Kenneth Luke
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Oct 20, 2026
Shannon GillGUEST
This is so good.
Shannon GillGUEST
So the VFL president, Sir Kenneth Luke, goes on to talk about what a great occasion today will be with this.
Shannon GillGUEST
And I'm referring to this as an all-star game now.
Shannon GillGUEST
I think we can call this the first ever and maybe only ever all-star game that the VFL played.
6 MINS LATER
Ash BrowneGUEST
The thing about Hawthorne, if you do study their history, there's some really influential people off the field who never pulled on a boot.
Ash BrowneGUEST
Or they might have played seconds or thirds or a few senior games, but whose impact on the club is profound.
Ash BrowneGUEST
So the challenge was to weigh up what a, you know, a Graham Arthur, for example, the first premiership captain, compares to a Sandy Ferguson, who was the president at the time.
Ash BrowneGUEST
I mean, they're the sort of conversations I had with myself and with a few people I did consult, a few other people.
Shannon GillGUEST
We spoke last year about the Olympics that were going to happen at Carlton.
Shannon GillGUEST
Remember that? Sir Kenneth Luke was the guy behind that who ends up being the president of the VFL.
Shannon GillGUEST
His idea was we're going to have the Olympics at Carlton, then the Carlton Princess Park would be the home of sport and footy for the future.
Shannon GillGUEST
It doesn't happen.
Shannon GillGUEST
But Sir Kenneth Luke... wants to hang on to this idea.
Shannon GillGUEST
He thinks we need to have our own ground so cricket and government aren't intervening and ruling our worlds.
Shannon GillGUEST
We get the crowds, we get the money, but we don't get the chance to determine our future.
Shannon GillGUEST
So that's the legacy little kicker on Carlton? Kicker on Carlton.
Shannon GillGUEST
After Carlton didn't get the Olympic stadium gig, Kenneth Luke was the president of Carlton, ends up becoming president of the VFL.
Shannon GillGUEST
What does he do two years later? Buys land to build Waverley Park.
Shannon GillGUEST
We're going to show them.
Shannon GillGUEST
We have to find a ground.
Shannon GillGUEST
So president of the league at the time, Sir Kenneth Luke, they buy 212 hectares out in Mulgrave, which at the time is basically farmland.
Shannon GillGUEST
So the idea is that the centre of Melbourne's population in the future will be there, which is how it turns out.
Shannon GillGUEST
That was correct.
14 MINS LATER
Shannon GillGUEST
The next week, Kerry Packer had just announced that they were signed up all these cricketers to go and play in the Rebel comp.
Shannon GillGUEST
and that he had already earmarked VFL Park as a place where he could play cricket because the MCG wouldn't allow him.
Shannon GillGUEST
Now, that would clearly appeal to the VFL and Alan Ayler, its president, who were trying to stick it up the MCC.
Shannon GillGUEST
They come along to the next week's game, which thankfully the lights didn't go out the next week.