Collingwood great Peter Moore has endorsed an external candidate to replace now former president Eddie McGuire.
McGuire announced his shock immediate departure from the role he’s held since 1988 on Tuesday, after he originally announced late last year that he would leave at the end of the 2021 season.
Moore said someone like former Swimming Australia president John Bertrand could be the person to replace McGuire.
Bertrand, who has held a range of top jobs in Australia sport, is currently chairman of the Sport Australia Hall of Fame and famously skippered Australia to victory in the 1983 America’s Cup.
“I don’t know whether they should go for one of the internal people, I don’t know the people involved,” Moore told SEN Breakfast.
“I wouldn’t mind seeing someone from outside, like a really high-calibre, someone that comes to mind is someone like John Bertrand.
“He headed up Swimming Australia and has run big organisations in the past and (is) involved in sport and understands the culture and understands sport.
“So someone like that might be a viable candidate. But I think I’ll keep right out of that one.”
McGuire’s resignation came off the back of the 'Do Better' report into systemic racism at the club, with his assertion that the report becoming public was a “proud” day for Collingwood drawing considerable criticism.
The outgoing president later apologised for the comment at the club’s Annual Generation Meeting.
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