Great little players

[Hearts to hearts]

Picking up a thread on the North board...

Mike Sheahan has an article today saying Brent Harvey is catching up on Barry Cable, North's "best little man".

"Little" is a relative term, but who would you put as your club's best? And who would you rate the best small player you've seen?

 

[Daytripper]

Picking up a thread on the North board...

Mike Sheahan has an article today saying Brent Harvey is catching up on Barry Cable, North's "best little man".

"Little" is a relative term, but who would you put as your club's best? And who would you rate the best small player you've seen?

At his peak, Mark Mercuri was one of the best players I've seen wear an Essendon jumper.

 

[boydsno1]

libba.

 

[Captain_Judd]

For Carlton Fraser Murphy was a good "little" player in the 80's.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Now: Crawf by a country mile at Hawthorn.

Historically: hard to go past Peter Crimmins.

I never saw Crimmo play (I wasn't born when he passed away), but I've seen the respect in which he's held by everybody associated with the club and seen some footage of him in action.

Best I've seen live is Crawf, though.

 

[Godfrey Jones]

tony shaw

as a player, not as coach/media personality

 

[Fastback]

Now: Crawf by a country mile at Hawthorn.

Historically: hard to go past Peter Crimmins.

I never saw Crimmo play (I wasn't born when he passed away), but I've seen the respect in which he's held by everybody associated with the club and seen some footage of him in action.

Best I've seen live is Crawf, though.

The rat wasn't bad.

 

[hawka4eva]

John Platten was great. Crawf comes a close 2nd just because of the success Platten had.

 

[nut]

Dale Weightman

 

[bluey49]

Darren Bewick was a gun. Over 200 games for Essendon and regularly kicked bags of goals.

 

[The Passenger]

phil matera or dean kemp probably...

ben cousins was shorter than kemp but he certainly wasn't built as small as kempy.

 

[edgehead47]

Peter Bell

 

[Hoops]

Little is hard to define.

Hows this definition <180cm? - 1mm for every year previous, due to people getting taller

 

[The Passenger]

Little is hard to define.

Hows this definition <180cm? - 1mm for every year previous, due to people getting taller

i don't think there would've been too many little men in 1957 then

 

[Silvagnis]

Diesel.

 

[ChisBlues]

For Carlton Fraser Murphy was a good "little" player in the 80's.

No offence but Fraser was an OK player.
Nothing like Wayne Johnson, Sheldon, Harmes, Ashman & the other mosquito fleet at Carlton in the 80's.

At Carlton - Wayne Johnson for me, big game player & was great in Grand Finals.

 

[Scotland]

Dean Kemp was 182cm tall. Hardly a midget.

From WC, Phil Matera (171cm) & Wirrpanda (173cm) are the best. Braun is only 175cm but has always been a strong player so doesn't stand out as being a little guy. Tony Evans was only 175cm too.

 

[Captain_Judd]

No offence but Fraser was an OK player.
Nothing like Wayne Johnson, Sheldon, Harmes, Ashman & the other mosquito fleet at Carlton in the 80's.

At Carlton - Wayne Johnson for me, big game player & was great in Grand Finals.

Yeah, I was just thinking really little.

Whayne Johnston for me, followed by Deisel and Harmes. All Premiership heroes.

Can't forget Vinnie Cottogio while we're talking about the Mosquito fleet. (Although the afro made him look a lot taller than he actually was)

 

[BLPC08]

Ricky Jackson was an absolute gun

Brett Bowey showed a bit

Brad Gotch was alright

Brent Heaver played some brilliant games

 

[ChisBlues]

Yeah, I was just thinking really little.

Whayne Johnston for me, followed by Deisel and Harmes. All Premiership heroes.

Can't forget Vinnie Cottogio while we're talking about the Mosquito fleet. (Although the afro made him look a lot taller than he actually was)

The dominator was 180cm so maybe he is a bit tall.
Pretty hard to go past Williams, but i loved watching Johnson.

 

[Papa Juggs]

To me as a young fella and only having watched modern footy Boomer Harvey is the best small man of all time.

Running, bouncing, fakie handpasses, crumbing goals, running midfield support.

His 5 3 vote games in a row last year was a supreme effort and it is my opinion that he was the deciding factor in the Big V win over the dream team this year.

 

[ChisBlues]

Dale Weightman

Great player, especially in state games. Unfortunately only played in a few finals which is a shame for a guy of his class because he shone in big games.
I remember Weightman getting reported for striking Paul Salmon to the head. How he reached that high i don't know.
His defense was that he used to chew sugar lollies to control his diabetes but on this day he forgot the lollies & suffered a mental fadeout.
Guess what ? The tribunal bought it & good old sugar got off.

 

[Captain_Judd]

Great player, especially in state games. Unfortunately only played in a few finals which is a shame for a guy of his class because he shone in big games.
I remember Weightman getting reported for striking Paul Salmon to the head. How he reached that high i don't know.
His defense was that he used to chew sugar lollies to control his diabetes but on this day he forgot the lollies & suffered a mental fadeout.
Guess what ? The tribunal bought it & good old sugar got off.

Just last night I read (on this board) that Weightman was originally recruited as a CHF.

 

[bluey49]

Bill Hutchison 2 Brownlows 7 B and F's. Little.

 

[leighgiles]

Ian Stewart