putting them into the finals. However, after the 1995 season he resigned as Richmond coach.

He was then appointed Brisbane Bears coach for the 1996 season, leading to their best ever season in making a preliminary final. After the 1996 season the Bears merged with the Fitzroy Lions resulting on the formation of the Brisbane Lions. He was appointed as the inaugural coach of the Brisbane Lions for the 1997 season, leading the team into the finals. After disappointing results, he was sacked in the middle of the 1998 season; the Lions eventually finishing last. He was replaced by Roger Merrett for the rest of the 1998 season.

He coached 315 VFL/AFL games including stints at Sydney Swans, Brisbane Lions, Melbourne Demons, Richmond Tigers and Brisbane Bears. He sits second on the record for the most VFL/AFL games coached without a premiership behind Rodney Eade.

Post AFL career

At the end of his AFL coaching career, Northey returned to Ballarat, where he was the figurehead to the rebuilding of local BFL side Redan, the club had fallen onto hard times and as a past coach of the club he was asked to help.

He was awarded the Australian Sports Medal by Queen Elizabeth II on 24 October 2000 for his contributions to Australian football.^[1]

He went on to coach South Fremantle Football Club for the 2002 and 2003 seasons in the WAFL.

Northey returned to Ballarat, he coached the Ballarat Swans from 2005 and to a premiership in 2008.^[2] He is the coach of the Learmonth Football Club.^[3]

He also operates his own website at http://www.swoopercoach.com.au that offers his expert advice on coaching, drills and his own blog.

His nephew is the conductor Benjamin Northey.^[4]

References

↑ "NORTHEY, John Neville Australian Sports Medal". itsanhonour.gov.au. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
↑ http://www.thecourier.com.au/story/560897/afl-northey-in-richmond-hall-of-fame/
↑ http://www.thecourier.com.au/story/2505947/chfl-learmonth-experiencing-the-john-northey-effect/
↑ "My Secret Melbourne: Ben Northey", The Age, 18 July 2015, Spectrum, p. 14. Retrieved 28 July 2015

External links

Richmond Football Club 1967/69 VFL premiers

1967: Richmond 16.18 (114) defeated Geelong 15.15 (105), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1969: Richmond 12.13 (85) defeated Carlton 8.12 (60), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

2. Ronaldson 3. Dean (c 1969) 4. Hart 8. Clay 9. Northey 17. Richardson 24. Barrot 27. Burgin 28. Strang 29. Bartlett 30. Bourke 37. Green 40. Brown

Coach: Hafey

Coaches of the South Melbourne Football Club/Sydney Swans

1909: Ricketts 1910–1911: Thomas 1912: Ricketts 1913: H. Kelly 1914–1917: Belcher 1918–1919: Elms/Howson 1920: Hiskins 1921: Wood 1922: Cazaly 1923–1928: Pannam 1929: Caldwell 1929: Fleiter 1930–1931: Scanlan 1932: Leonard 1933–1936: Bisset 1935: Diggins 1937–1938: Cazaly 1939: Matthews 1940: Baggott 1941–1944: J. Kelly 1945–1948: Adams 1948–1949: Hale 1950–1952: Lane 1953: Nash 1954–1957: Matthews 1958–1959: Clegg 1960–1961: Faul 1962–1964: McMahen 1965–1966: Skilton 1965: Lahiff 1967–1968: Miller 1969–1972: Smith 1973–1975: John 1976–1977: Stewart 1978: Tuddenham 1979–1981: Stewart 1982–1984: Quade 1984: Franklin 1984: Hammond 1985: Northey 1986–1988: Hafey 1989–1991: Kinnear 1992–1993: Buckenara 1993: Scott 1993–1995: Barassi 1996–2002: Eade 2002–2010: Roos 2011–: Longmire

Italics denote caretaker coach

Coaches of the Melbourne Football Club

1907–1909: Hall 1910: Drohan 1912–1913: Hall 1914: Incigneri 1915: McKenzie 1919: Heinz 1920: Brosnan 1921–1923: Wilson 1924: Rattray 1925–1927: Chadwick 1928–1932: Warne-Smith 1933–1941: Hughes 1942–1944: Beames 1945–1948: Hughes 1949–1951: La Fontaine 1952–1965: Smith 1964: Barassi 1965: Hughes 1965–1967: Smith 1968–1970: Beckwith 1971–1973: Ridley 1974–1977: Skilton 1978: Jones 1979–1980: Ditterich 1981–1985: Barassi 1986–1992: Northey 1993–1997: Balme 1997: Hutchison 1998–2007: Daniher 2007: Riley 2008–2011: Bailey 2011: Viney 2012–2013: Neeld 2013: Craig 2014–2016: Roos 2017–: Goodwin

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

Coaches of the Brisbane Bears

1987–1989: Knights 1989: Feltham 1990: Dare 1991–1995: Walls 1996: Northey

Italics denote caretaker coach

Coaches of the Brisbane Lions

1997–1998: Northey 1998: Merrett 1999–2008: Matthews 2005: Blakey 2009–2013: Voss 2013: Harvey 2014–2016: Leppitsch 2017–: Fagan

Italics denote caretaker coach

Inaugural Brisbane Lions AFL team

Full-back	Andrew Gowers Richard Champion Ben Robbins

Half-back	Danny Dickfos Matthew Kennedy Scott McIvor

Centre	Michael McLean Michael Voss (c) Shaun Hart

Half-forward	Nigel Lappin Justin Leppitsch Darryl White

Full-forward	Jarrod Molloy Alastair Lynch (c) Chris Johnson

Ruck	Matthew Clarke Marcus Ashcroft Adrian Fletcher

Interchange	Clark Keating Tristan Lynch Dion Scott

Coach	John Northey

Brisbane Lions defeated by Adelaide 14.12 (96) to 20.12 (132), Round 1, 1997, at Football Park

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