Phil Krakouer

Phil Krakouer
Personal information
Full name Phillip Brent Krakouer
Date of birth (1960-01-15) 15 January 1960
Original team(s) North Mt Barker
Height / weight 178 cm / 75 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1978–1981
1982–1990
1990–1991		 Claremont
North Melbourne
Footscray		 90 (192)
141 (224)
7 (7)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1991.

Phillip Brent "Phil" Krakouer (born 15 January 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club during the 1980s. Notable for his speed, freakish skills and an uncanny ability to pass the ball to his brother, Jim Krakouer, who also played for North Melbourne. The position favoured for Phil Krakouer was as a half forward flank or wingman.

The Krakouer brothers, the children of Eric and Phoebe Krakouer,[1] were born and lived in Mount Barker, Western Australia. The brothers played their first senior football for Mount Barker for the North Mount Barker Football Club as teenagers where their incredible skills were first noticed.[2] The Claremont Football Club recruited both the Krakouers in 1978.[3]

In 1982, both Krakouer brothers left to play for the North Melbourne Football Club (Kangaroos) after they had helped Claremont in winning the previous year's WAFL premiership.

Phil played 141 games for North Melbourne and 7 for Footscray. He also topped the North Melbourne goal kicking list on three occasions 1983, 1985 and 1987.[4]

Phil Krakouer is the uncle of AFL player Andrew Krakouer who played for Richmond and then Collingwood who also won a Sandover Medal when playing for Swan Districts in the WAFL. Phil is also the uncle of Nathan Krakouer, currently playing for AFL club Port Adelaide.

References

  1. ↑ "Magic and Mayhem: The Footballing World of the Krakouer Brothers". 2005. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
  2. ↑ "Full Points Football - Biographies [K]". 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
  3. ↑ "Football Champions battle racism". 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
  4. ↑ "Kangaroos Football Club Honour Roll". 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-15.

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