Antoni Grover (born 11 March 1980) is an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...
er who played as a defender for the
Fremantle Football Club
The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Dockers or colloquially Freo, is a professional Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The team was founded in 1994 to represen ...
. After being elevated from the rookie list in 1999, he made his debut in round 21 against the
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club based in Sydney, New South Wales. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW). The Swans also field a Austral ...
. After this he became an important and consistent performer in his defence, and also had good marking abilities (finishing fifth in the team for general and contested marks in 2005).
In round 4, 2003, Antoni Grover was one of seven indigenous players to represent Fremantle, the most ever to play in a single AFL team. The other indigenous players playing for Fremantle that day were
Troy Cook,
Jeff Farmer,
Des Headland
Desmond John Headland, Jr (born 21 January 1981) is a retired Australian rules footballer, Following on from his AFL career he continued on finishing his playing career for Subiaco in the West Australian Football League. He was also a former c ...
,
Roger Hayden,
Steven Koops and
Dion Woods. This game also saw Fremantle kick its then-highest ever score of 25.17 167.
Grover signed a one-year extension to his contract in October 2010 that allowed him to become one of the few Fremantle players to play 200 games for the club. In 2011 he was the only Fremantle player classified as a veteran on their playing list.
Grover played his 200th game against in round 22 2011, becoming the fifth Docker and first indigenous player to play 200 games for the club.
Grover announced his retirement in 2012, having played 202 games for the Fremantle Football Club.
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1980 births
Fremantle Football Club players
Subiaco Football Club players
Living people
Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football
21st-century Indigenous Australian people
Australian rules footballers from Western Australia
South Fremantle Football Club players
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