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
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
2006–2009	Port Adelaide (SANFL)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1997 season.
Career highlights
Premiership player 1988, '89, '90, '92, '94, '95, '96 Port Adelaide captain 1994–1997 Port Adelaide best and fairest 1994, 1997 South Australian Football Hall of Fame (2015 inductee)

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.

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.

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.

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.

Tim has since been 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, which currently have a shared history.

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

He is now working for Adelaide radio station 5AA, part of its breakfast program as the 'Man on the street' and Australian rules football coverage.

References

• Football Times – 1989 Year Book

External links

• Tim Ginever's profile from AustralianFootball.com
• Official Website of the Port Adelaide Magpies Football Club
• 2002 ABC interview with Tim Ginever about the history of the Port Adelaide football club
• One Port Adelaide Football Club