Kym Edwards, Fourth Generation at North Adelaide.

Great interest story on Kym Edwards and his family in Indaily this week!

"A fourth generation in the SANFL

Making his league debut for the Roosters in last Saturday’s round six clash against West Adelaide, Kym Edwards added to a family heritage in the SANFL that goes back four generations to before the start of World War II.

While North went down by 78 points, Edwards was solid first up, grabbing 18 possessions and engineering a pair of clearances.
His older sibling, 26-year-old Shane who played league footy a North at 17, is now a 150-plus game AFL veteran with Richmond.
His father Greg, known through the football world as “Meggsy” is the CEO at Prospect and has his own football tale of success and sorrow.

A knockabout lad from Salisbury North, Meggsy played 42 games with Central District in the SANFL between 1980 and 1982. In 1982 he became the first and, to this stage, only Central District player at league level to achieve the full forward’s “holy grail” – a 100-goal league season.

At the height of his powers, the following season he lost the sight of an eye in a freak accident during a trial game.
He attempted a comeback in 1985 but after one league game, his 43rd, his coach Alan Stewart said he wasn’t prepared to pick him again, so Meggsy went and played with his mates at Freeling in the then Barossa and Light competition.

Meggsy’s brother Russell played alongside him at the Ponderosa, but didn’t receive opportunities, so went to Port Adelaide to play league football.

Their father Doug was a league footballer with West Torrens and North Adelaide during the 1950s, along with being a SACA district A grade cricketer alongside Mick Clingly and Barry Jarman at Woodville.

Doug’s father Alan got to reserves level with Norwood before World War II."


http://indaily.com.au/sport/2015/05/13/grassroots-sa-footy-wrap/