Garry Thomas Sidebottom was an Australian rules football player who played for the St Kilda, Geelong and Fitzroy Football Clubs in the Victorian Football League and Swan Districts in the West Australian Football League during the 1970s and 1980s.
11 Facts About Garry Sidebottom
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Garry Sidebottom played in the inaugural State of Origin team for Western Australia in 1977, when Western Australia defeated Victoria.
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In 1984 Garry Sidebottom kicked six goals for Western Australia against Victoria in another famous victory to the Sandgropers.
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Garry Sidebottom represented Western Australia fifteen times in state games.
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Garry Sidebottom joined St Kilda in 1978 and was their leading goal kicker in 1979.
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In 1980, Garry Sidebottom, while playing for St Kilda in a match against Hawthorn at Moorabbin was dazed when he was hit across his right eye by a flying beer can.
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Garry Sidebottom required medical attention before he was able to continue in the match.
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Garry Sidebottom entered football folklore when he missed the Geelong team bus to play in the 1981 Preliminary Final against Collingwood due to a breakdown in communications.
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Garry Sidebottom returned to Swan Districts as a coach of the reserves side in 2007.
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Garry Sidebottom is the older brother of Allan Sidebottom who played for Swan Districts, St Kilda and Fitzroy.
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Garry Sidebottom was inducted into the West Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2011.