Guy McKenna

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Guy McKenna
Personal information
Full name	Guy Lindsay McKenna
Nickname(s)	Bluey
Date of birth	(1969-05-11) 11 May 1969
Place of birth	Perth, Western Australia
Original team	Carine JFC
Height/Weight	184 cm / 88 kg
Position(s)	Half-back flanker
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1985–87; 1992 1988–2000	Claremont West Coast	49 (5) 267 (28)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1987–1997	Western Australia	5 (1)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
2003 2011–	Claremont Gold Coast	21 (12) 66 (14-52-0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2013 season.
Career highlights
Claremont premiership side 1987 West Coast Eagles Rookie of the Year 1988 VFL Team of the Year 1989 West Coast best and fairest 1989, 1999 All-Australian team 1991, 1993, 1994 West Coast premiership side 1992, 1994 West Coast Best Clubman Award 1994 Western Australia State of Origin captain 1996, 1997 West Coast captain 1999–2000 Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee 2009

Guy Lindsay McKenna (born 11 May 1969) is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He is the current coach of the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). McKenna also played 267 games for the West Coast Eagles, including the 1992 and 1994 premiership wins. He captained the club between 1999 and 2000 AFL season.

WAFL career

Educated at Carine Senior High School and originally from Carine Junior Football Club, McKenna was zoned to Claremont in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), where he played 49 games in four seasons from 1985 to 1987 and in 1992, including the Tigers' 1987 premiership.

AFL career

McKenna was recruited to the West Coast Eagles for the 1988 season with a pre-draft selection. He played for the Eagles from 1988 until 2000, notching up 267 games and booting 28 goals. He formed one of the most feared backlines in the AFL, along with John Worsfold, Ashley McIntosh, Glen Jakovich and Michael Brennan and was known for his cool demeanour and reliability.

He won the Club Champion Award twice, once in 1989 and the other in 1999, finishing in the top three another five times.

He was captain from 1998 until his retirement at the end of 2000. He kicked a memorable goal on the final kick of his career in Round 22 2000 which frenzied the crowd at Subiaco Oval.

An unusual and rare moment came in a match against St Kilda in Round 22, 1999, when McKenna called for a head count. McKenna was only the third captain to call for a head count in league history. The teams were even.^[1]

Coaching career

After retiring he coached in the West Australian Football League as senior coach of the Claremont Football Club with considerable success before moving to an assistant coaching role with the West Coast Eagles and then the Collingwood Football Club to be under former mentor Michael Malthouse. He is currently the coach of the Gold Coast Football Club.

References

↑ "1999 Review". 1999. Retrieved 10 Sep 2011.

External links

Official Website of the West Coast Eagles

Awards
Preceded by John Worsfold	West Coast Eagles Best and Fairest winner 1989	Succeeded by Chris Lewis
Preceded by Ashley McIntosh	West Coast Eagles Best and Fairest winner 1999	Succeeded by Glen Jakovich
Sporting positions
Preceded by John Worsfold	Captain of the West Coast Eagles 1999–2000	Succeeded by Dean Kemp & Ben Cousins
Preceded by Inaugural	Gold Coast Football Club Coach 2011–	Succeeded by Incumbent

Gold Coast Football Club – current squad

1 O'Meara
2 Smith
3 Sumner
4 Martin
5 Harbrow
6 Sexton
7 Hunt
8 Russell
9 Ablett (c)
10 Prestia
11 Bennell
12 Day
13 Boston*
14 Warnock
15 Gorringe
16 Thompson
17 May
18 McKenzie
19 Lynch
20 Schade
21 Taylor
22 Nicholls
23 Dixon
24 Swallow
25 Stanley
26 Shaw
27 Cameron
28 Kolodjhasnij
29 Murphy
30 Brown (ret.)
31 Allen
32 Matera
33 A. Hall
34 Hutchins
35 Rischitelli (vc)
36 Broughton
37 Lonergan
38 Leslie
39 Herbert*
40 Lemmens
41 Osborne*
43 Ellis*
44 Bock (vc)
46 J. Hall*
48 Tape

Coach: McKenna

* denotes Rookie Listed players

Current AFL coaches

v t e West Coast Eagles 1992 1994 AFL Premiers

Captain: 24. Worsfold 1. Heady 2. Kemp 3. Mainwaring 4. Sumich 9. Wilson 10. Pyke 11. McIntosh 14. Brennan 17. McKenna 18. Evans 27. Jakovich 28. Lewis 30. Matera 39. Waterman

