1. Sam Kekovich is well known for his controversial behaviour, both on and off the field, and most recently for his series of satirical advertisements as the spokesman for Meat and Livestock Australia to promote the lamb industry.
11 Facts About Sam Kekovich
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Sam Kekovich played a key role in the club's first premiership win in 1975 by assisting ruckman Mick Nolan by contesting boundary throw-ins, in which he won most of the hit outs against Hawthorn's top ruckman Don Scott.
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In 1987, Sam Kekovich signed to coach VFA club Camberwell, which had just been relegated to Division 2 following a winless 1986 season.
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Sam Kekovich coached the Cobras for three seasons and he left the club after its winless 1989 season.
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Sam Kekovich was included in the North Melbourne Team of the Century, on the interchange bench.
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Sam Kekovich has carried on his flamboyant style into the media sector, being most notable for his 'rants' on the ABC show The Fat, a breakfast show on Melbourne radio station 3AK, as a radio presenter on Melbourne Sports Radio Station SEN 1116, in pre-match AFL coverage on Triple M, and on PTI Australia on ESPN.
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Sam Kekovich has performed these 'rants' in commercials for North Melbourne Football Club membership drives and Dan Murphy's bottle shops.
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From 2005 to 2014, Sam Kekovich headed a well-known annual advertising campaign for Meat and Livestock Australia in the lead-up to Australia Day encouraging people to eat more Australian lamb.
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Sam Kekovich continued in the Lambassador role into the next decade, appearing in the Australia Day lamb advertisements as knocking down the interstate walls in 2021 and as the head of the National Lamb Rollout in 2022.
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Sam Kekovich was an executive producer on the Australian film Blinder released in 2013.
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In October 2018 Sam Kekovich appeared on Facebook advertising supporting the Australian Conservatives political party, with an aim to air the ads on TV.