A strange week in AFL football just got even stranger with reports The Footy Show's John 'Sam' Newman may run for lord mayor of Melbourne.

The former Geelong player told News Corp he had been approached to run on a Donald Trump-like anti-political correctness platform.

Newman is a strong supporter of US presidential hopeful Donald Trump. He said his outspoken comments of Channel Nine's The Footy Show led to him being approached - by backers he would not name - to run in the mayoral elections in October. But it was also about city amenity - Newman, 70, was reported as saying: "It's about graffiti, litter and a few other things. Melbourne needs a little bit of tweaking."

Newman would be up against current lord mayor Robert Doyle, who has already served two terms, and pollster Gary Morgan.