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What goes into making a football legend? Kevin Sheedy, AFL icon and tactical genius, had taken his team to multiple premierships and changed the face of the game. But now, he is in the middle of the most outrageous controversy ever! What is it all about? And what led to these allegations? Let’s find out!
Kevin John Sheedy AO was born Christmas Eve 1947 in Melbourne and brought up in a tight Catholic family. He was initially playing football with the local Try Boys Society team while attending De La Salle College, in which future teammate Kevin Bartlett had also participated. He played senior football with Prahran at only 16 years old in the Victorian Football Association. Can you believe it? A teen holding himself amongst men!
But things didn’t go smoothly with Melbourne's team, so he returned to Prahran, shining in the club's Second Division premiership team in 1966. Did you know Sheedy also served in the Australian Army? Between 1969 and 1971, he rose to the rank of corporal before discharge. Who knew this football legend was also a disciplined soldier?