Stan Alves

Stan Alves
Stan Alves
Personal information
Full name	Neil Stanley Alves
Date of birth	22 May 1946 (age 78)
Original team(s)	Edithvale-Aspendale
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Position(s)	Wing
Playing career1
Years	Club
1965–1976	Melbourne
1977–1979	North Melbourne
Total
Representative team honours
Years	Team
1968–1975	Victoria
Coaching career3
Years	Club
1994–1998	St Kilda
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1979. 2 State and international statistics correct as of 1975. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of 1998.
Career highlights
	VFL premiership: 1977; Melbourne captain: 1973–1976; 2× Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal: 1972, 1974; Melbourne Team of the Century–emergency; Melbourne Hall of Fame;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Neil Stanley "Stan" Alves, OAM (born 22 May 1946) is a former Australian rules football player and coach.

Playing career

Melbourne

Alves played 226 games and kicked a total of 160 goals for the Melbourne Football Club from 1965 until 1976. captaining them from 1973–1976 and finishing runner-up for the Brownlow Medal in 1975.^[1]

North Melbourne

Alves joined North Melbourne in 1977. Legend has it that he chose to play for North Melbourne rather than Collingwood based on a coin toss.^[2] It proved to be a wise decision as North Melbourne met Collingwood in the 1977 Grand Final and, after initially playing a 76-all draw, won the replay 151–124.^[3]

Alves played 40 games for North Melbourne and kicked a total of 14 goals from 1977 until 1979 before retiring from his playing career.^[4]

Coaching career

St Kilda Football Club senior coach (1994-1998)

Alves became senior coach of St Kilda in 1994, when he replaced Ken Sheldon. In the 1994 season, St Kilda under Alves finished 13th on the ladder out of 15 teams in a disappointing season. The following 1995 season, St Kilda once again under Alves had another disappointing season as they finished 14th out of 16 teams. St Kilda won the 1996 pre-season competition.^[5] In the 1996 season, St Kilda under Alves had another disappointing season, after a promising pre-season competition to find itself finished 10th after round 22. St Kilda won just 10 games for the season.

Alves however went on to coach St Kilda in the 1997 season to finish as runners up and first grand final in 26 years in 1997, where St Kilda under Alves lost to Adelaide by thirty-one points in the 1997 AFL Grand Final.^[6] This earned Alves the AFL Coach of the Year award. In the 1998 season, St Kilda under Alves had a great start winning 11 of its first 14 games, but unfortunately an end of season drop of form saw St Kilda drop down the ladder. St Kilda again qualified for the Finals Series finishing sixth. In the 1998 Finals Series, St Kilda were eliminated by Melbourne In the semi-final. At the end of the 1998 season, Alves was sacked as St Kilda Football Club senior coach.^[7] Alves was then replaced by Tim Watson as St Kilda Football Club senior coach.

Awards

On 24 October 2000, Alves was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for his contribution to Australian football.^[8] On 26 January 2008, Alves was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for "service to Australian Rules football as a player, coach and commentator, and to the community as a supporter of charitable organisations".^[9]

Statistics

Playing statistics

^[10]

**Legend**
G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks


Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
1965	Melbourne	15	12	1	2	115	13	128	32	—	0.1	0.2	9.6	1.1	10.7	2.7	—
1966	Melbourne	15	18	2	12	254	44	298	63	—	0.1	0.7	14.1	2.4	16.6	3.5	—
1967	Melbourne	15	18	7	5	296	48	344	83	—	0.4	0.3	16.4	2.7	19.1	4.6	—
1968	Melbourne	15	18	20	17	278	70	348	74	—	1.1	0.9	15.4	3.9	19.3	4.1	—
1969	Melbourne	15	20	16	20	317	72	389	89	—	0.8	1.0	15.9	3.6	19.5	4.5	—
1970	Melbourne	15	20	3	16	318	84	402	98	—	0.2	0.8	15.9	4.2	20.1	4.9	—
1971	Melbourne	15	18	9	17	276	81	357	92	—	0.5	0.9	15.3	4.5	19.8	5.1	—
1972	Melbourne	15	21	22	14	373	62	435	136	—	1.0	0.7	17.8	3.0	20.7	6.5	—
1973	Melbourne	15	22	29	27	318	83	401	120	—	1.3	1.2	14.5	3.8	18.2	5.5	—
1974	Melbourne	15	21	11	24	343	114	457	123	—	0.5	1.1	16.3	5.4	21.8	5.9	—
1975	Melbourne	15	20	26	19	320	97	417	105	—	1.3	1.1	16.8	5.1	22.0	5.5	—
1976	Melbourne	15	18	14	19	225	120	345	73	—	0.8	1.1	12.5	6.7	19.2	4.1	—
1977	North Melbourne	2	16	3	11	223	81	304	84	—	0.2	0.7	13.9	5.1	19.0	5.3	—
1978	North Melbourne	2	6	2	3	74	22	96	27	—	0.3	0.5	12.3	3.7	16.0	4.5	—
1979	North Melbourne	2	18	9	14	210	84	294	66	—	0.5	0.8	11.7	4.7	16.3	3.7	—
Career			266	174	220	3940	1075	5015	1265	—	0.7	0.8	14.9	4.1	18.9	4.8	—

