The former president of the Footscray Football Club has denied knowing a club volunteer was jailed for sexually abusing a young boy on club grounds.
Peter Gordon told the Victorian Supreme Court he was first made aware of Graeme Hobbs' crimes when a journalist contacted the club in April last year.
Hobbs pleaded guilty to sexually abusing Adam Kneale in May 25, 1994, with the local paper splashing the story on the front page.