Coach: Malthouse

v t e Captains of the West Coast Eagles

1987–1988: Glendinning 1989: Rance 1990: Malaxos 1991–1998: Worsfold 1999–2000: McKenna 2001: Kemp/Cousins 2002–2005: Cousins 2006–2007: Judd 2008–: Glass

v t e Coaches of the Gold Coast Football Club

2011–: McKenna

v t e Club Champion Award · John Worsfold Medal Winners

1987: Malaxos 1988: Worsfold 1989: McKenna 1990: Lewis 1991: Turley 1992: Kemp 1993: Jakovich/Pyke 1994: Jakovich 1995: Jakovich 1996: Banfield 1997: Matera 1998: McIntosh 1999: McKenna 2000: Jakovich 2001: Cousins 2002: Cousins 2003: Cousins 2004: Judd 2005: Cousins 2006: Judd 2007: Glass 2008: Cox 2009: Glass 2010: LeCras 2011: Glass 2012: Selwood 2013: Priddis

v t e Western Australia State of Origin captains

1977–79: Moss 1979–80: Peake 1981: Carter 1982: Moss 1982–83: Michael 1984: Malaxos 1985: Langsford 1985: Glendinning 1986–87: Peake 1987: Rioli 1988: Glendinning 1988: Watson 1988–89: Buckenara 1990: Malaxos 1991: Mainwaring 1992–93: Worsfold 1995: Allan 1996–97: McKenna 1998: Waterman

v t e Inaugural Gold Coast Football Club AFL team

Full-back	Campbell Brown Nathan Bock Seb Tape

Half-back	Jarrod Harbrow Karmichael Hunt Nathan Krakouer

Centre	Trent McKenzie Daniel Harris Michael Rischitelli

Half-forward	Danny Stanley Charlie Dixon Dion Prestia

Full-forward	Jared Brennan Zac Smith Brandon Matera

Ruck	Josh Fraser David Swallow Gary Ablett (c)

Interchange	Marc Lock Alik Magin Harley Bennell Sub: Josh Toy

Coach	Guy McKenna

Gold Coast defeated by Carlton 7.10 (52) to 26.15 (171), Round 2, 2011, at The Gabba

v t e 1991 All-Australian team

Defenders Guy McKenna (West Coast) Anthony Daniher (Essendon) Nigel Smart (Adelaide) David Grant (St Kilda) Paul Roos (Fitzroy) (captain) Ken Hinkley (Geelong)

Midfielders Chris Mainwaring (West Coast) Paul Couch (Geelong) Peter Matera (West Coast)

Forwards Gavin Brown (Collingwood) Stewart Loewe (St Kilda) Nicky Winmar (St Kilda) Tony Francis (Collingwood) Tony Lockett (St Kilda) Garry Hocking (Geelong)

Followers Jim Stynes (Melbourne) Mark Bairstow (Geelong) Barry Mitchell (Sydney)

Interchange Billy Brownless (Geelong) Craig Turley (West Coast)

Coach Mick Malthouse (West Coast)

v t e 1993 All-Australian team

Defenders Ben Hart (Adelaide) Alastair Lynch (Fitzroy) Gavin Wanganeen (Essendon) Guy McKenna (West Coast) Mark Harvey (Essendon) Andrew McKay (Carlton)

Midfielders Greg Anderson (Adelaide) Greg Williams (Carlton) Peter Matera (West Coast)

Forwards Craig Bradley (Carlton) Wayne Carey (North Melbourne) (Captain) Garry Lyon (Melbourne) Garry Hocking (Geelong) Gary Ablett, Sr. (Geelong) Tony Modra (Adelaide)

Followers Jim Stynes (Melbourne) Ben Allan (Hawthorn) Tony McGuinness (Adelaide)

Interchange Nigel Smart (Adelaide) Nathan Burke (St Kilda)

Coach Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)

v t e 1994 All-Australian team

Defenders David Hart (West Coast) Stephen Silvagni (Carlton) Chris Langford (Hawthorn) Guy McKenna (West Coast) Glen Jakovich (West Coast) Michael Mansfield (Geelong)

Midfielders Stephen Tingay (Melbourne) Greg Williams (Carlton) (Captain) Peter Matera (West Coast)

Forwards Gavin Brown (Collingwood) Wayne Carey (North Melbourne) Garry Lyon (Melbourne) Jason Dunstall (Hawthorn) Gary Ablett, Sr. (Geelong) Ben Allan (Hawthorn)

Followers Shaun Rehn (Adelaide) Robert Harvey (St Kilda) Garry Hocking (Geelong)

Interchange Mark Ricciuto (Adelaide) Craig Bradley (Carlton) Stephen Kernahan (Carlton)

Coach Neil Balme (Melbourne)

Persondata
Name	McKenna, Guy Lindsay
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	11 May 1969
Place of birth	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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