Drafted to: Carlton Football Club
Year/Pick: 2003, Pick 75
Career Games: 5
Career Goals: 3
Debut Game: Round 1, 2004 Vs. Fremantle
Former DD Club: University Cougars AFC
Steve Kenna was picked with selection 75, Carlton's last, in the 2003 National Draft. A pint sized forward, Kenna was a Queensland who had been playing in the VFL with the Box Hill Hawks and performed well.
Kenna was recruited from Morningside, was a Brisbane Lion Rookie for a while and played at Mt Gravatt prior to heading to the Box Hill Hawks.
Lasting only a season at Carlton, Kenna played 5 games- the first 4 and then just one further game in Round 8, kicking 3 goals. Blessed with seemingly very fast pace, Kenna just couldn't quite crack it at AFL level despite the need for a real rover/forward pocket at Carlton, never managing more than 8 possessions in any game. At 170cms, perhaps his tiny legs were just pumping so fast that he appeared to be a speedster? It's not as simple as that - at VFL level Kenna remained a strong performer, but this was not enough to see him on the list for a second season.
Kenna wore the number 17.
He went on to play for South Adelaide in the SANFL and was runner up in the Magarey Medal in 2006, behind fellow ex-Blue Brett Backwell.
Steve Kenna's grandfather, Ted Kenna won a Victoria Cross Medal during World War II.
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