1987 SANFL Grand Final
The 1987 SANFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the North Adelaide Football Club and the Glenelg Football Club, held at Football Park on 3 October 1987. It was the 70th annual grand final of the South Australian National Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1987 SANFL season. The match, attended by 50,617 spectators, was won by North Adelaide by a margin of 82 points, marking that club's 12th premiership victory.
Background
This was the third consecutive year that North coached by Michael Nunan and Glenelg coached by Graham Cornes met in the grand final. It gave Nunan his first success as a coach, and Cornes the first of 3 losses in 4 years.The Jack Oatey Medal was won by North Adelaide ruckman Michael Parsons who top scored with 6 goals and 1 behind.
Teams
Glenelg:F: Craig Woodlands, John Seebohm, Robin Kidney
HF: Alan Stringer, Tony Hall, Geoff Winton
C: Mark Hewett, David Marshall, David Kernahan
HB: Wayne Stringer, Michael Murphy, David Grenvold
B: Max Kruse, Jim West, Scott Salisbury
R: Peter Carey, Peter Maynard, Chris McDermott
Int: Ross Gibbs, Mark Donovan
Coach: Graham Cornes