John Kennedy Jr. (footballer)

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John Kennedy Jr.
Personal information
Date of birth	(1959-11-22) 22 November 1959
Original team(s)	De La Salle (VAFA)
Height / weight	190 cm / 91 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1979–1991	Hawthorn	241 (211)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1991.
Career highlights
4× AFL premiership player: (1983, 1986, 1988, 1989)

John "Kanga" Kennedy Jr. (born 22 November 1959) is a former Australian rules footballer, the son of former Hawthorn footballer and coach John Kennedy Sr. and the father of Josh Kennedy, who plays for the Sydney Swans. ^[1]

Kennedy is a four-time Premiership player with the Hawthorn. In 1993 Kennedy was appointed as Assistant Coach to Peter Knights at the Hawks. In 1995 Kennedy was elected to the board of directors of the Hawthorn Football Club. He is no longer a member.

Kennedy played a total of 241 games for the Hawthorn FC,^[1] placing him 11th in the list of most club matches in Hawthorn history at the end of the 2005 season. ^[2]

Kennedy is of Italian descent through his maternal grandparents.^[3]

References

1 2 Robinson, Mark (10 October 2009). "Josh Kennedy move the end of a family dynasty at Hawthorn". Herald Sun. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
↑ http://footystats.freeservers.com/Footystats/Haw-05.html
↑ http://www.italianteamofthecentury.com.au/player-detail-cms.php?playerId=98

External links

John Kennedy Jr.'s statistics from AFL Tables

Hawthorn Football Club 1983 VFL premiers

Hawthorn 20.20 (140) defeated Essendon 8.9 (57), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

1. Judge 3. Matthews (c) 7. Ayres 8. O'Halloran 9. DiPierdomenico 11. Buckenara 12. Paton 16. Wallace 17. Tuck 20. McCarthy 21. Byrne 22. Loveridge 23. Brereton 24. Knights 26. Eade 29. Greene 30. Schwab 32. Robertson 34. Kennedy 46. Mew

Coach: Jeans

Hawthorn Football Club 1986 VFL premiers

Hawthorn 16.14 (110) defeated Carlton 9.14 (68), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

2. Mew 4. Russo 7. Ayres 9. DiPierdomenico 11. Buckenara 14. Dear 15. Morris 16. Wallace 17. Tuck (c) 19. Dunstall 22. Loveridge 23. Brereton 25. Curran 26. Eade 28. Langford 29. Greene 30. Schwab 34. Kennedy 39. Abbott 44. Platten

Coach: Jeans

Hawthorn Football Club 1988/89 VFL premiers

1988: Hawthorn 22.20 (152) defeated Melbourne 6.20 (56), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1989: Hawthorn 21.18 (144) defeated Geelong 21.12 (138), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

2. Mew 7. Ayres 9. DiPierdomenico 10. Wittman 11. Buckenara 14. Dear 17. Tuck (c) 18. Pritchard 19. Dunstall 20. Maginness 23. Brereton 24. Langford 34. Kennedy 35. Morrissey 40/4. Collins 44. Platten

Australian Football League • Italian Team of the Century

Full-back	Frank Curcio Stephen Silvagni Len Incigneri

Half-back	Alec Epis Anthony Koutoufides John Kennedy Jr.

Centre	Robert DiPierdomenico Ian Stewart Peter Matera

Half-forward	Peter Riccardi Alan Martello Mark Mercuri

Full-forward	Phillip Matera Saverio Rocca Brendan Fevola

Ruck	Steve Alessio Mark Ricciuto (c) Peter Pianto

Interchange	Sergio Silvagni Tony Liberatore Scott Camporeale Joe Misiti

Coach	Ron Barassi Jr.

Club president	Frank Costa

Victorian team – 1984 State of Origin

Victoria 16.12 (108) defeated South Australia 16.8 (104), at Football Park, 15 May 1984 Western Australia 21.16 (142) defeated Victoria 21.12 (138), at Subiaco Oval, 17 July 1984

Both games	Ackerly Buckley Cunningham Evans Hawkins Healy Johnston Madden Mew Moore Pert Tuck

vs. South Australia	Bos Carroll Daicos Doull Greig Jess Kennedy Lee McCann Salmon Watson Wilson

vs. Western Australia	Ablett Ayres Daniher DiPierdomenico Greene Icke Merrett Shaw Turner Williams

Coach: Jeans

Victorian 2nd XVIII team – 1990 State of Origin

Tasmania 20.14 (134) defeated Victoria 14.17 (101), at North Hobart Oval, 24 June 1990

Allison Ayres (c) Bower Condon Dear Foster Gallagher Kennedy Kerrison Knights Langford Liberatore Longmire Lyon Martyn Monkhorst Romero Toohey Wallace Wigney Wright Young

Coach: Parkin

1991 AFL national draft

1. John Hutton
2. Marcus Seecamp
3. Darren Kowal
4. Andrew McGovern
5. Jason Norrish
6. Paul Burton
7. Jeremy Guard
8. Michael Symons
9. Stephen O'Reilly
10. Andrew Lamprill
11. Leigh Willison
12. Rob Malone
13. Shane Crawford
14. Fabian Francis
15. Kieran O'Dwyer
16. Daniel Metropolis
17. Anthony Cole
18. Matthew Hogg
19. Phil Gilbert
20. Brett Cook
21. Willie Dick
22. Simon Crawshay
23. Mathew McKay
24. Kane Morphett
25. Steven Davies
26. Ben Herrald
27. Terry Board
28. Cale O'Keefe
29. Matthew Connell
30. Kane Purcell
31. Hayden Kilmartin
32. Micah Berry
33. Paul Morrish
34. Tim Leng
35. Darryl Donald
36. Jason Dullard
37. Ryan O'Connor
38. Jamie Rundle
39. Richard Taylor
40. Nick White
41. Todd Curley
42. Peter Freeman
43. David Strooper
44. Brett Sholl
45. Gary Barrow
46. Bruno Italiano
47. Glenn Manton
48. Kevin Mitchell
49. Todd Hawes
50. Bruce Hando
51. Shaun Brooker
52. Mathew Henderson
53. Alistair Gray
54. Leigh Snooks
55. Glenn Hoffman
56. Andrew Dunkley
57. Anthony McDonald
58. Justin Pickering
59. Greg Turner
60. James Billington
61. Michael Addison
62. Peter Maclean
63. Brendan Bower
64. Chris Barrett
65. Heath Shephard
66. Nick Roney
67. Shane Ellen
68. Mathew Bell
69. Brad Sholl
70. Jon Lister
71. Luke Chambers
72. Michael Shields
73. Cameron Burke
74. Brendan Krummel
75. Travis Edmonds
76. Matt Rendell
77. Jay Burton
78. Mathew Dickson
79. Bevan Smillie
80. Damian Ryan
81. Brendan Barrows
82. Scott Morrison
83. Peter Jacks
84. Alistair Burke
85. John Kennedy
86. Jamie Madigan
87. Sam Jones
88. Aiden Bussell
89. Paul Dimattina

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