Ken Farmer

Kenneth William George Farmer (25 July 1910 – 5 March 1982) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the North Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

For the 1936 Olympic silver medalist in hockey and former president of the Canadian Olympic Association, see Kenneth Farmer.

Ken Farmer
Farmer in 1933
Personal information
Full name Kenneth William George Farmer
Date of birth (1910-07-25)25 July 1910
Place of birth North Adelaide, South Australia
Date of death 5 March 1982(1982-03-05) (aged 71)
Place of death Modbury, South Australia
Position(s) Full-forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1929–1941 North Adelaide 224 (1417)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
1930–1941 South Australia 17 (81)
Coaching career
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1949–1952 North Adelaide 76 (53–23–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1941.
Career highlights
  • 2× SANFL Premiership player: (1930, 1931)
  • 2× SANFL Premiership coach: (1949, 1952)
  • 13x North Adelaide leading goal-kicker (1929–1941)
  • 11x SANFL Leading Goalkicker (1930–1940)
  • North Adelaide captain: (1934–35, 1937–38, 1941)
  • North Adelaide Best & Fairest 1936
  • South Australian State Coach 1954
  • North Adelaide Football Club Team of the Century – Full-forward
  • SANFL Team of the Century – Full-forward
  • Official Icon of the North Adelaide Football Club
  • Australian Football Hall of Fame, inducted 1998
  • South Australian Football Hall of Fame, inducted 2002
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Dubbed the 'Bradman of football' in South Australia (contemporary East Fremantle footballer George Doig was given the same nickname in Western Australia), Farmer is the most prolific full-forward in elite Australian rules football. He is the only SANFL player to have scored 1,000 or more career goals in premiership matches, and also coached North Adelaide to two premierships.

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