Footy star looks UNRECOGNISABLE in this adorable throwback snap… can YOU guess who it is?

There aren’t many AFL fans in 2024 who wouldn’t recognize this young adult.

But asking them to identify this smiling boy chomping on a TimTam? They may find it difficult to do so.

An AFL club has shared a video of one of its star players as a child being held up in the crowd during a passionate game back in 2005.

So can you guess who it is?

That’s right, it’s St Kilda star Jack Higgins!

Higgins, now 25, recreated the iconic image this week, and the Saints posted a photo of him chomping on a TimTam during a photo shoot.

Reflecting on that moment almost 20 years ago, Higgins told the club’s official website: “I didn’t even know the guy who was holding me back in the crowd!”

‘I was a stranger, dad was sitting next to me. Dad was quite outgoing and he chatted with a lot of fans, so we all must have chatted at the game.

‘I know his face… I may have sat next to him once or twice in other games, but I never saw him again! I think the camera was panning at the time and he just grabbed me, but I thank that guy for including me on TV!

“Dad didn’t let me have Tim Tams when I was a kid either, so I think this guy just shoved it in my mouth and I was eating it when the camera came by.

‘That or I pinched one!’

Reflecting on his happy childhood memories after the Saints, Higgins said: ‘Dad, Mum and I went to all the Saints home games. We didn’t miss a game.

‘I remember being in the Grand Final when BJ achieved that mark (in 2010). Mom and Dad were members and in the drawing they got a ticket to sit in their pocket.

“All the Saints fans were just hugging each other, we thought we’d won it.”