Mainwaring, Chris

Mainwaring, Chris
▪ 2008

      Australian rules football player

born Dec. 27, 1965, Geraldton, W.Aus., Australia

died Oct. 1, 2007, Perth, Australia
was one of the Australian Football League (AFL) West Coast Eagles' most popular and consistent players. During his 13 seasons (1987–99) with the team, Mainwaring scored 84 goals in 201 games (including premierships in 1992 and 1994). He played for the Geraldton Rovers of the Great Northern Football League and the East Fremantle Sharks of the Western Australian Football League before being selected as one of the inaugural members of the Perth-based Eagles when the club was formed in 1986. He briefly returned to East Fremantle before retiring in 1999 to work as a radio and television sports journalist. He was a member of the AFL All-Australian squad in 1991 and 1996 and served on the All-Australian selection committee in 2007. Mainwaring, who had been struggling with depression and other personal problems, died of an apparent drug-related heart attack.

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