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Jun 20, 2017 · MALCOLM Blight possessed exquisite timing. It's there for all to see in his highlights reel of screamers and prodigious torpedoes, such as the famous post-siren bomb that lifted North Melbourne to victory at Carlton in 1976, and which he later re-enacted for a Toyota commercial.
- February 16, 1950
- 1968-85 (Wood 1968-73, 1983-85; NM 1974-82)
- Woodville/North Melbourne
- Woodville (SA)
- Malcolm's Magarey
- Blight Becomes A Dual Premiership Star
- The Long Bomb
- Blighty's Brownlow
- The Goal King
- Another Ton
The prodigiously talented Woodville onballer/forward enhanced his standing as one of the hottest properties in the country when, at 22, he won the 1972 Magarey Medal as the outstanding player in the SANFL. Blight kicked 45 goals while playing predominantly as a ruck-rover.
After six years at Woodville, Blight was finally coerced into transferring to North Melbourne, becoming a key member of the club's first two premiership sides, in 1975 and 1977. Almost dropped by Ron Barassi after the 1977 Grand Final draw against Collingwood, Blight was one of the Kangaroos’ best in the replay with 27 possessions (including a game...
Blight's heroics to lift North Melbourne to victory over Carlton at Princes Park in 1976 is the stuff of legend. He kicked five goals, including three in the dying stages – the last of which came after a booming torpedo after the siren.
The genius was at his brilliant best in 1978 when he won the Brownlow Medal after being adjudged best afield on five occasions and polling 22 votes – one clear of Hawthorn champion Peter Knights. The then 28-year-old averaged 18.5 disposals (including 15.5 kicks), six marks and 3.6 goals a game. He tallied 76 goals (plus one in the finals), includi...
Blight farewelled the Kangaroos with a sensational season at full-forward in 1982, winning the Coleman Medal after amassing 103 goals (94 in the home and away rounds) in 20 games, including 10 hauls of at least six. Most notably, he twice bagged seven against eventual grand finallist Richmond, and slotted eight against the highly rated Hawthorn.
Blight returned home to captain-coach Woodville and in his final season as a player in 1985 he won the SANFL's goalkicking award, the Ken Farmer Medal, with a career-best 126 goals. It's a tally that has been surpassed just once since, by Port Adelaide's Scott Hodges (153) in 1990.
Malcolm Blight, the coach who guided the Adelaide Crows to back-to-back AFL premierships in 1997 and 1998, was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2015. Not much was missing from the Blight football story when he was named as Adelaide’s new coach at the end of the club’s unsuccessful 1996 season. Blight’s career highlights included a ...
Apr 29, 2015 · Blight’s career highlights included a Magarey Medal at Woodville, a Brownlow Medal at North Melbourne in 1978 and two VFL premierships as a player with the Kangaroos. He also was a century goalkicker in the VFL and SANFL, represented and captained both his home and adopted states, and then coached Geelong into three Grand Finals.
Malcolm Jack Blight AM (born 16 February 1950) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and coached the North Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Woodville Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).
Jun 20, 2017 · Here are six moments that made Blight player a Legend of the game. 1. Malcolm's Magarey. The prodigiously talented Woodville onballer/forward enhanced his standing as one of the hottest properties in the country when, at 22, he won the 1972 Magarey Medal as the outstanding player in the SANFL.
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Jun 20, 2017 · Adelaide Crow's coach Malcolm Blight jumps as the final siren blows for their second premiership win, the 1998 AFL Grand Final. Action Photographics. There was and is nothing dour and dull about Blight. Stephen Rielly, formerly of The Age, once characterised him as footy's Great Gatsby. It wasn't just his moustache.
