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Michael Voss's Biography
One
of the modern champions of Australian Football, Michael Voss joined Port
Adelaide for the 2015 season as the club's midfield manager.
Voss
has, arguably, the most distinguished career of any player in the post-1989 AFL
era.
Drafted
to the Brisbane Bears in 1992, he would forge a career as one of the league's
exceptional midfielders.
He
won the Brownlow Medal in 1996 - the Bears' final year - and would become the
inaugural captain of the Brisbane Lions following the merger of the Bears and
Fitzroy at the end of 1996.
Voss
quickly built an enviable list of achievements, most notably his leadership of
the Lions to three consecutive premierships in 2001, 2002 and 2003, and four
grand final appearances in total.
A
club champion for the Lions in 2000, 2001 and 2003, as well as five
All-Australian selections, Voss remains one of the most esteemed Queenslanders
to have played at the elite level.
Following
his retirement in 2006, Voss began a joint career as an assistant coach for the
AFL-AIS Academy as well as becoming a popular commentator.
It
was in 2009 that he jumped into the full-time coaching box, succeeding his
mentor Leigh Matthews as the Lions' senior coach.
He
would coach the Lions for five years before stepping down from the role at the
end of 2013.
Spending
2014 as the expert coach on FOX8's 'The Recruit' Voss would join Port Adelaide
as its midfield manager at the back-end of the year.
In
charge of developing the Power's elite midfielders, Voss is an important part
in the club's coaching panel and works closely with Ken Hinkley in developing
Port Adelaide's exciting game plan.
Michael's
style as a player and coach was respected and admired by teammates and
opponents alike. As much for his modest, down-to-earth, unaffected and
ever-considerate manner off the field as for his inspirational, fearless and
uncompromising approach on the field. It's these qualities that Michael brings
to his speaking engagements, that endear him to all types of audiences.