Jeans a St Kilda legend
05/06/2008 11:00 PM
St Kilda announced on Thursday night at its hall of fame induction ceremony that it has made the only premiership coach in its history Allan Jeans a legend of the club.
Jeans, who played 77 games for the Saints before masterminding the club's solitary grand final triumph in 1966, joins past champions Darrel Baldock and Ian Stewart as the Saints' only official legends.
Jeans is considered to be one of the greatest coaches in VFL/AFL history and is one of only 11 mentors in 111 years to have overseen at least four flags - he went on to steer the Hawks to three premierships in 1983, 1986 and 1989.
St Kilda also revealed that Nathan Burke, Greg Burns, Gary Colling, Bill Cubbins, Brian Gleeson, Daryl Griffiths, Barry Lawrence, Brian Mynott, Des Nisbet, Lance Oswald, Bruce Phillips and Colin Watson are the club's 12 new hall of fame inductees.
The function was held at the Crown Palladium in Melbourne.