Stephen Kernahan
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| Personal Info | |
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| Birth | September 1, 1963, |
| Recruited from | Glenelg, (SANFL) |
| Height/Weight | 196cm / 102kg |
| Playing Career¹ | |
| Debut | Round 1, 1986, Carlton vs. Hawthorn, at Waverley Park |
| Team(s) | Glenelg, (SANFL) (1981-1985)
136 games, 290 goals Carlton (1986-1997) 251 games, 738 goals |
| ¹ Statistics to end of 2005 season | |
| Career Highlights | |
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Stephen Kernahan is an Australian rules footballer best known for his career with Carlton and Glenelg in the 1980s and 1990s.
Nicknamed Sticks and "Kernas", Kernahan was the captain of the Carlton team of the century and holds the club goalkicking record of 738 and the AFL record for the most games as club captain.
[edit] History
Kernahan is the son of South Australian rules footballer Harry Kernahan. He began his senior career with Glenelg in the SANFL in 1981 and played 136 games, kicking 290 goals, winning 3 straight best and fairest awards, topping the votes in the 1983 Magarey Medal (for which he was ineligible due to a suspension), and twice winning the club goalkicking[1]. In 1985 he was awarded the Jack Oatey Medal as best on ground in the club's premiership win over North Adelaide.
In 1986, Kernahan moved to Carlton in the Victorian Football League and had an immediate impact. Other South Australians to move to Carlton that year were Craig Bradley and Peter Motley. In only his second season Kernahan was made club captain and held the position until his retirement in 1997. He was premiership captain in 1987 and 1995, won the best and fairest in 1987, 1989 and 1992,
He played at centre half-forward and full forward. He played 13 games for South Australia and was selected as an All-Australian 9 times (7 for Carlton in 1986-90, 92 & 94, 2 for Glenelg in 1984-85). He is a Carlton and AFL life member.
After retiring as a player Kernahan joined the club's Board of Directors and in 2006 became a Vice-President of the Club.
In 2006, at the Carlton Football Club's Best and Fairest dinner, Sticks unleashed comments regarding Jake Niall being Caroline Wilson's "lap dog" and said that journalist Patrick Smith "has no friends and spends Christmas Eve by himself". The comments caused major controversy [2]
