- An incredible throwback photo of an AFL star has emerged
- The player has captained a winning first division team.
- So can you guess who it is?
He was part of a first-place winning team and is looking to reach the top of the football mountain once again this year.
But before becoming the heart of his football club, this football star was an amateur chef with an AFL dream.
He has become a six-time All-Australian, AFL premiership captain and one of the most recognizable faces in the sport.
So can you guess who is in the photo?
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Can you recognize this AFL superstar and championship-winning captain?
It’s Max Gawn, the 2021 premiership-winning captain of the Melbourne Football Club.
The great ruckman looked a long way from when he got his first chance to make it big in 2009, when he was selected by the Demons with their fifth selection and 34th overall.
The never-before-seen image was posted on
‘Here’s Max Gawn, already in the club dietician’s bad books…’ alongside a photo of Gawn proudly showing off a new batch of sausage rolls.
Other throwback photos included Adam Cooney, Lachie Whitfield and Trent Cotchin.
Gawn continues to lead the ship in Melbourne, with the club currently sitting ninth in the AFL standings having endured an up-and-down season to date.
The Demons have lost midfielder Christian Petracca for the remainder of the season after he suffered worrying internal injuries during the team’s loss to Collingwood.
That’s right, it’s Melbourne hero and giant ruckman Max Gawn
He suffered a laceration of the spleen and spent several days isolated in intensive care, with doubts about the handling of the situation by the club’s doctors.
“It’s not really my job, it’s the doctors’ job and I trust our medical team like never before – they are incredible at what they do and they are independent of the game,” coach Simon Goodwin said last week.
‘They did all the possible evaluations and we really felt comfortable with the situation.
“It wasn’t until a long time after (the game) that an internal injury was diagnosed, and they are very difficult injuries to diagnose.”
