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Leigh McCartney, who was South Melbourne's captain and best player for season 1976, died on 10 August 1976 aged 18. He was just voted BOG in a match vs Melbourne and had an accident. He never regained consciousness and died. He played in the same South Under 19s team in 1976 with Terry Daniher...

I'm doing some research into VFL/AFL players who died young. I didn't feature several players from pre 1940 when, sometimes players even died during their playing career, or not long after. Please share your stories and memories.

Which video clip from the 1980s does Paul Kelly wear a Norwood hat?

Famous VAFA Club XVIII/Clubbies/Ammo's footballers: Brad Robinson (Australian Crawl Guitarist) Hawthorn Under 19's in 1976. Also played for Played for Aquinas Old Collegians Bloods in the VAFA Club XVIII in the late 70’s/early 80s. James Reyne (Australian Crawl lead singer) Played for Aquinas...

Alex Ishchenko has been the Licensing & Merchandise Director at The Wiggles since July 2013. The Russian Wiggle? If you could think of two things less likely to be mentioned in the same sentence it might well be foundation Eagles ruckman Alex Ishchenko and the “Wiggles”. The rugged 201cm...

Yep, I had Pat Cash in there but although some say he was a promising forward as a junior others say the opposite.

Bruce McAvaney played for Woodville’s Under 19s in the SANFL in 1972. Craig Bradley’s father, Lionel was the coach and a 8 year old Craig Bradley was the mascot! 1997 Talking Footy clip with Craig Bradley reminiscing about McAvaney's playing days for the Woodville under 19s.

This may be true but they didn't reveal the vote for each round until 1984. Before they simply read out votes 3, 2 or 1 but didn't assign them to rounds.

Michael Tuck Hawthorn Best and Fairest: 2nd Best & Fairest: 1976, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1990 3rd Best & Fairest: 1978, 1981 Michael Tuck Brownlow Medal: 3rd - 1987 7th - 1978 8th - 1979 10th - 1984 12th - 1977 12th - 1981 12th - 1989

Carlton only lost 2 games in the entire 1995 and destroyed Nth in the Prelim and Geelong in the Grand Final. For a team that was so dominate, it's surprising that they didn't have anyone finish in the top 5 in the Brownlow. Kouta was Carlton's highest vote getter with 12 votes (he finished...

13-1 - Shane Woewodin (2000) Sorry, I didn't add it before but I've since edited that post.

Brownlow Medal long-shots: 61-1 - Tony Liberatore (1990) 41-1 - Matt Priddis (2014) 41-1 - Brad Hardie (1985) 33-1 - Robert Dipierdomenico (1986) 33-1 - Brian Wilson (1982) 33-1 - Keith Greig (1973) 26-1 - Paul Kelly (1995) 21-1 - Graham Teasdale (1977) 17-1 - Gavin Wanganeen (1993)...

The 1995 pre-count Brownlow Medal favourites 3-1 - Wayne Carey 4-1 - Wayne Campbell 10-1 - Peter Matera 12-1 - James Hird 12-1 - Craig Bradley 15-1 - Garry Hocking 17-1 - Darren Jarman 21-1 - Michael Long 23-1 - Wayne Schwass 25-1 - Paul Kelly Ratten didn't poll a...

In 1980 and years before and after saw many ruckman, key forwards, key backs and backman poll well in the Brownlow Medal. 9 of the top 14 in the 1980 Brownlow placings weren't on ballers: Kelvin Templeton, Merv Neagle, Rod Blake, Peter Moore, Chris Smith, Mark Lee, Gary Dempsey, Ross...

Having sorted through the available statistics for all 22 games in 1980, it is fair to say that Raines’ favouritism for the Brownlow may have been wishful thinking. Should Raines have won the 1980 Brownlow? No, he shouldn’t have, and looking at the performances of his teammates on the days...

Tony Liberatore 1983 - 4th in Morrish Medal (VFL Under 19's B & F) as a 17 year old for Nth Melb Under 19's - 14 votes 1984 - Wins Morrish Medal (VFL Under 19's B & F) playing for Nth Melb Under 19's- 22 votes. 1984 Under 19's Premiership player for Nth Melb alongside Peter German, Darren...

