Seventy years apart, connected by the Crest: Sinclair’s family ties to St Kilda.
A much has changed between Jack Sinclair’s football career and his grandfather’s, but the red, white, and black colours, as well as a version of the famous club Crest, have remained.
Jack Sinclair recalls as a child finding his late grandfather’s knitted St Kilda guernsey from the 1950s in an old chest of drawers.
It was a “blank-looking Crest,” he recalls, with a “a bit wonky” design, but it remains a cherished memory for the St Kilda player who would go on to win two Best & Fairest and two All-Australian awards.
Sinclair’s grandpa, Bill Gleeson, played 15 games for St Kilda from 1955-1956. Growing up as a Carlton supporter, Sinclair aspired to play for the Red, White, and Black.
possibly one of Sinclair’s grandchildren will do as he did many moons ago and discover a guernsey from his own playing days, possibly imprinted with a Crest not as “bulky” as the one from the 1950s.
As part of a club-wide makeover that will usher in an ambitious new chapter for the red, white, and black, St Kilda has unveiled a brand-new club Crest for Season 2025 and beyond, with Sinclair at the helm.
Bill Gleeson, Jack Sinclair’s grandfather, in his 1950s St Kilda uniform.
A considerable amount has changed between Sinclair’s grandfather’s career and his own, however the red, white and black and an iteration of the famed club Crest have persisted.
Among the key revisions in the latest Crest are the incorporation of the words ‘St Kilda’ in place of the former ‘St K.F.C.’ to reflect pride in the club’s origins and sense of place, along with a more compact ribbon — now connected to the Crest as one joint symbol as opposed to sitting separately — which features the club’s establishment date of
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