Jason Akermanis brands fellow footy great Bob Murphy ‘a complete myth’ and a ‘sook’ after his ex-teammate branded his comments on gay AFL players ‘disgusting’

• Akermanis says ex-teammate Murphy is ‘two-faced’
• Murphy had said he was ‘disgusted’ by Akermanis 
• Akermanis wrote gay AFL stars should ‘stay in the closet’

Controversial former footy star Jason Akermanis has branded ex-teammate Bob Murphy ‘a complete myth’ and a ‘sook’ after Murphy criticised him for his comments on gay AFL players.

Murphy recently broke a 13-year silence on former teammate Akermanis and the controversial newspaper column he wrote that led to him being sacked from the Western Bulldogs.

Akermanis was a talented but polarising figure in his AFL career with the Brisbane Lions and the Bulldogs, stirring up controversy in 2010 when he wrote about homosexuality in sport.

The three-time premiership winner’s column carried the headline ‘stay in the closet’ and urged gay AFL players to remain…