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John Herbert Todd (born 21 May 1938 in Manjimup, Western Australia) is a former Australian rules football player and coach, most notable for his long and successful coaching career in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). Todd played for in the during the 1950s and 1960s, and won the Sandover Medal in 1955 at just 17 years of age, but his playing career was cut short by a serious knee injury. He then became only the second coach to guide three WAFL clubs (, South Fremantle and ) to premierships, and led fledgling Australian Football League club to its first finals appearance in 1988. He is one of only four coaches in the major Australian football leagues to have coached over 700 senior games, and is inducted in the Australian Football Hall of Fame for his coaching achievements. == Playing career == Todd first came to notice when he scored 7 goals in South Fremantle's reserve grade WAFL premiership. He made his senior debut the following year aged 16 years and 336 days, one of the youngest 〔(Oldest and youngest WAFL players )〕 and played in every league game, winning both the Sandover Medal and South's best and fairest award. Aged 17 and 4 months when he beat Graham Farmer by 4 votes in the 1955 Sandover Medal count, he was the youngest ever winner in open-age competition (Laurie Bowen was younger when he won the award in 1942, one of the seasons which were restricted to under age during World War II).〔East (2006) p193〕 Five games into Todd's second season, shortly after he turned 18, a pack of players collapsed on his left leg during a match. Todd suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament〔Collins, 2006, p. 345〕 that was unable to be repaired with the medical techniques of the time.〔East (2006) p196〕 Wearing a special leg brace he was able to continue playing but only had two more seasons in his career that were not affected by injury. He won the South Fremantle best and fairest award in each of these years, 1958 and 1961 and also was selected in the All-Australian Team following Western Australia's successful 1961 Brisbane Carnival performance.〔 Todd played a total of thirteen state games for Western Australia between 1955 and 1962, kicking 25 goals.〔(WA State Representatives )〕 He was appointed the playing captain-coach of South Fremantle in 1959 but relinquished the position in 1960. He retired from playing in 1964 and was reappointed coach in 1966. He made a comeback to the playing field in June 1966 in the Foundation Day Derby but retired again soon after, finishing with 132 games. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Todd (footballer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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