John Longmire, Gavin Wanganeen, Wayne Carey and The West Australian journalist Bridget Lacey will make up the four judges who will decide the winner of the 2018 Grand Final Norm Smith medalist. He also still holds the record as the youngest winner in the AFL era. 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"That was a big honour coming from him, being such a successful player for our club, and it's stuck with me. Wanganeen made his senior SANFL debut with Port Adelaide in 1990 at only 16 years of age. Wanganeen is a Brownlow Medallist and is considered one of the finest indigenous players ever. Don't have two bad games in a row. The club received another tip-off midway through this season that proved more fruitful, and assistant coach Josh Carr collected the jumper after the club's round 17 game against Richmond at Etihad Stadium. Wanganeen returned to Port Adelaide in 1997 as the club’s inaugural captain and received 11 Brownlow votes, but after his first season injuries conspired to minimise his impact. "Sure, you're going to have the odd game where they get the better of you. "We have a high representation of our indigenous boys in the game, let's face it. Our boys bring excitement to the game and we want to keep that going when we're long gone.". Gavin Wanganeen has spent much of his life living and breathing Australian rules football, but there’s not a hint of the oval ball or any of its trappings in the elegant home he shares with his family in Adelaide’s east. ", "I wanted him to know how Port Adelaide is placed - and how he would be a valuable player to the Power. "I can't believe how young she is and she's already achieving so much … dual best and fairest, dual All-Australian and now the best and fairest of the AFLW. But you just have to bounce back the following week. If Paddy values a premiership, Port Adelaide is the club to be at. "It's quite unique. Gavin Wanganeen is currently working with Sherrin on the design for the 2017 Indigenous Round football. "I didn't know it had been taken until that night, before I jumped into bed when I unpacked my bag," Wanganeen said. He told AFL.com.au most of his teammates were already back on the bus as he dressed. In 2003 Wanganeen was favourite to once again win the Brownlow (he finished equal second). Retrieved on 9 May 2007. I was so amazed. Gavin Wanganeen age 46 years old. Being a young fella, it just hit me. "The pressure is on you as an individual, let alone the team. "I'm really excited to see where she goes with her career and I'm pretty confident it's going to be an unbelievable one.". The 1990 SANFL season was the last year that the competition was the highest level of football in South Australia. Wanganeen is a descendant of the Kokata people. "She has to enjoy the journey and not think too much. Moments after winning last year's Gavin Wanganeen Medal as Port Adelaide's best player under 21 years, Ollie Wines was approached by Wanganeen himself. Busy handling media commitments and well wishes from family and friends, Wanganeen remembered being one of the last players to shower after the win. Wanganeen played junior football for Adelaide based South Australian Amateur Football League club Salisbury North Hawks before debuting in 1990 aged sixteen with Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) (prior to that club joining the AFL), playing 24 matches and kicking 46 goals, winning the SANFL Rookie of the Year award, starring in Port Adelaide’s 1990 Premiership teamArgent, P. "Now an immortal", Koori Mail, 16 June 2010, p. 85. and gaining the attention of AFL side Essendon. At 19 years of age, Prespakis becomes the AFLW's youngest best and fairest winner. At the age of 46, most athletes have wrapped up their professional careers and left the days of playing footy behind them, but Gavin Wanganeen is not like most athletes. "He just said to work hard, put your head down and not rest on your laurels. He also announced that the confectionary company will be donating $40K to the University of South Australia’s scholarship for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students! Port Adelaide: 1990. Wanganeen was born in Mount Gambier to a footballing family: his great-grandfather had played for the local team, Koonibba Football Club, at the Koonibba mission near Ceduna.

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