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Anna Harrington

How retiring Magpies great found his balance

Collingwood veteran Steele Sidebottom changed his lifestyle before becoming a legend of the game. (Christopher Hopkins/AAP PHOTOS)

A knockabout country lad partial to a few beers, Steele Sidebottom is the first to admit there was a time he appeared destined for mediocrity.

Instead, Sidebottom took a good, hard look at himself and lifted his standards to become one of Collingwood's finest players of the modern era.

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