Stan Alves

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Australian footballer and coach

Gender:

Male

Places:

Australia

Is:

Football Coach Sports coach Athlete Football player Australian-rules footballer

Work field:

Sports

Birth:

22 May 1946

Star sign:

Gemini

Awards:

Medal of the Order of Australia Australian Sports Medal Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal

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Biography

Introduction

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

Playing career

Alves played 226 games for the Melbourne Football Club in the 1960s and 1970s, captaining them from 1973–1976 and finishing runner-up for the Brownlow Medal in 1975, before joining North Melbourne in 1977.Legend has it that he chose to play for North Melbourne rather than Collingwood based on a coin toss.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.

Alves played 40 games for North Melbourne before retiring.

Post-playing career

Alves became coach of St Kilda in 1994. St Kilda won the 1996 pre-season competition.

Alves went on to coach St Kilda to its second minor premiership and first grand final in 26 years in 1997, earning the AFL Coach of the Year award. His coaching career at St Kilda concluded at the end of the 1998 season.

On 24 October 2000, Alves was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for his contribution to Australian football. 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".

Statistics

Playing statistics

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

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

Coaching statistics

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%