| Phil Krakouer | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Phillip Brent Krakouer | ||
| Date of birth | (1960-01-15)15 January 1960 (age 65) | ||
| Original team(s) | North Mt Barker | ||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1978–1981 | Claremont | 90 (192) | |
| 1982–1989 | North Melbourne | 141 (224) | |
| 1990–1991 | Footscray | 7 (7) | |
| Total | 238 (423) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1991. | |||
| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Phillip Brent Krakouer (born 15 January 1960) is a formerAustralian rules footballer who played for theNorth Melbourne Football Club during the 1980s. Notable for his speed, freakish skills and an uncanny ability to pass the ball to his brother,Jim Krakouer, who also played for North Melbourne. The position favoured for Phil Krakouer was as a half-forward flank or wingman.
The Krakouer brothers, the children of Eric and Phoebe Krakouer,[1] were born and lived inMount Barker, Western Australia. The brothers played their first senior football for Mount Barker for the North Mount Barker Football Club as teenagers, where their incredible skills were first noticed.[2] Phil made his league debut for theClaremont Football Club in 1978, whilst elder brother Jim had made his Claremont debut the year before.[3]
In 1982, both Krakouer brothers left to play for theNorth Melbourne Football Club (Kangaroos) after they had helped Claremont in winning the previous year'sWAFL premiership.
Phil played 141 games for North Melbourne and 7 forFootscray. He also topped the North Melbourne goalkicking list on three occasions: 1983, 1985 and 1987.[4]
Phil Krakouer is the uncle ofAFL playerAndrew Krakouer who played forRichmond and thenCollingwood. Andrew Krakouer won aSandover Medal when playing forSwan Districts in theWAFL. Phil is also the uncle of formerPort Adelaide andGold Coast playerNathan Krakouer.
In September 2023, Phil and Jim Krakouer, along with six other former AFL players who played football between 1975 and 2022, launched a class action lawsuit against the AFL in theSupreme Court of Victoria, alleging that the AFL failed to protect players from racial abuse on the field.[5][6]
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