Tim Evans is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played for Geelong

Geelong Football Club

The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...

 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

 (VFL) and Port Adelaide

Port Adelaide Magpies

The Port Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the South Australian National Football League...

 in the South Australian National Football League

South Australian National Football League

The South Australian National Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the governing body for the sport of Australian rules football in South Australia....

 (SANFL).

Originally from Tasmania

Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...

, Evans played for Penguin Football Club in the North West Football Union

North West Football Union

The North West Football Union was an Australian rules football competition which ran from 1910 to 1986. In its time it was one of the three main leagues in Tasmania, with the Tasmanian Football League and Northern Tasmanian Football Association representing the rest of the state...

 before being recruited by Geelong in 1971, where he spent four seasons at half back.

In 1975 he joined Port Adelaide and went on to play 248 games for the club. Initially used in defense, he was moved to full forward in 1977 by coach John Cahill

John Cahill

John Cahill is a former Australian rules football player and coach. During his illustrious career he played football for the Port Adelaide Football Club, then coached Port Adelaide, West Adelaide, South Adelaide in the SANFL and Collingwood Magpies in the VFL.The Port Adelaide Football Club...

 and was an immediate success leading the league with 87 goals, including 7 in the Grand Final

1977 SANFL Grand Final

The 1977 SANFL Grand Final saw the Port Adelaide Magpies defeat the Glenelg Tigers by 8 points. The match was played on Saturday 24 September 1977 at Football Park in front of a crowd of 56,717 ....

 win over Glenelg

Glenelg Tigers

Glenelg Football Club is an Australian rules football team, which plays in the South Australian National Football League. The club is known as the "Tigers" , and their home ground is Gliderol Stadium @ Glenelg , located in the southern coastal suburb of Glenelg East, South Australia.-Club...

. He repeated the performance in 1978 kicking 90 for the season. He first kicked over 100 goals in 1980 when he kicked a then SANFL record 146 goals and won the leagues inaugural Ken Farmer Medal

Ken Farmer Medal

The Ken Farmer Medal is named in honour of the Australian rules footballer , North Adelaide Football Club full forward Ken Farmer. The medal is awarded to the SANFL's top goalkicker at the end of the minor round of matches each season and was instigated in 1981.- Ken Farmer Medallists :- Leading...

 in 1981 kicking 98 for the season. Evans went on to kick 1044 goals before his retirement at the end of the 1986 season, as well as 25 goals in seven games for South Australia at interstate football

Interstate matches in Australian rules football

Australian rules football matches between teams representing Australian colonies/states and territories have been held since 1879. For most of the 20th century, the absence of a national club competition and international matches meant that football games between state representative teams were...

.

Tim Evans played Port Adelaide's 1977, 1979-81 premiership teams as well as playing full back

Fullback (Australian rules football)

In Australian rules football, the fullback position has traditionally been a purely defensive role, with the aim of preventing the full-forward from marking the ball and scoring. However, in recent times, where the ability to move the ball out of defence and down the field quickly has become a more...

 in the losing 1976 Grand Final to Sturt in front of the SANFL record crowd of 66,897 at Football Park.

Evans topped the SANFL's goalkicking six times and was Port's leading goalkicker ten times and was inducted into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame

Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame

The Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame was established to help recognise outstanding services and overall contribution made to the sport of Australian rules football in Tasmania. Any participant of the sport, including players, umpires, media personalities and coaches, may be inducted...

in 2008.

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