Francis, 37, of Greenwith in Adelaide's north, was found guilty by a District Court jury on Friday after a trial for 20 abuse-related crimes against his former wife Debra Buckskin between 1998 and 2008.
Cleared of some charges but found guilty of others, Francis was emotional as the jury found him guilty of eight of 20 charges.
He was found guilty of one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, five counts of aggravated threatening to cause harm and two counts of aggravated assault.
During the trial, prosecutor Mark Norman said Ms Buckskin had endured years of abuse at the hands of her jealous, controlling and cruel husband.
Mr Norman said the former Port Adelaide player had blackened her eyes, bruised her body, broken her teeth, threatened her with an axe and forced soil into her mouth.
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