Careers outside AFL that have outshone their playing careers.

[Kooley]

Justin Madden - Minister for Sport

Simon Beasley - Leading Bookmaker

 

[Brock Machine]

Ian Collins - Turf Expert

 

[fishmonger]

Andrew Demetriou - CEO of the AFL

Ryan Fitzgerald - B grade celebrity

Darren Bennett - NFL punter

 

[Smell The Glove]

Sam Newman - Professional jackass

 

[Coin_Toss]

Lou Richards - Louie the Larrikin

 

[jim boy]

Sam Newman - Professional jackass

Lou Richards - Louie the Larrikin

Both AFL Hall of Fame Inductees, what they have done on TV, although considerable, is less than what they did on the field

 

[Captain Sensible]

Lou Richards - Louie the Larrikin

Lou was 'The Lip'

Don Chipp-politician
Warwick Armstrong-Test cricket captain
Ted McDonald-Great fast bowler

 

[Smell The Glove]

Both AFL Hall of Fame Inductees, what they have done on TV, although considerable, is less than what they did on the field

In Lou's case - premiership captain - yes. Im Sam's - no.

 

[Warwick]

Mark Bolton - paper boy when he was 9.

 

[red+black]

Careers outside AFL that have outshone their playing careers.

Andrew Demetriou - CEO of the AFL

Probably doesn't count as OP said "outside AFL". Otherwise I could name any decent coach: Pagan, McHale, Smith, Parkin, ...

 

[Captain Sensible]

In Lou's case - premiership captain - yes. Im Sam's - no.

302 games. He was no slouch and a better player than his professional dill status would suggest.

 

[red+black]

Mark Bolton - paper boy when he was 9.

Give him a break! He's a project player, still developing.

 

[Papa G]

Ricky Nixon. Bigger profile as an agent than he ever was as a footballer

 

[Not a Wellman]

I know his football was a far higher achievement then a news presenter but Tim Watson.

 

[Warwick]

Give him a break! He's a project player, still developing.

Nah, 10 years in the AFL is nothing to sneeze at.

Whoever said Newman is an idiot - he played over 300 games.

 

[kane249]

Simon O'Donnell
Max Walker

Both Aussie cricketers who played in the VFL

 

[Smell The Glove]

302 games. He was no slouch and a better player than his professional dill status would suggest.

Nit saying for an instant he didnt have a great career. I'm saying that his current exploits have outshone his playing career.

 

[kane249]

Chris Connolly - Average football and a, well just as average coach

 

[red+black]

David Dench.

 

[masai]

Ron Alexander - CEO, Sport & Recreation W.A.

 

[red+black]

In 5-10 years time: Ben Graham.

 

[Sandola]

George Pell - Archbishop (well, apparently he was signed with Richmond)
Sir Douglas Nicholls - Governor of South Australia
(any other footballers been knighted?)

 

[red+black]

Ben Buckley.

 

[red+black]

Lindsay Fox.

 

[red+black]

Keith Miller.