The stories behind stirring AFL Anzac tributes

News.com.au - 21/04
In 1917 a former Collingwood player, Malcolm ‘Doc’ Seddon, was as far from the MCG as any footballer could be.

In 1917 a former Collingwood player, Malcolm ‘Doc’ Seddon, was as far from the MCG as any footballer could be.

He was in France, fighting in the First World War, but the Magpies were never far from his mind.

Seddon wrote letters to the football club, and even sent a ‘good luck horseshoe’ which is the centrepiece of Collingwood’s 2025 Anzac Day jersey, which will be worn at the MCG on Friday in the 30th instalment of their traditional Anzac Day clash with Essendon.

Every jersey worn this weekend by clubs marking the Anzac Day round has a story.

Collingwood’s revolves around the letters sent by Seddon, which are featured within the stripes of the jumper, while the horseshoe, made from a German howitzer shell and parts of a downed German plane, is front and centre.

Collingwood player Jack Crisp in the team ...
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