John Annear

For the Australian politician, see John Annear (politician).

John Annear
Personal information
Date of birth	(1961-06-17) 17 June 1961
Original team(s)	Claremont (WAFL)
Debut	Round 10, 1981, Collingwood vs. Richmond, at Victoria Park
Height / weight	178 cm / 80 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1981–1983 1984–1986 1987–1990 Total -	Collingwood Richmond West Coast	043 0(28) 065 0(43) 058 0(40) 166 (111)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1990.

John Annear (born 17 June 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood, Richmond and West Coast in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1980s.

Annear began his career in Western Australia with Claremont and played 62 West Australian Football League games over three years before being recruited by Collingwood. He was used as a midfielder and played his best football at Richmond, where in 1984 he finished second in their 'Best and fairest'. Andrew Demetriou (subsequently CEO of the Australian Football League 2003-2014) was suspended in that year for striking Annear.

In 1987 he crossed to West Coast who were competing in their inaugural VFL season and was their second most experienced player behind Ross Glendinning. He made State of Origin appearances for Western Australia towards the end of the decade.

References

John Annear's statistics from AFL Tables
John Annear's profile from AustralianFootball.com
Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

Inaugural West Coast Eagles VFL team

Full-back	Dwayne Lamb Michael Brennan Paul Peos

Half-back	Geoff Miles Ross Glendinning (c) Mark Zanotti

Centre	Phil Narkle Murray Wrensted Peter Davidson

Half-forward	Dean Laidley Laurie Keene Don Holmes

Full-forward	Steve Malaxos Darren Bennett Andrew Macnish

Ruck	Alex Ishchenko John Annear Wally Matera

Interchange	Chris Lewis Adrian Barich

Coach	Ron Alexander

West Coast defeated Richmond 20.13 (133) to 16.23 (119), Round 1, 1987, at Subiaco Oval

Western Australian team – 1985 Interstate Championships

South Australia 30.18 (198) defeated Western Australia 16.15 (111), at Subiaco Oval, 15 June 1985 Victoria 19.16 (130) defeated Western Australia 9.11 (65), at Subiaco Oval, 16 July 1985

Both games	Browning Mitchell G. Sidebottom

State Game vs. South Australia	Bairstow Bradmore Brennan Carter Caton Cousins Fogarty Harding Lamb Langsford (c) Rance S. Richardson Scott Skwirowski Waterson Wilkinson Wilson Wrensted

State of Origin vs. Victoria	Annear Baker Beasley Blackwell Buckenara Daniels Glendinning Hardie Holden Hunter Krakouer Lester-Smith Peake Purser Richardson Rioli Sewell A. Sidebottom Wiley

Coach: Todd

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