Alex Jesaulenko's St Kilda No.25 Jumper, match worn. [In a deal managed by trucking millionaire and St Kilda club president, Lindsay Fox, Alex Jesaulenko moved to the St Kilda Football Club in 1980. While initially appointed as an on-field player only, Jesaulenko was then appointed playing coach when the incumbent St Kilda coach, Mike Patterson, was sacked by Fox after Round 2. He played 23 games and kicked 20 goals for the Saints in 1980-81 and stayed on for a further season as coach.