Mike Sheahan

Michael "Mike" Sheahan is an Australian journalist who specialises in Australian rules football. He is Chief Football Writer and Associate Sports Editor for the Herald Sun, a panelist on the Fox Sports program "On the Couch" and former Media Director for the VFL (now AFL).

Sheahan attended Werribee High School and started his journalistic career with the Werribee Banner. He then began work with The Age newspaper in Melbourne before moving to The Herald and subsequently the Herald Sun where he has been a long-time sports writer. His opinionated pieces have drawn some criticism but he has established himself as one Aussie Rules' most prominent writers and his annual Mike Sheahan's Top 50 is always hotly debated. Sheahan also worked with the Seven Network on their late-night football talk show, Talking Footy and currently appears on Fox Sports' "On The Couch" with Brownlow Medallist Gerard Healy and Sydney Swans Premiership Coach Paul Roos. He is the cousin of former Test cricketer Paul Sheahan. While not officially a club member of any Australian Football League team, Sheahan revealed on Fox Sports' "Before the Bounce" that he has a soft spot for the Melbourne Football Club.^[1][2]

In 2008 Sheahan was given the task by the AFL to compile a list of the Greatest 50 players of all time (though no SANFL or WAFL players were included as 'all time' to the AFL means only players from the VFL/AFL), to be published in the book 'The Australian Game of Football', which honoured the 150th anniversary of Australian rules football. Sheahan sparked much debate by putting North Melbourne champion Wayne Carey at number one ahead of the AFL's player of the 20th Century Leigh Matthews, who was named at number 2.^[3]

The media centre at AFL House in Melbourne is named in his honour.^[2]

References

1. ^ McClure, Geoff (7 April 2005). "Barrack? My word we do". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/news/Geoff-McClure/Sporting-Life/2005/04/06/1112489557736.html. Retrieved 30 January 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "New AFL media centre named after Mike Sheahan". Herald Sun. 18 September 2008. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/media-centre-named-after-sheahan/story-e6frf9jf-1111117515564. Retrieved 30 January 2010. 
3. ^ Sheahan, Mike (15 March 2008). "Mike Sheahan's AFL top 50 players". Herald Sun. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/sheahans-afl-top-50/story-e6frf9if-1111115800530. Retrieved 30 January 2010. 

External links

• 2006 Top 50
• 2009 Top 50

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