Macrae a Bulldog for life

[King Harold]

Thorpie was a massive accumulator. About as accurate with his disposal as our departed #6 though. Certainly busted his ar5e as captain in 73, ran himself ragged trying to lift his team. Pity he got ahead of himself with prompting from a committeeman to dabble in club politics.

Loved Stewie, but posted some time back about his disconcerting habit of strolling out of post-game showers into the main clubrooms while fans were still in attendance with nothing but a towel... draped over his shoulder! He got dressed right next to my mate and I one day, we were sort of trapped by him and others nearby, took an intent interest in the pipes running along the ceiling!

My Dad worked with him briefly years later. As a migrant with highly accented English, Dad was impressed that Stewie always had time for a chat, or at the least made sure to always say hello.

Funnily enough I 'met' Thorpe in late 75 through Dad too. Dad was buying a (brand new!) XB Falcon at Col Paige Ford with me in tow and Thorpe was one of the salesmen. Unfortunately the car sales guys weren't as forgiving of Dad's English as Stewie Magee. By then I wasn't a fan of Tiger Thorpe anyway, but gee he had tickets on himself among his colleagues. Haven't been a fan since. I attended the 77 div 2 GF barracking for Yarraville against Mordialloc, in spite of Thorpe being captain coach of Yarraville, and an ex-Footscray captain.

Anyway, enough about my lifelong grudges!

Young Pagnoccolo went ok briefly, was like a shooting star for that 1970 season. Coincidentally, he finished his career at Mordiallic in the early 80s.

Ah, the good old days, eh GDB?!

Thorpie was one of my favourites , great player, a bit of rock star about him for sure.
But our club badly needed “ rock stars” back then.
In fairness to him, he stuck with the club a long time through some pretty bleak years.
The big clubs would have been in his ear non stop !
Can still remember him and Georgie waxing as they ran the ball into the wind at WO.
Both champions of our club.

 

[GetDimmaBack]

Thorpie was a massive accumulator. About as accurate with his disposal as our departed #6 though. Certainly busted his ar5e as captain in 73, ran himself ragged trying to lift his team. Pity he got ahead of himself with prompting from a committeeman to dabble in club politics.

Loved Stewie, but posted some time back about his disconcerting habit of strolling out of post-game showers into the main clubrooms while fans were still in attendance with nothing but a towel... draped over his shoulder! He got dressed right next to my mate and I one day, we were sort of trapped by him and others nearby, took an intent interest in the pipes running along the ceiling!

My Dad worked with him briefly years later. As a migrant with highly accented English, Dad was impressed that Stewie always had time for a chat, or at the least made sure to always say hello.

Funnily enough I 'met' Thorpe in late 75 through Dad too. Dad was buying a (brand new!) XB Falcon at Col Paige Ford with me in tow and Thorpe was one of the salesmen. Unfortunately the car sales guys weren't as forgiving of Dad's English as Stewie Magee. By then I wasn't a fan of Tiger Thorpe anyway, but gee he had tickets on himself among his colleagues. Haven't been a fan since. I attended the 77 div 2 GF barracking for Yarraville against Mordialloc, in spite of Thorpe being captain coach of Yarraville, and an ex-Footscray captain.

Anyway, enough about my lifelong grudges!

Young Pagnoccolo went ok briefly, was like a shooting star for that 1970 season. Coincidentally, he finished his career at Mordiallic in the early 80s.

Ah, the good old days, eh GDB?!

Good old days, indeed...

I worked with Thorpie in the late 70s.
Can confirm your impressions of him

I was fortunate enough to play with Charlie in the Dogs 4ths & 3rds. The best footballer I ever played alongside, and one of the nicest and most humble blokes I've known. Deadset hard nut, too. Was targeted every week, never backed out of a contest. Champion.

He was never the same after he copped a shirt front from Bert Thornley at Carlton in 1971, I think.

Given how tough Charlie was, I can only conclude that he was badly hurt physically and heavily concussed.

Haven't seen him for decades, but I hope his life hasn't been negatively affected by the damage he suffered.

 

[Dogs 13]

Good old days, indeed...

I worked with Thorpie in the late 70s.
Can confirm your impressions of him

I was fortunate enough to play with Charlie in the Dogs 4ths & 3rds. The best footballer I ever played alongside, and one of the nicest and most humble blokes I've known. Deadset hard nut, too. Was targeted every week, never backed out of a contest. Champion.

He was never the same after he copped a shirt front from Bert Thornley at Carlton in 1971, I think.

Given how tough Charlie was, I can only conclude that he was badly hurt physically and heavily concussed.

Haven't seen him for decades, but I hope his life hasn't been negatively affected by the damage he suffered.

I see Charlie regularly (usually the TAB ), seems to be doing really well.
Very nice guy, looks great, always dapper and up for a quick chat.

 

[geoffjennings79]

Good old days, indeed...

I worked with Thorpie in the late 70s.
Can confirm your impressions of him

I was fortunate enough to play with Charlie in the Dogs 4ths & 3rds. The best footballer I ever played alongside, and one of the nicest and most humble blokes I've known. Deadset hard nut, too. Was targeted every week, never backed out of a contest. Champion.

