Australian Football

Gordon 'Freckles' Phelan was a standout centreline player of his time with Kedron and an automatic State team selection over a 13-year period before and after the Second World War. Exclusively known as ‘Freckles’, he started his football with a premiership in the ‘Past Pupils’ grade with the Wooloowin club in 1935. When Wooloowin merged with Kedron, the Redlegs became a formidable rival to powerhouse club Windsor in the 1940s. 

Phelan represented Queensland as a 17-year-old in 1938 and was Queensland's best State player in 1946. A superbly skilled left-footer, he also had an astonishing vertical leap and was renowned for his freakish marking ability. A talented rugby league player, he chose the Australian game and is regarded by many as Kedron's greatest ever player.

Author - Murray Bird and Peter Blucher