Cross longest serving coach in league history

Updated March 6 2020 - 4:49pm, first published 10:30am
Cross celebrates the 1970 flag triumph with club officials.
Cross celebrates the 1970 flag triumph with club officials.

Martin Cross may have had his 36-match VFL career with Carlton prematurely end with a back complaint. But the disappointment of being cut by the Blues proved to have a silver lining. As fate would have it, Cross landed at Myrtleford and coached the Saints to their only flag in the Ovens and Murray. The living legend would go on to coach for a record 21 seasons to become the longest serving coach in league history. Cross caught up with The Border Mail's BRENT GODDE during the week.

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