Can you tell which premiership-winning AFL star is pictured back when he was about to be drafted?
- An incredible throwback photo of an AFL star has emerged
- The player captained a team that won the Premier League
- Do you know who it is?
He was part of an all-conquering premiership-winning team and is looking to reach the top of the footy mountain again this year.
But before he became the lynchpin of his football club, this soccer star was an amateur chef with a dream of playing in the AFL.
He is a six-time All-Australian, AFL premiership captain and one of the most recognisable faces in the sport.
So, can you guess who’s in the photo?
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Do you recognise this AFL superstar and championship-winning captain?
It’s Max Gawn, the 2021 premiership-winning captain of the Melbourne Football Club.
The big ruckman looked no different from the first chance he got in 2009, when he was selected fifth and thirty-fourth by the Demons.
The never-before-seen photo was posted to
‘Here Max Gawn is already in the bad books of the club’s dietician…’ next to a photo of Gawn proudly showing a fresh batch of sausage rolls.
Other throwback photos included Adam Cooney, Lachie Whitfield and Trent Cotchin.
Gawn continues to lead the ship in Melbourne, with the club currently sitting 9th on the AFL ladder and having endured an up and down season so far.
The Demons have lost gun midfielder Christian Petracca for the remainder of the season after he suffered worrying internal injuries during the team’s defeat to Collingwood.
That’s right, it’s Melbourne hero and giant ruckman Max Gawn
He suffered a ruptured spleen and spent several days in isolation in intensive care, with questions raised over the way the club’s doctors handled the situation.
‘It is actually not my job, but that of the doctors. I have more confidence in our medical team than ever before. They are incredibly good at what they do and they are independent of the sport,” coach Simon Goodwin said last week.
‘They have done all possible assessments and we are very happy with it.
‘It wasn’t until long after the match that it was diagnosed as an internal injury, and these are very difficult injuries to diagnose.’