Mike Sheahan

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Mike Sheahan (born 1945) is an Australian journalist, and the editor of AFL Football in the Herald Sun. He is also a panelist on the Fox Sports program On the Couch.

Sheahan attended Werribee Secondary College and was the school dux. Starting with the Herald Sun newspaper in Melbourne, Victoria he has been a long-time sports writer for the newspaper, with his opinionated pieces drawing some criticism. He has established himself as one of the most prominent writers on Australian rules football, with his yearly Mike Sheahan's Top 50 list of the Australian Football League's best players always a talking point. Sheahan also worked with the Seven Network on their late-night football talk show, Talking Footy. He has a wife Emma Sheahan and a daughter to her named Jodi Sheahan who lives in Tasmania unlike Mike who lives in victoria. He is also the brother of former cricketer Paul Sheahan.

Mike Sheahan's Top 50 is an Australian rules football listing compiled of the top 50 players in the Australian Football League according to the opinion of respected football journalist Mike Sheahan. The article is controversial as Sheahan is thought by some to play "favourites" with some players.[citation needed] He was accused of favouring players who write for the Herald Sun, such as James Hird and Nathan Buckley, players who are considered to be past their prime, but not selecting Michael Voss, who is often mentioned in the same bracket as the other two players.

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