Kenneth John Sheldon (born 31 December 1959) is a former Australian rules footballer in the

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. He is the father of the

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' player

Sam Sheldon Sam Sheldon (born 8 March 1989) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League. Early life Sheldon is of Indigenous Australian heritage and his tribal ancestry can be traced to the W ...

Carlton career

Recruited from Mitiamo, Sheldon, a

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, debuted with the

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in 1977. He wore the Number 5 guernsey. In 1979 he kicked 53 goals and leading Carlton's goalkicking for the year. In the

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he is remembered for receiving the ball from the sliding

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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

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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

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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

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. 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
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