Neil Chandler

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer (1949–2022)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Neil Chandler | image = | fullname = Neil Percival Chandler | birth_date = {{birth date|1949|5|6|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|6|24|1949|5|6|df=yes}} | death_place = | originalteam = Welshpool | debutdate = Round 14, 1968 | debutteam = Carlton | debutopponent = Essendon | debutstadium = Windy Hill | height = 185 cm | weight = 83 kg | position = | statsend = 1974 | years1 = 1968–1974 | club1 = Carlton | games_goals1 = 76 (22) | years2 = 1974 | club2 = St Kilda | games_goals2 = {{0}}6 {{0}}(3) | games_goalstotal = 82 (25) | careerhighlights = }}

'''Neil Chandler''' (6 May 1949 – 24 June 2022)<ref>[https://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/1155995/three-time-premiership-player-neil-chandler-passes-away Three-time premiership player Neil Chandler passes away]</ref> was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton and St Kilda in the VFL.

Chandler played with Carlton during a successful era for the club and was a member of three premiership teams. He was a reserve in their 1968 and 1970 flags but earned a starting spot in 1972, playing on a half forward flank. Midway into the 1974 season he crossed to St Kilda before retiring at the end of the year.

Chandler was inducted into the Carlton Football Club Hall of Fame in 2024.<ref>{{cite web|title=Carney, Chandler and Fevola to enter Hall of Fame|date=18 March 2024|author=Carlton Media|accessdate=20 March 2024|url=https://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/1509064/carney-chandler-and-fevola-to-enter-hall-of-fame}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{AFL Tables | N/Neil_Chandler }} *[http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Neil+Chandler Blueseum profile]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chandler, Neil}} Category:1949 births Category:2022 deaths Category:Carlton Football Club players Category:Carlton Football Club premiership players Category:St Kilda Football Club players Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Category:VFL/AFL premiership players Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen