Allan Jeans

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Allan Jeans (born September 21, 1933) is a legendary Australian rules football coach. He was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in its inception in 1996.

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[edit] St Kilda

After a modest 77-game playing career with the St Kilda Football Club (1955-1959), Jeans, known as "Yabby", took the reins of the Saints in 1961 for a remarkable 16-year career as senior coach. He coached St. Kilda to successive Grand Finals in 1965 and 1966, including the Saints first (and only) VFL premiership in 1966. He took the Saints to another Grand Final appearance in 1971. Claiming "burn-out" he retired from coaching the team at the end of 1976. [1]

[edit] Hawthorn

In 1981 Jeans revived his remarkable coaching career when he appointed coach for the Hawthorn Football Club. He coached there till 1990 (excepting a year off in 1988) establishing them as the dominant VFL team of the 1980s with premierships in 1983, 1986 and 1989.

[edit] Richmond

Finally, he had a short-lived one year stint at Richmond in 1992, winning only 5 out of 22 games.

[edit] Current

Today, Jeans is retired annd an avid lawn bowls player at Cheltenham Lawn Bowls Club. His most recent public appearance was during the post-match presentations at the 2006 AFL Grand Final.

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Preceded by
Jim Francis		 St Kilda Football Club coach
1961-76		 Succeeded by
Ross Smith
Preceded by
David Parkin		 Hawthorn Football Club coach
1981-1987		 Succeeded by
Alan Joyce
Preceded by
Alan Joyce		 Hawthorn Football Club coach
1989-1990		 Succeeded by
Alan Joyce

[edit] References

  1. ^ St Kilda (2)