Tim Evans

Tim Evans (born 13 August 1953 in Tasmania) is a former Australian rules football player who played for Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Originally from Tasmania, Evans played for Penguin Football Club in the North West Football Union before being recruited by Geelong in 1971, where he spent four seasons at half back.

In 1975 he joined Port Adelaide and went on to play 248 games for the club. Initially used in defense, he was moved to full forward in 1977 by coach John Cahill and was an immediate success leading the league with 87 goals, including 7 in the 1977 SANFL Grand Final win over Glenelg. He repeated the performance in 1978 kicking 90 for the season.

Evans first kicked over 100 goals in 1980 when he kicked a then SANFL record 146 goals, and would win the leagues inaugural Ken Farmer Medal in 1981 kicking 98 for the season. Evans went on to kick 1,044 goals before his retirement at the end of the 1986 season, the second highest total in SANFL history behind North Adelaide's Ken Farmer who kicked 1,419 between 1929 and 1941. He also kicked 25 goals in seven games for South Australia in interstate football.

Tim Evans (disambiguation)

Tim Evans (born 1953) is an Australian rules football player.

Tim or Timothy Evans may also refer to:

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Tim Evans (British Army officer)

Lieutenant General Timothy Paul Evans, CB, CBE, DSO (born 21 September 1962) is a British Army officer who currently serves as Commander of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps.

Military career

From 5 September 1980, while studying at university, Evans was a second lieutenant (on probation) (University Cadetship). His commission was terminated on 16 October 1981. On 7 August 1982, upon graduation from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, he was commissioned into the Light Infantry as a second lieutenant. He was promoted to lieutenant on 7 August 1984, and to captain on 7 August 1988.

He passed Special Forces Selection in 1990. He served as a Troop Commander in 22 Special Air Service Regiment. He attended the Army Command and Staff College and was promoted to major on 30 September 1994.

Evans was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 30 June 2000 with seniority from that date, and posted to the newly repeated Joint Doctrine and Concept Centre. He was appointed Commanding Officer of 1st Battalion the Light Infantry in July 2001, after which he became Chief of Staff at Headquarters 3rd (UK) Division which was deployed to Southern Iraq. He was promoted to colonel on 30 June 2004 with seniority from 30 June 2004, and to brigadier on 31 December 2005 with seniority from 30 June 2005. He was then made Commander of 19th Light Brigade, which was deployed to Iraq in 2006. He became Chief of Joint Force Operations at Permanent Joint Headquarters Northwood in 2008. On 30 September 2009, he was promoted to major general and appointed Chief of Staff of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC). The ARRC was deployed to Afghanistan in January 2011 with Evans taking over as Chief of Staff at ISAF Joint Command. On 20 April 2012, he was appointed Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

Tim Evans (theatre director)

Tim Evans (born 7 June 1980) is a British actor and theatre director. He trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London after studying Performing Arts at Hereford College of Arts.

He is the Founding Artistic Director of The Factory, which he created in 2006 with the actor Alex Hassell. Patrons of The Factory include Ewan McGregor, Bill Nighy, Mark Rylance and Emma Thompson.

Evans stepped down as Artistic Director in 2010, and became Theatre Development Associate for The Cockpit Theatre. In 2011 he created Night Club, a new company based at The Cockpit.

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