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Vincenzo Medici “Jimmy” DiFanti (born 1930) is an Italian- Australian former speechwriter and advisor to various VFL/AFL coaches, most notably Allan Jeans, Tommy Hafey, Ron Barassi and John Kennedy, Sr. [1] In 2014, retired Hawthorn coach John Kennedy, Sr. provided researchers with audio recordings which revealed that DiFanti wrote speeches for both Kennedy and Hafey [2] which were delivered to the coaches during play via an electronic earpiece.