19 Facts About Glenn Archer

Glenn Archer was born on 24 March 1973 and is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played his entire career with the North Melbourne Football Club.

In recognition as one of the best players in the AFL, Glenn Archer achieved All-Australian selection three times and represented Victoria in State of Origin.

Glenn Archer is one of the North Melbourne Football Club's greatest players, a dual-premiership and Norm Smith Medallist, he holds the third most games record for North Melbourne, is a member of the North Melbourne Team of the Century and is recognised with the title the "Shinboner of the Century" as the North Melbourne player who most embodies the Shinboner spirit.

Glenn Archer played senior football with the Noble Park Football Club.

In 1996, Glenn Archer was offered a lucrative 3-year contract worth $450,000 over three years from the Sydney Swans, which he turned down.

Amongst winning other awards from his club and the AFL, Glenn Archer was voted "Shinboner of the Century" by North Melbourne in 2005.

Personally, Glenn Archer had somewhat of a renaissance of his own performance as a player, with impressive outings on a number of occasions.

On Saturday 25 August 2007 in a game against Carlton at Telstra Dome, Glenn Archer passed Wayne Schimmelbusch as the Kangaroos' games record-holder, playing his 307th in a career that began during Schimmelbusch's final year as coach in 1992.

Glenn Archer was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame on 13 June 2012.

Glenn Archer owns his own business with a former AFL player and North Melbourne teammate, Leigh Colbert, called Kode Entertainment Group.

Glenn Archer played for the Warrandyte Football Club in the 3rd division of the Victorian Eastern Football League in the 2010 season.

Glenn Archer is an Executive Producer on the Australian film Blinder, released in 2013.

Glenn Archer made his debut in Round 15 against the Adelaide Crows in 2022.

In June 2017, Glenn Archer was charged by police with unlawful assault after attacking a 47-year-old runner who reportedly had been abusing him.

The incident took place at an oval in Heidelberg, Victoria where Glenn Archer was watching his son play in a junior football game.

Glenn Archer denied having had assaulted the man and said he had left before police had arrived.

At the court case, Glenn Archer was convicted and fined $2,000 in addition to paying $955 restitution for his victim's glasses, although the magistrate denied him the opportunity to tell his story.

In 2023, Glenn Archer is set to face charges of dangerous driving after hitting a cyclist while driving a tow truck.

Glenn Archer faced the Magistrates Court in July 2023 and was convicted on a single charge of reckless driving and fined $1,500.