Wayne Slattery

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}

{{Use Australian English|date=November 2011}}

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| name = Wayne Slattery

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1960|10|22}}

| birth_place =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| originalteam = South Adelaide (SANFL)

| debutdate = 27 March 1982

| debutteam = St Kilda

| debutopponent = Hawthorn

| debutstadium = Moorabbin Oval

| height = 173 cm

| weight = 73 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1982

| years1 = 1977-81 & 1983-86

| club1 = South Adelaide

| games_goals1 = 170 (230)

| years2 = 1982

| club2 = St Kilda

| games_goals2 = {{0}}11 {{0}}(12)

| years3 = 1987-88

| club3 = North Adelaide

| games_goals3 = {{0}}19 {{0}}(19)

| games_goalstotal = 200 (261)

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Wayne Slattery is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for South Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Slattery debuted with South Adelaide in 1977 as a sixteen-year-old{{cite web|title=Panthers Past|url=https://www.safc.com.au/blog/panthers-past---wayne-slattery|work=www.safc.com.au|publisher=South Adelaide Football Club|date=17 August 2018|access-date=8 August 2020}} and played in the 1979 SANFL Grand Final, which South Adelaide lost to Port Adelaide Football Club. VFL club St Kilda recruited him for the 1982 season but injuries restricted Slattery to 11 games.

Slattery returned to South Adelaide in 1983, and left at the end of 1986, having played a total of 170 SANFL games for the club.

He transferred to the North Adelaide Football Club in 1987 and was a member of their premiership team that year. He retired after the 1988 pre-season cup, having played 19 games for the club.{{cite web|title=Past Players|url=https://nafc.com.au/history/player?playerId=4bdedf58-dd6d-4db4-9a49-e66a9bcb8d27|work=www.nafc.com.au|publisher=North Adelaide Football Club|access-date=8 August 2020}}

Slattery's son Tyson Slattery played for Australian Football League (AFL) club Essendon.