tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20710859591265633952024-03-05T23:42:54.815-08:00END TO END FOOTYFans of Australian Rules Football come in all shapes and sizes, colour, creed and
ethnic background.
But they have one thing in common, their love for our national game;a game with a deep history spanning more than 150 years.
IF YOU ARE A TRUE FAN OF AUSSIE RULES THIS BLOG IS FOR YOU! There are 3 quarter time addresses (posts) of End To End Footy each round (week) on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213463369234259706noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071085959126563395.post-82267430102456834012014-09-29T13:00:00.000-07:002014-09-29T13:00:00.906-07:002014 Round 30, Quarter time.<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">30th September Birthdays.</span></u></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Greg Williams 1963</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PLAYER OF THE DAY. Ross Oakley, born 30th September 1942.</span></u></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxjoVRKh3g7I7IRgPLrwtwWOvRCZok_4RMuL_zzH3PJUnn_bosUouUK3TGIkY2javOLxGLL-CxAfILw3Ywhi87CcV6MfLAQi2u5S9cuLV8aC7pETxPMpU9udQ94C1UpM5t5iZoGbq77t0M/s1600/oakley.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxjoVRKh3g7I7IRgPLrwtwWOvRCZok_4RMuL_zzH3PJUnn_bosUouUK3TGIkY2javOLxGLL-CxAfILw3Ywhi87CcV6MfLAQi2u5S9cuLV8aC7pETxPMpU9udQ94C1UpM5t5iZoGbq77t0M/s1600/oakley.png" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">There is no doubt that Ross Oakley would best remembered as Chairman of the League Commission, a very important post. But well before taking on that roll he was a player at St. Kilda. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">His first game was in 1962 and from then until 1966 he was in 62 games for 38 goals. He was a skilled player and probably the best wingman that the club had at that time, even being used at full forward on occasions. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Like a number of other promising players he was forced into early retirement by a persistent knee injury.</span></span><br />
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Melbourne were blessed to have 2 Davids in their team that were not only fine
players but great leaders and fan favourites.</span></div>
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Schwarz</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> was at the club from 1991 to 2001 and played 173
games for 243 goals as a key forward.</span> </div>
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athleticism and a good leap his career was interrupted by knee
problems and so the fans did not get to see as much of him as they would have
liked.</span></div>
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Neitz </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">played his first game for Melbourne 2 years after
David Schwarz and was there until 2008 for a marvellous 306 games and 631
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back line, usually at centre half back, he had the job of quelling the
influence of players such as Wayne Carey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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when David Schwarz was out due to injury.</span> </div>
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goal scorer an amazing 7 times, he won the Coleman medal in 2002 and the club
Best and Fairest the same year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As well
as that he played state of origin for Victoria in 1994 and was All Australian
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football’ came home to Fitzroy in a big way in a game against Geelong at the
Corio oval in 1928.</span></div>
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the Lions managed to lose the match by a massive 83 points with the scores at
the end being Geelong 19.8.122 to Fitzroy 2.27.39.</span></div>
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Caracella – Journeyman.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Blake was a 126 game
player with Essendon from 1997 to 2002 in 126 games for 151 goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though drafted to the club in 1994 his
natural skills did not help him break into the team and he spent the first 2
years building up his strength.</span></div>
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a senior game he did not look back and was part of the 2000 Premiership team
and was in the International Rules side the same year. </span></div>
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33 goals and was part of another Premiership side.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">At the end of 2004 salary
cap restrictions saw him traded yet again and this time he found himself at the
club he had followed as a child.</span></div>
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and as he was by now an experienced player he was able to be a mentor to
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213463369234259706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071085959126563395.post-49098587540526346082014-09-26T13:00:00.000-07:002014-09-26T13:00:00.864-07:002014 Round 29, Three quarter time.<div align="center">
<u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">27th September Birthdays.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> Les Bartlett 1949, Paul Bevan 1984</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibNo4kYEKV92UrjhQHQqzqRTaURxD64ZwnHaT7SKL_A7FEsHcXSa2vrPYalFVXTjEp7K8HwXPb75r-OhxGcB1sn1z-zYSDraA-z26y7akiJfsiC2GjBEGU_2zC-pRXRF7lL4aOwjOiGM0E/s1600/Naish.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibNo4kYEKV92UrjhQHQqzqRTaURxD64ZwnHaT7SKL_A7FEsHcXSa2vrPYalFVXTjEp7K8HwXPb75r-OhxGcB1sn1z-zYSDraA-z26y7akiJfsiC2GjBEGU_2zC-pRXRF7lL4aOwjOiGM0E/s1600/Naish.png" height="200" width="154" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">From 1990 to 1997 Chris was on Richmonds list and played 143 games for 212 goals.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">An All Australian under 17 player, he came from a strong Aussie rules area in Wangaratta and proved his value at the Tigers. His creative forward play saw him rewarded with state selection for Victoria and he played every game for 3 seasons at Richmond ('94-'96). </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">1998, however, found him wearing a Port Adelaide jersey and he was with them for 2 years kicking 16 goals from 18 games.</span></span><br />
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Farmer – Sandover Medallist.</span></u></div>
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was always a great footballer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
started playing first grade with East Perth in 1953 and from then until 1961
played in 176 games for 157 goals.</span></div>
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from his personal achievements which include 7 times Best and Fairest, 3 time premiership
player and an incredible 31 state games for Western Australia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">He also won the
Sandover medal 3 times, 1956 and 1960 and 1957 which was awarded
retrospectively.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In the early 1960’s he
moved to Geelong where he continued his great form and also played state football
for Victoria.</span></div>
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football being developed Melbourne was not very spread out so most of the grounds
were within walking distance of one another or maybe a short tram or train ride
(excluding Geelong).</span></div>
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also contained within a rather limited area and in fact around 1900 66% of
Melbournes population lived in a suburb/municipality that had a VFL team.</span></div>
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population grew, people started to move out to new expanding suburbs and by
1947 only 33% of people lived in a suburb with its own VFL team and by 1961
this number had dropped to 21%.</span></div>
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1897 all the teams had played 14 matches with Geelong and Essendon both winning
11 but Geelong on top due to percentage.</span></div>
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season and Collingwood 9.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But as
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round robin draw Essendon had won all 3 games, Geelong 2, Collingwood 1 and
Melbourne 0 meaning that Essendon became the first VFL Premiers.</span></div>
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played as a forward but later got the mantle of first ruck and from 1974 to
1982 was in 172 games for 193 goals.</span></div>
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stage, he was Best and Fairest in ’79 and ’80 and won the Brownlow Medal in
1979.</span></div>
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Manson</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> would have just about followed Peter Moore into the #30 as
he was with the Magpies from 1985 to 1992 for 120 games and 106 goals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">He was also a ruckman and
although he had a strong mark his kicking sometimes let him down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Representing Tasmania in a state game against
Victoria B he was a member of Collingwoods 1990 flag winning side.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers & AFL Tables.</span></em></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">25th September Birthdays.</span></u></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> Marcus Ashcroft '71, Gavin Brown '67, Gordon Coventry '01, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Chris Knights '86, Bradley Plain '69, Nicky Winmar '65, John Worsfold '68.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PLAYER OF THE DAY. Leigh Tudor, born 25th September 1969.</span></u></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlQrm_rtdNLNFe6Tsqe8QuseCEALBSD7PVJ9MJe-Oken9zHSB05R_PFc4EEyUZqa8YWw4y2bAt3BXWfKUnmD4tjUCyVpw229jCZi-zxiDuDo3w1VFy1EKkXrH47ULfXPMwLU27O9XoEoG/s1600/Tudor.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlQrm_rtdNLNFe6Tsqe8QuseCEALBSD7PVJ9MJe-Oken9zHSB05R_PFc4EEyUZqa8YWw4y2bAt3BXWfKUnmD4tjUCyVpw229jCZi-zxiDuDo3w1VFy1EKkXrH47ULfXPMwLU27O9XoEoG/s1600/Tudor.png" height="135" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Playing his first senior game at North Melbourne in 1989, Leigh was only able to play a total of 8 games for the club in 4 seasons and kick 6 goals. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">In contrast he moved to Geelong in 1993 and his 4 years there, as a half forward flanker, saw him in 60 games for 53 goals. He was a smart player with a turn of pace and good goal sense. Following his playing days he became an assistant coach.</span></span><br />
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</span></em><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Warwick
Capper.</span></u></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">With
the possible exception of Dermott Brereton it would be hard to find a player as
flamboyant or self-confident as Warwick.</span></i></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7os1-5jdRhs3mYouilBJTwctrr4tWrJJpUotdCHr2Oq-Fi2j6ZcpzzRlpX6Jhi9fAzV4bH3ypBdvqk_hCmyg6pHpjTEyvVpLGy4PF2mWmp99Fx7tBirYxMVoZtX_cVZ4-_HuU_umHP2VK/s1600/Capper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7os1-5jdRhs3mYouilBJTwctrr4tWrJJpUotdCHr2Oq-Fi2j6ZcpzzRlpX6Jhi9fAzV4bH3ypBdvqk_hCmyg6pHpjTEyvVpLGy4PF2mWmp99Fx7tBirYxMVoZtX_cVZ4-_HuU_umHP2VK/s1600/Capper.jpg" height="120" width="200" /></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Playing
with Sydney at a time where they were still trying to raise their profile there
is no doubt he helped with that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was very
definitely a ‘stay at home’ full forward, and why not with his ability to take
good grabs and kick goals.</span></i></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGqmkfEgCYfbKyZejhu2n3DtZSi4zS1Nljct6K2bKxIFnzpyrY2sIFkU8adtjw5vTnXeBoOp22B2dGYleWb22X5NM0Nx-YWNMnCLEVUQyYZ4G9_rzRefbSg1fvvQUl_B6AG57zJdUqHLiE/s1600/Capper+Bris.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGqmkfEgCYfbKyZejhu2n3DtZSi4zS1Nljct6K2bKxIFnzpyrY2sIFkU8adtjw5vTnXeBoOp22B2dGYleWb22X5NM0Nx-YWNMnCLEVUQyYZ4G9_rzRefbSg1fvvQUl_B6AG57zJdUqHLiE/s1600/Capper+Bris.png" height="200" style="cursor: move;" unselectable="on" width="125" /></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">With
the Swans from 1983 to 1987 and again in 1991, he played a total of 90 games
for 317 goals. The teams highest goal scorer in all but his first year, in 1987
he became only the second South Melbourne/Sydney player to kick over 100 goals in a season.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">He moved to Brisbane for 3 seasons (’88-’90)
and played 34 games for 71 goals before finishing his career with 1 last year
in Sydney.</span></i> </div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</span></span></span></i></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Brisbane V
Collingwood Record Crowds.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Round 19 2003, MCG, and Brisbane are
facing Collingwood for the second time in the season. The previous game at the
Gabba saw Brisbane with a narrow win at the end.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">No doubt the record crowd of 61,868
for a home and away game between these 2 clubs would have been mainly
Collingwood, hoping for a reversal of the previous 2 meetings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">But at quarter time Brisbane had
scored 8 goals to 1 and it took until the final break for Collingwood to get to
8 goals (8.8).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The last quarter saw both teams
have 6 shots at goal but the Lions were more accurate and ran out winners 15.11
to 8.14.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Back at the MCG at the end of the
previous season the largest crowd to attend a final between these 2 teams was
the 2002 grand Final which attracted 91,817 people. And once again it saw
Brisbane victorious in the second of their run of 3 Premierships. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Final scores, in a very tight game,
were Brisbane 10.15.75 to Collingwoods 9.12.66. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>Source: AFL Record Season Guide 2013 and Wikipedia.</em></span></span></span><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Stan
Alves – Player and Coach.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">With Melbourne from
1965 to 1976, Stan played 226 games for 160 goals and was Best and Fairest in
1972 and 1974, Captain from 1973 to 1976 and played for Victoria 3 times.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Not bad for a player
who was initially rejected by Norm Smith as he couldn’t see his quality. But persistence
paid off and he became a great player on the wing in a team that was
struggling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In 1977 he moved to
North Melbourne where he spent 3 seasons for 40 games and 14 goals which
included a Premiership in his first year.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV3aSUNqNvbeYGeq56GPx_tkzK9zsA1fXXtaGZu7TP_BgKyg0Kx2ADaxBaFgWrRbIxEgIDdyKWCAZM_Pgq65wAoyD2dGOBNHwOPyF4kk-JcbMrJsGoVXTQ_FjhCdP18j7XJUaJHedrAsDi/s1600/Alves.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV3aSUNqNvbeYGeq56GPx_tkzK9zsA1fXXtaGZu7TP_BgKyg0Kx2ADaxBaFgWrRbIxEgIDdyKWCAZM_Pgq65wAoyD2dGOBNHwOPyF4kk-JcbMrJsGoVXTQ_FjhCdP18j7XJUaJHedrAsDi/s1600/Alves.png" height="200" width="146" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">After hanging up the
boots he became a specialist coach and in 1994, after four years in that role
at St. Kilda he was appointed senior coach.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">He led the
team in 115games of which 5 were finals with 1 being a grand-final. His record
as a coach was 55 wins 1 draw and 59 losses, a winning percentage of 48%.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Obviously, despite the
finals appearances, this was not good enough for the club and they let him go
at the end of 1998.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers & AFL Record Season Guide 2013. </em></span></span></span></span></span> </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213463369234259706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071085959126563395.post-30287462419663446572014-09-22T13:00:00.000-07:002014-09-22T13:00:00.020-07:002014 Round 29, Quarter time.<div align="center">
<u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">23rd September Birthdays.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> Chris Lynch 1953, Jason Taylor 1968.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PLAYER OF THE DAY. Trent Sporn, born 23rd September 1982.</span></u></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHvltCH_Z9yVdAB3QBH3pJoRlJ7dedwoTRJtIbYtOTpcjgn43L5EooimbYwnsF8bOzMbb8_Z9AeYZfWL5-FMHEzgr1Wxf7hrvmhgOJDfWWcWWVJNLLYBB6V43TMWwKl_z51yGoNnLUHOvr/s1600/Sporn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHvltCH_Z9yVdAB3QBH3pJoRlJ7dedwoTRJtIbYtOTpcjgn43L5EooimbYwnsF8bOzMbb8_Z9AeYZfWL5-FMHEzgr1Wxf7hrvmhgOJDfWWcWWVJNLLYBB6V43TMWwKl_z51yGoNnLUHOvr/s1600/Sporn.jpg" height="200" width="136" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Drafted from North Adelaide where his father had also played, Trent was to represent Carlton in 50 games for 8 goals from 2002 to 2006. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Most of the years he was at the club he was sidelined for some time due to various injuries, but when available he showed some good form. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">2003 was probably his best year, including one game where he was able to shadow James Hird.</span></span><br />
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</span></em><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16pt;">Great Comebacks!</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt;">How often do you hear people
say that they turned off ‘the game’ at three quarter time because they thought
it was all over only to hear the next day that the team that was behind had won.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt;">One such match was played
between Brisbane and Hawthorn in round 16 1995 at the Gabba.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt;">The Hawks set the pace in
the first quarter and had a 35 point lead at the break.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An even second quarter saw them still 31 points ahead
at half time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt;">They put the foot down again
in the third stanza to take a comfortable 45 point lead into the fourth
quarter. But Brisbane was not done with and a 9 goal to 1 last quarter saw
Brisbane take the game 14.20.104 to 14.13.97.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">Source: AFL Record Season Guide 2013.</span></em></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><o:p><em></em></o:p></span> </div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">John
And Matthew Scarlett.</span></u></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhc71WeYkDa0TYKDBruqZSv-cNsMSAbSVp9Uz-dtGzbxOIl6qPXT8N9YIUqnoREkfyEa9CrDXpB9cYzK3u9JWwM9TwjXvo_2atAe5xxXMeefVD-u_9eXEvYnmUCYm-28VD-tirFPK6HHb/s1600/j+Scarlett.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhc71WeYkDa0TYKDBruqZSv-cNsMSAbSVp9Uz-dtGzbxOIl6qPXT8N9YIUqnoREkfyEa9CrDXpB9cYzK3u9JWwM9TwjXvo_2atAe5xxXMeefVD-u_9eXEvYnmUCYm-28VD-tirFPK6HHb/s1600/j+Scarlett.jpg" height="200" width="149" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Having a big body <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">John Scarlett</b> was well suited to the
roll of full back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it also meant he
could be used on the forward line or even in the ruck and he did in fact kick
42 goals for Geelong in 183 games between 1967 and 1977.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Whilst he was with the
club he also played a game for Victoria in 1971 and was ‘leased’ to South
Melbourne in 1977 to help them in theirs finals campaign staying there
for 1978 which was to be the last year of his playing career.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Matthew
Scarlett</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> followed his father to Geelong and was certainly
more of a permanent fullback only kicking 17 goals from his wonderful 284
games.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It seems amazing that with
his first senior game being in the last round of 1998, it took until 2000 for
him to cement a regular spot in the side when you look at the personal
