Wayne Primmer
Australian rules footballer
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Wayne Primmer (born 9 January 1959) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and West Torrens in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).[1]
| Wayne Primmer | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Wayne Primmer | ||
| Born | 9 January 1959 | ||
| Original team | Woomelang | ||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1977–1979 | Essendon | 40 (74) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1979. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Recruited from Woomelang, Primmer was a rover and had a particularly strong season in 1978, where he kicked 24 goals in his first six appearances that year, with seven goal hauls against South Melbourne, Carlton and Richmond.[2] By the end of the season he had amassed 47 goals, which were enough to top Essendon's goal-kicking.[3]
Primmer transferred to SANFL club West Torrens for the 1980 season, then to Mid-Murray Football League club Lalbert, in 1981 and 1982, the first as captain-coach. In 1983 he joined Hamilton as captain-coach and from 1984 to 1987 he played with Benalla, captain-coaching them in every year except 1986.[4]
Primmer then coached Benalla All Blacks Football Club from 1992 to 1994.[5]
Primmer coached Greta Football Club in the Ovens and King Football League from 2005 to 2007,[6] then later coached Sandhurst in the Bendigo Football League from 2016 to 2018, which included their 2016 premiership![7]
