Paul Salmon: I could never trust this game ever again (Part 1)

Two-time premiership player and 324-gamer Paul Salmon discusses his dramatic 19 seasons in the AFL. After a devastating injury at Victoria Park at the beginning of his career, it forced Salmon to rethink his relationship with the game, which saw him focus on his many interests outside of football, including buying his first gym at 20. Due to the lingering effects of that injury, the Essendon star missed the 1984 Grand Final, but the "unique" Kevin Sheedy made a "secret" promise to Salmon that delivered a spot in the 1985 Grand Final, and saw the ruckman-forward achieve the ultimate dream. Salmon says a number of issues outside of the players' hands contributed to a one-sided defeat to the Collingwood Magpies in 1990. Salmon would go on to lead the Bombers' goal-kicking on seven occasions and kicked five goals in the "Baby" Bombers' famous victory over the Carlton Blues in the 1993 Grand Final. Eventually, he left the club for the Hawthorn Hawks in 1996, saying: “I’d disconnected from the colours and I was disliked by a vast majority of the supporters and grossly taken for granted.” In part two, Paul Salmon will talk about his time at the Hawthorn Hawks and playing alongside Inside 50's co-host Shane Crawford.