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Tommy Hafey

Tommy Hafey is a legend of Australian Rules Football. His reputation and record speak for themselves.

Record of Achievement

  • Coached four AFL teams – Richmond, Collingwood, Geelong, and the Sydney Swans
  • Coached over 500 VFL/AFL games for a 60% win record.
  • Teams coached made ten Grand Finals, resulting in four premierships and a tied Grand Final.
  • First year as Collingwood coach, the team rose from wooden spooners to be in the Grand Final.
  • Three years with the Sydney Swans, with Dr Edelsten, took the Swans from second bottom to second top two years running.
  • Never beaten as a coach of the Victorian State Teams.
  • Eighteen players coached by Hafey have become AFL coaches
  • Only once in 22 years coaching football did a Hafey-coached team finish lower than seventh.

Further Reading

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Hafey
Unretired football legend Tom Hafey at 80 (Herald Sun, July 16, 2011)