Leigh Matthews

Leigh Raymond Matthews (born 1 March 1952) is a former Australian rules football player and coach. He played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and coached Collingwood and the Brisbane Lions in the VFL and the renamed Australian Football League (AFL).

As a player, Matthews won four VFL premierships with Hawthorn in 1971, 1976, 1978 and 1983. As a coach, he won four AFL premierships, one with Collingwood in 1990 and a three-peat with Brisbane between 2001 and 2003.

Squat, short-legged and barrel-chested, Matthews earned the iconic nickname "Lethal Leigh" due to his physical as well as skillful style of play. He is officially recognized as the "best player of the 20th century" according to the AFL, is a 'Legend' in the Australian Football Hall of Fame, named in the Hawthorn and AFL teams of the century, and is one of the most successful AFL coaches of all time. Following his coaching career, Matthews has had multiple media roles, most notably as an AFL commentator on television with the Seven Network, and on radio with 3AW.