March 11, 1991: Chris McDermott was chosen as the first captain of the Adelaide Football Club.

On the same day the Crows announced their final 52-man playing squad, 27-year-old McDermott was handed the responsibility of leading the new side with the support of vice captain Tony McGuinness and deputy vice-captain Andrew Jarman.

“I feel very honoured and personally it’s a great thrill,” said McDermott, who played 274 senior games for Glenelg and South Australia but resisted opportunities to move to the VFL. "I'm happy 'Fred' is my vice-captain but I'm also a little sad that he didn't get the captaincy."

There were no late surprises among the 42 “senior” players picked on the list. Rudi Mandemaker, Brian Haraida, Michael Whitford, Darryl Heath, Russell Johnson and David Hutton had been among the recent cuts to the training list, which at times during the summer numbered around 60.

The Crows filled the rest of its inaugural squad with ten promising South Australian teenagers.

The squad was: Allan Bartlett, Rod Jameson, Clayton Lamb, Matthew Liptak, David Marshall, Chris McDermott, Tony McGuinness, Michael Murphy, Paul Rouvray, Robbie Thompson, Andrew Jarman, Matthew Kelly, Rodney Maynard, David Pittman, Stephen Rowe, Grant Tanner, Tom Warhurst, Bruce Abernethy, David Brown, Scott Hodges, Danny Hughes, Darren Smith, Simon Tregenza, Darren Bartsch, Grantley Fielke, Bruce Lindner, Mark Mickan, Paul Patterson, John Klug, Bruce Lindsay, Romano Negri, Andrew Payze, Wayne Weidemann, Trevor Clisby, Darel Hart, Sean Tasker, Mark Bickley, Peter McIntyre, Nigel Smart, Eddie Hocking, Scott Lee, Stephen Schwerdt. Juniors: Jonathon Ross, Damien Mellow, Ben Hart, Adam Saliba, Peter Turner, Randall Bone, Shaun Rehn, Brenton Sanderson, Damien McCarthy, Jarrod Hocking.