George Fiacchi

George Fiacchi
Personal information
Full name	George John Fiacchi
Nickname(s)	Robin^[1]
Position(s)	Back pocket
Playing career
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1985–1997	Port Adelaide	235 (53)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
	South Australia	1
Career highlights
7x Port Adelaide premiership player (1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996) Jack Oatey Medal (1990)

George John Fiacchi is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). During his career he won seven premierships for the club and was named best on ground during the 1990 SANFL Grand Final.^[2] Fiacchi's defensive partnership with full back Roger Delaney was exceptional, with the pair popularly being dubbed 'Batman' (Delaney) and 'Robin'.^[1]

References

Jack Oatey Medal winners

1981: Ebert 1982: Jenkins 1983: Borchard 1984: Thomas 1985: Kernahan 1986: Hall 1987: Parsons 1988: Abernethy 1989: Johnston 1990: Fiacchi 1991: Hart 1992: Buckley 1993: Sziller 1994: Wakelin 1995: Darcy 1996: Brown 1997: Cunningham 1998: Chalmers 1999: Poole 2000: J. Gowans 2001: Macgowan 2002: Powell 2003: C. Gowans 2004: Steinberner 2005: McCabe 2006: Skipworth 2007: C. Gowans 2008: MacKenzie 2009: Goodrem 2010: Callinan 2011: Parry 2012: Terlich 2013: Zorzi 2014: Panos 2015: Schmidt 2016: Stephens

The Jack Oatey Medal has been awarded since 1981 to the "best" player in the South Australian National Football League Grand Final.

Port Adelaide Football Club 1988 SANFL premiers

Port Adelaide 12.12 (84) defeated Glenelg 8.7 (55), at Football Park

17. Leslie (captain) 2. Ginever 3. Obst 4. Fiacchi 5. Abernethy 6. Harrison 10. S. Williams 11. Hodges 13. R. Smith 14. Mahney 15. Hynes 20. Phillips 21. Brown 22. Boyd 25. Phelps 26. Foster 27. Hutton 28. Smith 30. Kerr 32. Delaney

Coach: Cahill

Port Adelaide Football Club 1989 SANFL premiers

Port Adelaide 15.18 (108) defeated North Adelaide 1.8 (14), at Football Park

1. Johnston (captain) 2. Ginever 3. Obst 4. Fiacchi 5. Abernethy 6. Harrison 7. Delaney 10. S. Williams 11. Hodges 12. Tregenza 13. Smith 14. Mahney 15. Hynes 20. Phillips 21. Brown 22. G.Boyd 27. Hutton 28. D. Smith 32. Northeast 37. R.Boyd

Coach: Cahill

Port Adelaide Football Club 1990 SANFL premiers

Port Adelaide 16.12 (108) defeated Glenelg 13.15 (93), at Football Park

1. Johnston (captain) 2. Ginever 3. Wanganeen 4. Fiacchi 5. Abernethy 9. M. Williams 10. S. Williams 11. Hodges 12. Tregenza 14. Mahney 15. Hynes 17. P. Rizonico 19. Settre 20. Phillips 25. Phelps 26. Foster 27. Hutton 28. Smith 29. Harris 32. Northeast

Coach: Cahill

Port Adelaide Football Club 1992 SANFL premiers

Port Adelaide 17.3 (105) defeated Glenelg 7.7 (49), at Football Park

1. Phillips (captain) 2 Ginever 4 Fiacchi 5 Abernethy 7 Delaney 8 Chalmers 9 M. Williams 10 S. Williams 11 Hodges 13 R. Smith 16 Borlase 17 Rizonico 19 Settre 21 Brown 25 Hughes 26 Foster 27 Hutton 28 D. Smith 32 Northeast 34 Buckley

Coach: Cahill

Port Adelaide Football Club 1994 SANFL premiers

Port Adelaide 15.16 (106) defeated Woodville-West Torrens 10.9 (69), at Football Park

1. Ginever (captain) 2. Pedler 4. Fiacchi 7. Delaney 8. Chalmers 9. Spalding 10. S. Williams 11. Hodges 13. R. Smith 14. McLeod 15. Wakelin 16. Borlase 22. Malakellis 24. Tylor 25. Olsen 27. Hutton 28. D. Smith 32. Northeast 33. Mead 36. Carter

Coach: Cahill

Port Adelaide Football Club 1995 SANFL premiers

Port Adelaide 13.16 (94) defeated Central Districts 6.10 (46), at Football Park

1. Ginever (captain) 4. Fiacchi 5. Leys 7. Delaney 8. Anderson 9. Darcy 10. Williams 11. Hodges 13. R. Smith 15. Wilson 22. Malakellis 26. Foster 28. D. Smith 29. West 30. Poole 32. Northeast 33. Mead 36. Carter 40. Malakellis 41. Waterhouse 46. Francis

Coach: Cahill

Port Adelaide Football Club 1996 SANFL premiers

Port Adelaide 11.14 (80) defeated Central Districts 6.8 (44), at Football Park

1. Ginever (captain) 3. Francis 4. Fiacchi 5. Leys 7. Delaney 11. Hodges 13. R. Smith 15. Wilson 16. Borlase 17. Fiegert 21. Brown 23. McGuinness 24. Beinke 26. Anderson 28. D. Smith 32. Northeast 33. Mead 36. Carter 38. Crothers 50. Bamford 56. Tredrea

Coach: Stephen Williams

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