Tim Ginever

Tim Ginever
Personal information
Date of birth (1966-04-13) 13 April 1966
Height / weight 172 cm / 70 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1983–1997 Port Adelaide (SANFL) 314 (302)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
1995 South Australia 1 (0)
Coaching career
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
2006–2009 Port Adelaide (SANFL) 82 (33–48–1) 40.24%
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1997.
Career highlights

Timothy "Tim" Ginever (born 13 April 1966) is a former Australian rules footballer in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), playing for Port Adelaide.

Early life

Tim Ginever is the seventh of 10 children and says that Australian Football helped his English father and South American mother transition into Australian life. [1]

Football

Ginever made his SANFL debut a pacy 17-year-old rover in 1983. After suffering serious injuries early in his career, Ginever was forced to reinvent himself as a gritty and determined on-field warrior and it was in this guise that Ginever excelled as a footballer and as an on-field leader.

In 1994 he was appointed captain of Port Adelaide, and captained his club from 1994 to 1997, after which he retired. Ginever got better with age and as captain, winning his club's best and fairest award in 1994 and 1997 (his final year). His SANFL club made the Grand Final in all four of Ginever's captaincy years and they won the premiership on three of these occasions.

Coaching

Ginever was appointed assistant coach of the Port Adelaide Magpies in 2005 under the legendary John Cahill, who was brought back as coach for one year while Ginever served his apprenticeship. Ginever then took over as coach in 2006 for four seasons but was not able to reproduce the same success he had as a player. On 14 August 2009, Ginever announced his retirement from coaching at the end of the 2009 SANFL minor round. In a statement issued by the Port Adelaide Magpies Football Club, it says the decision was a mutual one between Ginever and the Club's Board. Ginever himself was quoted "I only gave up Coaching due to popular demand"

Role in Port Adelaide reunification

Tim was actively involved in the OnePAFC campaign designed to garner support for the reunification of the Port Adelaide Football Club and the Port Adelaide Magpies Football Club. As of 2011 the two clubs are a single legal entity.

Football commentary

He is now working for Adelaide radio station 5AA, part of Australian rules football coverage and street reporter for the Breakfast Show in 2011 & 2012. Known for his quick wit and larrikin sense of humour off the field, Ginever has also worked as a football commentator for radio station Triple M. He is the current Special Comments man on Ch 7 coverage of the SANFL. Mon to Fri he is the Commercial Sales Manager for PAFC responsible for Sponsorship & Hospitality revenue at the club.

Honours

In 2015, Ginever was inducted into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Ginever inducted into SA Football Hall of Fame - portadelaidefc.com.au". portadelaidefc.com.au. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
  2. ↑ Rucci, Michaelangelo (7 September 2015). "SANFL recognises five greats from SA football's era of massive change with Hall of Fame honour". News Corporation. The Advertiser. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
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