The cycling-obsessed, bar-owning footy advocate on flying under the radar, the perils of social media and his search for a ‘healthy balance’ in life
The question takes Max Gawn, 249 games into one of the great AFL careers, by surprise. What has his life in footy given him but, also, what has it taken away?
“I haven’t been asked that, probably because I haven’t retired yet, but I think 250 games is a good chance to talk about it,” he says in the lead-up to his milestone match against Carlton on Sunday.