achievements he ended up with when he finally finished playing in 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Not only was he the
club Best and Fairest in 2003, he represented Australia 4 times in
International Rules, was a triple Premiership player and All Australian full
back in no less than 6 years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers & Wikipedia.</span></em><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Top
3 Draft Picks 1994.</span></u></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Jeff
White </span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">was first pick in this years draft and found himself at
Fremantle, though he was originally from South East Melbourne.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">With the Dockers from ’95-’97
he played 32 games for 18 goals and certainly grew in stature and skills while he
was there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">When his contract expired
he was able to return to his home state and joined Melbourne, where he
was in 236 games from ’98-’08 and kicked 95 goals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Jeff played 1 game for
Victoria and was club Best and Fairest and also All Australian in 2004.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Anthony
Rocca</span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> also moved interstate as pick 2, drafted to Sydney
where he was until 1996 for 22 games and 11 goals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In 1997 he joined his
older brother at Collingwood and played 220 games, kicking 404 goals largely due to his strong marking and long kick.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Shannon
Grant </span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">was another draftee to Sydney playing his first game
with them in 1995 and by 1997 he had been in 58 and kicked 38 goals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">One of the more reluctant players to have to move interstate,
he also managed to get back to Victoria in 1998 where he joined North Melbourne
and played 243 games from then until 2008 for 323 goals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Norm Smith medallist and
Premiership player in 1999, he was Best and Fairest in 2001 and All Australian
in 2005.</span></div>
<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers & AFL Record Season Guide 2013 .</span></em></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213463369234259706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071085959126563395.post-66662537718722186872014-09-19T13:00:00.000-07:002014-09-19T13:00:02.200-07:002014 Round 28, Three quarter time.<div align="center">
<u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">20th September Birthdays.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> Peter Daicos 1961, Jarrad Irons 1992.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PLAYER OF THE DAY. Sean Wellman, born 20th September 1974.</span></u></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Though Sean would be best remembered as an Essendon player, he actually started his journey at Adelaide. He was in 34 games for the Crows in 1994 and 1995 and kicked 9 goals as a tall key position player. </span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqm8BrUASNByKgMvO9m-P_Yfeg2O9aXnay9mfWRgJmGG83lC6qwrqe3l_S3-zW9IvSFJtFumGqYnkF8-pPngDBs4TYUgc4g2pYs6reXz2QF-1kRkes52hMJmoWaAJ6rgsq_bTnl6XXlmXy/s1600/wellman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqm8BrUASNByKgMvO9m-P_Yfeg2O9aXnay9mfWRgJmGG83lC6qwrqe3l_S3-zW9IvSFJtFumGqYnkF8-pPngDBs4TYUgc4g2pYs6reXz2QF-1kRkes52hMJmoWaAJ6rgsq_bTnl6XXlmXy/s1600/wellman.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Moving to Essendon in 1996 he was there until 2004 scoring 25 goals from his 178 games. It took until his second year to really establish himself at the Bombers, but once he did he became a solid defender who won himself All Australian selection in 1998 and 2001. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">He was also part of the clubs Premiership winning team in 2000 and played International rules for Australia in 1998.</span></span><br />
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<em>Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</em><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Ken
Farmer – Hall Of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Famer.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Ken Farmer has the
reputation of being probably the greatest goal scorer in Australian football.
Tony Locket is lauded for his tally of 1360 goals from 281 games but Ken kicked
1417 from 224.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">A South Australian
school boys soccer player, he concentrated on that sport but debuted for North
Adelaide in 1929 as an 18 year old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In his first season he
kicked 62 goals from 14 games and in 1930 was the first SANFL player to kick
over 100 goals in a season which he did for the next 10 years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">His scoring prowess was
put down to the fact that he knew where to position himself, had a fast lead,
strong mark and was an accurate kick.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Captaining the club at
one stage, he won the Best and Fairest in 1936 and played 17 state games at an
average of 5 goals per game by the time he finished his career in 1941.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><em>Source: Wikipedia and AFL Record Season Guide 2013.</em></o:p></span>
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<u><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Victoria
Park.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Having the names Dights Paddock
and McHale stadium before finally becoming Victoria Park; it was built, opened
and saw its first game played all in 1892.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggMtA6W69vlAdZ3fF4E5PwIjFggwwRzsQch-fejAa_sP2GDbmWiaVVaCXEAFo_-GVfK8RHX3y1mk0O-4UwZ7YUSJYgqdj7TPt5K0xqo59hWudd1BxFIIYvp70tgCCIYIFBICKX39u0RpBI/s1600/vic+park.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggMtA6W69vlAdZ3fF4E5PwIjFggwwRzsQch-fejAa_sP2GDbmWiaVVaCXEAFo_-GVfK8RHX3y1mk0O-4UwZ7YUSJYgqdj7TPt5K0xqo59hWudd1BxFIIYvp70tgCCIYIFBICKX39u0RpBI/s1600/vic+park.png" height="122" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">From then until 1999 it was
home to the Collingwood Football Club with the last official game being played
on 28<sup>th</sup> August 1999 between Collingwood and Brisbane.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In 1929 the Magpies had won 3 consecutive Premierships and with the depression hitting hard 'the footy' and Victoria Park in particular became an 'escape' for the locals. Meanwhile it seemed Collingwood were unbeatable at the ground and opposition teams dreaded playing there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Over time new stands were built
and the largest crowd to attend the venue was 47,224 for a match between
Collingwood and South Melbourne in 1948.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Redevelopments since then have seen the capacity drop initially to 27,000 and it
is now around 15,000.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Being heritage listed the
ground cannot be demolished but in 2010/11 it was turned into a community park
area with some of the original stands and a replica ticket booth in place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Source: Austadiums.</span></em></o:p></span><br />
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</o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><u><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">John
Blakey.</span></u></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqPaKyQbxYuCTy5ticESIJxpv421cx6Gn5Uh8hH0kRf3Q1rJOiJc3RUgNZdHPlKMtsK4eJdPU4Y_n3-b8c-74Q_mrFpq_TVxZDjXCXY0Rmo2Zq5h5XGhepbbxDp_lSCov_2JL-rCHBq90F/s1600/Blakey.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqPaKyQbxYuCTy5ticESIJxpv421cx6Gn5Uh8hH0kRf3Q1rJOiJc3RUgNZdHPlKMtsK4eJdPU4Y_n3-b8c-74Q_mrFpq_TVxZDjXCXY0Rmo2Zq5h5XGhepbbxDp_lSCov_2JL-rCHBq90F/s1600/Blakey.png" height="200" width="149" /></a><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Playing the first 135
games of his career at Fitzroy, John was there from 1985 to 1992 and kicked 38
goals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Crossing to North
Melbourne in 1993 he became an ‘all-rounder’, rarely missing a game and being used
mainly as a flanker or ruck rover but also as a run with stopper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Part of the clubs 1996 and
1999 flag sides, he played 224 games for 72 goals from 1993 to 2002.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<em>Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</em></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">1897 Finals
– Round 3.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Entering the final week of finals, Essendon were in prime position to take the title, but if they were to
lose to Melbourne they would meet either Geelong or Collingwood in a playoff.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The Essendon – Melbourne match was
played on 4<sup>th</sup> September at the Lake Oval in front of 3,800 people
who witnessed a rather pedestrian contest. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">When the final bell rang Essendon
had run out victors 1.8.14 to Melbourne’s 0.8.8; a total of just 22 points
between them. This score line is the lowest combined score for any VFL/AFL
game.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Over at the East Melbourne Cricket
Ground 3,000 people saw Geelong take on Collingwood in a much more exciting
game.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">At quarter time Geelong had kicked
5.2.32 to Collingwood’s 0.0.0.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The next
2 quarters were very even, then in the last stanza Collingwood came home with a
wet sail scoring 3.5 to 0.0.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Final scores saw Geelong hang on
for a narrow win, 8.4.52 to 6.12.48. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<em>Source: Wikipedia.</em></div>
</span></span> </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213463369234259706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071085959126563395.post-30580827177998148082014-09-17T13:00:00.000-07:002014-09-17T13:00:01.988-07:002014 Round 28, Half time.<div align="center">
<u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">18th September Birthdays.</span></u></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> Chris Tarrant 1980.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PLAYER OF THE DAY. Jay Van Berlo, born 18th September 1988.</span></u></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNUEXf8lTWDxwPADtOn-esnqik3P7YWTB23RKZw-3Aw2CmwVvnDvX-KQ4ArsAOFXuN77AsRZbawmBPZ8DccO10P17LtBpxzhXSTba4Yld0ysOUNuApMFtoweakGM3s84W07pFMqnkoK79a/s1600/van+berlo.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNUEXf8lTWDxwPADtOn-esnqik3P7YWTB23RKZw-3Aw2CmwVvnDvX-KQ4ArsAOFXuN77AsRZbawmBPZ8DccO10P17LtBpxzhXSTba4Yld0ysOUNuApMFtoweakGM3s84W07pFMqnkoK79a/s1600/van+berlo.png" height="200" width="155" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">As a player for West Perth Jay won a Best and Fairest in 2008 before being picked up by Fremantle as a rookie in 2009. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">He was lucky enough to be elevated to the senior side as a nominated rookie and played his first game in round 17 2009 against the West Coast Eagles. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">In that game he kicked 2 goals out of the 10 he scored for his club in 32 games from 2009 to 2012; his highest tally being 4 goals in a 2011 match against the Western Bulldogs. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<em>Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</em><br />
<em></em><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Melbourne –
The First Club.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It is a bit hard to actually
establish when things occurred in the formation of Australian Football; though
we do know Thomas Wills wrote to the editor of Bells Life in July 1858 when he was
secretary of the Melbourne Cricket Club.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Sometime after that he was asked to
officiate in the first recorded game between Melbourne Grammar and Scotch
College. Doubt arises as to whether the game had been formed by that time or
whether he got some of his ideas for the game from that event.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">However, the Melbourne football
club has an establishment date of 1858 and Wills was definitely the driving
force behind it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, the
footballers, which were almost certainly members of the cricket team, were
known as the ‘Invincible Whites’ as they wore their cricket whites in
matches.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">By the early 1860’s they were the strongest
team in the Association, and in 1870 they won the first ‘official’ premiership by being on
top of the ladder at the end of the season; winning 7 out of 12 games and
drawing the other 5.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Around 1872 the club changed their
uniform to include red stockings (socks), blue knickerbockers and sweater and a
red cap. The use of the red cap led them to be known as the ‘Fucias’.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Source: The Clubs, Complete History Of Every Club In The VFL/AFL.</span></em></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span>
<br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Graeme
and Lance Whitnall.</span></u></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Graeme</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> managed 66 games for Carlton and
kicked 20 goals over his 2 sessions at the club (’74–’79 and ’80-’81).</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></i> </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZGb0LUv-VBrRer9G8vi68Fm2DDoOflRW9B-GAd29UwqhJMBEtEcaIAp3vjZZJQBSRpUZ38EO5DMc7-U5gmmMVGTmyIC6e-kYwUmqLtvgi8GAKhUNGl29EwvbvSAk6lQIVX7GpVFRpNQhm/s1600/g+whitnall.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZGb0LUv-VBrRer9G8vi68Fm2DDoOflRW9B-GAd29UwqhJMBEtEcaIAp3vjZZJQBSRpUZ38EO5DMc7-U5gmmMVGTmyIC6e-kYwUmqLtvgi8GAKhUNGl29EwvbvSAk6lQIVX7GpVFRpNQhm/s1600/g+whitnall.png" height="200" width="183" /></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">He
was a utility player who was best suited to the role of ruck rover, voted best first
year player in 1974.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Though
he averaged 9 games per season, mainly due to a wealth of good players at the club, he was
1 of only 2 players to be in all games of the 1977 season.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></i> </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3FAAtA9n6kyVyRwLM5az1o9RpzdRWiQlhFdsAz9ocCJrtjkt4iSvShAci2VX9tfet4hDsagRHoIvhqtk0-TcOl_jbb8hux1oXa06xnnv8q25mDmxFMWlJBHky703yuNIZFqd5ff2xQ-RZ/s1600/l+whitnall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3FAAtA9n6kyVyRwLM5az1o9RpzdRWiQlhFdsAz9ocCJrtjkt4iSvShAci2VX9tfet4hDsagRHoIvhqtk0-TcOl_jbb8hux1oXa06xnnv8q25mDmxFMWlJBHky703yuNIZFqd5ff2xQ-RZ/s1600/l+whitnall.jpg" height="200" width="123" /></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Lance</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> was actually the third Whitnall to be
at Carlton, his older brother being on the reserves list for a while.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">From
1997 to 2007 Lance played 216 games and kicked 348 goals as a big bodied, strong marking
forward.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Showing
a great deal of maturity for his age he was leading goals scorer for the Blues
from 1998 to 2000, was All Australian in 2000 and Best and Fairest in 2006.</span></i></div>
<em>Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</em><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">A Game
In 2 Halves.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It seems VFL Park at Waverley
had its share of lighting problems with another power cut interrupting the game
between Essendon and St. Kilda in Round 10 1996.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The game started that Saturday night
with Essendon being ahead by 20 points near the end of the third quarter when
the lights went out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">After a 50 minute wait the AFL
decided to abandon the game and after deliberation deemed that the balance of
the match would be played over 2 12 minute halves the following Tuesday night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The Saturday night session had
drawn a crowd of 40,000, the Tuesday night only attracting around 18,000 who
saw Essendon outscore the Saints, 4.2 to 3.6 and win the match by 22 points.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Source: Our Game by Jim Main.</span></em></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213463369234259706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071085959126563395.post-28836170994678367212014-09-15T13:00:00.000-07:002014-09-15T13:00:03.241-07:002014 Round 28, Quarter time.<div align="center">
<u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">16th September Birthdays.</span></u></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> John Beckwith 1932, Andrew Ford 1970, Greg Healy 1965, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Brad Lloyd 1976, Michael Ross 1991.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PLAYER OF THE DAY. Michael Symons, born 16th September 1971.</span></u></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Recruited from Subiaco in Western Australia, Michael played 109 games for Essendon from 1992 to 1999 for 109 goals and also represented his home state.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiArGPYZ24np93o7UppgB4dJhmq4_QKB9_EOBFXvMvRlIoaS7qN9LrGD8UuFffjojN3qac9O5wV76g9uD_X0EXBazLGVq9JWrjllUMDM1IecXrrzyUJsU5xTBuzXmCXf6iYth6EW39IN9NW/s1600/Symons.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiArGPYZ24np93o7UppgB4dJhmq4_QKB9_EOBFXvMvRlIoaS7qN9LrGD8UuFffjojN3qac9O5wV76g9uD_X0EXBazLGVq9JWrjllUMDM1IecXrrzyUJsU5xTBuzXmCXf6iYth6EW39IN9NW/s1600/Symons.jpg" height="200" width="150" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Brought to the club as a forward with good marking ability, his game was marred by his inaccurate kicking for goal and he was moved to the back line where he found better form. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Despite playing most of the games in 1993 he missed out on the Grand Final win but came back in 1994 to kick 28 goals including bags of 5 and 6 against Adelaide and Richmond. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<em>Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</em><br />
<em></em><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Carlton V
Essendon Record Crowds.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">There are some rivalries in football
that go back many years and whenever two particular sides meet they are sure to
draw big crowds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">One such meeting is between Carlton
and Essendon with the biggest home and away game crowd being a Friday night
game in round 20 of 2000.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The match was played at the MCG and
drew 91,571 fans who saw Essendon run out winners 16.13.109 to Carlton
12.11.83.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">116,828 people attended the 1968
Grand Final between these clubs, which saw a much lower final score.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This time Carlton came out on top 7.14.56 to
8.5.53.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<em>Source: AFL Record Season Guide 2013 & Wikipedia.</em><br />
<em></em><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Dan
Moriarty – Magarey Medalist.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">The fact that he was one of the
greatest centre half backs to play the game is evidenced by the fact that he
won the Magarey Medal 3 years in a row, from 1919 to 1921.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdvjX7Ig_YhG3a6qd7_CccLA7p9L-UmB1KizkNRAIjuxI4Ia9a7HCIW31EsK_pmJQK2rViXu-qwMgGY9qHkd68jBq_TEkh7UKhrewweBq6MnB_Ab-eXoqRukPHskVhXKmeKc-AERbfKHep/s1600/Moriarty.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdvjX7Ig_YhG3a6qd7_CccLA7p9L-UmB1KizkNRAIjuxI4Ia9a7HCIW31EsK_pmJQK2rViXu-qwMgGY9qHkd68jBq_TEkh7UKhrewweBq6MnB_Ab-eXoqRukPHskVhXKmeKc-AERbfKHep/s1600/Moriarty.png" height="200" width="163" /></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">He initially won them outright,
the only player to do so, though another player was awarded one retrospectively