He was never the same after he copped a shirt front from Bert Thornley at Carlton in 1971, I think.

Given how tough Charlie was, I can only conclude that he was badly hurt physically and heavily concussed.

Haven't seen him for decades, but I hope his life hasn't been negatively affected by the damage he suffered.

I see Charlie regularly (usually the TAB ), seems to be doing really well.
Very nice guy, looks great, always dapper and up for a quick chat.

Would love to have a chat to Charlie, one of my first heroes, given our common heritage.

Some people around us at games called him Pags, pity his career didn't pan out, I didn't know about the hit from Thornley.

Some other people (adults - both male and female!) frequently referred to Quinlan as a "girl", frustrated at what they saw as his inconsistency, but I don't think the coaches did him any favours playing him all over the place. It was bizarre, two women who knew each other and usually stood together, one loved Quinlan, always called him "Bernie" when barracking, while her friend derided him constantly. Unfortunately so did some of the adults we stood with.

 

[GetDimmaBack]

Would love to have a chat to Charlie, one of my first heroes, given our common heritage.

Some people around us at games called him Pags, pity his career didn't pan out, I didn't know about the hit from Thornley.

Some other people (adults - both male and female!) frequently referred to Quinlan as a "girl", frustrated at what they saw as his inconsistency, but I don't think the coaches did him any favours playing him all over the place. It was bizarre, two women who knew each other and usually stood together, one loved Quinlan, always called him "Bernie" when barracking, while her friend derided him constantly. Unfortunately so did some of the adults we stood with.

Bernie was the victim of his first game as a 17 year old, when he kicked 3 goals in the first quarter and 4 for the match. He took a few marks, including two screamers. Ran rings around the Fitzroy players all day.

Many supporters expected him to do that every week, unfortunately.

A couple of my old junior teammates played alongside Bernie; both say he was a terrific bloke. Both also cringed when supporters got into him, because he gave his all every week.

That treatment was one of the reasons he wanted to leave the club.

I still say he is the most gifted player I've ever seen. I was in awe of him back then.

Charlie came from Werribee originally. Does he still live in the area?

 

[geoffjennings79]

Bernie was the victim of his first game as a 17 year old, when he kicked 3 goals in the first quarter and 4 for the match. He took a few marks, including two screamers. Ran rings around the Fitzroy players all day.

Many supporters expected him to do that every week, unfortunately.

A couple of my old junior teammates played alongside Bernie; both say he was a terrific bloke. Both also cringed when supporters got into him, because he gave his all every week.

That treatment was one of the reasons he wanted to leave the club.

I still say he is the most gifted player I've ever seen. I was in awe of him back then.

Charlie came from Werribee originally. Does he still live in the area?

Yeah I was a big BQ fan (well, until he went to Fitzroy!).

No idea if Charlie is still in Werribee. Dogs 13 ??

 

[SPower]

Love these stories of you guys who knew our heroes , have met them or just reminiscing.

Having spent my youth in Sale, I do remember when Bernie and later Kelvin burst on the scene.
A particular game in the early 70's we played the eventual premiers Richmond at the G . Massive crowd , pretty.sure the queens birthday weekend.
The 2 full forwards for the reserves were Kelvin and Teasdale.
Wonderful memories.of a decent dogs side coached by Bobby but under performed.
Not related to the thread but.great memories.

 

[Dogs 13]

Yeah I was a big BQ fan (well, until he went to Fitzroy!).

No idea if Charlie is still in Werribee. Dogs 13 ??

Yeah, usually spotted in the main street in Werribee.

 

[Mr. Walker]

Bernie was the victim of his first game as a 17 year old, when he kicked 3 goals in the first quarter and 4 for the match. He took a few marks, including two screamers. Ran rings around the Fitzroy players all day.

I was at that game. As I remember it there was a howling gale that day so there was only one “scoring” end. So by my logic kicking four goals in that game was equivalent to kicking 8 on a calm day because the ball never got to him for two of the quarters. I thought we had the greatest player ever.
Didn’t work out that way but he was a hugely successful player

 

[dogwatch]

I was at that game. As I remember it there was a howling gale that day so there was only one “scoring” end. So by my logic kicking four goals in that game was equivalent to kicking 8 on a calm day because the ball never got to him for two of the quarters. I thought we had the greatest player ever.
Didn’t work out that way but he was a hugely successful player

But it came down twice as often when we were kicking with the wind. So wouldn't that balance out?

Gee, footy is so different under the roof at Marvel these days compared to a windy day at WO!

 

[Mr. Walker]

But it came down twice as often when we were kicking with the wind. So wouldn't that balance out?

Gee, footy is so different under the roof at Marvel these days compared to a windy day at WO!

I think you are correct. But I was just a kid then what did I know. I still was not eating the stuffing at roast dinners because I thought “ that comes from the very inside of the chicken. I am not touching that”. We live and learn