Toast Best footy photos ever

[Bunk Moreland]

Bunk, only just saw this. What I find interesting is what appears to be the number of players wearing hats, not just caps, but what look to be your going out Fedora.

And all the clothing was probably wool, leather or canvas. Must’ve been incredibly uncomfortable.

 

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Polly Farmer over East Freo's Jack "Stork" Clarke. Stork was from out Goomalling way and would drive from the farm to games on a Saturday morning and drive back pretty much straight afterwards. 4-time All Australian when they named them from the All Australian carnivals.

He and Polly once collided up against a point post and it snapped three quarters of the way up.

For reference, and to appreciate Polly's leap, Stork was 6'4".

 

[Borussia Teeth]

My personal favourite. You can feel it just looking at the picture. Winner of the AFL's grassroots, picture of the year 2019.
Picture: Michelle Mager @michelle_mager. Location: Midland, WA. Club: Midland Tigers
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He’s no Relton Roberts!

 

[CliffMcTainshaw]

He’s no Relton Roberts!

 

[troybe]

A women’s footy game in Adelaide in 1918

 

[SSSSSS]

This is so good it doesn't even look real.

 

[Cleansweep17]

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A women’s footy game in Adelaide in 1918

Woah pretty hardcore to play with skirts.

Maybe common sense wasn’t around in 1918 yet. Makes for a cool photo though.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Stolen from Collin G Wood on Twitter. What an absolute cracker.



Second term of the 1970 GF. The legendary Peter McKenna gives Carlton full back Kevin Hall the slip and kicks a goal. A white-hot McKenna kicked 6 in the first half, this one puts them 44 points up. A few more goals either way and they would take the same margin into the main break.

McKenna was accidentally knocked out by teammate Des Tuddenham just before half time and would not add to his six goals. A very “Colliwobbles” tale… Carlton mounted the most famous football comeback in the second half to win the flag. Do they do that with a fit McKenna out there? Quite possibly not.

121,696 people in the house, the record to this day.

 

[Partridge]

That's your opinion

IMO, Roach and Allison

I think Bruce's commentary elevated Moorcroft's mark. I personally prefer high pack marks

I'd substitute "overhyped" instead of elevated. It was a terrific mark no doubt, but best mark ever? Rubbish.

There's a certain level that gets reached with marks, and after that it's impossible to pick number one. But off the top of my head without any research at all, I'd put ahead:

• Trevor Barker vs South in the late '70s
• Gary Ablett vs North in 1985 at Geelong
• Aaron Edwards vs Hawthorn in 2007 (how that didn't win mark of the year is a crime against humanity)
• Warwick Capper vs Fitzroy in 1987 (the North one got more hype, the Fitzroy one was clearly better, one leap and perfect high mark)
• Tony Modra vs North in 1993
• Jeremy Howe vs Sydney in 2012
• And so on. They're all as good, or better

Then you only need to look at old photos to see some great marks were taken in previous eras.

 

[Cuzz09]

I love Cappers one hander over Langford and NicNats v Carl from 2011

 

[GrahamClayton]

Denis Banks taking a screamer against Footscray in 1984 - it is visually pleasing when a player is horizontal to the ground during a grab.