About Sean Wight
Lived 1964 – 2011 (aged 47). Sean Wight was a British australian rules football player and gaelic football player.
John Phillip "Sean" Wight (15 March 1964 – 30 June 2011) was an Irish-Australian Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL.
He is a member of the Melbourne Football Club Hall of Fame and was named as one of the 150 Heroes of the club during the club's 150th celebrations.
The 185 cm tall, 85 kg Wight played for the Melbourne Football Club between 1985 and 1995, playing 150 games and scoring 63 goals. He is not only the first player to be associated with the Irish experiment but also considered to be one of its most successful products. As a 13 year old Sean moved with his family to his mother's native Listowel in Ireland in 1978 where he was raised in where he took up gaelic football.
He played Gaelic football with the Kerry minor (Under-18) team which reached the final of the 1982 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship and with the Listowel Emmets club – the same club as Tadhg Kennelly.
VFL/AFL career Wight made his VFL debut in 1985
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Who was Sean Wight?
Irish sportsman
When was Sean Wight born?
Sean Wight was born on 15 March 1964 in Glasgow.
When did Sean Wight die?
Sean Wight died on 30 June 2011 in East Melbourne.
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Sean Wight was an australian rules football player and gaelic football player.
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Sean Wight was British.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Sean Wight. https://biography.guide/sean-wight/
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