Stephen Kernahan

Stephen Kernahan
Stephen Kernahan
Personal information
Full name	Stephen Scott Kernahan
Nickname(s)	Sticks, Corey
Date of birth	1 September 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth	Adelaide, South Australia
Original team(s)	Glenelg (SANFL)
Height	196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	102 kg (225 lb)
Position(s)	Centre half-forward, Ruckman
Playing career1
Years	Club
1981–1985	Glenelg
1986–1997	Carlton
Total
Representative team honours
Years	Team
1983–1996	South Australia
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1997.
Career highlights
	VFL/AFL 2× AFL Premiership player: (1987, 1995); 2× All-Australian team: (1992, 1994); 3× Robert Reynolds Trophy: (1987, 1989, 1992); 11× Carlton leading goalkicker: (1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996); Carlton captain: (1987–1997); Carlton Team of the Century – Centre Half-Forward, (Captain); Carlton Hall of Fame, Legend Status; SANFL SANFL Premiership player: (1985); 3× Glenelg Best & Fairest: (1983, 1984, 1985); 2× Glenelg Leading Goalkicker: (1983, 1984); Jack Oatey Medal: (1985); South Australian Football Hall of Fame, inducted 2002; Glenelg Hall of Fame; Representative 2× National Football Carnival Championship: ; 1988, 1993; 3× All-Australian team: (1985, 1986, 1988); 2× Fos Williams Medal: (1984, 1988); Overall Australian Football Hall of Fame, inducted 2001;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Stephen Scott Kernahan (born 1 September 1963) 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 (1983, 1986, 1988, 1992 and 1994). He later served for six years as president of the Carlton Football Club.

Nicknamed Sticks,^[2] Kernahan was the captain of Carlton's Team of the Century and holds the club goalkicking record of 738 and, until eclipsed by Joel Selwood in 2022, held the AFL record for the most games as a club captain.

^ These totals refer to premiership matches (home-and-away and finals matches) only.
^ Robinson, Mark (29 April 2009). "The day Dick Pratt said he'd be Carlton president". Herald Sun. News Corporation. Retrieved 24 December 2009.

[1] These totals refer to premiership matches (home-and-away and finals matches) only.

[Pratt-2] Robinson, Mark (29 April 2009). "The day Dick Pratt said he'd be Carlton president". Herald Sun. News Corporation. Retrieved 24 December 2009.

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