Angelo Lekkas

In 2008, he signed with the Sunbury in the Ballarat Football League.

After a period of disenchantment with the game, Angelo returned to work with the AFL in 2007 as part-time as a multicultural officer and AFL ambassador and also in a community liaison role at Hawthorn as part of the settlement with the club.

After a practice match in February 2005, Lekkas suffered an apparent minor stroke and was told he might never play again. After fully recovering, he made his return to AFL football in round 15, 2005, against Adelaide.

Lekkas announced his early retirement from AFL football on 26 August 2005, his last game being played at the MCG against Sydney on 27 August 2005.

Lekkas was long a supporter of South Melbourne FC, even donating to help save the club from folding. After retiring from Australian rules football, Lekkas began training with South Melbourne in late 2005. During South Melbourne's 2005 season Lekkas was elevated into the senior list.

In 2002, he represented Australia in the International Rules series.

After three seasons in the reserves, Lekkas made his senior debut in 1996.

Lekkas was taken by Hawthorn at pick number 17 overall (Hawthorn's first pick) in the 1993 AFL Draft which was a trade for Tony Hall (when Hall left the Hawks for Adelaide).

Angelos Lekkas (born 29 June 1976) is a former Australian rules footballer who played his entire professional career with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). After his premature retirement due to a medical condition, he continued his sporting career as a soccer player for South Melbourne FC in the Victorian Premier League and as an Australian rules football coach.