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Time to put aside differences: Schimmelbusch
By Chloe Saltau and Karen Lyon
March 17, 2005
Wayne Schimmelbusch
Kangaroos legend Wayne Schimmelbusch believes tomorrow night's celebration of "The North Story" could be a pivotal chance for the club to move on from recent controversies, and last night expressed sincere disappointment in the decision of North stalwarts Ron Joseph and Keith Greig to stay away from the function.
"Ron is one of the people who has always preached that the club is bigger than the individual, and I would have hoped for an occasion like this people could put their little personal differences aside," he said.
"Wayne Carey is coming along, Glenn Archer and Anthony Stevens will be there and I'm sure they will be fine," said Schimmelbusch of the former great mates who famously fell out in 2002 over Carey's affair with Stevens' wife.
Schimmelbusch, along with Archer and Stevens, is a favourite to be named the person who best epitomises the "Shinboner spirit" of the early hardened players who worked at the North Melbourne abattoir.
Schimmelbusch, who played in North Melbourne's 1975 and '77 premiership sides and coached the club in the early '90s, is nominated along with Ross Glendinning, Jim Krakouer, John Law and Matthew Larkin for "Shinboner" of the '80s.
"I don't think there is any organisation, a business or a sporting organisation, where people don't get upset from time to time. Things happen, but at the end of the day, life's too short. I'm a good example.
"I was pretty hurt when I left the club in '93, but time goes by and you get over things," said Schimmelbusch, who was sacked as coach in the pre-season of 1993 and did not return to Arden Street until he was inducted into the hall of fame nine years later.
The former North Melbourne captain, who will be among more than 3500 people at the Royal Exhibition Building to mark the club's 80th anniversary and the 30th anniversary of its first premiership, said the Kangaroos had played a huge role in his life.
He started at Arden Street when he was 20, at the same time as Ron Barassi arrived as coach and Doug Wade crossed from Geelong. "This is a real opportunity to bring people back together."
Barassi, North Melbourne's first premiership coach, said he was looking forward to reminiscing about the historic year the club "wiped out 50 years of failures". But he, too regretted that Joseph intended to boycott the function. "I'm really disappointed with Ron. I'll say no more than that," he said.
Father Gerard Dowling, the club historian who wrote The North Story, said the gala dinner was a chance to celebrate the ability to succeed despite not having the material and financial advantages of other clubs.
"It's always been a struggle against incredible odds from the beginning, because of its origin in the inner suburbs," Dowling said. "I think people marvel at the fact they've won four premierships in the last few decades with materially very little to build on."
Greg Ryan is a devoted supporter who over the past 12 months has tracked down all but a handful of the 912 players to have represented the club. He has found former Roos living as far away as the south of France.
Denis Railton played 35 games for the club between 1960 and 1963 and he will travel from his home in Cannes to be at the function while Murray Clapham - who played just one game in 1962 - will make the journey from South East Asia.
"The highlight is going to see these guys seeing each other. Some of them haven't seen each for 30 or 40 years. That is going to be as much a thrill as anything," said Ryan.
Club chairman Allen Aylett believes the night is "an enormous opportunity for all of the North Melbourne family to come together and do something that has never be done before".
Aylett believes it is testament to the club's strength that, with its small supporter base, it will be hosting the largest function in the history of the AFL. "Tomorrow is just going to show everyone that we are never, ever, ever going to give up," he said.
THE SHINBONERS
These are the players nominated to be the Shinboners of their eras - the players who best represent the spirit of the club.
1925-1950 WALLY CARTER, SYD DYER LES FOOTE, TED JARRARD JOHNNY LEWIS
1951-1960 ALLEN AYLETT, KEVIN DYNON, PAT KELLY ALBERT MANTELLO JOCK SPENCER
1961-1970 KEN DEAN, JOHN DUGDALE, LAURIE DWYER, SAM KEKOVICH, NOEL TEASDALE
1971-1980 MALCOLM BLIGHT, ARNOLD BRIEDIS, BARRY CABLE, DAVID DENCH, KEITH GREIG
1981-1990 ROSS GLENDINNING, JIM KRAKOUER, MATTHEW LARKIN, JOHN LAW, WAYNE SCHIMMELBUSCH
1990-2004 GLENN ARCHER, WAYNE CAREY, WAYNE SCHWASS, ANTHONY STEVENS, JOHN BLAKEY
THE NORTH STORY
- Tomorrow night, 7pm
- Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton
- 3500 people expected to attend, another 1000 on the waiting list
- Celebrates the 80th anniversary of the club's introduction into the VFL/AFL and 30 years since its first premiership.
- Each of the 912 players – or a representative – to have represented the club since its inception into the league have been invited.