for 1920 and another 3 players for 1921.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Playing for South Adelaide from
1919 to 1925 he kicked just 2 goals from his 97 games and was Best and
Fairest in 1923.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">He also played 22 consecutive
games for South Australia during his career and is a member of no less than 4
sporting Halls’ of fame.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><em><span style="font-size: small;"><em>Source: AFL Record Season Guide 2013 & Wikipedia.</em></span></em><br />
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</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">3
X 31 at St. Kilda.</span></u></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Colin
Watson </span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">had a few goes at senior football for the Saints, first
playing 3 games in 1920 before returning to the country.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">They managed to lure him
back in 1922 and he stayed until 1925 when he again left to play/coach in
country football.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">St. Kilda were again able
to entice him to return in 1933 and this time he was there for 3 seasons.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">During his career he
played 93 games for the Saints for 34 goals, was Best and Fairest in 1924,
captained the club, was a state representative 8 times and won the 1925
Brownlow medal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Jeff
Sarau </span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">donned the #31 from 1973 to 1983 and in 226 games
kicked 119 goals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Though he was on the short
side for a ruckman (191 cm) he had a good leap, attacked the contest hard and
was a strong mark.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Best and Fairest in 1975
and 1977, he was a member of the Victorian B team twice and emergency for the
state side in 1982.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Jamie
Shanahan </span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">played 125 solid games for the Saints from 1992 to 1997
and didn’t score a goal; mainly because he was down at full back negating the
effectiveness of some of the best forwards in the league.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Playing as a forward
ruckman with Fitzroy and St. Kilda reserves he was not used in that role in the
seniors and his value as a back is evidenced by his 6 state of origin games for
Tasmania and the Allies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In 1998 he<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>moved to Melbourne where he played a further
37 games over 2 seasons, again not kicking a goal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
<em>Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</em></span></span> </span><br /></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213463369234259706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071085959126563395.post-66706947919845468862014-09-12T13:00:00.000-07:002014-09-12T13:00:02.707-07:002014 Round 27, Three quarter time.<div align="center">
<u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">13th September Birthdays.</span></u></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> Lucas Herbert 1977, Garry Lyon 1967.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PLAYER OF THE DAY. William Williams, born 13th September 1925.</span></u></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">At post war South Melbourne (1945-1951), William Williams played 124 games for 180 goals.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Recruited from local club Newport he was a speedy rover that was in a losing grand final side in his first year. He was a strong kick and dangerous around goals. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Playing on a wing for Victoria in 1950, overall he was in 9 state games and won the clubs Best and Fairest in 1946, '47 and '50.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<em>Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</em><br />
<em></em><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">THE
KING OF ESSENDON.</span></u></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhbUWusrB99s7r7pXh8n9OWDow2prDSdF2kspmBuIUa0Cwwitl5S3Bz03NobUJkWR9dVtIrmYh3jzMCugp3E2gzAe4tOqfXcW0f0G7CCpHopBPwTtMD5pIGxo6Cea1F3NA1FXKFPAmhx87/s1600/Reynolds.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhbUWusrB99s7r7pXh8n9OWDow2prDSdF2kspmBuIUa0Cwwitl5S3Bz03NobUJkWR9dVtIrmYh3jzMCugp3E2gzAe4tOqfXcW0f0G7CCpHopBPwTtMD5pIGxo6Cea1F3NA1FXKFPAmhx87/s1600/Reynolds.png" height="200" width="148" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Richard ‘Dick’ Reynolds
was certainly a much loved son of the Essendon football club, why else would
they call him ‘King Richard’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When he
retired in 1951 he had played a then league record of 320 senior games and had
kicked 442 goals in a career starting in 1933.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">A highly skilled rover,
he was the driving force in the team for many years as is seen from his
achievements.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Along the way he picked
up 3 Brownlow medals (1934, ’37 and ’38) and was the club Best and Fairest 7
times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He coached the club as either a
playing or non-playing coach for 22 years and in that time they won 4
premierships.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In additions to that he
played 19 games for Victoria, captaining them 4 times in 1939 and twice in 1946
and was Coach of the state team in 1959.</span></div>
<em>Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</em><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">William
Thomas X 2.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">East Perth had 2 players named
William Thomas and both of them won a Sandover Medal.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">William
‘Digger’ Thomas</span></b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> was actually born in Broken Hill but found his way
to Western Australia where he first played football in the Gold Fields League.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">After time at another couple of
clubs he joined East Perth in 1918 and played 177 games for them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">During his time with Easts he was
in 6 Premiership teams, won the Sandover Medal in 1923 and was in 12 state
games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In one of the matches for Western
Australia against Queensland he kicked 14 goals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">William
‘Billy’ Thomas </span></b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">also came to East Perth via the Gold Fields League
and another WAFL club, arriving in 1927.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">From then until 1936 he was in 114
games for 169 goals and was Best and Fairest twice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">He also played 9 state games for 10
goals and won the Sandover in 1929.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<em>Source: Wikipedia.</em><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">First
AFL AA Team.</span></u></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">There
had been All Australian teams announced for many years following national
carnivals but 1991 was the first year the AA team was selected from clubs in
the newly named AFL.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Guy McKenna </span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">from West Coast was a back pocket in
the AA team and played 267 games for the Eagles from 1988 to 2000, kicking 28 goals.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">He
won 2 Best and Fairests at the club and was a 2 time Premiership player. In addition
to this he played 4 state of origin games for Western Australia.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Anthony Daniher </span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">at full back, was with Essendon at the
time where he was in 118 games for 18 goals from 1987 to 1994.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Prior
to joining the Bombers he was with South Melbourne for 6 seasons (’81-’86) and
played 115 games for 62 goals.</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">As
well as this AA selection he played 4 games for New South Wales and 1 for NSW/ACT.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Nigel Smart </span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">was named as the other back pocket and
it was a sign of his abilities that he earned this selection in his first year
at Adelaide.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">With
the Crows from 1991 to 2004 he represented them on 278 occasions for 116 goals.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">A
member of the clubs Premiership sides of 1997 and 1998 he was AA 3 times in
all.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<em>Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers & AFL Record Season Guide 2013.</em><br />
<em></em><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">1897
Finals – Week 2.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The second round of finals in
1897 was played on 28<sup>th</sup> August and both games would have been good
to watch as they were tight or see sawing contests.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Essendon and Collingwood versed
each other at the MCG in front of a 5000 strong crowd, with the scores at three
quarter time being Essendon 4.11.35 to Collingwoods 4.3.27.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Then in the last quarter
Essendon were able to shake off the shackles and well outscored their opponents
winning 9.16.70 to 4.6.30.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The other game between Geelong
and Melbourne was at the Brunswick Street Oval and was watched by 4000 people.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Melbourne jumped out to a good
lead and by quarter time were ahead by 17 points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Geelong fought back in the second quarter and then they played a very
even third term.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">As in the other game one team
took the ascendancy in the last quarter with Geelong kicking 1.5 to 0.1 to see
them victors on 5.16.46 to 5.7.37.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Source: Wikipedia.</span></em></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213463369234259706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071085959126563395.post-2277987382296310282014-09-10T13:00:00.000-07:002014-09-10T13:00:02.278-07:002014 Round 27, Half time.<div align="center">
<u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">11th September Birthdays.</span></u></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> Bruce Doull 1950, Scott Thornton 1982.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PLAYER OF THE DAY. Simon Wiggins, born 11th September 1982.</span></u></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Simon was on Carltons senior list from 2001 to 2010, but his 116 games came from '01-'09. In those matches he kicked 36 goals used mainly in defence. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Though he was a dashing back-man, he was moved onto the wing at one stage and in fact when the team were struggling he was moved all over the ground to help out. </span></span><br />
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<em>Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</em><br />
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Healey </span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">was a star from early in his career when he played for
Melbourne. He was with the club from 1979 to 1985 in 130 games for 189 goals,
roaming around the forward line.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">His first appearance for
Victoria was in 1982 and he was Melbournes Best and Fairest in 1984.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">When Sydney came calling with a
big cheque book he was lured to the Swans and spent 5 seasons there (1986-’90)
and played 81 games for 87 goals.</span></div>
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the Best and Fairest from 1986-1988 and was the Brownlow Medalist in 1988.</span></div>
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Lynch </span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">moved from Fitzroy to Brisbane before the merger that saw
them gain a number of other Lions players.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">He was with Fitzroy from 1988
to 1993 and gave them great service in 120 games, kicking 173 goals. Whilst
there he won the Best and Fairest in 1993 and was also an <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All Australian.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">His 11 seasons at Brisbane, interrupted
by a much publicised bout of CFS, reaped 186 games, 460 goals and 3
Premierships. </span></div>
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Welsh </span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">was an Essendon player from 2002 to 2011 and played 162
games, kicking 32 goals.</span></div>
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to quell the effectiveness of just about any opponent and his skill in moving
the ball out of defence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</span></em></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">VFL Park was the leagues big hope
of the future, so much so that in the late 1970’s they installed a lighting
system at the cost of $1 million.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Then, when the switch was thrown for
the first game under the lights, they didn’t work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The match between Fitzroy and North
Melbourne on 18<sup>th</sup> May 1977 was delayed for 55 minutes due to an electrical
problem. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> A</span>ll the power had to be cut off
and the crowd became restless, jeering and slow hand clapping.</span></div>
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saw Fitzroy run out winners by 34 points.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Source: Our Game by Jim Main.</span></em></o:p></span></o:p></span><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Alan
Didak.</span></u><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">To say that Alan was a
true servant of the Collingwood Football Club would be an understatement.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">He was one of those people
who was an inspiration to his team mates and seemed to be able to lift them at
crucial times, even when used sparingly in his last few years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">From 2002 to 2013 he
played 218 games for the Magpies and kicked 274 goals, even when he had time
out due to an irregular heartbeat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">During his time at the
club he was leading goal kicker in 2010, Best and Fairest in 2006, a
Premiership player in 2010 and 2 time All Australian.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</span></em></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">9th September Birthdays.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> Shane Crawford 1974, Sean Godsell 1960.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PLAYER OF THE DAY. Peter Mann, born 9th September 1970.</span></u></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">In the 4 years from 1991 to 1994, Peter played 39 games for North Melbourne and kicked 12 goals and even though he had been a centre half forward at Claremont, they used him mainly at centre half back. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">They knew he had talent and were frustrated when he decided to join some old Claremont team mates at Fremantle. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Joining the Dockers in 1995, he was more consistent than at North and up until finishing his career in 1999 played 77 games for 88 goals. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">He was always a strong mark and was used in his more favoured position of centre half forward, winning the club Best and Fairest in his first year. Peter also represented Western Australia in 1995.</span></span><br />
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<em>Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</em><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Graeme
and Wes Fellowes.</span></u></div>
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Fellowes</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> played as a ruckman for Collingwood from 1956 to
1964 and was in 66 games for 22 goals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">At 200cm he was the
tallest ruckman around at the time and even though he only played 7 games in
his first 2 years by the time the 1958 finals came around he really proved
himself. So much so that he was named as first ruck in the Premiership team
that year and from then on was a regular in the side.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">A knee injury in 1961
saw him sidelined and when he was able to play again he couldn’t regain his
earlier form.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Fellowes</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> was also a ruckman and followed his father to
Collingwood. He was the same height as his father and even though he was not a ‘hard’
player he did win the Copeland Trophy (Best and Fairest) in 1986. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Racking up 102 games in
his 9 years at the club (1981-’89) he kicked 28 goals.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><em>Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</em><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">What’s In a
Name?</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">When Hawthorn were admitted into
the VFL in 1925 they were commonly known as the ‘Mayblooms’ as their colours
were the same as the Maybloom bush.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">In 1933 they altered their uniform from
being brown with a gold V to gold with a brown V people started to call them
the ‘Mustard pots’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It didn’t take long
to change the uniform back!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">The Maybloom tag stuck for a number
of years, then in 1941 it was announced that they wanted to be known as the ‘Brown
bombers’ and that the Maybloom name was banned from being mentioned
around the club.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">It was in 1943 that coach Roy Cazaly
told his players before a match that they would become known by the more ‘fierce’
name of the Hawks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Even though it was only a decision
made by him it has nonetheless been used ever since.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">The current strip of brown and gold
stripes was introduced in 1950.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><em>Source: Our Game by Jim Main.</em><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Tony
Jewell – Player and Coach.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Tony played 80 games for
Richmond from 1964 to 1970, mainly in the back line, and kicked 16 goals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Whilst he was used on
occasion as a rover or half forward, he was best used as a hard tackling back man
and played in the back pocket in the Tigers 1967 flag winning side.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In 1979 he was appointed
coach of the club and led them to the flag in his second year at the helm. Then
they had a slump which saw the end of his first tenure there in 1981.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">During this time his
record was 69 games for 41 wins, 1 draw and 27 losses. They also played in 3
finals games and of course won 1 premiership. The winning percentage was 59%.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">St. Kilda then invited him
to coach their team and he was with them in 1983 and 1984 for 40 games with 9
wins and 31 losses. A winning percentage of 23%.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It seems that by 1986 all
was forgiven at Richmond and he re joined them for a second stint as coach for 2
seasons. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Once again they struggled
