Shannon McFerran was born on 13 June 1979 and is an Australian rules football player in the Victorian Women's Football League.
12 Facts About Shannon McFerran
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Shannon McFerran currently plays at Gisborne Bulldogs Womens Football Club.
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Shannon McFerran played at St Albans with the boys until 12 years of age as girls could not play with boys after age 12.
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Shannon McFerran went into umpiring and umpired in the FDFL now WRFL umpiring the boundary before taking up the field.
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At 17 Shannon McFerran joined the Sunshine YCW Spurs Women's football team.
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Shannon McFerran was part of the 2004 and 2011 premierships at St Albans Spurs.
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Shannon McFerran was named All - Australian captain and was best on ground in the grand final at the Australian AFL championships, she won the Debbie Lee medal for player of the championships.
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Shannon McFerran has been named as best and fairest player in the Victorian women's league five times and is a 10 time best and fairest club winner.
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Shannon McFerran has represented Victoria 12 times, captained Victoria a number of times and was All Australian captain 2009 and 2011.
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Shannon McFerran retired from playing at St Kilda Sharks and took on the role of head coach in 2015.
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Shannon McFerran is the head coach of Carltons VFLW team and assistant coach in Carltons AFLW team.
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Shannon McFerran was a member of the Australia women's international rules football team that played against Ireland in the 2006 Ladies' International Rules Series.