[4] Podsiadly grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Spotswood and played soccer and tennis before taking up Australian football seriously at the age of 17.

[5] His grandfather was a soldier in the Polish army during World War II, was captured and spent 12 months in a concentration camp near the German town of Arnsberg.

[5] Originally playing for the Yarraville Football Club and the Western Jets, Podsiadly was recruited by Essendon in the 1999 AFL Rookie Draft with pick 58.

[9] Before being recruited back to an AFL list, Podsiadly played seven seasons in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

He won the club's best & fairest award and the Frosty Miller medal as the VFL's leading goalkicker in 2005, breaking Nick Sautner's six-year winning streak.

[24] Podsiadly announced his retirement at the end of the 2015 AFL season, during which he failed to play a senior game for the Crows.