Australian Football Hall of Fame member and ‘proud and passionate South Australian’ Neil Kerley has died aged 88
Kerley’s verbal stoushes before Victorian counterpart Ted Whitten during State of Origin fixtures were the stuff of legend.
“Not coming to Victoria [was a regret],” he told Fox Footy’s Open Mike. “If I could have walked out of there and played here the following year, then yes, I would have come, for a couple of years maybe.” “He devoted his life to the game, brought improvement and success wherever he went across the SANFL competition and was absolutely driven in the cause of state football, and particularly putting a victory over the Big V.
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