DOB: 25 May 1962
Debut: Round 1, 1982 against Sydney at SCG
Last MFC Game: Round 5, 1987 against Brisbane Bears at Carrara
From: Greensborough/Old Melburnians
Number: 56 (1981 Reserves), 28 (1982-1987)
Honours
Under 19s Leading Goalkicker - 1981
Reserves Leading Goalkicker - 1983
Games: 53 (total 58)
Goals: 64 (total 67)
Career Statistics
| Wins | Draws | Losses | Winning % |
| 20 | 0 | 33 | 37.73 |
The son of Ted Cordner kicked 111 goals for the season in the 1981 Under 19s side, including 12 against Hawthorn in the Semi Final, and won a premiership before graduating to the seniors the next year.
His debut season was ruined by injury, and he was demoted to the supplementary list a month into the year. Knee surgery eventually ended his year on three senior matches. Cordner returned but continued to be a regular on the injury list across 1983 before finally playing a breakout season in 1984 where he booted 32 goals in 17 games.
Despite a career high seven goals in the Round 1, 1985 victory over Fitzroy, Cordner failed to kick a goal between round 9 and round 20 that year and Ron Barassi experimented with him as a defender later in the season.
A broken collarbone suffered during a 1986 practice match against Geelong delayed Cordner's start until Round 8, returning as a defender and only booting three goals for the season.
Cordner played one game in 1987 before being dropped, and had his jaw broken in a Reserves game. He didn't play another match for the season and crossed to Sydney in 1988 as a replacement for Warwick Capper who had just defected to the Brisbane Bears. They paid $60,000 to beat out offers from Footscray and Geelong, but Cordner's stay was not successful as he kicked just three goals in five games before ending his VFL career.
| Year | Games | Goals | Brownlow |
| 1982 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 17 | 32 | 3 |
| 1985 | 17 | 21 | 1 |
| 1986 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Match | Charge | Sanction | |
| Round 22, 1985 | Striking | 2 weeks | |
Lists
Family
No possessions in a match
Sydney
Notes
May have returned to Old Melburnians in 1989 (Inside Football 22/03/1989)
Media
Age - 23/04/1982
Age - 28/07/1982
Inside Football - 22/03/1984
Inside Football - 20/03/1986
Inside Football - 22/05/1986
Age - 05/05/1987
Sydney Morning Herald - 01/04/1988