Let's talk Ports! Part 3
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Haha Ford, Ocker Stephens. His nickname was "carrot a*se" because he ran like he had a carrot stuck up his clacker.
Do you remember Zane Separovich? From Broken Hill I think. Dark curly hair. Could play a bit but maybe a bit wild.
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Yes, spectacular athlete but couldn't find a position.
Remember Joe Kozlowski who was a full forward at the time of Tim Evans and Randall Gerlach. Kicked bags of goals in the twos, but was never overtaking either of those two. They tried him at full back, where we had state full back Max James.
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Dave Cheetham - kicked swags of goals 8n the Magoos, but couldn't seem to nail an A grade spot.
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Peter Stephens played 14 games and kicked 10 goals for us in 1976. I have a poster from the nfl night series from that year with him in it.
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This thread now seems to be reflecting on the exploits of Big Bob which is fine by me. We speak of players coming to Port but Bob was famous for not allowing required Port players to leave Alberton.
As a kid I can remember the saga of Steve Traynor’s attempt to seek a clearance from Port to play for North Melbourne as this was vividly and dramatically played out in the press of the day. Well hell was going to freeze over before Steve was going to get his clearance and therefore that was never going to happen. Steve gave up and finished his playing career as a Port player.
Heres a little story about Steve as my mother knew Steve’s mum. Mum told me that Mrs Traynor was disgusted and upset that the Port fans had given Steve the nickname of Yogi. She just could not understand that he already had a perfectly acceptable name in Steven.
Remember Yogi Bear was a beloved cartoon character in the 60’s.
As a kid I can remember the saga of Steve Traynor’s attempt to seek a clearance from Port to play for North Melbourne as this was vividly and dramatically played out in the press of the day. Well hell was going to freeze over before Steve was going to get his clearance and therefore that was never going to happen. Steve gave up and finished his playing career as a Port player.
Heres a little story about Steve as my mother knew Steve’s mum. Mum told me that Mrs Traynor was disgusted and upset that the Port fans had given Steve the nickname of Yogi. She just could not understand that he already had a perfectly acceptable name in Steven.
Remember Yogi Bear was a beloved cartoon character in the 60’s.
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How hard did the club go to try and get Bradley back to the club in 1997? Where was he at at that stage of his career?
Imagine securing Wanganeen, Buckley and Bradley upon entry into the AFL!
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You are no doubt correct but there is only 1 player with the surname Stephens listed in the Jack Cahill book, and that was a P. Stephens who played 1 game in 1976 (apparently his only season on the Maggie's list), so I'm assuming as suggested by you re the night series poster his other games were a mixture of preseason and reserve's games, and his one league game was in the clubs first loss to the Peckers.
I thought the swivel head geelong bloke who played in the trial I attended at Adelaide oval got the flick without representing the club in the real stuff at all, which due to where I was living at the time I'm still confident was played in 1974 or 75, so I have probably got the name wrong and it's not the same bloke.
Geez this getting old caper is hard work sometimes.
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I remember Separovich, he was pointed out to me by a Broken Hill mate in a pub (the Black something or other), when I went there for the St Paddy's day race meeting in the very early 1980's.
He was a good looking, well built bloke surrounded by a bevy of local lovelies, and I was told he was given the name Zane because his old man was a big fan of the author Zane Grey!
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I don’t believe we had any brown paper bags big enough.
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Some Fkwit tried to compare Michael Tuck's reserves games to Bradley's 100 games for Port Adelaide and Keane let him have it.
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You are no doubt correct but there is only 1 player with the surname Stephens listed in the Jack Cahill book, and that was a P. Stephens who played 1 game in 1976 (apparently his only season on the Maggie's list), so I'm assuming as suggested by you re the night series poster his other games were a mixture of preseason and reserve's games, and his one league game was in the clubs first loss to the Peckers.
I thought the swivel head geelong bloke who played in the trial I attended at Adelaide oval got the flick without representing the club in the real stuff at all, which due to where I was living at the time I'm still confident was played in 1974 or 75, so I have probably got the name wrong and it's not the same bloke.
Geez this getting old caper is hard work sometimes.
My recollection is the same as yours, although I have a feeling he came back to Port for a second stint in the late 70s and they were looking at him in the ruck but he did a knee.
Wikipedia also says he played 14 league games in 1976, I'm surprised about that. I would have thought Michael Broderick was more likely to have played 14 games in a side that finished top by 2 and a half games after the minor round.
Might have to check old Advertisers at the state library one day
I always thought the Bradley had played 99 games for Port and that his selection in the “best team ever for Port Adelaide“ was his 100th game! That extra selection got his name on #21 locker in the old Port Club - along with some other greats.
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Was watching the Woodville vPort game on YouTube last night and he was definitely playing. Might be John Evans your thinking of who played in 75. Got the games info off wiki.You are no doubt correct but there is only 1 player with the surname Stephens listed in the Jack Cahill book, and that was a P. Stephens who played 1 game in 1976 (apparently his only season on the Maggie's list), so I'm assuming as suggested by you re the night series poster his other games were a mixture of preseason and reserve's games, and his one league game was in the clubs first loss to the Peckers.
I thought the swivel head geelong bloke who played in the trial I attended at Adelaide oval got the flick without representing the club in the real stuff at all, which due to where I was living at the time I'm still confident was played in 1974 or 75, so I have probably got the name wrong and it's not the same bloke.
Geez this getting old caper is hard work sometimes.
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And Obst.
And being able to hang onto Shane Bond, Hynes, Hodges and others.
I have a vague recollection that a 'Tiser article, put out by the club early in the piece, after we'd been outed as the club trying to enter the AFL comp, that outlined the initial discussions between Port and the AFL Executive, and had us able to pick up around 10 ex Magpie players and half a dozen expat South Aussies for our initial list.
Oh, what could have been!
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The sanfl worked hard to water down the concessions we negotiated to get themselves into a competition they didn't want to be in.
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Wasn't there a Yank athlete or coach named Yogi Berra?
And yes, I remember Yogi (I'm smarter than the average bear!) and Boo Boo bear cartoons.
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Hall of Fame baseball player, also known for his quirky sayings.
Perhaps his most famous of all: "It ain't over 'til it's over."
• "Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical."
• On posterity: "I always thought that record would stand until it was broken."
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From memory, ex-Port players in the AFL system during 1996 who didn't make their way onto the Power list either immediately or eventually would include:
Nathan Buckley (Collingwood)
Craig Bradley (Carlton)
Andrew Obst (Melbourne)
Trent Ormond-Allen (Melbourne)
Donald Cockatoo-Collins (Melbourne)
David Cockatoo-Collins (Melbourne)
Troy Bond (Adelaide)
Andrew McLeod (Adelaide)
Simon Trengenza (Adelaide)
Greg Anderson (Adelaide)
David Hynes (Fremantle)
Clive Waterhouse (Fremantle)
Shane Wakelin (St Kilda)
Anthony Darcy (St Kilda)
I might've missed another one or two...
This infuriates me. Like Stinkley going into hiding, the whole admin bar membership goes into hiding in the hope that we've forgotten the previous season's sh*tshow.Whens the AGM
Are they doing it in Feb again
Coincidentally the first was in Feb 2019 in the midst of sh*tiness. This was pre covid though.
