Melbourne Demons captain Max Gawn and wife Jessica Gawn welcome second child
Max Gawn is a father again!
The AFL star, 31, has officially welcomed his second child with his wife of three years, Jessica Gawn, with the Melbourne Demons captain announcing the couple's new arrival on social media.
Gawn took to Instagram to share a series of snaps of the family's newest arrival and also revealed their baby's name in the post.
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Max Gawn and Jessica Gawn have welcomed their second child. Instagram
Gawn announced the arrival of his second child in an Instagram post. Instagram
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"Louis Lyle Gawn," he wrote overnight to his 105,000 followers on Instagram, accompanied by a series of beautiful family photos.
Friends, family and fans alike flooded Gawn's post with congratulations, with Jerri Jones, who is the wife of former AFL star Nathan Jones, writing, "Congrats Gawns!! So beautiful x".
"Congratulations you two ❤️❤️," Bella Beischer, who is Melbourne Demons star Christian Petracca's fiancée, commented on the post.
"Congrats Jess, Max and George. Louis is absolutely gorgeous 💙 Bit of a royal theme going on??," one fan commented in reference to Gawn's first child's name.
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Gawn and Jessica welcomed their first child, a son named George Oliver Gawn, in 2021.
Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales, of course, have two sons as well – Prince George, 10, and Prince Louis, five.
Gawn's George was born just one month after the Melbourne Demons won their first premiership in 57 years on September 25, 2021, a victory that was led by Gawn as captain.
The ruckman was named captain of the Melbourne Demons at the start of the 2020 AFL season.
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The Gawns have been married since 2020. They got engaged in 2018. Instagram
Here they are pictured with their first son, whom they welcomed in October 2021. Instagram
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A basketballer and rugby union player since childhood, Gawn made his AFL debut in 2011 after first being drafted in 2009, and has since become a six-time All Australian.
He and Jessica met early on in his AFL career, but she didn't agree to date him until a year later.
They then got engaged in 2018, with Gawn getting down on one knee at the Queenstown Hill Summit in New Zealand.
Gawn and Jessica married on New Year's Day in 2020, at Victoria's Mornington Peninsula.
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