Australian rules footballer
Australian rules footballer
Matthew Kennedy Full name
Matthew Kennedy Date of birth
(1970-02-04 ) 4 February 1970 (age 54) Original team(s)
Southport (QAFL ) Height
191 cm (6 ft 3 in) Weight
98 kg (216 lb) Position(s)
Wing Years
Club
Games (Goals) 1990–1996
Brisbane Bears
113 (25) 1997–2001
Brisbane Lions
0 75 0 (5) Total
188 (30)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2001.
Sources: AFL Tables , AustralianFootball.com
Matthew Kennedy (born 4 February 1970) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Early life
Kennedy grew up on the Gold Coast where he played junior football for both Surfers Paradise and Southport . He is the son of former St Kilda player Des Kennedy .
AFL career
Kennedy played during the 1990s and early 2000s for both the Brisbane Bears and the Brisbane Lions after the Bears merged with Fitzroy in 1996. After 188 games of league football, which included the 2001 preliminary final, he retired at the end of the 2001 season, the year Brisbane won the first of their three consecutive flags.
References
Full-back Half-back Centre Half-forward Full-forward Ruck Interchange Coach
Queensland-NT 16.14 (110) defeated Tasmania 10.13 (73), at
Bellerive Oval , 6 June 1993, crowd: 9,660
Queensland Northern Territory
Tasmania Queensland New South Wales Northern Territory Australian Capital Territory