Anthony 'Tony' Symonds (born 15 February 1962) 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 with Hawthorn

Hawthorn Football Club

The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...

 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL) and Glenelg in the South Australian National Football League

South Australian National Football League

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 (SANFL).

Symonds was a regular fixture of the Glenelg team of the 1980s, playing mostly as a wingman. He was a member of both Glenelg's 1985 and 1986 premiership teams. Using the last pick of the 1986 VFL Draft

1986 VFL Draft

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, Hawthorn acquired his services for the 1987 VFL season

1987 VFL season

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 and he made his league debut in the opening round, with four disposals against Carlton

Carlton Football Club

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. His next appearance came two weeks later, in a win over Collingwood

Collingwood Football Club

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, where he had 9 disposals and kicked two behinds. At the Sydney Cricket Ground

Sydney Cricket Ground

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 in round seven, he played his third and final game, kicking a goal and managing 10 disposals.

After leaving Hawthorn, Symonds continued his career at Glenelg and in 1995 was appointed senior coach, as a replacement for Mark Williams

Mark M. Williams

Mark "Choco" Williams is a former Australian rules footballer who coached the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League from 1999 to 2010...

, whom had joined Essendon

Essendon Football Club

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 as an assistant. His coaching career started well with a 92 point win over Port Adelaide

Port Adelaide Football Club

The Port Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia, which plays in the Australian Football League and the South Australian National Football League...

in the season opener but Glenelg could only finish the year in seventh. Again in 1996, the club finished in seventh position and he lost his job to former team-mate Wayne Stringer.