Chris McDermott

Chris McDermott
OAM
Personal information
Nickname Bone
Born (1963-11-04) 4 November 1963
Original team Glenelg (SANFL)
Draft No. 21, 1981 interstate draft
No. 2, 1987 national draft
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 92 kg (203 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1981–1996 Glenelg 227 (154)
1991–1996 Adelaide 117 (25)
1997 North Adelaide 10 (0)
Total 354 (179)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
South Australia 15
Coaching career
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1997–2000 North Adelaide
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1997.
Career highlights

Club

Representative

Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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). After retirement from football, in 1996 he co-founded the Little Heroes Foundation, which raises funds to provide oncology treatment for South Australian children. Among other honours, McDermott was an inaugural inductee into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2002, and in 2025 was the recipient of an Order of Australia Medal. He is standing as the lead candidate of Fair Go for Australia in the Legislative Council in the 2026 South Australian state election.