Jack Sheedy (Australian rules footballer)
| Jack Sheedy | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | John Cameron Sheedy | ||
| Nickname(s) | "Mr. Football", "The Reverend" | ||
| Date of birth | 28 September 1926 | ||
| Date of death | 23 February 2023 (aged 96) | ||
| Original team(s) | Fremantle (Fremantle Ex-Scholars) | ||
| Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Rover | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1946–1955 | East Fremantle | 173 (266) | |
| 1944 | South Melbourne | 6 (7) | |
| 1944–1946 | Sydney Naval | unknown | |
| 1956–1962 | East Perth | 122 (183) | |
| Total | 301 (456) | ||
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 1946–1957 | Western Australia | 22 (24) | |
| Coaching career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 1949, 1952 | East Fremantle | 39 (23–16–0) | |
| 1956–1964, 1969 | East Perth | 223 (149–72–3) | |
| 1960–63 | Western Australia | 10 (2–8–0) | |
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
John Cameron Sheedy (28 September 1926 – 23 February 2023) was an Australian rules footballer and coach. He played for East Fremantle and East Perth in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL) and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Sheedy is considered one of the greatest ever footballers from Western Australia, being the first player from that state to play 300 games in elite Australian rules football, and was a member of both the Australian Football Hall of Fame and the West Australian Football Halls of Fame.
Overall, he played 323 senior career matches from 1944 to 1962, kicking 480 senior career goals, and also coached 272 senior career games, with a winning percentage of 65%.