Kevin Sheedy (Australian footballer)

Kevin Sheedy
Sheedy in March 2013
Personal information
Full name	Kevin John Sheedy
Nickname(s)	Sheeds
Date of birth	(1947-12-24) 24 December 1947 (age 76)
Place of birth	Melbourne, Australia
Original team(s)	Prahran (VFA)
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	81 kg (179 lb)
Position(s)	Defender
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1967–1979	Richmond	251 (91)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
	Victoria	8 (1)
International team honours
2005–2006	Australia (coach)	4
Coaching career3
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1981–2007	Essendon	634 (386–242–6)
2012–2013	Greater Western Sydney	44 (3–41–0)
1985–1986	Victoria	4 (2–2–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1979. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of 2013.
Career highlights
Player 3x VFL premiership: 1969, 1973, 1974, 3x Championship of Australia championship: 1969, 1973, 1974 Richmond best and fairest: 1976 Media Association Player of the Year: 1974 Richmond captain: 1978 Richmond Team of the Century (back pocket) Richmond Hall of Fame Representative National Football Carnival championship: 1972 Coaching 4x VFL/AFL premiership: 1984, 1985, 1993, 2000 3x All-Australian team: 1985, 1993, 2000 2x VFL Team of the Year: 1984, 1985 Essendon Team of the Century AFLCA Coaching Legend Award: 2014 Australian Football Hall of Fame 28th Australian Football Hall of Fame Legend
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Kevin John Sheedy AO (born 24 December 1947) is a former Australian rules football coach and player in the Australian Football League. He played and coached in a combined total of 929 games over 47 years from 1967 until 2013, which is a VFL/AFL record. Sheedy was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2008 and on 29 May 2018 was elevated to legend status.^[1][2]

On the field, Sheedy played for Richmond in the Victorian Football League during the 1960s and 1970s, captaining the side in 1978 and winning three premierships. He then coached Essendon in the VFL/AFL for nearly three decades from 1981 until 2007, winning four premierships and earning acclaim for his unusual and creative approaches to promoting the club and the game. Sheedy conceived the first Anzac Day game in 1995 involving Collingwood and the club he coached at the time, Essendon.^[3] In 2009, Sheedy joined the newly formed Greater Western Sydney as its inaugural AFL coach, and he coached there from 2012 until 2013.