Ken Sheldon

Ken Sheldon
Ken Sheldon
Personal information
Full name	Kenneth John Sheldon
Date of birth	31 December 1959 (age 61)
Original team(s)	Mitiamo
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Coaching career
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1989.
Career highlights
	3 x VFL premiership player: 1979, 1981, 1982
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Last updated October 03, 2021

Kenneth John Sheldon (born 31 December 1959) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.^[1] He is the father of the Brisbane Lions' player Sam Sheldon.

Carlton career

Recruited from Mitiamo, Sheldon, a rover, debuted with the Carlton Football Club in 1977.^[1] 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 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.^[1]

Sheldon was also a part of the Blues' 1981 and 1982 premiership sides.^[1]

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.^[1]

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 since 1973 and he was credited with turning the fortunes of the club which again made the finals in 1992.^[1] 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.^[2]

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References

1 2 3 4 5 6 Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2003). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (5th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 661–662. ISBN 1-74095-032-1 .
↑ Lyon, Karen (14 October 2007). "Saints and Sheldon part ways". The Sunday Age.

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[e-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2003). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (5th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 661–662. ISBN 1-74095-032-1 .

[2] Lyon, Karen (14 October 2007). "Saints and Sheldon part ways". The Sunday Age.

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v t e Victorian team – 1983 State of Origin
South Australia 26.16 (172) defeated Victoria 17.14 (116), at Football Park, 16 May 1983, crowd: 44,521 Western Australia 16.22 (118) d Victoria 16.19 (115), at Subiaco Oval, 12 July 1983, crowd: 44,213
Both games	Cunningham Daniher Flower Icke Madden McCann
vs. South Australia	Ashman Clarke Cordy Edmond Elphinstone Hawker Lawrie Marcou McConville Mossop Rowlings Serafini Sheldon G.Smith Wilson Yeates
vs. Western Australia	Browning Buckley Conlan Dench English Greene Greig Johnston Knights Lee Raines Royal Tuck Wallace Watson Weightman

v t e Coaches of the St Kilda Football Club
VFL/AFL	1906: Hall 1908: Grace 1909: J. Smith 1911: Drohan 1913: Sparrow 1914: McNamara 1915; 1918:* J. Smith 1919: Eicke 1920: Sparrow 1920–1921: Ricketts 1922–1923: McNamara 1924: Eicke 1925–1926: Clark 1927: Heinz 1928–1929: Sparrow 1930: Cubbins 1931–1932: Hardy 1932: King 1933: Deane 1934: C. Watson 1935–1937: Minogue 1938–1940: Clarke 1941: Knight 1942–1943: Garvin 1944–1945: H. Thomas 1946–1947: Hird 1948–1950: Froude 1951: Green 1952–1953: Williamson 1954–1955: Foote 1956–1958: Killigrew 1959–1960: Francis 1961–1976: Jeans 1977: R. Smith 1978–1980: M. Patterson 1980–1982: Jesaulenko 1983–1984: Jewell 1984–1986: Gellie 1987–1989: Baldock 1990–1993: Sheldon 1994–1998: Alves 1999–2000: T. Watson 2001: Blight 2001–2006: G. Thomas 2007–2011: Lyon 2012–2013: Watters 2014–2019: Richardson 2019–: Ratten
AFL Women's	2020–2021: Searle 2022–: Dal Santo
St Kilda did not participate in the VFL from 1916–1917 due to World War I Italics* denote caretaker coach

v t e Carlton Football Club 1979 1981/82 VFL premiers
1979: Carlton 11.16 (82) defeated Collingwood 11.11 (77), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1981: Carlton 12.20 (92) defeated Collingwood 10.12 (72), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1982: Carlton 14.19 (103) defeated Richmond 12.13 (85), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
3. Fitzpatrick (c 1981/82) 5. Sheldon 7. Johnston 11. Doull 16. Buckley 33. McConville 34. Marcou 36. Maclure 37. Harmes