and from 44 games they managed 12 wins and 32 losses, a 27% winning percentage.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<em>Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers & AFL Record Season Guide 2013.</em></o:p></span></o:p></span>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213463369234259706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071085959126563395.post-15868732708051269032014-09-05T13:00:00.000-07:002014-09-05T13:00:00.829-07:002014 Round 26, Three quarter time.<div align="center">
<u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">6th September Birthdays.</span></u></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> Albert Proud 1988, Steve Reynoldson 1962.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PLAYER OF THE DAY. Michael Prior, born 6th September 1973.</span></u></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">From 1994 to 2000 Michael played 81 games for Essendon for 19 goals, mainly as a half back flanker. </span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPMUO-aYzIVJKK78Qqt1d9tSA1BCnEaTbuALsu1UOZ1YnTe9iuTcNsPXBa_ytlchrM864xFGQYFcoVf3zbfvPJBFoi_jG-QhjYU2Vka7ghO6J3UYKFSSHY1D9HixOI0f2C7xJzASbUTMNK/s1600/Prior.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPMUO-aYzIVJKK78Qqt1d9tSA1BCnEaTbuALsu1UOZ1YnTe9iuTcNsPXBa_ytlchrM864xFGQYFcoVf3zbfvPJBFoi_jG-QhjYU2Vka7ghO6J3UYKFSSHY1D9HixOI0f2C7xJzASbUTMNK/s1600/Prior.png" height="200" width="160" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Like a number of players it took him a while to get in the swing of things but by 1996 he was showing good form. Despite his importance to the team he didn't get much game time in 2000 and he left them at the end of the year. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Moving back to Western Australia he joined the West Coast Eagles, his favourite club as a child, and in 2001-2002 he was in 9 games and kicked 1 goal. Unfortunately he suffered a knee injury that saw his game tally limited, however he did play 2 games for the state.</span></span><br />
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<em>Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</em><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Player
Nick Names.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Barney – Leigh Matthews.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Named after cartoon character Barney Rubble.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Charlie - James Manson. Unfortunate to be named after cult leader and </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> criminal Charles Manson.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chicken
– Wilfred Smallhorn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obviously because
of his surname.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dominator – Wayne Johnson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Due to the way he ‘dominated’ in games.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sago –
Colin Rice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sago is a grain and so is
rice!</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><em>Source: Great Australian Football Stories by Ken Piesse.</em></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><u><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">1897
Finals-Week 1.</span></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Less than a week before the finals
series of 1897 began the VFL changed their mind as to how it would be played. The
result being a round robin format between the top 4 teams over 3 weekends.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The clubs involved would be
Geelong, Essendon, Melbourne and Collingwood; the order they finished at the end
of the season.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In the first week Geelong played
Essendon and at three quarter time the scores were Geelong 2.10.22 to Essendon 1.4.10.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, Essendon staged a great comeback
running over their opponents to win 5.5.35 to 3.11.29.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The other game was between
Collingwood and Melbourne, certainly two powerhouse clubs of the time. This
match was more of a dour struggle and ended with Collingwood coming out winners
7.9.51 to Melbournes 7.5.47.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><em><span style="font-size: small;">Source: Wikipedia</span>.</em></o:p></span><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Ilija
Grgic-Journeyman.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">At 203cm and 106kg, Ilija
made an imposing figure on the football field.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Starting his journey at
Footscray in 1993, he was with them until 1996 and was in 62 games, scoring 92
goals. Though frustrated at being second preference in the ruck, he was very
handy when moved forward.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">A move to West Coast in
1997 for 2 seasons saw a fresh start for him and while there he played 23 games
for 15 goals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">1999, his final year, found
him back in Victoria and playing for Essendon, where he represented them on just
2 occasions. He was actually still at the club in 2000 but missed the whole year due
to a back injury.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<em>Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</em><em></em>
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<u><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">4 X #8
at Geelong.</span></u></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Dick
Grigg </span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">was such a talent that, even though he had retired in 1914,
was called back to the club to play in the 1921 finals, at 36 years of age.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">And why wouldn’t you try him as
he played 194 games for 64 goals, was the clubs Best and Fairest in 1910, 1911
and 1914 and represented Victoria 9 times.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Russell
Renfree </span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">was a 201 game player from 1946 to 1956 and kicked 165 goals
as a follower.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">He was a real work horse and
was the clubs joint leading goal kicker in 1946 and part of their flag winning
sides in 1951-’52. As well as that he was in the Victorian team in 1948.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Robert
Scott</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> played as a small, crumbing forward at the Cats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was with them from 1986 to 1994 in 132
games for 164 goals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">He was in their losing Grand
Final teams of 1989 and 1992, and moved to North Melbourne in 1995 to continue
his fine career.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Along the way he played 5 state
games for Victoria.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<em>Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers and AFL tables.</em><em> </em> </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213463369234259706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071085959126563395.post-39725739630798462802014-09-03T13:00:00.000-07:002014-09-03T13:00:01.158-07:002014 Round 26, Half time.<div align="center">
<u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">4th September Birthdays.</span></u></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> Rhett Biglands 1977, Jason Davenport 1985, Marty Lyons 1956.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PLAYER OF THE DAY. James Clement, born 4th September 1976.</span></u></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">In 1996 James played his first game for Fremantle and from then until 2000 he was in 84 games for 38 goals. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYbxV5t9up7Bz_Cy_uHdvjxyPmj2Vrf8kLlPoCgEvDjh8R7gKCD-8pQghF10YCFYrFi2nmzY_TQfaZ3UKoXfEgR_wFnXFslfsalqAcWhChF7_1_hoiMPfMUGf7sJChkbuVcW0kFq79nB9S/s1600/Clement.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYbxV5t9up7Bz_Cy_uHdvjxyPmj2Vrf8kLlPoCgEvDjh8R7gKCD-8pQghF10YCFYrFi2nmzY_TQfaZ3UKoXfEgR_wFnXFslfsalqAcWhChF7_1_hoiMPfMUGf7sJChkbuVcW0kFq79nB9S/s1600/Clement.png" height="200" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Missing only 2 matches in 3 seasons from his second year, he was used mainly in defence but did kick 6 goals in a game against St. Kilda as the full forward. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Due to circumstances he only played a handful of games in 2000 and at the end of the year moved to Collingwood. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">At his new club he became a swing player, using his strong marking wherever it was needed. With the Magpies from 2001 to 2007 his best years were 2004 and 2005 when he won the clubs Best and Fairest and was All Australian. He played 146 games for Collingwood and kicked 13 goals.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<em>Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers</em><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Ken
and Mark Fraser.</span></u></i></div>
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between 1958 and 1968.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Breaking into the
team straight away he played at centre half forward but was more than
happy to run out to the flanks to receive the ball.</span></i></div>
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Captain from 1965-’68, he was a 2 time Premiership player and represented
Victoria 9 times.</span></i></div>
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initially but was drafted to Collingwood where he played 45 games and kicked 23
goals from ’92-’94.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Playing
well in his first year, his form dropped off after that and in 1995 he did move
to Essendon.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">They
picked him up as a fast winger which they hoped would be suited to the MCG. As it
turned out he didn’t make it as a regular in the team and between 2000 and 2005
he was in 65 games for 26 goals.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</span></o:p></span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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Fremantle Football Club.</span></u></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Established in 1898, East Fremantle
were firstly known as the Angels then the Old Easts and are now the Sharks. One
of the main driving forces behind them was Tommy Wilson who had played in Victoria,
possibly for North Melbourne, and had moved to the West when gold was
discovered there.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">
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1900 they have won 29 in all, including two runs of 4 (1908-1911 and 1928-1931), and
have been runners up 28 times.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Along the way they have produced 12
Sandover Medalists and have seen a number of players join VFL/AFL ranks. Some
of these are; Simon Black, Daniel Chick, Ben Cousins, Ken Judge and Daniel Kerr.
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Source: East Fremantle web site.</span></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Shannon
Grant – Norm Smith Medalist.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">For 3 seasons
(1995-1997) Shannon was a Sydney Swans player in 58 games for 38 goals, being
drafted to them in 1994 via the Western Jets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">He had wanted to stay in
Victoria but Sydney were persistent and got their man and used him to great
result as a half forward or half back.</span></div>
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wish when he moved back to his home state and joined North Melbourne. Over the
next 11 seasons he became a regular in the side, playing 243 games and kicking
323 goals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Probably starting off
slower than he would have liked at his new club, by the time the 1999 Grand
Final came around he was again at his best and managed to win the Norm Smith
Medal. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Renowned as a player
who could bob up and kick a goal just when it was needed, he won the club Best
and Fairest in 2001 and was runner up in 2003, ’04 and ’05. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As well as being a Premiership player in 1999
he was All Australian in 2005.</span></div>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers and AFL Record Season Guide 2013.</span></o:p></span></i></span> </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213463369234259706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071085959126563395.post-17356562173552684392014-09-01T13:00:00.000-07:002014-09-01T13:00:03.979-07:002014 Round 26, Quarter time.<div align="center">
<u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">2nd September Birthdays.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> Leon Cameron 1972, Thomas Roach 1985, Scott Spalding 1968.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PLAYER OF THE DAY. Kyal Horsley, born 2nd September 1987.</span></u></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Coming from Kalgoorlie in the Western Australian gold fields, Kyal was a junior state representative in field hockey and cricket. He started playing football for the Kalgoorlie City Football Club in 2003 at 16 years of age. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">In 2006 he was awarded the Best and Fairest in the Goldfields football league and in 2007 he moved to Subiaco. 2011 put Kyal in the spotlight when he won his club Best and Fairest and came second in the Sandover Medal. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">He was picked up by the Gold Coast Suns in the 2012 rookie draft and played 13 games in his first season. Playing only 1 game in 2013 due to a serious knee injury, he was delisted at the end of the year.</span></span><br />
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<em>Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</em><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Princes
Park.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The Carlton Football club had been
rather nomadic since their formation in 1864, finding it difficult to secure a
permanent home ground.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">All this changed in the late 1890’s
when they were granted permission to play on an area in the Carlton park land,
and so Princes Park was born.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The stadium was built in 1897, the
year the VFL was established, and was the clubs home ground right up until the
5<sup>th</sup> May 2005 when the last regular game was played there.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMLcnhVU-h0EJxhGx_nmCHRhyg47pFvzHC-RSklnaRhKXwKOjXOTG8znDTADpeRw_tfanmW721iWQm4IgFlYbCtnmUzIUYHq4fXeHZo-HG-o-XnPMdSZkDeCns6A-59iSoehHAxko3oynE/s1600/Princes+park.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMLcnhVU-h0EJxhGx_nmCHRhyg47pFvzHC-RSklnaRhKXwKOjXOTG8znDTADpeRw_tfanmW721iWQm4IgFlYbCtnmUzIUYHq4fXeHZo-HG-o-XnPMdSZkDeCns6A-59iSoehHAxko3oynE/s1600/Princes+park.jpg" height="105" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Over the years the ground has seen
many changes, to its structure and its name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In 1993 it was one of the first stadiums in Australia to receive naming
rights and it became Optus oval.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Later
it was named MC Labour Park and is now Visy Park.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The largest seating capacity it has
had is 35,000 but currently it is approximately 27,000. Of course, as with all
grounds, it originally had terraces and the largest crowd recorded is 62,986 for
the 1945 Grand Final between Carlton and South Melbourne.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Hawthorn Football Club also called
it home for 18 seasons and Footscray, Fitzroy and South Melbourne have also
used it for short periods of time.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><em><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Source: Austadiums Website.</span></em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><u><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Top
3 in 1993 National Draft.</span></u></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Darren
Gasper </span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">was picked up by Sydney at pick # 1 and from 1994 to
1995 he played 21 games for 1 goal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">There were doubts that he
was worthy of a number 1 pick but after moving to Richmond in 1996 he really
started to shine. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Playing as a stalwart full
back on some of the best in the game, he was in 207 games for the Tigers from
1996 – 2007 and even got to sneak forward a few times and kick 22 goals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">All Australian in 2000 and
2001, he also won Richmonds Best and Fairest in 2001.</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Nigel
Lapin </span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">moved from Victoria to Brisbane when he got drafted and
no doubt by the end of his career he was happy he did.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">From 1994 to 2008 (missing
2006 due to injury), he played 279 games for the Bears/Lions and kicked 174
goals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Remembered best as a
lightly framed on baller/winger, he was part of Brisbane ‘threepeat’ of
Premierships, represented Victoria 3 times, was club Best and Fairest in 2004
and a 4 time All Australian.</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Justin
Murphy</span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> showed some good skills but was unable to find a club
to stay with for a long time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Joining Richmond at the
draft, he was there from 1994-’95 in 12 games for 9 goals and was traded to
Carlton in 1996. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">He was happy at Carlton
and except for 2001 which he spent at Geelong (18 games, 9 goals) he was with
the Blues until 2003.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In that time he
played 115 games for 105 goals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">2004 found him at his 4<sup>th</sup>
club, Essendon, where he stayed for 2 seasons and was in 40 games for 28
goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These were obviously productive
years as he averaged 20 games a season.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers & AFL Record Season Guide 2013.</span></em></o:p></span><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Fraser
Gehrig.<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Starting with the West
Coast Eagles the year after their second flag win, Fraser played 115 games for
them from 1995 to 2000 and kicked 159 goals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_AWR65d0WKry1EPTkGYP7kcHROUCYQr83gynZbOBVXmuMexHEX5BlFAc7jTgGh0IAYDmxdkVB0xEZdpDGqmkm_czwA2odZ1yEkSdNYQ1gSNiqbD7B07SjbXD-puh19JqCd4C3XPmpYVj3/s1600/Gherig.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_AWR65d0WKry1EPTkGYP7kcHROUCYQr83gynZbOBVXmuMexHEX5BlFAc7jTgGh0IAYDmxdkVB0xEZdpDGqmkm_czwA2odZ1yEkSdNYQ1gSNiqbD7B07SjbXD-puh19JqCd4C3XPmpYVj3/s1600/Gherig.png" height="200" width="112" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">His seemingly laconic
attitude drew some criticism and his form did go up and down a bit and he was
probably not at its best when traded to St. Kilda.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Making an impact at his
new club, he represented them on 145 occasions for 389 goals, filling the full
forward position left by Tony Lockett when he moved to Sydney.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Still showing his ‘boredom’
at times and struggling through injury he nevertheless was a favourite of the
St. Kilda fans and won the clubs goal kicking from 2003-2007, the
Coleman medal twice and was also a 2 time All Australian.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<em>Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</em></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213463369234259706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071085959126563395.post-52326772654892855672014-08-29T13:00:00.000-07:002014-08-29T13:00:03.102-07:002014 Round 25, Three quarter time.<div align="center">
