David Kantilla information

David Kantilla
David Kantilla
Personal information
Full name	David Kantilla; "Amparralamtua" (traditional name)
Date of birth	1938
Place of birth	Bathurst Island, Northern Territory
Date of death	13 June 1978 (aged 39–40)
Place of death	Wurrumiyanga, Northern Territory
Original team(s)	St Mary's
Playing career1
Years	Club
1961–1966	South Adelaide
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1966.
	Source: AustralianFootball.com

David Kantilla (1938 – 13 June 1978,^[2] traditional name Amparralamtua^[3]) was an Australian rules footballer who is recognised as the first Indigenous Australian to play in the South Australian National Football League and the first Tiwi Islander to successfully play in a southern football league. Throughout his footballing career he was known by his 'Anglo' name David Kantilla but also had his tribal name of Amparralamtua.

Kantilla was born on Bathurst Island. Standing at 196 cm, Kantilla played as a ruckman for a couple of seasons with St Mary's in the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) before joining South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club South Adelaide for the 1961 season and had an immediate impact, kicking six goals against Glenelg Football Club on debut and winning the club's best and fairest award in his first two seasons.^[4]

Nicknamed "Soapy" following the publication of a photograph showing him lathered in soap in a bath,^[4] Kantilla was then moved back into the ruck, becoming a member of South Adelaide's premiership side in 1964 and by the time he left the club at the end of the 1966 season he had played 113 games.^[4] During his time in South Australia he represented the state at interstate football on four occasions, in 1964 and 1965. After returning to the Northern Territory, Kantilla captain-coached St Mary's in the 1968/69 NTFL season.

Kantilla's brothers Bertram and Saturninus were members of the inaugural St Mary's team in 1952/53.^[3]

In 1978 Kantilla was killed in a car accident at Wurrumiyanga on Bathurst Island.^[4]

^ "Welfare Ordinance 1953-1955" (PDF). Government Gazette. Northern Territory of Australia. 13 May 1957. p. 80. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
^ "South Tribute To Kantilla". SA Football Budget (17/18 June 1978): 9.
^ ^a ^b Tatz & Tatz, p. 125.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Tiwi Islands Football League, p. 8.

[1] "Welfare Ordinance 1953-1955" (PDF). Government Gazette. Northern Territory of Australia. 13 May 1957. p. 80. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

[2] "South Tribute To Kantilla". SA Football Budget (17/18 June 1978): 9.

[tatz-3] Tatz & Tatz, p. 125.

[tiwi-4] Tiwi Islands Football League, p. 8.

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David Kantilla
Personal information
Full name	David Kantilla "Amparralamtua" (traditional name)
Date of birth	1938^[1]
Place of birth	Bathurst Island, Northern Territory
Date of death	13 June 1978(1978-06-13) (aged 39–40)
Place of death	Wurrumiyanga, Northern Territory
Original team(s)	St Mary's
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1961–1966	South Adelaide	113 (106)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1966.
Source: AustralianFootball.com