Ken Sheldon

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Ken Sheldon
Personal information
Full name	Ken Sheldon
Date of birth	(1959-12-31) 31 December 1959
Original team	Mitiamo
Height/Weight	178 cm / 76 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1977–1986 1987–1989 Total –	Carlton St Kilda	132 (170) 53 (24) 185 (194)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1990-1993	St Kilda	86 (47-38-1)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 1993 season.

Kenneth "Ken" 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 Grand Final, he is best 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 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]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 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.

Preceded by Darrel Baldock	St Kilda Football Club coach 1990-1993	Succeeded by Stan Alves

v t e Carlton Football Club 1979 1981/1982 VFL Premiers

Captain (1981/1982): 3. Fitzpatrick 5. Sheldon 7. Johnston 11. Doull 16. Buckley 33. McConville 34. Marcou 36. Maclure 37. Harmes

v t e Coaches of the St Kilda Football Club

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 1938: B. Patterson 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 1972; 1974: Guy 1977: R. Smith 1978–1980: M. Patterson 1980–1982: Jesaulenko 1983–1984: Jewell 1984–1986: Gellie 1987–1989: Baldock 1987: Davis 1990–1993: Sheldon 1994–1998: Alves 1999–2000: T. Watson 2001: Blight 2001–2006: G. Thomas 2007–2011: Lyon 2012–2013: Watters 2014–: Richardson

St Kilda did not participate in the VFL from 1916–1917 due to World War I Italics* denote caretaker coach

Carlton Football Club · Leading Goalkickers

1897: O'Cock
1898: O'Day
1899: Thompson
1900: Sullivan
1901: Sullivan
1902: Webber
1903: Sullivan
1904: Grace
1905: Caine
1906: Grace
1907: Caine
1908: Gardiner
1909: Topping
1910: Gardiner
1911: Gardiner
1912: Gardiner
1913: Gardiner
1914: Cook
1915: Burleigh
1916: Gardiner
1917: Dick
1918: Cowley
1919: Fisher
1920: Clover
1921: Clover
1922: Clover
1923: Clover
1924: Duncan
1925: Dunn
1926: Clover
1927: Carter
1928: Clover
1929: Vallence
1930: Allen
1931: Vallence
1932: Vallence
1933: Vallence
1934: Crisp
1935: Vallence
1936: Vallence
1937: Vallence
1938: Vallence
1939: Baxter
1940: Schmidt
1941: Schmidt
1942: Schmidt
1943: Wrout
1944: Mooring
1945: Collins
1946: Baxter
1947: Baxter
1948: Baxter/Garby
1949: Baxter
1950: Baxter
1951: Warburton
1952: Howell
1953: Spencer
1954: O'Brien
1955: O'Brien
1956: Hamilton
1957: Burke
1958: Heathcote
1959: Silvagni
1960: Brereton
1961: Carroll
1962: Carroll
1963: Carroll
1964: Nankervis
1965: Quirk
1966: Gallagher
1967: Kekovich
1968: Kekovich
1969: Jesaulenko
1970: Jesaulenko
1971: Jesaulenko
1972: Kennedy
1973: Walsh
1974: Davis
1975: Walls
1976: Walls
1977: Maclure
1978: Galt
1979: Sheldon
1980: Johnston
1981: Bosustow
1982: Ditchburn
1983: Hunter
1984: Ralph
1985: Maclure
1986: Kernahan
1987: Kernahan
1988: Kernahan
1989: Kernahan
1990: Kernahan
1991: Kernahan
1992: Kernahan
1993: Kernahan
1994: Kernahan
1995: Kernahan
1996: Kernahan
1997: Koutoufides
1998: Whitnall
1999: Whitnall
2000: Whitnall
2001: Lappin
2002: McKernan
2003: Fevola
2004: Fevola
2005: Fevola
2006: Fevola
2007: Fevola
2008: Fevola
2009: Fevola
2010: Betts
2011: Walker
2012: Betts
2013: Garlett

Persondata
Name	Sheldon, Ken
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer and coach
Date of birth	31 December 1959
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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