<u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">30th August Birthdays.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PLAYER OF THE DAY. Mark Jackson, born 30th August 1959.</span></u></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">If you had to pick a few words to describe Mark 'Jacko' Jackson they would probably be individual, a character and unique. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">On Richmonds list at one stage he was loaned to South Freemantle but actually got a vote of unpopularity by the other players and returned to Richmond where he was unable to get a senior game.</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNiL7XT0kWeEyEyS8AfhEvs3x1WTDLUCH3oYY9E-aMaeLGeT-SK7-XTbJ0eHebAjCX3Wku_z_sJJCLVoAArgdpTuK4kyVJm0gUtII3ikd76izNIE_4szlv-nMlm_HR7ZTRcN3N3ipVSFD2/s1600/Jacko.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNiL7XT0kWeEyEyS8AfhEvs3x1WTDLUCH3oYY9E-aMaeLGeT-SK7-XTbJ0eHebAjCX3Wku_z_sJJCLVoAArgdpTuK4kyVJm0gUtII3ikd76izNIE_4szlv-nMlm_HR7ZTRcN3N3ipVSFD2/s1600/Jacko.png" height="114" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">For the 1981 and 1982 seasons he played under Ron Barassi at Melbourne and was in 41 games for 152 goals. Ron was not able to put up with his antics and so he moved on to St. Kilda. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">There he played just 10 games in 1983 for 41 goals, which included a bag of 10 against Sydney. Again he tried the coaches patience and mid season he was sacked but found his way to Geelong.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">From 1984 to '86 he was able to notch up 31 games for 115 goals, but once more the coach despaired at his behaviour and that was the end of his VFL career. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Along the way he kicked 308 goals in 82 games, an average of 3.3 and he had a streak of 79 games where he kicked at least 1 goal.</span></span><br />
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<em>Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</em><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">THE MAN
WITH MOVIE STAR LOOKS.</span></u></div>
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Bunton Snr. came to the Fitzroy football club under some controversy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was claimed he had been paid to sign with Fitzroy,
which was not allowed at that time, and he was banned from playing for the
whole of the 1930 season.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Then
when he did get to play, the 19 year old with the ‘matinee idol looks’, won the
Brownlow medal in 1931 and ’32, was runner up in 1934 and then won again in
1935. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Obviously he was a highly skilled player, averaging over 30 kicks a game and as well as the Brownlows he was Fitzroy Best and Fairest twice and leading goal kicker twice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">After
his time in Victoria he went to Western Australia and won the Sandover Medal
(Best and Fairest) three times also.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">His
playing career finished with Port Adelaide and he then went on to be an umpire
and coach.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<em>Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</em><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">North
Melbourne-The Early Years.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">There is no official record of the
foundation of the North Melbourne football club, but we do know that they
played in the competition of the time in 1869.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The first documented report of them playing was in ‘The Australasian’ on 2<sup>nd</sup> October
1869, stating that they had won their last game for the season. Then, again in July 1870, there is a report of them defeating Carlton United.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It was believed that North were
originally called Hotham, however there is also an item about a club called Hotham
having a win on that same day in July 1870.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is quite possible that players were moved between the two clubs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Whilst being called a ‘junior club’,
they were starting to gain recognition and in 1873 they played 14 games,
winning 7, drawing 6 and losing 1.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Sharing Royal Park with Carlton as
their home ground, North became a ‘senior club’ in 1874 and by 1875 had 120
members.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Source: The Clubs, The Complete History Of Every Club In The VFL/AFL.</span></em></o:p></span> </div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Kevin
Bartlett-Hall Of Fame Legend.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">No doubt all of the people
recognised as a legend in the Australian Football Hall Of Fame deserve to be
there, but the title seems to fit some more than others.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7lHRw2BblJdgl2v8IfGXJFQ8gfIDbQfZ3jdaSF2BDBPnCNClLOYtmaE2Elbze4e6IgRtU1yDRr9htbjr8es40MKde3Jof3TRjaLDqZEi3JYu1xHiPBLWMmlbo3F6N9w-bpbsk1rQJeI0y/s1600/Bartlett.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7lHRw2BblJdgl2v8IfGXJFQ8gfIDbQfZ3jdaSF2BDBPnCNClLOYtmaE2Elbze4e6IgRtU1yDRr9htbjr8es40MKde3Jof3TRjaLDqZEi3JYu1xHiPBLWMmlbo3F6N9w-bpbsk1rQJeI0y/s1600/Bartlett.png" height="200" width="155" /></a><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Kevin ‘Hungry’ Bartlett
would be one of those. Playing 403 games from 1965 to 1983 he kicked 778 goals
and was Richmond through and through.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">There wasn’t much of him,
but what he did have was pace, as well as enormous talent, so he just kept out
of trouble and had 29 injury free seasons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Personal achievements
along the way include, 5 club Best and Fairests, leading goal kicker 3 times,
20 state games, 5 Premierships and the Norm Smith Medal in 1980.</span></div>
<em><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</span></em><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;">
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<u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Fog
Disrupts Game.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">21<sup>st</sup> August
1971 and Carlton was looking to get into the finals to defend their premiership
win over Collingwood from the year before.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">On this day they were
playing Fitzroy and at half time were 25 points in arrears. In the third
quarter they started to make a comeback, but then nature had its way and thick
fog rolled in across the ground.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It was so bad that they
couldn’t see the ball about 10 metres away and the spectators had no clue as to
what was happening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the fog
disappeared again, but Carlton had lost its run and ended up losing by 23
points.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><em><span style="font-size: small;">Source: Our Game by Jim Main.</span></em></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213463369234259706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071085959126563395.post-7874928813292209222014-08-27T13:00:00.000-07:002014-08-27T13:00:02.186-07:002014 Round 25, Half time.<div align="center">
<u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">28th August Birthdays.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PLAYER OF THE DAY. Wade Thompson, born 28th August 1988.</span></u></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Taken at pick number 4 by Port Power in the rookie draft of 2009, Wade was a small forward with great pace and knew how to kick a goal. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Playing in the NAB cup in 2009 he kicked 3 goals in one match and continued to impress in those games. When the season proper started he was elevated to the senior side but played just 2 games. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">In 2010 he was again in the NAB cup games though he was unable to break back into the senior side and was delisted at the end of the year.</span></span><br />
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<em>Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</em><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Rodney
Eade-Player and Coach.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Rodney played for Hawthorn for most
of his career under the great coaches, Kennedy, Parkin and Jeans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">With the club from 1976-’87 he
played 229 games for 46 goals, mainly on the wing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was in 4 Premiership teams with the Hawks <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and had inherited the jumper of another great
Tasmania in Peter Hudson.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In 1988 he moved to Brisbane
where he was in 30 games for 3 goals up until the end of 1990.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Following his playing days he
did a coaching apprenticeship at a few clubs before being appointed senior
coach at Sydney in 1996.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In his first year he got them
into the grand final and they were in the finals for the next 3 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2000 saw then finish in 11<sup>th</sup> place
but in 2001 they were back in the finals again finishing the season 7<sup>th</sup> on the
ladder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">His tenure at the club ended
mid 2002 and his record while there, including 8 finals, was 152 games for 81
wins 2 draws and 69 losses, a winning percentage of 53%.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">He floated for a couple of
years before taking on the senior coaching role at the Western Bulldogs.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9T_2q8qbO_d2w-QiYstNIDk4NUThVqQe0If7ujnZMwgOQCzp_taWI93gKs-zY6BH_hsh5-EWvjk5MMR5HHeO6lZqKsa46QlRdZxZp7pSZ5ecDg6GZfjrMFMGeXsdMSm8Jw18gEL7Ssqmf/s1600/Eade.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9T_2q8qbO_d2w-QiYstNIDk4NUThVqQe0If7ujnZMwgOQCzp_taWI93gKs-zY6BH_hsh5-EWvjk5MMR5HHeO6lZqKsa46QlRdZxZp7pSZ5ecDg6GZfjrMFMGeXsdMSm8Jw18gEL7Ssqmf/s1600/Eade.png" /></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">As at Sydney he had immediate success
at the Whitten Oval getting the club into the finals in his second year, after
finishing 9<sup>th</sup> in his first season (2005).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">2007 saw them finish 13<sup>th</sup>,
but they managed to get back up in 2008, finishing 3<sup>rd</sup> and then in
2009 and 2010 they made it to the preliminary finals.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">When he finished as coach in
2011 his figures were very much the same as at Sydney, 162 games for 88 wins, 2
draws and 72 losses, with 11 finals appearances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His winning percentage being 54%.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers & AFL Record Season Guide 2013.</span></span></em></span><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Highest
Scores For A Quarter.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Some massive scores have been
kicked by teams in individual quarters and most of these would be a respectable
score at the end of a match.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">1<sup>st</sup> quarter. 15.4.94 –
Essendon v Gold Coast. Round 6 2011.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Final score: Essendon 31.11.197 def
Gold Caost 8.10.58.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">2<sup>nd</sup> quarter. 14.4.86 – Adelaide
v Fitzroy. Round 17 1996.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Final score: Adelaide 26.10.166 def
Fitzroy 9.13.67.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">3<sup>rd</sup> quarter. 13.4.82 –
Essendon v Footscray. Round 22 1982.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Final score: Essendon 32.16.208 def
Footscray 9.8.62.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">4<sup>th </sup>quarter. 17.4.106 –
South Melbourne v St.Kilda. Round 12 1919.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Final score: South Melbourne
29.15.189 def St. Kilda 2.6.18.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Source: AFL tables & AFL Record Season Guide 2013.</span></em></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Laurie
& Steven Icke.</span></u></div>
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Icke</span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">
joined North Melbourne from East Ballarat and was renowned for being a hard
payer who had a ‘mad stare’.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Between 1952 and 1957 he
played 57 games for the club and was part of a defence that was regarded as the
hardest in the VFL.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Steven
Icke </span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">followed his father to North but was able to play a lot
more matches, 120, and kick 33 goals from 1975 to 1981.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy5nwoTulGKZooo1FgK6qdt19qmE_Z9xpFw43SDkM9EpZBBZha8jnQAs6tctofXlN9EGQj9veAC0d5ADyjdq0fOX0rt1ugYU2Iu3l3t-ZtlADEBk-m2qRdLMZfspJUYz8QHcBQ54iYldzx/s1600/S+Icke.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy5nwoTulGKZooo1FgK6qdt19qmE_Z9xpFw43SDkM9EpZBBZha8jnQAs6tctofXlN9EGQj9veAC0d5ADyjdq0fOX0rt1ugYU2Iu3l3t-ZtlADEBk-m2qRdLMZfspJUYz8QHcBQ54iYldzx/s1600/S+Icke.png" height="200" width="149" /></a><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Playing mainly in the back
line, he was centre half forward in their flag winning side in 1977.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">He was selected in the
state squad in 1977 and 1980 but was traded to Melbourne in 1982.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">While there, he played a
further 78 games for 17 goals before retiring at the end of 1987. Club Best and
Fairest in 1982, he was also selected in the Victorian team again in 1983.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213463369234259706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071085959126563395.post-16421551822687625592014-08-25T13:00:00.000-07:002014-08-25T13:00:02.641-07:002014 Round 25, Quarter time.<div align="center">
<u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">26th August Birthdays.</span></u></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Jess Sinclair 1978.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PLAYER OF THE DAY. Neil Mann, born 26th August 1924.</span></u></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Having a hand span of 28cm Neil is renowned to have had the biggest pair of hands in the league, so it is no wonder he was a strong mark. </span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQrXqXeXNPmK4f5b6mnvRGAFBNrYk8W31lUXi55DkPmn4Zc3uwZo5NVwyWbldSi6_BsErr3Yuu3lHTD0oOR7XJIbncEvkXCDKFNzR9YeHakH_iVNPYQPmPG5LFJOxDilJalv4Z-wgCbpDl/s1600/Mann.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQrXqXeXNPmK4f5b6mnvRGAFBNrYk8W31lUXi55DkPmn4Zc3uwZo5NVwyWbldSi6_BsErr3Yuu3lHTD0oOR7XJIbncEvkXCDKFNzR9YeHakH_iVNPYQPmPG5LFJOxDilJalv4Z-wgCbpDl/s1600/Mann.png" height="200" width="130" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Trying out for the thirds at St. Kilda but not staying, he was not able to get a game with Collingwood Technical School but did get picked up by Collingwood and first played for them in 1945. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Playing firstly at full forward and centre half forward, he started to really shine when moved to centre half back. His career included 179 games for Collingwood from 1945-'56 for 155 goals, being their leading goal kicker in 1947 and representing Victoria 10 times.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">He was also club Captain in 1955-'56 and played in the 1953 Premiership team. Reserves coach at the Magpies for 14 years, he was the senior coach from 1972-'74. </span></span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: inherit;">Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</span></em><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Footscray
Team Of The Century-Back Line.</span></u></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Charlie
Sutton</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> was Captain-Coach of Footscrays only Premiership
team and was named in the back pocket in their team of the century, a position
he played with great skill.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In 1942 and then from
1946-1956 he played 173 games for the club and kicked 65 goals. He was Captain-Coach
from 1951-’56 and was replaced as Coach in 1957. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Other achievements
include, Best and Fairest in 1950, joint leading goal kicker in 1951 and
representing Victoria 18 times, including the roll of Captain-Coach in 1952.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Herb
Henderson, </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">at full back, was with the club from
1950 – 1958 in 130 games and once in the team didn’t move from that position.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Voted second best ever
full back by a panel of judges in 1970, he held the great John Coleman to very
low figures in the 7 games they played on each other, the best being 4 goals. Part of the clubs flag winning team, he
also represented Victoria in 1954 and ’55.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">John
Schultz </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">lines up in the other back pocket, even though in
club games he only rested there as he was one of the hardest yet fairest
ruckmen to play on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">From 1958-’68 he played
188 games for 39 goals and was selected in the state side in his first year and
represented Victoria 24 times in all. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Winning the clubs Best
and Fairest 5 times, he was also the Brownlow Medalist in 1960.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<em>Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers & Wikipedia.</em><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Geelong
Moves To Kardinia Park.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Geelong, being one of the oldest
Australian Rules clubs, was an automatic inclusion when the VFL was established
in 1897 and they played their home games at the Corio oval.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">After the round 17 game in 1940 the
army took over the ground as a station for troops, meaning that Geelong had to
find a new home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In 1941 they moved to Kardinia Park,
situated in the middle of Geelong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
ground had a good surface but the facilities weren’t the best.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">At the end of the year, due to war time travel restrictions
and petrol rationing, Geelong football club went into recession until 1944.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">When they resumed playing they
voted to keep Kardinia Park as their home ground and they have been there ever since.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<em>Source: Our Game by Jim Main.</em><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Paul
Harding-Journeyman.</span></u></div>
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Paul played 11 games for the club in 1987-’88 and kicked 2 goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was probably a poor return, given that
the Hawks had to go to court to secure his services.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">1989 found him at St. Kilda
where he spent the next 3 seasons for 62 games and 7 goals, showing some of the
form that Hawthorn had seen in him originally.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Returning to his native
Western Australia in 1992 he got to play for West Coast, who he wanted to play
for from the start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And it paid off, with
him being instrumental in their 1992 Premiership win.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></em></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213463369234259706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071085959126563395.post-31206464718700752132014-08-22T13:00:00.000-07:002014-08-22T13:00:00.406-07:002014 Round 24, Three quarter time.<div align="center">
