Greg Burns
St Kilda
AFL career
169 games114 goals
- Debut
- R17 1978 v MEL29 July 1978
- Most recent
- R19 1989 v SYD13 Aug 1989
Stats
1989 | STK | 4 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 11.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 34 |
1988 | STK | 8 | 12.0 | 7.1 | 19.1 | 4.8 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 74 |
1987 | STK | 21 | 14.5 | 9.6 | 24.1 | 5.3 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 81 |
1986 | STK | 20 | 13.8 | 6.8 | 20.6 | 4.2 | 1.5 | 2.1 | - | 1.0 | 1.1 | - |
1985 | STK | 17 | 12.1 | 6.1 | 18.2 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 2.1 | - | 1.1 | 1.1 | - |
1984 | STK | 19 | 16.6 | 4.6 | 21.2 | 4.4 | 2.3 | 3.5 | - | 0.7 | 0.7 | - |
1983 | STK | 20 | 18.8 | 5.8 | 24.6 | 5.6 | 2.5 | 2.9 | - | 0.5 | 0.5 | - |
1982 | STK | 13 | 13.3 | 6.8 | 20.1 | 4.3 | 1.7 | 2.5 | - | 0.5 | 0.2 | - |
1981 | STK | 14 | 15.4 | 6.9 | 22.3 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 3.4 | - | 0.1 | 0.4 | - |
1980 | STK | 18 | 14.0 | 6.0 | 20.0 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 2.8 | - | 0.8 | 0.6 | - |
1979 | STK | 14 | 12.4 | 5.2 | 17.6 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 2.0 | - | 0.4 | 0.6 | - |
1978 | STK | 1 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 10.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | - |
Bio
Recruited from North Ballarat in the Ballarat Football League, Greg Burns was a tough and uncompromising centreman who became a rare shining light for St Kilda during one of the club's bleakest eras. While he worked as a harness racing driver in his youth, his football career started slowly with a single senior appearance in 1978, taking several years to cement his place in the side. However, by the early 1980s, he had established himself as the engine room of the Saints' midfield, renowned for his fierce determination to win the contested ball, particularly in the muddy conditions often found at the Moorabbin animal enclosure.
Burns' standing at St Kilda is defined by his resilience and consistency while the team around him struggled, winning the Trevor Barker Award as the club's Best and Fairest twice—in 1984 and 1986—during a run of four consecutive wooden spoons. A selfless player who often shunned the limelight in favour of teammates like Trevor Barker and Tony Lockett, he was a prolific ball-winner who racked up high disposal counts through sheer work rate at the coalface. He retired in 1989 alongside fellow Ballarat recruit Geoff Cunningham, leaving the game as a revered club stalwart and a St Kilda Hall of Fame inductee.
Profile
- Born
- 21 Feb 1958 (age 68y 242d)
- Height
- 183 cm
- Weight
- 83 kg
Teams
Honours
- St Kilda B&F(2×) 1984, 1986
- Goal of the Year1985
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from North Ballarat in the Ballarat Football League, Greg Burns was a tough and uncompromising centreman who became a rare shining light for St Kilda during one of the club's bleakest eras. While he worked as a harness racing driver in his youth, his football career started slowly with a single senior appearance in 1978, taking several years to cement his place in the side. However, by the early 1980s, he had established himself as the engine room of the Saints' midfield, renowned for his fierce determination to win the contested ball, particularly in the muddy conditions often found at the Moorabbin animal enclosure.
Burns' standing at St Kilda is defined by his resilience and consistency while the team around him struggled, winning the Trevor Barker Award as the club's Best and Fairest twice—in 1984 and 1986—during a run of four consecutive wooden spoons. A selfless player who often shunned the limelight in favour of teammates like Trevor Barker and Tony Lockett, he was a prolific ball-winner who racked up high disposal counts through sheer work rate at the coalface. He retired in 1989 alongside fellow Ballarat recruit Geoff Cunningham, leaving the game as a revered club stalwart and a St Kilda Hall of Fame inductee.