Kevin Sheedy, born in 1947, is a former Australian rules football player and coach who holds the VFL/AFL record of 929 games played and coached combined, over 47 years from 1967 until 2013. As a player he was with Richmond in the Victorian Football League in the 1960s and 1970s, captaining the side in 1978 and winning three premierships. He coached Essendon for nearly three decades from 1981 until 2007, winning four premierships, and conceived the first Anzac Day game in 1995. He became the inaugural AFL coach of Greater Western Sydney, coaching from 2012 to 2013, and was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2008 and elevated to Legend status in 2018.
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is a former Australian rules football coach and player in the Australian Football League
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Sheedy played for Richmond in the Victorian Football League
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