Emotional tale of Sam Kerr and her childhood home

The tale of the family home where Matildas superstar Sam Kerr spent hours practising her craft and dreaming of playing for Australia is as sad as hers is inspirational.

Much like the tale of cricket legend Don Bradman hitting a golf ball with a stump against a watertank in his Bowral backyard, time stood still as a young Kerr kicked the ball endlessly around her Kardinya, Perth home and backyard.

Kerr was living in the humble two-storey home, 13km south of the Perth CBD, dominated by low-density family friendly detached houses when she was first picked to play for Perth Glory at the age of just 15.

Plenty of room for backyard soccer.

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A picture of a young Sam Kerr and her dog sits on the wall

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Kerr in action in the Matilda’s win over Denmark. Picture: Getty

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While Kerr, now 29, was dreaming of where a soccer career might take her, older brother Daniel…