1 year wonders

[Wallaby]

Aaaah, Stephen Jurica - -big as a house, but not quite as mobile.

Justin Plapp - reserves superstar (fans used to go extra early to see him) - 3 goals first game (in about a 1/4), 5 goals second game - disappeared after that year (well, he went to St Kilda, which is the same thing).

 

[bunsen burner]

Josh Fraser. Actually, nope, come to think of it, he's never had a good year.

 

[Brock 'n' Roll]

Shane Wowodin?
Brent Hever?

 

[dorko1]

Andrew Raines and Damien Cupiod along with Danyle Pearce
aLSO Courtney Johns

 

[11sjw]

Freo 2006

 

[masai]

Stevan Jackson - WCE

Garth Taylor

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

Ian Aitken - rookie of the year in 1987 IIRC and nothing afterwards. That Clarkson hit in London is blamed for Aitken never being the same again.

 

[Stereophonic]

please explain?

 

[sosos]

Ted Hopkins


http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Ted+Hopkins&highlight=hopkins

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

please explain?

Who me?

I think it was a preseason match in London between North and Carlton (may have been an exhibition) prior to the 1988 season, a bit of a scuffle developed. Clarkson came in from the side/behind and king hit Aitken who was knocked out. Aitken was never the same again. Not sure whether he heard footsteps after that or not but that is the way it went down.

 

[SouthSwans]

My dad (lifetime Blues supporter) still hates Clarkson from that day and has dubbed anyone who's ever spoken fondly of him as a thug

EDIT: Here's an article on it.

 

[Stereophonic]

My dad (lifetime Blues supporter) still hates Clarkson from that day and has dubbed anyone who's ever spoken fondly of him as a thug

EDIT: Here's an article on it.

cheers

 

[smkwd]

Freo 2006

Pretty much spot on... unfortunately...

 

[Reesy]

Don't know if he has been mentioned but Brett Peake. Did well a couple of years ago (polled around 13 brownlow votes) and has done donut since

 

[legitimatic]

Shouldn't this be reserved for when players have finished their careers, or do people here have crystal balls?

 

[brose]

great article

 

[Captain_Judd]

Frank Marchesani is the all time No 1 One year wonder.
Closely followed by Phillip Walsh.

I would agree with that. Was a gun in his first year at Fitzroy. Came over to Carlton and was only ever an average player.

Another one is Ross Ditchburn. Carlton Full forward of the early 80's.
Kicked 12 goals in his first game, 60+ goals in his first season. But was pretty much useless after that.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Frank Marchesani
Philip Walsh
Sylvio Foschini
Adrian McAdam
Phil Carman

 

[Masten2McKinley]

Justin Sherman although he still may again come good.

Phillip Walsh (Coll 1983) is the classic example.

First person that came to my mind, ihad big raps on this bloke

 

[budf23]

Was it Georgardis for StKilda?

 

[krisholio14]

I would agree with that. Was a gun in his first year at Fitzroy. Came over to Carlton and was only ever an average player.

Another one is Ross Ditchburn. Carlton Full forward of the early 80's.
Kicked 12 goals in his first game, 60+ goals in his first season. But was pretty much useless after that.

Hard to get a kick in the VFL when you've gone back to WA.

 

[Phat Toni]

Andrew Raines - how the **** did this bloke finish second in the rising star?

I probably would not have used the same strong language but Raines was the first guy i thought of when I saw the thread but I think Andrew Walker could possibly be the biggest one game wonders of the modern time.

 

[lynchy23]

Matthew lokan, what a spud!

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

I probably would not have used the same strong language but Raines was the first guy i thought of when I saw the thread but I think Andrew Walker could possibly be the biggest one game wonders of the modern time.

Common misconception because his debut was so hyped. Last year he averaged 20 disposals from 19 games and had hauls of 28, 30 and 31. He was officially accredited with 26 disposals in his first game and did not have an opponent. He was all raw potential back then. These days he can run lines, jump, nullify opponents ... more strings to his bow.

People think he only had the one good game because for his first two years he averaged 9 possessions per game and his debut stood out clearly during that time.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Mark West - Bulldogs