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Chris McDermott
Christopher Stephen McDermott OAM (born 4 November 1963) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the Glenelg Football Club and North Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).
He was an inaugural inductee into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2002.
McDermott was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in the 2025 King's Birthday Honours for service to Australian rules football, and to the community.
He was initially signed by the VFL team Fitzroy in 1981, but stayed in the SANFL with Glenelg after the South Australian player retention scheme was developed to pay top players to remain in South Australia.
He was also chased by Carlton, and eventually drafted by Brisbane in 1986, but still did not make his VFL debut. He ultimately played 227 premiership games and 49 pre-season/night series matches for Glenelg.
In 1990, with talks of Port Adelaide becoming the South Australian team in the national competition, that McDermott looked to Victoria for another club. However, when it became clear that the Adelaide Crows were going to be South Australia's entry into the AFL, he remained in his home state and became the inaugural captain of the Crows.
McDermott is commonly referred to as "Bone", a nickname referring to the damage done to his nose due to excessive facial trauma experienced whilst playing in both the SANFL and AFL.
McDermott served as playing coach for North Adelaide in 1997, playing ten games for the club, and then as non-playing coach from 1998 to 2000.
Chris McDermott
Christopher Stephen McDermott OAM (born 4 November 1963) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the Glenelg Football Club and North Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).
He was an inaugural inductee into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2002.
McDermott was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in the 2025 King's Birthday Honours for service to Australian rules football, and to the community.
He was initially signed by the VFL team Fitzroy in 1981, but stayed in the SANFL with Glenelg after the South Australian player retention scheme was developed to pay top players to remain in South Australia.
He was also chased by Carlton, and eventually drafted by Brisbane in 1986, but still did not make his VFL debut. He ultimately played 227 premiership games and 49 pre-season/night series matches for Glenelg.
In 1990, with talks of Port Adelaide becoming the South Australian team in the national competition, that McDermott looked to Victoria for another club. However, when it became clear that the Adelaide Crows were going to be South Australia's entry into the AFL, he remained in his home state and became the inaugural captain of the Crows.
McDermott is commonly referred to as "Bone", a nickname referring to the damage done to his nose due to excessive facial trauma experienced whilst playing in both the SANFL and AFL.
McDermott served as playing coach for North Adelaide in 1997, playing ten games for the club, and then as non-playing coach from 1998 to 2000.