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Probably not well known to Port supporters but Don McSweeny was an irresistible driving force behind Port's development of its western country zone. His monthly Magpies News contributions were inspired reading.
Vale Don McSweeny
Vale Don McSweeny
Vale Don McSweenyPORT ADELAIDE has joined the South Australian football community in mourning the death of Don McSweeny OAM, who was a long standing contributor to football in the state.
Running programs in Port Adelaide’s traditional country heartland across the Eyre Peninsula, McSweeny had made a 70-year contribution to football in several roles.
More than 60 products of his work on the Eyre Peninsula came through the rooms at Alberton, including eventual AFL premiership players Gavin Wanganeen, Peter and Shaun Burgoyne, Byron Pickett and Darryl Wakelin.