13 Facts About Ken Judge

Ken Judge was an Australian rules footballer and coach.

Ken Judge played in the Grand Finals of 1984 and 1985 but struggled for selection in 1986.

Ken Judge moved to the Brisbane Bears, where he played another 17 games without making much impact in 1987 and 1988.

Ken Judge retired from playing at the end of 1988 and returned to Western Australia to take up various coaching roles.

In 1995, Ken Judge was appointed as an assistant coach at Carlton, Carlton had the most successful premiership season to that time.

Ken Judge was appointed senior coach of Hawthorn from 1996 until 1999, finishing 8th and therefore reaching the finals in his first year.

Ken Judge then resigned as Hawthorn senior coach, with a year to run on his contract.

Ken Judge was then replaced by Peter Schwab as Hawthorn Football Club senior coach.

Ken Judge then returned to Western Australia as senior coach of the West Coast Eagles, after Mick Malthouse stepped down as West Coast Eagles senior coach at the end of the 1999 season.

Ken Judge coached West Coast Eagles for the 2000 and 2001 AFL seasons.

Ken Judge was unsuccessful during his time there, where West Coast Eagles under Judge finished 13th in the 2000 season and 14th in the 2001 season before he was sacked at the end of the 2001 season and replaced by John Worsfold as West Coast Eagles senior coach.

Ken Judge died on his 58th birthday in Perth, Western Australia on 15 January 2016 from multiple myeloma.

Ken Judge had been diagnosed with the blood condition in mid-2010 and had undergone several bouts of chemotherapy treatment.