12 Facts About Glenn Manton

Glenn Manton was born on 1 June 1973 and is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton and Essendon.

Glenn Manton made his AFL debut in 1992 at age 18 for the Bombers and played 21 games over three seasons for them.

Glenn Manton was delisted by Essendon after the 1994 season, then recruited by Carlton in the 1995 Pre-season draft.

Glenn Manton played 12 games for the club during the 1995 season, mostly off the interchange bench, and was part of the club's 1995 Premiership Team, the only AFL premiership of his career.

Glenn Manton was a regular selection in the team from 1996 until 2001, and played in the 1999 Grand Final when Carlton lost to North Melbourne.

Glenn Manton was delisted at the end of the 2003 season, after only five senior appearances that year.

Glenn Manton played in a total of three pre-season premierships for Carlton and Essendon, a Reserve Grade Premiership for Essendon and by the conclusion of his career he was inducted into the AFL's 200 Club.

Glenn Manton then spent the next couple of years competing in the four-man bobsleigh, training throughout 2004 and then racing on the World Cup circuit as part of the Australian team in 2005 and 2006.

Glenn Manton has since returned to playing Australian rules football periodically at a local level.

Glenn Manton is a former board member of Melbourne Fringe, and later performed in the 2016 Melbourne Fringe Festival.

In 1999, after completing a degree in education, Glenn Manton co-founded Whitelion Archived 27 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine, a not-for-profit organisation assisting youth in crisis within the juvenile justice system.

Glenn Manton is a regular contributor on Afternoons with Tony Moclair and Nights with Denis Walter on 3AW.