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Alex Jesaulenko ((ウクライナ語:Олександр Єсауленко), transcribed ''Oleksandr Yesaulenko'') MBE (born 2 August 1945 in Salzburg, Austria) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach who represented and in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from the 1960s to the 1980s. He is regarded as one of the game's greatest-ever players and is an official Legend of the Australian Football Hall of Fame. He immortalised his reputation in the game by taking the Mark of the Century in the 1970 VFL Grand Final. In 2009 ''The Australian'' nominated Jesaulenko as one of the 25 greatest footballers never to win a Brownlow Medal.〔(The Australian ), 22 September 2009, retrieved 2009-09-22〕 ==Early life== Jesaulenko was born in Salzburg, Austria. His father, Vasil, was Ukrainian and served as a German policeman during World War II.〔 His mother, Vera, was Russian, and had survived the horrors of seeing her father shot dead by German soldiers and having her first child, whom she first gave the name Alex, taken away from her when she was in a German prison camp. The child was not heard of again until over fifty years later.〔 The family emigrated to Australia in 1949 and spent the first six months living at the Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre.〔 According to Jesaulenko, the family name should have been spelt ''Esaulenko'', but immigration officials actually listed "Esaulenko" with a "J" in front, thinking that they had heard a "J" in his name. From there, the family moved to Canberra where Vasil set up shop as a carpenter-cabinetmaker.〔 The young Jesaulenko was enrolled at St Edmund's College, then Telopea Park High where he played soccer and rugby union. He did not start playing Australian rules football until he was fourteen years old. He began playing at the Eastlake Football Club in Canberra. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alex Jesaulenko」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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