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Now at his third SANFL club, South defender Marcus Burdett had the unusual distinction of playing against his two former clubs in Glenelg and Port Adelaide in the first two rounds, knotching up a win in both. Surely this is an unusual situation, particularly when the amount of players to play for three clubs would be fairly low. Is this the first instance?

I don't think it would be that rare. Some that readily come to mind are:
Ken Eustice: West. Central, Glenelg
Neil Kerley: West, South, Glenelg
Brenton Hartfield: North, Norwood, Glenelg.
Neil Craig: Norwood, Sturt, North
Michael Nunan: Sturt, Norwood, North
Paul Weston: Glenelg, Torrens, Norwood
Geoff Baynes: Torrens, South, Woodville
Bob Keddie: West, South, Glenelg

But to play against both your former clubs in your first two games for your new one would be unusual.

LBT wrote:But to play against both your former clubs in your first two games for your new one would be unusual.

Yes, I certainly agree with that.

I would need to find out when each player debtuted for their 2nd and 3rd club to work out that stat.

By my players list, Burdett has become the 65th player to have played with three clubs:

William E. Allen Norwood Torrens Sturt
Peter Anderson North Glenelg Woodville
Michael Barker Sturt Eagles Norwood
Geoff Baynes Torrens South Woodville
Marcus Burdett Port Glenelg South
Andrew Colbey Woodville Eagles West
Thomas Correll South Torrens Sturt
Jarrod Cotton Central Norwood South
Brian Coulls North South Sturt
Neil Craig Norwood Sturt North
Frederick Curnow South Port Sturt
Sean Disbury Central Norwood Torrens
Ken Eustice West Central Glenelg
Darren Grant Central Woodville Eagles
Glen Hale Glenelg West Sturt
John Hanley South West Glenelg
Brenton Hartfield North Norwood Glenelg
Mark Harwood South Glenelg Port
Richard Head West Glenelg Sturt
Gordon Headon Norwood Sturt West
Shane Hewish West Sturt North
Darryl Hewitt West Woodville South
Glynn Hewitt West Woodville South
Nathon Irvin Sturt Norwood Glenelg
Bill Isaac Torrens West South
Ian Jackman South Port Torrens
Harold Jackson Glenelg South Sturt
Sidney James Glenelg Norwood South
Bob Keddie West South Glenelg
Donald "Neil" Kerley West South Glenelg
Bernard Leahy West South North
Leonard Long Norwood South West
Ronald Mabarrack West Sturt Glenelg
Damien McCarthy North Woodville Eagles
John L. McCarthy Glenelg West North
Charles McGavisk Norwood Torrens South
Kane McLean Norwood North Sturt
Harold Miller Norwood Sturt Torrens
William Murdoch Glenelg Torrens South
Simon Neave Norwood Torrens Eagles
Mike Nunan Sturt North Norwood
Des O'Dwyer Norwood Woodville Eagles
Ian Perrie South North Sturt
Trevor Pierson West Woodville Torrens
Rob Popplestone Sturt Torrens Eagles
John Roberts Woodville Torrens North
James Sampson Norwood South Glenelg
Thomas Sard Norwood Port North
Ken Sawatzke Norwood West Sturt
Laurence Schache Sturt Torrens Eagles
Sydney Scott South North West
Jack Sexton West Norwood Glenelg
Brad Sheldrick Norwood Sturt Eagles
Douglas Smart Norwood Sturt North
Mark Soderstrom Sturt Glenelg North
Frank Spiel South Sturt Torrens
Albert Stone Port South West
Sean Tasker North Glenelg Sturt
James Tierney West South North
James Wainwright North South Torrens
Merv Waite Glenelg South Torrens
Eugene Warrior Port Norwood Glenelg
Paul Weston Glenelg Torrens Norwood
George Whitford Norwood South West

what about Ian Perrie spelly? South, North, Sturt

spell_check wrote:I would need to find out when each player debtuted for their 2nd and 3rd club to work out that stat.

By my players list, Burdett has become the 66th player to have played with three clubs:

John Reedman South North West

Do you know if Reedman definitely played for West spelly? I know he coached them.
For the record he also played league for Hotham and North Adelaide(mk#2)

Leaping Lindner wrote:

spell_check wrote:I would need to find out when each player debtuted for their 2nd and 3rd club to work out that stat.

By my players list, Burdett has become the 66th player to have played with three clubs:

John Reedman South North West

Do you know if Reedman definitely played for West spelly? I know he coached them.
For the record he also played league for Hotham and North Adelaide(mk#2)

He played for South Adelaide and North Adelaide, but only coached West Adelaide as a non-player.

spell_check wrote:Michael Dittmar Port South North

I'm not sure about this one Spelly. The Michael Dittmar I know of played for Port from 69-70, and for South from 73-74. There was a Dittmar who played for North later on (his first name escapes me ... it's been a long day haha!!) but I'm sure it was a different player.

Adelaide Hawk wrote:

spell_check wrote:Michael Dittmar Port South North

I'm not sure about this one Spelly. The Michael Dittmar I know of played for Port from 69-70, and for South from 73-74. There was a Dittmar who played for North later on (his first name escapes me ... it's been a long day haha!!) but I'm sure it was a different player.

There was a Michael Dittmar who played for North about 15 years ago, a full forward type (then there was a Mark Dittmar (Wally's son i think) who played for Port in the late 80's).

I don't think that list is 100% correct, given the total number of sources it was compiled with. That's just what I have at the moment.

Ok, Burdett becomes player number 64.

Ecky has pointed out to me that there are two players named Craig Fielke, one for Sturt and the other for West and Central.