Toast Best footy photos ever

[TerryWallet]

Awesome shot of the great John Nicholls with a young Robert Walls behind him.View attachment 268156

He must have been a hell of a player Nick. Before my time, but the ol man loved him.

Is in the AFL Team of The Century, and i reckon virtually every footy fan of any stripe would rate Farmer, S.Madden and Nicholls(in whatever order, mostly that order) as the 3 greatest Rucks ever.

One thing that stands out to me about Nick is him going to FF for the 72 GF and booting 6 goals in his final game.

Only real champs can do things like that as an ageing warrior in Grand Finals.(L.Matthews, G.Williams. D.Jarman).

 

[Shane Hird]

He must have been a hell of a player Nick. Before my time, but the ol man loved him.

Is in the AFL Team of The Century, and i reckon virtually every footy fan of any stripe would rate Farmer, S.Madden and Nicholls(in whatever order, mostly that order) as the 3 greatest Rucks ever.

One thing that stands out to me about Nick is him going to FF for the 72 GF and booting 6 goals in his final game.

Only real champs can do things like that as an ageing warrior in Grand Finals.(L.Matthews, G.Williams. D.Jarman).

Big Nick was pretty much the ultimate physical specimen built to play aussie rules.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Awesome shot of the great John Nicholls with a young Robert Walls behind him.View attachment 268156

Anyone know what year that'd be?

Also the last visible Carlton player looks like some kind of Frankenstein

 

[Shane Hird]

Anyone know what year that'd be?

Also the last visible Carlton player looks like some kind of Frankenstein

I'd say 68' GF maybe.

There's quite a few good photos of the big unit around ..

 

[Shane Hird]

Probably been posted somewhere before but here's the great shot of Barrie Robram in action

 

[hoianbulldog]

All ex bulldogs over a 10 year period and all Brownlow medalists. 2 with the dogs ad 3 at new clubs.

These pictures really paint a tale of how the club was travelling over that period.

 

[Lord Rod]

Anyone know what year that'd be?

Also the last visible Carlton player looks like some kind of Frankenstein

Vin Cattoggio.. Lucky he was a decent footballer. That photo would have been the 1973 Grand Final, which was Vins debut game !!

 

[Shane Hird]

 

[Mockcockpit]

I reckon that is Vin Waite.

 

[Shane Hird]

I reckon that is Vin Waite.

I think you're right you know

 

[Stig O'Hara]

I think you're right you know

Reckon it's the '72 GF.

Running out in Captain, V.C., D.V.C, order it would be Nicholls, Walls, Ian Robertson, then David Dickson, Syd Jackson (obscured), followed by Paul Hurst.

 

[footyfan1978]

It is certainly not Vin Catoggio.
Face looks too mature and player too tall to be little Vinny.
As someone said earlier, could well be Vin Waite, Jarrad's Dad.

 

[Hipster Doofus]

He must have been a hell of a player Nick. Before my time, but the ol man loved him.

Is in the AFL Team of The Century, and i reckon virtually every footy fan of any stripe would rate Farmer, S.Madden and Nicholls(in whatever order, mostly that order) as the 3 greatest Rucks ever.

One thing that stands out to me about Nick is him going to FF for the 72 GF and booting 6 goals in his final game.

Only real champs can do things like that as an ageing warrior in Grand Finals.(L.Matthews, G.Williams. D.Jarman).

That wasn't his last game because in the 1973 grand final Laurie Fowler ran through Big Nick and nearly knocked him out, key reason why the Tigers actually got up.

 

[andrew coombs]

It is Vin Waite but also looks a lot like Curly Austin. Nicholls was a huge mountain of a man, virtually impossible to move sideways and dominated stoppages in the era before the line down the middle of the centre circle. The best ruckman I have ever seen is Simon Madden who's athleticism would put all but a couple of today's Giants to shame. Nicholls was such a powerful presence he could have been a 700 plus goalkicker had he been used as a forward. It would have been a fantastic day out to go along and see Big Nick and Polly going at it.

 

[Borussia Teeth]

Awesome shot of the great John Nicholls with a young Robert Walls behind him.View attachment 268156

Wallsy looks a bit like bootsma in that photo.

 

[Hawkers]

Anyone know what year that'd be?

Also the last visible Carlton player looks like some kind of Frankenstein

Frankenstein was the doctor, not the monster. Unless you are saying that he looks like a doctor that would create a monster then carry on

 

[Lord Rod]

It is certainly not Vin Catoggio.
Face looks too mature and player too tall to be little Vinny.
As someone said earlier, could well be Vin Waite, Jarrad's Dad.

Having looked at a few photos from that era this morning I tend to agree. However I think is Rod Austin, he had those angular features more so than Waite.. all 3 had big hair, that's for sure..

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

View attachment 245005

Great photo !!!

 

[RodneyMaynard]

Frankenstein was the doctor, not the monster.

In many ways Dr. Frankenstein was the real monster in that tale.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Who's immediately behind David McKay?

 

[footyfan1978]

Having looked at a few photos from that era this morning I tend to agree. However I think is Rod Austin, he had those angular features more so than Waite.. all 3 had big hair, that's for sure..

I agree. Looked like Austin to me but I doubt he was playing in our team then.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

I think that player in the back is Vin Waite too.

This photo of him helps.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

I agree. Looked like Austin to me but I doubt he was playing in our team then.

Curly's first season was 1972 but didn't play in the GF.

 

[LordLucifer]

Anyone know what year that'd be?

Also the last visible Carlton player looks like some kind of Frankenstein

Paul Hurst is the guy at the end of the line.

 

[Shane Hird]

Worthy..