Most talented hawk of all time (not best or most decorated pure talent)

[Elhawko]

Huddo. A true freak.

I read his biography the other day as it happens. He really was incredible! 120-odd goals as a 22 year old and then again as a 23 year old; 146 goals as a 24 year old; 150 as a 25 year old; half way through first game of the next season when he should be at his peak does an ACL (with 8 goals on the board already); comes back near the end of the following season for the famous helicopter to Waverley Collingwood match after a few weeks training alone in Tassie and kicks 8; basically can't play again for three years then comes back as a 32 year old and kicks 110! Then retires from the VFL and kicks something like 190 and then two hundred goals playing in Tassie. It's an amazing record.

 

[grumbleguts]

I read his biography the other day as it happens. He really was incredible! 120-odd goals as a 22 year old and then again as a 23 year old; 146 goals as a 24 year old; 150 as a 25 year old; half way through first game of the next season when he should be at his peak does an ACL (with 8 goals on the board already); comes back near the end of the following season for the famous helicopter to Waverley Collingwood match after a few weeks training alone in Tassie and kicks 8; basically can't play again for three years then comes back as a 32 year old and kicks 110! Then retires from the VFL and kicks something like 190 and then two hundred goals playing in Tassie. It's an amazing record.

Kicked more than 3000 goals in senior representative footy over his career. Including that stint out with injury.

Another interesting fact about huddo, in a national veterans competition 50+ years old, Tasmania won the entire comp. Due largely to the fact that over the course of the comp, Tasmania kicked 56 goals. Hudson kicked 55 of them.

 

[Manila_Hawk]

Kicked more than 3000 goals in senior representative footy over his career. Including that stint out with injury.

Another interesting fact about huddo, in a national veterans competition 50+ years old, Tasmania won the entire comp. Due largely to the fact that over the course of the comp, Tasmania kicked 56 goals. Hudson kicked 55 of them.

Huddo is the reason that I support the Hawks.

26 is my lucky number.

Nuff said.

 

[Mississippi]

Another interesting fact about huddo, in a national veterans competition 50+ years old, Tasmania won the entire comp. Due largely to the fact that over the course of the comp, Tasmania kicked 56 goals. Hudson kicked 55 of them.

Are you serious ??
Of all the unbelievable stats about this extraordinary unassuming champion, that’s the most ridiculous.

 

[Roddy]

I read his biography the other day as it happens. He really was incredible! 120-odd goals as a 22 year old and then again as a 23 year old; 146 goals as a 24 year old; 150 as a 25 year old; half way through first game of the next season when he should be at his peak does an ACL (with 8 goals on the board already); comes back near the end of the following season for the famous helicopter to Waverley Collingwood match after a few weeks training alone in Tassie and kicks 8; basically can't play again for three years then comes back as a 32 year old and kicks 110! Then retires from the VFL and kicks something like 190 and then two hundred goals playing in Tassie. It's an amazing record.

It should be the ‘Hudson Medal’. Not saying Coleman wasn’t a freak too, he most certainly was. But Huddo was even more so. The goals per game average says it all.

 

[humid hawk]

Jamie Morrisey had talent flowing out of his ar$e.

Definitely this. Wasn't called the freak for nothing

 

[Glorin]

Votes are clearly biased by age of the voter.

I didn't see Hudson play in the flesh, but know he was special. Caught the end of Knights, so didn't see him at his best.
Those who didn't see Jarman wont realise how much talent he had and in a lot of ways, despite being so good, never really maximised his talent.
Buddy, Cyril and Mitchell in that order for the recent lads and they all used what they had 100%.

Jarman could have got to a different level altogether.

 

[BaliHawk]

On PURE talent.
Can’t go past L. Franklin, don’t think I’ve seen a player like him…maybe never will again.
Special mentions to D. Jarman & G. Buckenara. Match winning talent.
Could have a list of ten Hawks here.

 

[cyrilsez]

My first post
I might be biased
Cyril Huddo
Buddy Knights Jarman

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[StillAtLarge]

In my time I'll say Jarman, Everitt, Franklin, Rioli, Carl Peterson

 

[Notsoyabby]

Reading the other nominations, I think I have to agree with Jars on pure talent without delving into long forgotten childhood memories...ie Huddo y Lethal.

I also vaguely remember being at a game in which Crimmo played but then if you nominate him, Crawf comes into consideration also.

That all said, Derm was special. I remember a mark he took at Princess Park one Saturday and he seemed to take the ball whilst sitting horizontal above the pack.

The Freak also because he was the freak. Saw a heap of him in the reserves and was glad he could do his magic at the next level up. (On that Matthew Burke (no. 37 if I remember correctly) also was good for a speccy in the magoos and showed class but it never eventuated for him even after moving to Fitzroy.)

A young Rick Ladson also had something about him especially in those earlier (one?) games before he first got injured.

And yes, Carl Peterson had something special as well, but we didn't get to see the full show.

Let alone the Adrian Cox show....he had talent.

40 years of watching the Hawks there are many.

 

[play2win]

Cyril, jarman, buddy and hodge for me.

Although I idolised them at primary school I don’t think I saw the best of knights, lethal and Hudson.

Pretty much saw all the stars of the 80’s and loved them all but they were stacked for talent across the board so no stand out choices.

 

[cs61]

Buddy and Rioli the most talented I've seen. Buddy was a rover in a key position player's body when he arrived, but could run like the wind, and his ability to kick them accurately on the run was crazy. His goal in the losing preliminary to Collingwood was the best finals goal I'd seen given the situation of the game... should have been a game winner. Incredible we had both Buddy and Rioli in the same side. Only regret is that we turned Rioli into quite a defensive player, focusing on tackling and pressure, when his offensive stuff was out of this world. I imagine he'd of had a better balance of attack/defence if he played under Sam, but he still had an amazing career.

On a side note: Adrian Cox probably the most talented player I saw that didn't 'make it' with us. Wonder what he could have been if he was in a good system.