Kenneth "Ken" Sheldon is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er in the Victorian Football League. He is the father of Brisbane Lions

Brisbane Lions

The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996...

 player, Sam Sheldon

Sam Sheldon

Sam Sheldon is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League.-Early life:Sam has Indigenous Australian heritage and his tribal ancestry can be traced to the Wemba-Wemba.-Draft:...

.

Carlton career

Recruited from Mitiamo, Sheldon, a rover, debuted with the Carlton Football Club

Carlton Football Club

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 in 1977. Ken Sheldon wore the number 5 guernsey. In 1979 he enjoyed a stellar season, booting 53 goals and leading Carlton's goalkicking for that year. In the 1979 Grand Final

1979 VFL Grand Final

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, Sheldon is best remembered for receiving the ball from the sliding Wayne Harmes

Wayne Harmes

Wayne Harmes is a retired Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.-Football career:Recruited from Oak Park, as a youngster Harmes was perceived to have a lot of talent, winning The Sun newspapers' "Sunkick" competition. Added to this was the fact he was a grandson of Len Smith...

 and kicking the winning goal to give the Blues a premiership win over Collingwood.

Sheldon was also a part of the Blues' 1981 and 1982 premiership sides.

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.

Coaching career

Remaining at St Kilda, Sheldon became their coach from 1990. The 1991 season saw Sheldon lead the Saints to their first AFL Finals Series since 1973, and Sheldon was credited with turning the fortunes of the club, who again made the finals in 1992. Sheldon was not reappointed after the 1993 season, with the post being taken over by Stan Alves

Stan Alves

Stan Alves, OAM was an Australian rules football player and coach. He played 226 games for the Melbourne Football Club in the 1970s, captaining them from 1973–1976 and finishing runner-up for the Brownlow Medal in 1975, before joining North Melbourne in 1977. Legend has it that he chose to play...

. Sheldon has recently been reappointed to the St Kilda Football Club as a football operations manager.