Coaching statistics

^[11]

Legend
W	Wins	L	Losses	D	Draws	W%	Winning percentage	LP	Ladder position	LT	League teams

Season	Team	Games	W	L	D	W %	LP	LT
1994	St Kilda	22	7	14	1	34.1%	13	15
1995	St Kilda	22	8	14	0	36.4%	14	16
1996	St Kilda	22	10	12	0	45.5%	10	16
1997	St Kilda	25	17	8	0	68.0%	1	16
1998	St Kilda	24	13	11	0	54.2%	6	16
Career totals		115	55	59	1	48.3%

References

^ "STAN ALVES". Retrieved 10 January 2023.
^ "Sporting Life". The Age. 26 July 2002.
^ "STAN ALVES". Retrieved 10 January 2023.
^ "STAN ALVES". Retrieved 10 January 2023.
^ "AFL 1996 Ansett Cup Grand Final – St Kilda v Carlton – St Kilda holds up the trophy after winning the 1996 Ansett Cup". Slattery Media Group. 23 March 1996. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
^ "Stan Alves reveals his biggest mistake in 1997 Grand Final". 30 June 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
^ "Strength through loyalty". 1 May 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
^ "Stan Alves". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
^ "Neil Stanley Alves OAM". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
^ Stan Alves' Player Profile at AFL Tables
^ Stan Alves' coaching profile at AFL Tables

External links

Stan Alves's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Stan Alves's coaching statistics from AFL Tables
Stan Alves' website
DemonWiki profile

[1] "STAN ALVES". Retrieved 10 January 2023.

[2] "Sporting Life". The Age. 26 July 2002.

[3] "STAN ALVES". Retrieved 10 January 2023.

[4] "STAN ALVES". Retrieved 10 January 2023.

[5] "AFL 1996 Ansett Cup Grand Final – St Kilda v Carlton – St Kilda holds up the trophy after winning the 1996 Ansett Cup". Slattery Media Group. 23 March 1996. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2009.

[6] "Stan Alves reveals his biggest mistake in 1997 Grand Final". 30 June 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2022.

[7] "Strength through loyalty". 1 May 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2022.

[8] "Stan Alves". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 31 December 2012.

[9] "Neil Stanley Alves OAM". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 31 December 2012.

[10] Stan Alves' Player Profile at AFL Tables

[11] Stan Alves' coaching profile at AFL Tables

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v t e North Melbourne Football Club 1977 VFL premiers
North Melbourne 9.22 (76) drew with Collingwood 10.16 (76), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground; North Melbourne 21.25 (151) defeated Collingwood 19.10 (124), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1. Keenan 2. Alves 3. Cassin 5. Sutton 8. Crosswell 9. Cable 12. Montgomery 13. Cowton 15. Blight 16. McCann 20. Schimmelbusch 21. Byrne 23. Dench (c) 25. Tanner 29. Baker 30. Gumbleton 34. Henshaw 35. Nettlefold 36. Icke 49. Briedis
Coach: Barassi

