Steven Hedley (born 12 September 1959) is a former

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er who played with

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in the

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(VFL). Originally from the

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, he won the

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Under 18 Best and Fairest Award in 1975. The following year he won Wodonga’s reserves best and fairest, played a few senior matches and the next year claimed the Ted West Memorial Trophy for the Bulldogs’ senior best and fairest. He moved to Queensland and starred for

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before coming back to Wodonga for the 1981 season. Hedley was instrumental in Wodonga’s premiership victory that year, winning a feast of possessions as the Bulldogs turned around a 20-goal loss to Albury in the second semi-final. Hedley represented the

in 1982 and ended up playing 85 senior games for Wodonga FC. Hedley played for South Melbourne Football Club reserves in 1983. He managed one senior match for the

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against

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at Arden St and got a goal with his first kick in senior VFL ranks. The following year he was assistant coach to former

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star

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club,

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and won its best and fairest. His career finished with

Mangoplah Mangoplah is a town approximately south of Wagga Wagga in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. At the 2016 census, Mangoplah had a population of 309. The name of the town is believed to mean "Kooris singing" in the Wiradjuri ab ...

Cookardinia United and he coached the club in 1988 and 1989 to successive premierships, after it had lost six successive grand finals. Hedley died at the early age of 47 years of age in Queensland.

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1989 Mangoplah FC premiership photo
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