Dipper wins the 1986 Brownlow but finishes 8th in the 1986 Hawks B & F, the lowest in history of any Brownlow winner. Ayres didn't poll a Brownlow vote in 1986 1986 Hawthorn B & F votes: 42 - Ayres 41 - Buckenara 35 - Platten 32 - Langford 26 - Loveridge 25 - Dunstall 25 - Wallace 23...

From my research, the worst club B & F placings for a Brownlow Medalist from that year were: 8th (equal) - Dipper 1986 5th (equal) - Libba 1990 4th - Greig 1973 4th - Hardie 1985 4th - Akermanis 2001 4th - Fyfe 2015 3rd...

Won A Brownlow Medal but not club B & F in the same year Brownlow WinnerClub winner2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th 1925 WatsonGambettaWatson 1930 HopkinsMcAlphineHopkins 1946 CordnerMuellerCordner 1950 RuthvenStephenRuthven...

Nah, in 2007 Vandenberg was definitely dropped or not selected in the team due to poor form. In 2007, he played rounds 7,8 13, 14 & 15 in the Hawthorn reserves (Box Hill) and in the Hawthorn seniors in round 6, 17-19, 21-22, EF & SF. 2007 was the last season he played.

Was Chris Thredgold dropped for the Preliminary final team or the Grand Final team? I thought he played in the Prelim and was dropped for the GF? Seamus Moloney replaced him as captain for the GF? Pretty harsh as Thredgold had been captain for 8 years straight and Sturt won their first flag in...

Tom Morris from Fox Footy got it wrong. Richie Vandenberg was the Hawks cap Tom Morris from Fox Footy got it wrong. Hawks captain Richie Vanderberg between 2005-07 was dropped twice during the 2007 season. He played 5 games in the Hawthorn reserves (Box Hill) due to poor form. Tony Shaw...

You're right! I was a fan of big Rexy all those years ago. Rex served in the police force, was a football commentator for 20 years, had his own fishing show (which was very popular in the US), owned a fishing shop, ran fishing tours and owned a fish and chip shop in St Kilda. Rex also excelled...

Michael Byrne (born 2 December 1958) is a former VFL player who played with Melbourne, Hawthorn and Sydney between 1977-1989. He played 167 games and kicked 150 goals, was a Hawthorn premiership player in 1983 and finished 5th in the Brownlow Medal that season. He played in Hawthorn's losing...

Stretton played most centre half back but only played 3 games in 1947 and didn't play in the game vs Melbourne when Fanning booted 18 goals. Fred Fanning's record 18-goal haul for Melbourne against St Kilda at the Junction Oval is a landmark which has now stood for 55 years, and will probably...

VFA: Mike Sheahan played for Werribee in the VFA between 1966-1970 & 1973 (33 games, 54 goals) and North Hobart Demons in the TFL between 1971-72. Richard di Natale (Greens Leader) played for Coburg & Oakleigh in the VFA, 1988-1994. Merv Hughes, once trailed with Geelong U19’s in 1979 &...

After the first post, People who tried a VFL/AFL career before becoming famous for something totally different on September 1 on various forums and on Facebook I have updated and expanded the list to what you see below. Some entries are missing information and some may actually be inaccurate or...

George Pell The Fox Sports article from 2017: The sentence "Richmond signed Pell as a ruckman in 1959 and he played for the club’s reserves" is incorrect. George Pell never played for Richmond Seniors, Reserves, Under 19's, or even trained. St Patrick's College Ballarat teammate journalist...

Jamie Cooper (Fitzroy 1984-87, 30 games). Cooper is best known for his painting career, and became internationally known for his large-scale historical "dream scene" sporting portraits, featuring a team's star players from throughout different eras, all depicted in their prime of their careers...

From Rhett Bartlett, Richmond historian and son of Tigers legend Kevin Bartlett. The sentence "Richmond signed George Pell as a Ruckman in 1959 and he played for the club’s reserves" is incorrect. George Pell never played for Richmond Seniors, Reserves, Under 19's, or even trained. I can't...