<u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">23rd August Birthdays.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Luke Beveridge '70, Dean Hartigan '54, Peter Quill '69, Leon Rice '51, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Lance Whitnall '79.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PLAYER OF THE DAY. David Dench, born 23rd August 1951.</span></u></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Not only was David one of the youngest captains of a VFL team, he also had a career that spanned 15 years, first turning out for North Melbourne in 1969. When he finished playing in 1984 he had pulled on the boots 275 times and kicked 29 goals. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">One of the best full backs of all time he rarely got a bag of goals kicked on him and seemed to know exactly the right time to go for the ball. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Made Captain in 1972 at 20 years of age, he won the Best and Fairest 4 times and was part of their 1975 and '77 Premiership teams. He also represented Victoria on 4 occasions.</span></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: inherit;">Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</span></em></div>
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Close Finish To The 2006 Grand Final.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The previous 4 games
played between West Coast and Sydney leading into the Grand Final had ended
with differences of 4, 4, 2 and 1 points. So there was every possibility the
result of this game would be similar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">West Coast had won 17 and
lost 5 for the season and Sydney were 14 and 8 with Adam Goodes having won the
Brownlow Medal in the preceding week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was also the second year in a row that these two sides were fighting it out for
the Premiership cup with Sydney winning in 2005 by 4 points.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Shots on goal were very
even in the first quarter with the Eagles on 4.2.26 to the Swans 1.4.10. Then
the West Coast scored a further 4.5 in the second quarter to Sydneys 3.2 seeing
the Eagles take a handy 25 point lead into half time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Sydney managed to
reverse the trend in the third quarter and at the last break the scores
were West Coast 10.10.70 to Sydney 8.11.59.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The swans carried on the same way in the last quarter by adding 4.1 to their
score to West Coasts 2.3.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">West Coast just
held off a gallant Sydney to win by 1 point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The scores at the final siren being West Coast 12.13.85 to Sydney
12.12.84.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Source: Wikipedia.</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><u><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Dear Brothers.</span></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Greg Dear </span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">is the older of the 2 brothers by 3
years and played his first game for hawthorn in 1985.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From then until 1993 he played 137 games for
18 goals.</span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgle88aQ9GbToDOsvHX1HAZteUcyHqhuV-zX-HRepDEeyyxH7V46pvODXjyGxaeHhwHvI8sxzX_M80jy2Gk1QPGvQSV1SbSYU4F6v2UkC2G7OKQiz90acS9Jywn1SCiNPUNlBck8KWlkMpK/s1600/Greg+dear.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgle88aQ9GbToDOsvHX1HAZteUcyHqhuV-zX-HRepDEeyyxH7V46pvODXjyGxaeHhwHvI8sxzX_M80jy2Gk1QPGvQSV1SbSYU4F6v2UkC2G7OKQiz90acS9Jywn1SCiNPUNlBck8KWlkMpK/s1600/Greg+dear.png" height="200" width="170" /></a><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
mobile ruckman, he had some good years at the Hawks being a premiership player
in ’86, ’88 and ’89 but missing out in ’91 due to a knee injury.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Moving
to Richmond in 1994 he was one of the most experienced players on their list
and his leadership was valued when the Tigers made the 1995 finals series.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Between
1994 and 1996 he represented the Tigers 53 times for 9 goals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Paul Dear</span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> started his career at Hawthorn in 1987
and was there until 1996 playing 123 games for 80 goals.</span></div>
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playing at centre half forward with occasional turns in the ruck, this strong
bodied player was at the top of his game by the 1991 flag win and received the
Norm Smith Medal as best on ground. </span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: inherit;">Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</span></em><em></em><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Glenelg
AFC.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">A public meeting on 10<sup>th</sup>
March 1920 saw the establishment of the Glenelg Football Club and they were
admitted into the South Australian Football League in 1921.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">They struggled badly for the next
few years finally winning their first game in 1925, having lost the previous
56.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">In 1926 they got up off the bottom
of the ladder finishing 7<sup>th</sup>, which they did for the next 4 seasons.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Their first Premiership came in
1934 and since then they have won another 3 and been runners up on several
occasions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">The Tigers have also produced 9
Magarey medallists and 13 SANFL leading goal kickers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Some notable players to join
VFL/AFL ranks from Glenelg include John Nicholls, Stephen Kernahan, Chris
McDermott and Brad Ottens.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">3 x 32
At Carlton.</span></u></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Alex
Duncan </span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">played for Carlton from 1921-1924 and 1926-1930 in 141
games for 88 goals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Initially playing in the
forward line this tall, long kicking player was moved into the back line where
he proved a tower of strength.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Playing in a losing grand
final side in his first year he also got his first state jersey and in all he
played 11 games for Victoria.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Brian
Quirk</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> had the number 32 from 1965-1975, playing 167 games and
kicking 112 goals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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photo he was the clubs top goal scorer in his first season and after starting
on the half forward flank he moved onto the wing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">He was part of the 1968
Premiership team and played in the grand final again in 1969 then missed the
1970 and ’72 deciders and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>was reserve
for the losing 1973 team.</span></div>
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Glascott</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> was also a winger with good pace and skills both
offensively and defensively.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Overall he played 173 games and
kicked 81 goals for the club and was part of Premiership winning teams in ’81, ’82
and ’87.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</em> </span></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213463369234259706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071085959126563395.post-71510411431304062492014-08-20T13:00:00.000-07:002014-08-20T13:00:00.865-07:002014 Round 24, Half time.<div align="center">
<u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">21st August Birthdays.</span></u></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Darren Bewick '67, Robert Harvey '71, Rohan Robertson '61, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Adam Thompson '86, Mark Williams '58.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PLAYER OF THE DAY. Damian Monkhorst, born 21st August 1969.</span></u></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsSOfrP_fHXJsyVGg4PWUPIrWnFtsBF1U_fNjZ87GZ-naV9ImWO6tNNxqiA3jwnkVWLwj6H-hn6oQyxb4TkoYkoYAssL8qO_jjDoxTDgUVKRZa9ve1b8nzuxhKnxx8vcH2RqISXZU8hjE-/s1600/Monkhorst.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsSOfrP_fHXJsyVGg4PWUPIrWnFtsBF1U_fNjZ87GZ-naV9ImWO6tNNxqiA3jwnkVWLwj6H-hn6oQyxb4TkoYkoYAssL8qO_jjDoxTDgUVKRZa9ve1b8nzuxhKnxx8vcH2RqISXZU8hjE-/s1600/Monkhorst.jpg" height="200" width="155" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">After only a couple of years of playing senior football for Collingwood Damian had a premiership medal round his neck. Overall he played 205 games for the Magpies and kicked 45 goals from 1988 to 1999. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Probably not the most versatile player, he was strong in the packs and was one of his teams best in the 1990 Grand Final. He certainly made things happen, as it was renowned to be because of him that the AFL's melee and racial vilification laws were introduced. 1994 - 1998 weren't great years for him as he was not able to play many games and then in 2000 he moved to St Kilda. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">In his one season there he played 10 games and through his career he was in 2 state games for Victoria.</span></span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: inherit;">Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</span></em><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">It Was Almost
0.0.00!</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The players and fans of Fitzroy
must have been on tenterhooks as the game approached full time and they hadn’t
scored as solitary point.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Playing Footscray at the Western
(Whitten) Oval in round 5, 1953 and only 1 minute left on the clock, it was 10.6
to zero when they were saved the embarrassment of being the first team to not
score in a match.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">As quite often happens it was their
Captain and 1950 Brownlow medallist Allan Ruthven who managed to get boot to
ball from a boundary throw in and it was lucky enough to float through for a
goal.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: inherit;">Source: Our Game by Jim Main.</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; line-height: 115%;"><u><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">A Tie In The First Ever Sandover Medal.</span></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; line-height: 115%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Tom Outridge </span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">was presented with the first Sandover medal
in 1921 when a casting vote was given to him by the WAFL president when there
was a tie after all the votes had been counted.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzn02eVQAWtTMRzDzWYyfy8SfTgYJtENzXNZ7zrwHCPDj5EnTFt3WFQ9XD3yP4FqMmxcPi3R_He14bn3RiBa3LXGSfLhdh6taoS890_aWlCPO34MmD7a_ujgWthPRcLCRCBIa_RS6JP2Xw/s1600/Otrge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzn02eVQAWtTMRzDzWYyfy8SfTgYJtENzXNZ7zrwHCPDj5EnTFt3WFQ9XD3yP4FqMmxcPi3R_He14bn3RiBa3LXGSfLhdh6taoS890_aWlCPO34MmD7a_ujgWthPRcLCRCBIa_RS6JP2Xw/s1600/Otrge.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Playing
mainly in the ruck, Tom was with Perth from 1916-1918 in 33 games and then
moved to Subiaco where he played 168 games from 1919 - 1931.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">He
also represented Western Australia 27 times and as well as the Sandover he was
Subiaco’s Best and Fairest in 1921 and ’22 and was a member of their 1924
Premiership team.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Cyril Hoft </span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">had to wait until 1997 to be recognised by
retrospective awarding of the medal.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtunnFp10bCush6JcDxTyS43vLjmHNh2MXJ44-Hys0H27Q5qH0u9JN6MDRQVLz5QsWVgKSFT-YmrusZ0CHpARNmC4oE6EK-oE2bqNqWoy-OLEic67MJY9YH7A2iOD8TFjhhTNlrgB7rgc8/s1600/Hoft.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtunnFp10bCush6JcDxTyS43vLjmHNh2MXJ44-Hys0H27Q5qH0u9JN6MDRQVLz5QsWVgKSFT-YmrusZ0CHpARNmC4oE6EK-oE2bqNqWoy-OLEic67MJY9YH7A2iOD8TFjhhTNlrgB7rgc8/s1600/Hoft.png" height="200" width="108" /></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Starting
his career at North Fremantle in 1914 he only played 2 years before enlisting
in the army and serving in Europe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Whilst in the service he played in an exhibition game in London in 1916.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">He
resumed playing at Perth in 1919 and from then until 1923 (and for the 1928
season) he was in a total of 88 club games and 3 state games for Western Australia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">From
1924 to ’27 he was at Glenelg and as well as winning their Best and Fairest in
1924, he was Captain/Coach in 1925 and led them to their first ever win.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also played in the South Australian state
team a number of times.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<em>Source: Wikipedia.</em></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em> </em></span><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Barry
Young – Journeyman.</span></u><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">From 1990 to 1993 Barry
donned the colours of the Richmond football club in 53 games for 23 goals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">He went in hard after the
ball and whist this is a positive, it can also land you in trouble, which is
what it did to Barry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">When he moved to Essendon
in 1994 his hardness was not lost on coach Kevin Sheedy and he played 76 games
under him and kicked 5 goals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">1997 and ’98 saw him
sidelined by injury a lot but by 1999 he was back to his best, though due to contract
negotiations failing he left the club.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">His final year of football
(2000) was played at Hawthorn where he was in 13 games later realising that
maybe he would have been better off staying with the Bombers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<em>Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</em></span><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">19th August Birthdays.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Dermott Brereton 1986, Michael Moncrieff 1952.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PLAYER OF THE DAY. Andrew Obst, born 19th August 1964.</span></u></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEksTU003Gp-4G-jXrhdG9_f8wnVJCFCY3OdFrqUbgGDvtWGlhPHNZDz-ja7Z3JxqHnEVsxQ88McPrY5q1i52ENaYS00rjJ8diJcKJHCoXZZ5Qv4aQq2ikuxLIsVch1B7Dew03RKS6OQ4j/s1600/Obst.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEksTU003Gp-4G-jXrhdG9_f8wnVJCFCY3OdFrqUbgGDvtWGlhPHNZDz-ja7Z3JxqHnEVsxQ88McPrY5q1i52ENaYS00rjJ8diJcKJHCoXZZ5Qv4aQq2ikuxLIsVch1B7Dew03RKS6OQ4j/s1600/Obst.png" height="200" width="144" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Another player who got his grounding at great SANFL club Port Adelaide Andrew played his first game for Melbourne in 1990 and over the next 8 seasons he played 149 games and kicked 60 goals. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">A versatile player who could be used as a tagger or link player he had lean years in 1992-1994 due to injury, but when he was fit he was very valuable for the Demons. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">During his time at Melbourne he played in 7 finals matches and after finishing there he went back to Port Adelaide where he was part of their 1999 Premiership team.</span></span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: inherit;">Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</span></em><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">VFL Park.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Now officially known as the Ricoh
Centre, VFL Park was built in 1970 at a cost of 3 million dollars.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">At the time it was considered that
the area in which it was built would become the geographical centre of Melbourne,
and though it was built right next to a major freeway, public transport
to the ground was not good. As well as that, getting out of the ground by car
after games was a nightmare and as it was built in a rain belt weather
conditions were quite often not the best.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It was meant to be a 140,000 seat
stadium but only ever got to a capacity of 72,000.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of the site is now a housing estate with
only the Kenneth Luke stand still standing, having seating for 8,000.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The biggest game to be held there
was the 1991 grand Final which was moved from the MCG due to redevelopment of
the Southern Stand and the largest crowd, 92,935, was for a match between
Collingwood and Hawthorn in 1981.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Round 22 1999 saw the last season
game played there and the last ever game was the VFL grand Final in 2000.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Source: Austadiums website.</span></em></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Some
Interesting Facts.</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The first player to represent 3 states
was Bill Mayman (WA, SA and Tasmania).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">First night premiers were South
Melbourne in 1956.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In 1897 St Kilda was the first team to
not win a game all season.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The last team to not win a game all
season was Fitzroy in 1964.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">First game to be played under lights for
premiership points was on 16<sup>th</sup> June 1952 and was held at the
Brisbane exhibition grounds between Essendon and Geelong.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<em>Source: Great Australian Football Stories by Ken Piesse.</em><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bernie Naylor.</span></u></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The award for the top goal kicker in the WAFL is named the 'Bernie Naylor medal' and it is not surprising as he kicked
1023 goals in 194 games for South Fremantle.</span></i></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCuRQ6hO2v5sWt7662ZQRMP-bMY8DNcCri4WBt4m0TYHJqVFFGGBf902d10A-MQn1Zfil6s63LjBEqJAJjiE2pPzQl_Sk6QJW6rPRa5vDF3G9Ugdzh-8sZoZ8ZYKXciFDmrMIlTUDKSg0n/s1600/Naylor.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCuRQ6hO2v5sWt7662ZQRMP-bMY8DNcCri4WBt4m0TYHJqVFFGGBf902d10A-MQn1Zfil6s63LjBEqJAJjiE2pPzQl_Sk6QJW6rPRa5vDF3G9Ugdzh-8sZoZ8ZYKXciFDmrMIlTUDKSg0n/s1600/Naylor.png" height="200" width="144" /></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He started with the club in 1941 and
then had to take a break due to the Second World War. Resuming in 1946 he was
there until 1954, being the top goal scorer in all of his 10 seasons.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Topping the WAFL goal kicking 6 times
(46-48 and 52-54), he was in 6 Premiership teams and 16 state games.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He also has the record for the most
goals in a season (167) and the most in a single game (23).<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<em>Source: Wikipedia..</em></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213463369234259706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071085959126563395.post-52830792170830433282014-08-15T13:00:00.000-07:002014-08-15T13:00:01.440-07:002014 Round 23, Three quarter time.<div align="center">
