Sewell as assistant coach, lost the 1968 Grand Final — Essendon 8.5 (53) to Carlton 7.14 (56) — Sewell finished his coaching career with a triumph. The Essendon Reserves won the Reserves Grand Final, beating Richmond 15.7 (97) to 13.14 (92), and won the first Reserve Grade Premiership for Essendon in sixteen years (i.e., since the 1952 Essendon Reserve Premiership team in which Sewell had played on the half-forward flank). Sewell also served on the Committee of the Essendon Football Club from 1958 to 1961, and from 1969 to 1975, as well as serving as its Vice-President in 1976, and its President from 1981 to 1987. After football Sewell's family have been involved in the foundry business for three generations and Greg was for many years in control of Greg Sewell Forgings Pty Ltd. He was a good mate of John Coleman and was the last person at Essendon to see John Coleman alive. In 2001, the Australian Football League bestowed a Life Membership on Sewell for his services to Australian Rules Football. See also List of presidents of the Essendon Football Club http://m.essendonfc.com.au/news/2009-03-18/legend-inducted http://www.kooriweb.org/foley/images/history/news/2000s/2007/age8apr2007.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030528/http://m.afl.com.au/news/2014-02-20/dominant-decades-of-the-sash-1980s Footnotes References Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872-1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. Miller, W., Petraitis, V. & Jeremiah, V., The Great John Coleman, Nivar Press, (Cheltenham), 1997. External links Greg Sewell, at Boyles Football Photos''. 1933 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Essendon Football Club players Essendon Football Club coaches Kyneton Football Club players Essendon Football Club administrators Living people