How Hall of Famer became one of five players to complete the Coleman/Brownlow double

Western Bulldogs great Kelvin Templeton is this week's guest on This Is Your Journey – thanks to Tobin Brothers.

The former VFL star’s playing career started in 1974 with Footscray where he’d kick 494 goals from 143 games before moving to Melbourne in 1983 where he played three seasons for 34 games which produced 99 goals.

Templeton made his way to the Dogs via Traralgon in the Latrobe Valley Football League given the country town was in the club’s zone at the time.

While Templeton was only skinny when he made his VFL debut as a teenager, weighing in at around 80kg and standing at 191cm, he kicked six goals in his first game at full-forward against Collingwood.

After putting some weight on in his early 20s, Templeton blossomed winning the Coleman Medal in 1978 and 1979 with 118 goals and 91 goals respectively in each season.

1980 was perhaps his best year though as he kicked 75 goals playing higher up the ground as a centre-half-forward, winning the Brownlow Medal with 23 votes.

In winning the Brownlow, Templeton is now recognised as one of five players to win the game's highest individual award as well as the Coleman Medal for leading goalkicker.

In 1981, Templeton suffered a serious knee injury and he struggled with his body throughout the remainder of his career despite kicking 51 goals in 16 games for the Demons in his 11th season at the level.

After retiring in 1985 aged just 27, Templeton later went on to become the CEO of the Sydney Swans and was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame earlier this year.

Listen to Templeton’s full chat with Sam Edmund below.