<u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">16th August Birthdays.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">David Brown '67, Steven Cummongs '69, Darren Saunders '65, Bill Tymms '03.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PLAYER OF THE DAY. Brad Pearce, born 16th August 1971.</span></u></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1WvV-uMt0YD3GQ6zBL8Kb3VoHaHR2gwIfmxYDXMoIt0nDifzcFMaIAk2FZ7fkC0ULn0dN4vsFTEQ5zIDbM4qx6CurDXhFtgwLOjh5J2UKUeNg_5vYsQP75Vqlkf-EnrcWiW8VY1rVNYtq/s1600/Pearce.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1WvV-uMt0YD3GQ6zBL8Kb3VoHaHR2gwIfmxYDXMoIt0nDifzcFMaIAk2FZ7fkC0ULn0dN4vsFTEQ5zIDbM4qx6CurDXhFtgwLOjh5J2UKUeNg_5vYsQP75Vqlkf-EnrcWiW8VY1rVNYtq/s1600/Pearce.jpg" height="200" width="130" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Brad started his football journey with St Kilda but in the three years he was there he didn't play a senior game. He moved to Brisbane and played 2 games for them in 1993 and kicked 1 goal. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">1994 found him at Carlton where he stayed until 1999, playing 77 games for 151 goals. Seeming slow and lethargic when he first arrived, the club persisted with him and were able to see his true worth in the 1995 grand final where he kicked 4 goals of his 52 for the year.</span></span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: inherit;">Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</span></em><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Keith
Greig – Dual Brownlow Medalist.</span></u></i></div>
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tall red headed winger, Keith played his first game for North Melbourne in 1971
and by the time he finished playing in 1985 had been in 294 games for 48 goals.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">There
is no doubt he was a talented player as evidenced by the fact that he won
state selection after a few games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Dogged by knee troubles, he played off half back quite often late in his
career.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">As
well as back to back Brownlow Medals in 1973-74 he was in the clubs 1975
Premiership team and captained them from 1976-79. Other achievements include Best
and Fairest in 1980, 13 games for Victoria and All Australian in 1983.</span></i></div>
<em><span style="font-family: inherit;">Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</span></em><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">FACTS AND
FIGURES.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Here are a few interesting
statistics:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">- HIGHEST SCORE by a team is
37.17.239 for Geelong against the Brisbane Bears in 1992.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">- LOWEST SCORE by a team is 0.1.1
by St Kilda against Geelong in 1899.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">- HIGHEST WINNING MARGIN is 190
points for Fitzroy against Melbourne in 1979.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">- YOUNGEST PLAYER on debut is Keith
Bromage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was 15 years 287 days old and
played 28 games for Collingwood and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>41 for
Fitzroy from 1953 to 1961.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">- OLDEST PLAYER at time of last
game was Harry Cumberland at 43 years 48 days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In a career spanning almost 30 years he played for Melbourne and St
Kilda.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He came and went a few times with
his absences including army service and a move to New Zealand to help set up
the code there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">- MOST GAMES played is by Michael
Tuck of Hawthorn. He played 426 games from 1972 to 1991.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not surprisingly he also holds the record for
the most finals appearances, most grand final appearances and most grand final
wins by any player.</span><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Commentators
– Dwayne lamb and Tony Shaw.</span></u></div>
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Lamb </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">played 151 games for the West Coast Eagles from 1987
to 1994 and kicked 46 goals, mainly as an on baller and sometimes used as a
tagger.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">His stamina and fitness
are witnessed by the fact that prior to joining the Eagles he had played 132
games in a row for WA side Subiaco.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">He played in a losing
Grand Final side in 1991 and then in a winning one in 1992 as well as
representing Western Australia 8 times.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGzSq2OHKxub3BfLNUmXToKt5mkjutHT5QdIrLB4lGDl9a7hCKkGssie13cshB14yiqmDq8sCK4wLK4GspOWtIMhNo1A6ajFn6Bq5n_dbNVOVZ3QoKjhxzTBofmgKvV8TFOxAVcH5evGgA/s1600/Shaw.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGzSq2OHKxub3BfLNUmXToKt5mkjutHT5QdIrLB4lGDl9a7hCKkGssie13cshB14yiqmDq8sCK4wLK4GspOWtIMhNo1A6ajFn6Bq5n_dbNVOVZ3QoKjhxzTBofmgKvV8TFOxAVcH5evGgA/s1600/Shaw.png" height="200" width="151" /></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Tony
Shaw </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">captained a Collingwood Premiership team, won the
Norm Smith Medal and Best and Fairest all in one year, 1990.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">First playing for the
club in 1977 this nuggetty, loyal, determined rover/centre notched up 313 games
for 159 goals finally hanging up the boots in 1994.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Winning 2 Best and
Fairests, he was Captain from 1987 to 1993 and coached the team from 1996 to 1999.</span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: inherit;">Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Ottens Family.</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><em>Two
generations of Ottens have played Australian Rules, with Brad probably being the
best known, but his Father and Brother also pulled on the boots.<o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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<em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Dean Ottens</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> was a solidly built ruckman that played
116 games for Sturt in the SANFL from 1966 to 1974.<o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><em>It
was a slow start for this talented long kicking player but by 1969 he was able
to play in 18 games and was in the Premiership team.<o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><em>During
his career he was a dual premiership player and played 7 games for South Australia.<o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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<em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Luke </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">is the older of the 2 brothers and
played just 4 games for Melbourne in 1999. Though originally drafted in 1997,
injury kept him from playing many games, which is unfortunate as he would
probably have been skilled like his father and brother.<o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Brad </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">started his football journey at
Richmond, first playing in 1998 and up until 2004 he was in 129 games for 152
goals.<o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><em>The
Tigers eased him into a regular spot and whilst he showed a lot of talent a
back injury saw him not reach his full potential.<o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><em>Seeking
a chance to play finals football he moved to Geelong in 2005 and he got his
wish, big time.<o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><em>From
2005 to 2011 he played 116 games for the Cat’s and kicked 109 goals,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>more than showing his skills and value to the
team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was in 3 Premiership winning
teams and was All Australian in 2001.<o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
<em>Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers & australianfootball.com.</em><br /><em>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213463369234259706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071085959126563395.post-88768522018949010902014-08-13T13:00:00.000-07:002014-08-13T13:00:00.844-07:002014 Round 23, Half time.<div align="center">
<u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">14th August Birthdays.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Jason Dunstall '64, John Hassall '73, Andrew Johnston '70, Bill Nalder '52, </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Ben Robertson '71, Craig Williams '54.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PLAYER OF THE DAY. Craig Holden, born 14th August 1957.</span></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Moving to Victoria from Western Australia, Craig didn't settle well and played just 2 seasons with North Melbourne (1982-83) for 29 games and 2 goals.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Though he had been a good player in WA his unease meant he did not live up to his potential. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">He moved to Sydney and it was while there that the Swans approached him to join their club. This he did, and from 1984 to 1988 he played 80 games, kicking 22 goals as he re found his form.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">During his career he represented Western Australia 4 times and was All Australian in 1987.</span></span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: inherit;">Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</span></em><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Percy
Beames – Hall Of Famer.</span></u></i></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLyhwdzActYc3gcsEmIEyhNeR6xYGgpzkGTN6G_Frr_8nmhSwxwXTtv2Nd-NHFrSxV6Xw7523q-TWyTA1HXxQ_qQHgmSSgXOjM70rrjYgYrcTHRuwt1sM6EIsQZUxSL6VsTnJmzOY4YwUi/s1600/Beames.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLyhwdzActYc3gcsEmIEyhNeR6xYGgpzkGTN6G_Frr_8nmhSwxwXTtv2Nd-NHFrSxV6Xw7523q-TWyTA1HXxQ_qQHgmSSgXOjM70rrjYgYrcTHRuwt1sM6EIsQZUxSL6VsTnJmzOY4YwUi/s1600/Beames.png" /></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">With
Melbourne from 1931 to 1944, Percy played 213 games for 323 goals and like a
number of footballers he was also a talented cricketer.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">A
nimble rover, he was Captain Coach from 1942-44 and was in Melbournes
Premiership teams of ’39, ’40 and ’41. He also played 10 games for Victoria.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">His
coaching record is 48 games for 19 wins and 29 losses, a winning percentage of
40%.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Percy
was inducted into the Australian Football Hall Of Fame in 1996.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers & AFL Record Season Guide 2013.</span></span></span></i></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Did You
Know?</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">By the early 1870’s there was an official
number of players on a team with specific positions. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The team consisted of 20 players with the
positions of goal keeper and goal sneak being dropped in 1899 to make todays 18
on field players used.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The first fields used for
Australian Football were rectangular and only goals were registered in the
score, with a team needing 2 goals to win the game. If the ball went ‘behind’
the goals it was out of bounds and brought back into play from in front of the
goals. Behind posts were introduced in the 1866 re draft of the rules.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Source: A National Game & More than A Game.</span></em></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">South
Melbourne Team Of the Century – Back Line.</span></u></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Vic
Belcher</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> was named in a back pocket in Souths Team Of The
Century and played 226 games from 1907 to 1920, kicking 62 goals.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrkU8fyLYXjUhkV7ovGAGUqCtV4YT63fX8MZVWTwe5eJ4ftQrXENX5nmS5secBky8C_x2aZgOlO4hzKPiJanmmaQlGRsBfB9nVxYNzibj_yFGm-mHXoAOLaPJXThSte0loHSvuGeXXINeK/s1600/Belcher.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrkU8fyLYXjUhkV7ovGAGUqCtV4YT63fX8MZVWTwe5eJ4ftQrXENX5nmS5secBky8C_x2aZgOlO4hzKPiJanmmaQlGRsBfB9nVxYNzibj_yFGm-mHXoAOLaPJXThSte0loHSvuGeXXINeK/s1600/Belcher.png" height="200" width="120" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Playing as a back pocket
but also able to spend a lot of time in the ruck, he was part of 2 South
Melbourne Premiership teams (1909 and 1918), the only South/Sydney player to do
so.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">He also played 2 games
for Victoria, was club Captain and Captain- Coach for a period of time and is
an Australian Football Hall Of Fame inductee.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwWa5H8-TGImucdxrgnD38wHeLMJl-qtlNoe6g9x2Ip_47H8Lpuh9vuSm9vqmtcvf7kKlEDkDCfbENmyGpxBMlAwxQv99dtExhUHb-ZXX-MnQf6px6F_jNukhJL18qz7HrVvNtmzT-ZtMR/s1600/Heriot.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwWa5H8-TGImucdxrgnD38wHeLMJl-qtlNoe6g9x2Ip_47H8Lpuh9vuSm9vqmtcvf7kKlEDkDCfbENmyGpxBMlAwxQv99dtExhUHb-ZXX-MnQf6px6F_jNukhJL18qz7HrVvNtmzT-ZtMR/s1600/Heriot.png" /></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">John
Heriot </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">was a 153 game player for South over 11 seasons
(1958-68), scoring 39 goals and has the full back spot in this team.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">As he was rather lanky
but could take a good mark and kick strongly he was actually recruited as a
full forward, but it didn’t take long for him to be put at full back with the
occasional foray forward.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMJ1RznzcsboIpe87JDVdbesuWvT-YBXriOVS87kTMRhciPDrClgoUNl1uz535X53VQzuxzKnnc40QQH4hPlp1JLR5zdE9nwtWfz0lW-CiRmBRVeniopaCcdUj_x1JrsI9k3urtk7JoQYL/s1600/Rantall.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMJ1RznzcsboIpe87JDVdbesuWvT-YBXriOVS87kTMRhciPDrClgoUNl1uz535X53VQzuxzKnnc40QQH4hPlp1JLR5zdE9nwtWfz0lW-CiRmBRVeniopaCcdUj_x1JrsI9k3urtk7JoQYL/s1600/Rantall.png" /></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">John
Rantall </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">also played over 200 games (260) in 2 periods at the
club.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was there from 1963 to 1972 and
again from 1976 to 1979 and kicked 8 goals over all those years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Having played against
men in the country when just 11 years old, he made a fine start to VFL football,
even though he had a light frame.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Selected in the state
team in his first year he went on to play 5 games for Victoria and even though
he played with a couple of other clubs he will be remembered most as a South
Melbourne man.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><em><span style="font-size: small;">Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</span></em></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213463369234259706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071085959126563395.post-27038301920809979532014-08-11T13:00:00.000-07:002014-08-11T13:00:01.914-07:002014 Round 23, Quarter time.<div align="center">
<u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">12th August Birthdays.</span></u></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Jamie Turner 1962, Shane Wakelin 1974.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PLAYER OF THE DAY. Troy Cook, born 12th August 1976.</span></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">It was probably a disappointment for Troy to miss out on being drafted when he first tried in 1994, but 2 years later, after coming second in the Sandover Medal, he was picked up by Sydney. </span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhngK39Uq2iO7D9NmJ9sDM87T37KH8DVmxfrhFk1Q9lvtoC4wOjqxrnYRlp1yS9FzoUBQdJ7F1n-WiqlVZBPlxwPehZS6vCon4gXX2rwbXbNjB3JCj27VqIcKJWH_rZJ0nIVI78Y4rFataB/s1600/Cook.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhngK39Uq2iO7D9NmJ9sDM87T37KH8DVmxfrhFk1Q9lvtoC4wOjqxrnYRlp1yS9FzoUBQdJ7F1n-WiqlVZBPlxwPehZS6vCon4gXX2rwbXbNjB3JCj27VqIcKJWH_rZJ0nIVI78Y4rFataB/s1600/Cook.png" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Working on improving his skills, when he did make it into the senior team he played 20 games in his first season. He became an important part of the Swans midfield and from 1997 to 1999 he played 43 games for 11 goals. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">The year 2000 saw him move back west to join Fremantle and he was able to notch up another 150 games up until 2007 and kick 66 goals. Winning the clubs Best and Fairest in 2000, he averaged 20 possessions a game in 2002 and played in every fixture game in 2005, just missing out on playing in the finals due to injury.</span></span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: inherit;">Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</span></em><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">McKenna
V Lepitsch.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Round 18 2014, a local
derby between the Brisbane Lions and the Gold Coast Suns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Suns had a good start to the year but
injuries were starting to take their toll.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Conversely, the Lions had a poor start to the season but were starting
to win a few games.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In the coaches boxes
two red headed ex-players, one a coach with a few years experience, the other
in his first season.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnszqjb0II3xncf5OFif_o74NVE3moF8r31iMsQCIlHZxQh-cqp2n2AtuuuYKRM5RKwBk03wNu_aqvj5lh-MuWVXjbwxsGcjqSCnMnGdxXSEFAbhKcBMMw6aNfdQrBKEXIEBTgTYIcG-j2/s1600/McKenna.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnszqjb0II3xncf5OFif_o74NVE3moF8r31iMsQCIlHZxQh-cqp2n2AtuuuYKRM5RKwBk03wNu_aqvj5lh-MuWVXjbwxsGcjqSCnMnGdxXSEFAbhKcBMMw6aNfdQrBKEXIEBTgTYIcG-j2/s1600/McKenna.png" height="112" width="200" /></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Guy
McKenna</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">, coaching the Suns, was a champion in the early
years of the West Coast Eagles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Always
seeming to be in control he fitted well into a strong back line and from 1988
to 2000 he played 267 games for 28 goals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">During his career he
was Best and Fairest twice, All Australian three times, captained the club in
his last 2 seasons and was in the Premiership teams of 1992 and 1994.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdRgak3rEXomHmgCDJ09Xp9CcBNbHfLDB-hAVCfhmzIznkyU2usmmkp9I3IvCSQqTubc9OtnFHEJYmrmjrBPytosOLxfYmQ5F6EWx9ljqZSaa4gH94C8-azr6GeXbHLp-uH9nPM2jKKRV/s1600/Lepitsch.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdRgak3rEXomHmgCDJ09Xp9CcBNbHfLDB-hAVCfhmzIznkyU2usmmkp9I3IvCSQqTubc9OtnFHEJYmrmjrBPytosOLxfYmQ5F6EWx9ljqZSaa4gH94C8-azr6GeXbHLp-uH9nPM2jKKRV/s1600/Lepitsch.png" /></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Justin
Leppitsch</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> was back coaching at the club where he had played 227
games from 1993 to 2006 and kicked 194 goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Though he will probably be best remembered as a solid defender he was actually
the clubs leading goal scorer in 1997 and ’98. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Other personal
achievements include, 3 time Premiership player, Best and Fairest in 1999 and
3 time All Australian.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">And just for the
record, Justins Lions took the honours on the day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><em><span style="font-size: small;">Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers & Wikipedia.</span></em></o:p></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh53Fw5zXu_MYijvr_dx6ZlCfxEAhglP4xjXLs59kAt7xukAzxeZtN_pS6Sq4OBc5t6dJeT4uheDpvXAl6pIIsKQEByshputpwIxJYJgtSSFWFUmw5w3_-qCMJb_FIc_yvc9ZZNY_VnUGBI/s1600/Buckenara.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh53Fw5zXu_MYijvr_dx6ZlCfxEAhglP4xjXLs59kAt7xukAzxeZtN_pS6Sq4OBc5t6dJeT4uheDpvXAl6pIIsKQEByshputpwIxJYJgtSSFWFUmw5w3_-qCMJb_FIc_yvc9ZZNY_VnUGBI/s1600/Buckenara.png" height="149" width="200" /></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gary Buckenara</span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> was just one of the many great players
to be in the Hawthorn teams of the last 30 years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Playing
between 1982 and 1990, he was part of 4 Premiership winning teams out of his 154
games and 293 goals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Despite
having knee problems during his career he was still a fine player and a long
kicker of the ball.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
state player for Western Australia, he did a short stint as coach of Sydney in
