Brendan Fevola

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"Fev" as he is so affectionately known, was recruited to Carlton as the number 38 overall draft pick in 1998. He made is AFL with Carlton in 1999 against their arch rivals Collingwood.

His first years were not as successful as Carlton had hoped, and the coach at the time Wayne Brittain told him at the end of the season .in 2002 that he would be delisted. The coach was later sacked and replaced with Denis Pagan who decided to keep him.

He is one of only a few players in the history of football to win a Coleman Medal in the same year as his team won the “wooden spoon”. In 2006 he outran his opponents in the Grand Final Sprint, making him the fastest man in the AFL for that year.

Fevola is often criticized and ridiculed for his antics both on and off the field. His behaviour has sometimes been described as “inappropriate” and “in poor taste”, but there is no denying that he knows how to stand out from the crowd.

Brendan also has a serious side and has studied criminology via correspondence at the Griffith University. He has commented that becoming a police officer when he retires from AFL may be a possibility. Another avenue he may persue is a career as a punter in the National Football League in the United States.

His talents seem best to be in the field of commentating, as his stints in this role for The Footy Show for the Nine Network have been both entertaining and memorable.

Brendan is also a father to two girls. Mia and Leni.