v t e Captains of the Melbourne Football Club
Pre-VFA	1859: Wills/T. Smith/Hammersley 1860: Hammersley/T. Smith/Thompson/Wills 1861: Harrison/R. Wardill/T. Smith 1862: T. Smith/Woolley/Nicholls 1863: Harrison/Woolley 1864: Harrison/R. Wardill/Tait 1865: Wills/Harrison/R. Wardill 1866: Harrison/Neal/Conway 1867–1868: Harrison/Freeman 1869–1871: Harrison 1871: Goldsmith 1872–1873: Byrne 1874–1875: Goldsmith 1875: Forrester
VFA	1876–1879: Sillett 1880: Bennie 1881: Lamrock 1882: Rannard 1883: M. McKenzie 1884: John McDonald 1885: G. Aitken/Franks 1886: Morrison 1887: Kelly 1888: King 1889–1891: Fox 1892: W. Aitken 1892–1895: Fox 1895–1896: J. Wilson
VFL/AFL	1897–1898: Sutton 1899: Sholl 1900: D. Wardill 1901–1904: McClelland 1905: Langley 1906: Sowden 1907: Coutie 1908: Purse 1909: Nolan 1910–1911: Coutie 1912–1913: George 1914: Incigneri 1915: J. McKenzie 1919–1920: Heinz 1921–1923: P. Wilson 1924–1927: Chadwick 1928–1931: Warne-Smith 1932–1933: Vine 1934–1935: Niven 1936–1941: La Fontaine 1942–1944: Beames 1945–1947: N. Smith 1948–1949: Don Cordner 1950: McGrath 1951–1953: Denis Cordner 1954: Collins 1955–1956: McMahen 1957–1959: Beckwith 1960–1964: Barassi 1965–1969: Mann 1970: Johnson 1971–1972: Davis 1973–1976: Alves 1977–1978: Wells 1979–1980: Ditterich 1981–1987: Flower 1988–1990: Healy 1991–1997: Lyon 1998–1999: T. Viney 2000–2008: Neitz 2008: Bruce/James McDonald 2009–2010: James McDonald 2011: Green 2012–2013: Grimes/Trengove 2014: Grimes/Jones 2015–2016: Jones 2017–2019: Jones/J. Viney 2020–: Gawn
AFL Women's	2017–2018: Pearce 2019: O'Dea/Scott 2020–2022 (S7): Pearce 2023– : Hore

v t e Coaches of the St Kilda Football Club
VFL/AFL	1906: Hall 1908: Grace 1909: J. Smith 1911: Drohan 1913: Sparrow 1914: McNamara 1915; 1918:* J. Smith 1919: Eicke 1920: Sparrow 1920–1921: Ricketts 1922–1923: McNamara 1924: Eicke 1925–1926: Clark 1927: Heinz 1928–1929: Sparrow 1930: Cubbins 1931–1932: Hardy 1932: King 1933: Deane 1934: C. Watson 1935–1937: Minogue 1938–1940: Clarke 1941: Knight 1942–1943: Garvin 1944–1945: H. Thomas 1946–1947: Hird 1948–1950: Froude 1951: Green 1952–1953: Williamson 1954–1955: Foote 1956–1958: Killigrew 1959–1960: Francis 1961–1976: Jeans 1972, 1974: Guy 1977: R. Smith 1978–1980: M. Patterson 1980–1982: Jesaulenko 1983–1984: Jewell 1984–1986: Gellie 1987–1989: Baldock 1987: Davis 1990–1993: Sheldon 1994–1998: Alves 1999–2000: T. Watson 2001: Blight 2001–2006: G. Thomas 2007–2011: Lyon 2012–2013: Watters 2014–2019: Richardson 2019–2022: Ratten 2023–: Lyon
AFL Women's	2020–2021: Searle 2022 (S6)–: Dal Santo
St Kilda did not participate in the VFL from 1916–1917 due to World War I Italics* denote caretaker coach

v t e Melbourne Football Club · Team of the Century
Full-back	John Beckwith Tassie Johnson Don Cordner
Half-back	Noel McMahen Gary Hardeman Don Williams
Centre	Brian Dixon Allan La Fontaine Robert Flower
Half-forward	Hassa Mann Ivor Warne-Smith Garry Lyon
Full-forward	Jack Mueller Norm Smith Percy Beames
Ruck	Denis Cordner Ron Barassi (c) Stuart Spencer
Interchange	Frank Adams Albert Chadwick Wally Lock Laurie Mithen Jim Stynes Todd Viney
Emergencies	Stan Alves Ian Ridley Bob Johnson Greg Wells
Coach	Norm Smith

v t e 1997 All-Australian team
Full-back	David King (North Melbourne) Stephen Silvagni (Carlton) Paul Roos (Sydney)
Half-back	Peter Matera (West Coast) Michael Sexton (Carlton) Adam Heuskes (Port Adelaide)
Centre	Austinn Jones (St Kilda) Craig Bradley (Carlton) Nathan Buckley (Collingwood)
Half-forward	Rohan Smith (Western Bulldogs) Chris Grant (Western Bulldogs) Michael O'Loughlin (Sydney)
Full-forward	Fraser Gehrig (West Coast) Tony Modra (Adelaide) Paul Kelly (Sydney) (c)
Ruck	Paul Salmon (Hawthorn) Robert Harvey (St Kilda) Nathan Burke (St Kilda)
Interchange	Mark Ricciuto (Adelaide) Peter Everitt (St Kilda) Daryn Cresswell (Sydney)
Coach	Stan Alves (St Kilda)
← 1996 1998 →