By Chloe Saltau and Karen Lyon
March 17, 2005
Wayne Schimmelbusch
Kangaroos legend Wayne Schimmelbusch believes tomorrow night's celebration of "The North Story" could be a pivotal chance for the club to move on from recent controversies, and last night expressed sincere disappointment in the decision of North stalwarts Ron Joseph and Keith Greig to stay away from the function.
"Ron is one of the people who has always preached that the club is bigger than the individual, and I would have hoped for an occasion like this people could put their little personal differences aside," he said.
"Wayne Carey is coming along, Glenn Archer and Anthony Stevens will be there and I'm sure they will be fine," said Schimmelbusch of the former great mates who famously fell out in 2002 over Carey's affair with Stevens' wife.
Schimmelbusch, along with Archer and Stevens, is a favourite to be named the person who best epitomises the "Shinboner spirit" of the early hardened players who worked at the North Melbourne abattoir.
Schimmelbusch, who played in North Melbourne's 1975 and '77 premiership sides and coached the club in the early '90s, is nominated along with Ross Glendinning, Jim Krakouer, John Law and Matthew Larkin for "Shinboner" of the '80s.
"I don't think there is any organisation, a business or a sporting organisation, where people don't get upset from time to time. Things happen, but at the end of the day, life's too short. I'm a good example.
"I was pretty hurt when I left the club in '93, but time goes by and you get over things," said Schimmelbusch, who was sacked as coach in the pre-season of 1993 and did not return to Arden Street until he was inducted into the hall of fame nine years later.
The former North Melbourne captain, who will be among more than 3500 people at the Royal Exhibition Building to mark the club's 80th anniversary and the 30th anniversary of its first premiership, said the Kangaroos had played a huge role in his life.
He started at Arden Street when he was 20, at the same time as Ron Barassi arrived as coach and Doug Wade crossed from Geelong. "This is a real opportunity to bring people back together."
Barassi, North Melbourne's first premiership coach, said he was looking forward to reminiscing about the historic year the club "wiped out 50 years of failures". But he, too regretted that Joseph intended to boycott the function. "I'm really disappointed with Ron. I'll say no more than that," he said.
Father Gerard Dowling, the club historian who wrote The North Story, said the gala dinner was a chance to celebrate the ability to succeed despite not having the material and financial advantages of other clubs.
"It's always been a struggle against incredible odds from the beginning, because of its origin in the inner suburbs," Dowling said. "I think people marvel at the fact they've won four premierships in the last few decades with materially very little to build on."
Greg Ryan is a devoted supporter who over the past 12 months has tracked down all but a handful of the 912 players to have represented the club. He has found former Roos living as far away as the south of France.
Denis Railton played 35 games for the club between 1960 and 1963 and he will travel from his home in Cannes to be at the function while Murray Clapham - who played just one game in 1962 - will make the journey from South East Asia.
"The highlight is going to see these guys seeing each other. Some of them haven't seen each for 30 or 40 years. That is going to be as much a thrill as anything," said Ryan.
Club chairman Allen Aylett believes the night is "an enormous opportunity for all of the North Melbourne family to come together and do something that has never be done before".
Aylett believes it is testament to the club's strength that, with its small supporter base, it will be hosting the largest function in the history of the AFL. "Tomorrow is just going to show everyone that we are never, ever, ever going to give up," he said.
THE SHINBONERS
These are the players nominated to be the Shinboners of their eras - the players who best represent the spirit of the club.
1925-1950 WALLY CARTER, SYD DYER LES FOOTE, TED JARRARD JOHNNY LEWIS
1951-1960 ALLEN AYLETT, KEVIN DYNON, PAT KELLY ALBERT MANTELLO JOCK SPENCER
1961-1970 KEN DEAN, JOHN DUGDALE, LAURIE DWYER, SAM KEKOVICH, NOEL TEASDALE
1971-1980 MALCOLM BLIGHT, ARNOLD BRIEDIS, BARRY CABLE, DAVID DENCH, KEITH GREIG
1981-1990 ROSS GLENDINNING, JIM KRAKOUER, MATTHEW LARKIN, JOHN LAW, WAYNE SCHIMMELBUSCH
1990-2004 GLENN ARCHER, WAYNE CAREY, WAYNE SCHWASS, ANTHONY STEVENS, JOHN BLAKEY
THE NORTH STORY
- Tomorrow night, 7pm
- Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton
- 3500 people expected to attend, another 1000 on the waiting list
- Celebrates the 80th anniversary of the club's introduction into the VFL/AFL and 30 years since its first premiership.
- Each of the 912 players – or a representative – to have represented the club since its inception into the league have been invited.
