Luke Beveridge: AFL coach’s childhood home for sale in Bentleigh East

Inside 29 Pasadena Cres, Bentleigh East, which is being sold by longtime St Kilda recruiter John Beveridge. Legendary St Kilda recruiter John Beveridge is selling his Bentleigh East home of five decades, where he raised his son who went on to become an AFL premiership coach. John and wife Rosa built the brick house at 29 Pasadena Cres in 1964, moved in when they were newly married and had all four of their children there — including Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge. “Luke lived there all his life until he got married,” Nick Johnstone Real Estate director Nick Johnstone said. The Beveridges built the house in the 1960s. Mr Johnstone said “trophies from the children’s sporting feats” also filled the much-loved home. The Beveridges have $900,000-$990,000 price hopes for the four-bedroom house, which is set to be auctioned on August 3. John’s more than 30-year career at St Kilda saw him recruit stars Nick Riewoldt and Brendon Goddard with No. 1 draft picks. Other big names he steered to the Saints include 200-plus gamers Lenny Hayes, Leigh Montagna, Sam Fisher, Justin Koschitzke, Nick Dal Santo and Stephen Milne, and current captain Jarryn Geary. His son led the Bulldogs to a drought-breaking flag in 2016, and also notched 118 AFL games as a player for Melbourne, Footscray and St Kilda. Luke sold his own Bentleigh East home for $1.35 million about a year ago, after having lived there with wife Dana for almost 25 years. Mr Johnstone was the selling agent in that deal as well.