Guy McKenna
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Guy Lindsay McKenna | ||
| Nickname(s) | Bluey | ||
| Date of birth | 11 May 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Perth, Western Australia | ||
| Original team(s) | Carine JFC | ||
| Height / weight | 184 cm / 88 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Half-back flanker | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1985–87; 1992 | Claremont | 49 (5) | |
| 1988–2000 | West Coast | 267 (28) | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 1987–1997 | Western Australia | 5 (1) | |
| Coaching career3 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 2003 | Claremont | 21 (12–9–0) | |
| 2011–2014 | Gold Coast | 88 (24–64–0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2000.
3 Coaching statistics correct as of 2014.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Guy Lindsay McKenna (born 11 May 1969) is a retired Australian rules football player and the former senior coach of the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). McKenna played 267 games for the West Coast Eagles, including the 1992 and 1994 premiership wins. He captained the club between 1999 and 2000 AFL season.
Educated at Carine Senior High School and originally from Carine Junior Football Club, McKenna was zoned to Claremont in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), where he played 49 games in four seasons from 1985 to 1987 and in 1992, including the Tigers' 1987 premiership.
McKenna was recruited to the West Coast Eagles for the 1988 season with a pre-draft selection. He played for the Eagles from 1988 until 2000, notching up 267 games and booting 28 goals. He formed one of the most feared backlines in the AFL, along with John Worsfold, Ashley McIntosh, Glen Jakovich and Michael Brennan and was known for his cool demeanour and reliability.
He won the Club Champion Award twice, once in 1989 and the other in 1999, finishing in the top three another five times.
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