1992-93 but only managed a winning percentage of 12%.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<em>Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers & Wikipedia.</em></span><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">3 X 35 for
North.</span></u></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Jack
Edwards</span></b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> donned the number 35 jersey for North Melbourne in 114 games from
1951 to 1959 and kicked just 1 goal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">As you would expect from the low
number of goals, he played in the back line, doing a particularly good job at
full-back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">He won the Best and Fairest in 1956
and represented Victoria in 1959.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">John
Longmire</span></b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> was a prolific goal scorer for the Kangaroos and won the
Coleman medal in 1990.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">With the club from 1988 to 1999 he
played 200 games for 511 goals, missing the whole of the 1996 season due to a
knee reconstruction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">A Premiership player in 1999 he
also won the clubs goal kicking from 1990 to 1994.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Troy
Makepeace</span></b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> stepped into big shoes when he took on the number 35 in 2000
and did it quite well, notching up 139 games and kicking 37 goals up to the end
of the 2006 season.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Working his way into the team he became
a solid, reliable player as a utility/defender and placed well in the Best and
Fairest a number of times.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<em>Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers & Wikipedia.</em></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213463369234259706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071085959126563395.post-60090933530903708142014-08-08T13:00:00.000-07:002014-08-08T13:00:00.724-07:002014 Round 22, Three quarter time.<div align="center">
<u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">9th August Birthdays.</span></u></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">John Benison 1946.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PLAYER OF THE DAY. Darren Millane, born 9th August 1965.</span></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Who knows how many games Darren might have played for Collingwood had his life not been cut short by a tragic car accident. As it was he racked up 147 games for 47 goals between 1984 and 1991. </span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBNxA7PW7Y2VmjReAR62IXeNpZ9Bpgu93BnyMCDByclwOVvjYyh9Mhyphenhyphen71KUDVa29Sig2lCJf5fEQrorjU5fjrPS2G6DhCZtdfj3B4eIjV3GhyphenhyphenUrLMqyw1W8smx96E6N1aKOi5GGEmYfDN4/s1600/Millane.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBNxA7PW7Y2VmjReAR62IXeNpZ9Bpgu93BnyMCDByclwOVvjYyh9Mhyphenhyphen71KUDVa29Sig2lCJf5fEQrorjU5fjrPS2G6DhCZtdfj3B4eIjV3GhyphenhyphenUrLMqyw1W8smx96E6N1aKOi5GGEmYfDN4/s1600/Millane.png" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">He was a bit like a pinball as he wanted to play for </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">St. Kilda but was in the Swans recruiting zone. He trained at Hawthorn for a short time but did not like it there and ended up with the Magpies. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">As a strong marking highly skilled wingman he became a target for his team as he dominated his wing. He won the club Best and Fairest in 1987 and was in the 1990 Premiership team.</span></span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: inherit;">Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</span></em><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Footscray –
The Early Years.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The actual foundation date of the
Footscray Football Club is a point of conjecture with most people thinking it
was somewhere between 1880 and 1883.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
is possible people were playing games in the area as early as 1876 and the club
just seems to have ‘come into existence’ for the people of the suburb.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">What we do know is that they
entered the VFA in 1886 and their first game was against St. Kilda, which they
won 4.11 to 3.10 (with only the goals counting in the score).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">By 1898 they were a force
to be reckoned with and at a time when there were no Grand Finals they were
Premiers in 1898, 1899 and 1900 by virtue of being the top team at the end of
the season. In fact, over those 3 years they won 46 of the 54 matches they were in.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em><span style="font-family: inherit;">Source: The Clubs.</span></em>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><u><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">John Platten – Magary Brownlow Double.</span></u></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Joining
South Australian club Central Districts in 1981, John was with them until 1985 and then for one more
season in 1998, for a total of 113 games.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">While
he was there he won 2 Best and Fairests and the Magary Medal in 1984.</span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCJ6C1-06BvUEgPISvhXjDjRlB1m6vjbMzDO0dZPnbUQVVLVIyVW_H7fyIYBndTxFqhnYbimAuyZvR2Tu75BYu002WBfF0fcq3tUTvY1QxvHMo7_1RQvHF1SjUMciY-AKGQ9Bo_LaJ5pJ/s1600/Platten.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCJ6C1-06BvUEgPISvhXjDjRlB1m6vjbMzDO0dZPnbUQVVLVIyVW_H7fyIYBndTxFqhnYbimAuyZvR2Tu75BYu002WBfF0fcq3tUTvY1QxvHMo7_1RQvHF1SjUMciY-AKGQ9Bo_LaJ5pJ/s1600/Platten.png" height="200" width="160" /></a><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">At
a time when players saw playing in Victoria as the pinnacle of the sport, John
was drafted by Hawthorn and from 1986 to 1997 he was in 258 games and kicked
228 goals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Not
a very big player, he was tremendously talented and had a good turn of speed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">He
won 2 Best and Fairests at the club as well as being in 4 Premiership teams and
was awarded the Brownlow Medal in 1987.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">During
his career he was a regular in the South Australian state team and was All
Australian 5 times.</span></div>
</span><em>Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</em><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">A Team Of Smiths – Back Line.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">With
Smith being one of the most common surnames in the English language it is not
surprising that there have been enough in Australian Football to make up a
team.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Here
is the backline of a team of Smiths as suggested in Jim Mains book ‘Sports
Screamers’</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Bernie Smith </span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">- Geelong 1948-58, 183 games, 3 goals. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Started
playing for West Adelaide at 16 and was in the state team by 19.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At Geelong he was in 2 Flag winning sides,
was club Best and Fairest and won the Brownlow in 1951.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Steven Smith </span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">– Melbourne 1974-85, 203 games, 144 goals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Recruited
from amateur club Ormond, he became a reliable full-back and won the clubs Best
and Fairest in 1981.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Has
the honour of being the first Little League player to make it right through to
first grade.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Craig Smith</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"> – Richmond 1986-93, 72 games, 23 goals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">A
fine half back flanker who also spent some time playing in the centre and on
the wing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Came
second in the Best and Fairest in his first season at the club.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Source: Sport Screamers by Jim Main.</span></em></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"></span></em></o:p></span>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">John
Devine – Player and Coach.</span></u></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">John
joined Geelong from local club Colac and from 1960 to 1966 he played 118 games
for 6 goals.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">As
a solid back line player he was a tough and feared competitor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was in Geelong’s 1963 Premiership team and
played for Victoria in 1965.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">When
he finished playing at Geelong he went to North Hobart where he was Captain Coach and
led them to 3 Premierships.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">1986
found him back at Geelong as Coach where he stayed until 1988 and during that
time he coached 66 games for 28 wins 1 draw and 37 losses.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<em>Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers and Wikipedia.</em></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213463369234259706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071085959126563395.post-28371166682005919762014-08-06T13:00:00.000-07:002014-08-06T13:00:02.983-07:002014 Round 22, Half time.<div align="center">
<u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">7th August Birthdays.</span></u></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Blake Campbell 1982, Alf Crump 1922.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PLAYER OF THE DAY. David Grant, born 7th August 1966.</span></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">With St. Kilda from 1984 to 1995 David played 191 games for 75 goals after being drafted as a 15 year old from Tasmanian club City South. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Having the ability to take a one grab mark, once he got his fitness up he became a reliable back man. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">He played for Melbourne in 1996 in 7 games and throughout his career he was on the Tasmanian State team and was All Australian in 1991.</span></span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: inherit;">Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</span></em><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Essendons
Johnsons.</span></u></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Johnson boys could have just about been twins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Both were born in 1978, both were with the Calder Cannons and they played
together for Essendon from 1999-2007.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Jason Johnson </span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">was first to play senior footy, in 1997,
and was with the club until 2008 playing 184 games for 109 goals.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">After
a slow start he was making his mark by 2000 and became one of the hardest and
most skilled mid fielders of his time.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">A
member of the clubs 2000 Premiership side, he also won the Best and Fairest
twice and was All Australian in 2001.</span></i><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> Mark (back) and Jason Johnson.</span></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Mark Johnson </span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">played 194 games with Essendon from 1999
to 2007 and was also in the 2000 Flag winning side and was Best and Fairest in
2002.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Becoming
a 'Mr fixit' he was used to tag some of the best players from opposition teams
and also spent time in defence and the mid field.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">He
was delisted at the end of 2007 and moved to Fremantle where he spent 1 season
and played 14 games for 8 goals.</span></i></div>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: inherit;">Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</span></em></o:p></span></i>
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<span><u>THE FIRST RECORDED GAME.</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">There were a number of scratch matches played
between groups of men from early in 1858, but they were very informal with
no real structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first game that
we have a record of is renowned to be between Melbourne Grammar and Scotch
College.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This match took place over 3
Saturdays, the 7<sup>th</sup> and 21<sup>st</sup> August and 4<sup>th</sup>
September.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whilst this arrangement seems
strange, it was common practice in inter school matches in England.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">The game was played in the ‘Richmond Paddock’
believed to be parklands near to where the MCG now stands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is hard to say how big the area of play
was or how many players represented the schools, however we do know that Thomas
Wills was the umpire for the Grammar School and Dr.John Macadam for Scotch
College.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">We also know that after the 3 days the game ended
in a draw as both teams had scored one goal and it had been decided that a team
needed 2 goals to win the game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Imagine
if that was all it took to decide a game now!</span></div>
</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: inherit;">Source: More Than A Game & A National Game.</span></em></o:p></span></i> <br />
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Caven – Journeyman.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Getting his grounding at
Fitzroy, Peter played 39 games for the Lions and kicked 17 goals between 1991
and 1993.</span></div>
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where he spent the next 2 seasons and was in 18 games for 4 goals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Discarded by the Swans, he
was not sure what the future held, but he was picked up by Adelaide.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It still took him a while
to find his niche but eventually he settled into the centre half back
position.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the Crows from 1996 to
2000 he played 82 games and scored 34 goals and was part of their back to back
Premiership teams of 1997 and 1998.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<em>Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</em></span></o:p></span>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">5th August Birthdays.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Bryan Bienke '75, Michael Doughty '79, David Gallagher '80.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PLAYER OF THE DAY. Dean Polo, born 5th August 1986.</span></u></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLNJq_RlznNO0lZH1_lPEBtf6ZbiwVHb2vKBGEssnTSAVsSmL0xYj2V57v2X7pm06FkeqIGff_D0jNkXpivltMU4DbgGOtZPb1ybpXwcbpzmRQ9aTtZC_FmgAB42G9XPnwt5hLOP3Ul7Ui/s1600/Polo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLNJq_RlznNO0lZH1_lPEBtf6ZbiwVHb2vKBGEssnTSAVsSmL0xYj2V57v2X7pm06FkeqIGff_D0jNkXpivltMU4DbgGOtZPb1ybpXwcbpzmRQ9aTtZC_FmgAB42G9XPnwt5hLOP3Ul7Ui/s1600/Polo.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Drafted to Richmond in 2004, Dean had to wait until 2006 to play his first senior game. From then until 2010 he represented the club 56 times and kicked 11 goals. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">He caught everyones eye with the skills he displayed in his first season and along with 2009 they were his best years at the club. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Delisted by the Tigers at the end of 2010, he found a new home for the next two seasons at St. Kilda where he played 21 games for 7 goals.</span></span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: inherit;">Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</span></em><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Essendon
Team Of The Century Back Line.</span></u></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Gavin
Wanganeen </span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">earned a well-deserved spot in a back pocket in this team of
champions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Over 6 seasons from 1991 to
1996 Gavin played 127 games for the club and kicked 64 goals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Showing immense talent right
from the start he was in the clubs 1993 Premiership team and won the Brownlow
medal that year also.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whilst at Essendon
he was All Australian 3 times.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Fred
Baring </span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">was named at full back and had 2 stints at the club.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First with them from 1910 to 1915 and then
from 1918 to 1924 he was in a total of 154 games for 92 goals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">A ruckman/defender he was in
their 1911, 1912, 1923 and 1924 Flag sides, was Best and Fairest in 1913 and
Captain in 1918.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Tom
Fitzmaurice </span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">spent 6 seasons at Essendon, from 1918 to 1920
and 1922 to 1924 and was in 85 games, scoring 30 goals and fills the other back
pocket spot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">A high flying ruckman/centre
half back, he liked to leap through packs and break out of the back line.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Personal achievements during
his time at the club include Best and Fairest in 1922, ’23 and ’24, Champion of
the Colony twice, Premiership player in 1923 and ’24 and Victorian representative
in 1919 and every other year he was with Essendon.</span></div>
<em><span style="font-family: inherit;">Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers and Wikipedia.</span></em><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Glen
Archer.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Glen Archer was named ‘Shinboner
of the century’ and quite rightly so as he played 311 games for North Melbourne
from 1992 to 2007 as a no holds barred back man and kicked 143 goals.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcWmsm9uuGhUFlREz6xV_fQY5YrxWMOwsWsQI-MHIzrTVIKwYx-3dQe8OeLAKNtxY3q53_D85o0JGHLaLWvA7WzB_8i7dRel546jRFgx-ZQUbTqMWxpnGEWwLVfXa0j7wtfxj_2Xq9IDj5/s1600/Archer.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcWmsm9uuGhUFlREz6xV_fQY5YrxWMOwsWsQI-MHIzrTVIKwYx-3dQe8OeLAKNtxY3q53_D85o0JGHLaLWvA7WzB_8i7dRel546jRFgx-ZQUbTqMWxpnGEWwLVfXa0j7wtfxj_2Xq9IDj5/s1600/Archer.png" /></a><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It is amazing to think
that he almost didn’t play when in his first go at the club in the under 19’s
he quit after a few weeks to go back to play with his mates at Noble Park.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">But North managed to coax
him back and in return they got a fine player who was in 2 Premiership teams,
played 3 State of Origin games for Victoria and was chosen as All Australian in
1996 and 1998.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><em><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.</span></em><br />
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Setting South.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Round 12 of 1919 was a real day out
for South Melbourne as they took revenge for the grand final loss to St. Kilda
from 1918 and set some new records along the way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Beating the Saints by 171 points
they kicked a new record winning margin and highest score (29.15.189).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Their 17.4 final quarter was the
highest for 1 quarter of Football and the 14 goals for the match to South’s Harold
Robertson was a record that stood until 1930.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><em><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Source: Our Game by Jim Main.</span></em></span></span></span></div>
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