About Stephen Kernahan
Stephen Scott Kernahan is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and for the Glenelg Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He also played 16 State of Origin games for South Australia and gained selection as an All-Australian five times. He later served for six years as president of the Carlton Football Club. Nicknamed Sticks, Kernahan was the captain of Carlton's Team of the Century and holds the club goalkicking record of 738. He held the AFL record for the most games as a club captain until passed by Joel Selwood in 2022. Due to the rules of the SANFL, any player who receives a suspension during a season is ineligible to win the Medal and the award was won by North Adelaide's Tony Antrobus who polled 35 votes.
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