Kenneth John Sheldon (born 31 December 1959) is a former
Australian rules footballer in the
Victorian Football League
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.
He is the father of the
Brisbane Lions
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The club was formed in late 1996 via a merger of the Melbourne-based 1883 foundation VFL c ...
' player
Sam Sheldon.
Carlton career
Recruited from
Mitiamo
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Mitiamo Post Office opened on 13 April 1875. Mitiamo station opened ...
, Sheldon, a
rover
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, debuted with the
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's top professional competition.
Founded in 1864 in Carlton, an inner suburb of Me ...
in 1977.
[ He wore the Number 5 guernsey. In 1979 he kicked 53 goals and leading Carlton's goalkicking for the year. In the ]1979 VFL Grand Final
The 1979 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 29 September 1979. It was the 83rd annual Grand Fin ...
he is remembered for receiving the ball from the sliding Wayne Harmes and kicking the winning goal to give the Blues a premiership win over Collingwood.[
Sheldon was also a part of the Blues' 1981 and 1982 premiership sides.][
]
St Kilda career
In 1987, Sheldon moved to the St Kilda Football Club after 132 games and 170 goals with Carlton. He went on to play 53 games for 24 goals with the Saints until the end of the 1989 season.[
]
Coaching career
Remaining at St Kilda, Sheldon became their coach from 1990. The 1991 season saw him lead the Saints to their first AFL finals series
The Australian Football League finals series, more generally known as the AFL finals, and known from 1897 until 1989 as the Victorian Football League finals series or VFL finals, is a playoff tournament held at the end of each AFL season to deter ...
since 1973 and he was credited with turning the fortunes of the club which again made the finals in 1992.[ He was not reappointed after the 1993 season, with the post being taken over by Stan Alves. Sheldon went to Adelaide to coach the South Adelaide Football Club from 1994 to mid-1996. He was the St Kilda Football Club's football operations manager from the end of the 2006 season through to the end of the 2007 season.]
References
External links
Ken Sheldon's profile
form Blueseum
St Kilda Football Club coaches
1959 births
Living people
Carlton Football Club players
Carlton Football Club Premiership players
St Kilda Football Club players
Casey Demons coaches
South Adelaide Football Club coaches
Victorian State of Origin players
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
Three-time VFL/AFL Premiership players
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