Former AFL star Shane Crawford has some big boots to fill as he enters the world of acting
Shane Crawford took centre stage after winning an AFL premiership with Hawthorn and performed on The Footy Show, but now he’s been cast in an Andrew Lloyd Webber MusicalShane Crawford took centre stage after winning an AFL premiership with Hawthorn and performed on The Footy Show, but now he’s been cast in an Andrew Lloyd Webber Musicalhane Crawford once stood on a stage in the middle of the MCG and told celebrating Hawthorn fans: “.
While cynics may suggest Crawford is kidding himself if he thinks producers were unaware of his footballing roots when casting him in the Melbourne show, he’s not the first athlete to swap the bright lights of sporting stardom for the bright lights of showbiz. Now it’s just a matter of seeing whether he struts the boards well enough to one day end up with his name on a list such as this.
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