Email Address: mervkennedy@resultswa.com.au *CLICK ADDRESS TO EMAIL MERV*
Current Occupation: Real Estate Agent
Current Place of Residence: 9 Neptune Place, Mandurah, WA

Association with the club (Player/Official) & period of involvement: Player – 1967, 1970, 1975 – 78. League Coach – 1971 and 1974

Post South Bunbury Life: 1979 – 1981 League Coach for Mandurah Football Club in the South Suburban Football League.
1985 – 1986/88 League Coach for Carey Park Football Club in SWNFL.
1994 - Coach of Dudley Park under 16 team, Mandurah.
2005 – Director of Peel Football League.

Position Played: Ruck – Rover and Centre Half Forward

Best South Player and Coach you’ve seen:
Players – Syd Jackson and David Hollins
Coach – Doug Peake

Most memorable incident/experience at the club:
1971 – Player count against Donnybrook Football Club in the Preliminary Final!
1971 - Grand Final victory.
1971 – 1974 Hayward Medal counts.

Earliest memory/association with the club:
1967 – First game against Augusta Margaret River at Hands Oval and good victory.

Additional Comments (Eg. Fondest memory, favourite character around the club, most despised opposition, etc:
Favourite characters – John Depiazzi and Syd Armstrong.
Fondest memory – Support and ongoing friendship by Syd Armstrong and Peg.
Most despised opposition – Donnybrook Football Club

Other family members who have/had some association with South Bunbury Football Club:
Two brothers – Ron “Red” Kennedy and Brian “Snowy” Kennedy.

Additional Information

On & Off the Field Association

Best Team I’ve Played with:-

Did not play with Syd Jackson and only played 2 or 3 games with David Hollins.

Coach: Doug Peake Club Legend: Sav Davies

President: Len Pass Secretary: Syd Armstrong

Trainer: Bill Constantine Best Kick: John Depiazzi

Best Mark: Leigh Wright M.V.P: Sport Buswell

Best female Supporter: Mrs Constantine

Most Influential Member: Dr E. Manea

“The South Bunbury Football Club is accepted in W.A. as perhaps the most successful and forward thinking over the past 100 years. The joint success enjoyed both on and off the field is of the highest order. The Tiger culture has no equal. Its true supporters are like the Collingwood Mob, you either love or hate them. It’s this admiration that the Club built its very foundation on and developed it to muster the Tiger culture which is so rare.

SBFC has made a huge contribution to the local football community, WAFL, VFL and now AFL, again both on and off the field, with perhaps its greatest individual being Trevor Nesbitt and his role at both WAFL and AFL level. As a SBFC product he rates with the very best of them.

It is with some regret that my personal involvement with the Club has been limited, but some issues and certain people created rocky path-ways which have never been mended, but it does take two people to rectify any problems and or change the direction of attitude.

As life rolls on, any past player or official looks back and at his time at the SBFC with pride and satisfaction and being part of this great country football club and its players and supporters, I know I do.”

Kind Regards,

Merv Kennedy