Kennedy Parker
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Happy Easter everyone
Once again taking Hall of Fame nominations.
There have been 34 Hall of Fame Inductees thus far and for roughly every 5 Hall of Fame members there will be one acknowledged as an Immortal in cases where they further enhance their reputation beyond their initial induction.
HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
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Season 13 - Ljp86, boncer34, Mobbenfuhrer, Fred, Deestroy, eagleskickass
Season 14 - rfctigerarmy, dougthelegend
Season 15 - Wally, Pie 4 Life
Season 16 - Broken, Tarkyn_24
Season 17 - Itsmyshow, ClarkeM
Season 18 - Frankston Rover, croweater 41
Season 19 - okeydoke7
Season 22 - beez, Eth
Season 25 - Biggie, larrikin, ant555, The Filth Wizard
Season 26 - Dingster, Hate
Season 27 - loopy_cam
Season 28 - pantskyle
Season 29 - DemonJim
Season 30 - Kennedy Parker
Season 32 - Fitzroybowiedog
Season 34 - Spookism, Headless, Sausageroll, Ant Bear
For each nomination, the general format should contain the following:
For this season there will be two options to submit a nomination.
If you wish to nominate please have them in by, 11:59pm 30 April 2023 Sydney time.
Below are some samples of recently successful nominations.
Once again taking Hall of Fame nominations.
There have been 34 Hall of Fame Inductees thus far and for roughly every 5 Hall of Fame members there will be one acknowledged as an Immortal in cases where they further enhance their reputation beyond their initial induction.
HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
======================
Season 13 - Ljp86, boncer34, Mobbenfuhrer, Fred, Deestroy, eagleskickass
Season 14 - rfctigerarmy, dougthelegend
Season 15 - Wally, Pie 4 Life
Season 16 - Broken, Tarkyn_24
Season 17 - Itsmyshow, ClarkeM
Season 18 - Frankston Rover, croweater 41
Season 19 - okeydoke7
Season 22 - beez, Eth
Season 25 - Biggie, larrikin, ant555, The Filth Wizard
Season 26 - Dingster, Hate
Season 27 - loopy_cam
Season 28 - pantskyle
Season 29 - DemonJim
Season 30 - Kennedy Parker
Season 32 - Fitzroybowiedog
Season 34 - Spookism, Headless, Sausageroll, Ant Bear
For each nomination, the general format should contain the following:
- Career Statistics of the nominee
- The complete CV of the nominee listing out their accolades and accomplishments
- A written case supporting their induction into the Hall of Fame.
For this season there will be two options to submit a nomination.
- Write the nomination yourself and send directly to me in a PM
- Inform your committee representative who you wish to nominate and the LG can prepare and submit the nomination on your behalf
If you wish to nominate please have them in by, 11:59pm 30 April 2023 Sydney time.
Below are some samples of recently successful nominations.
NOMINATED : SEASON 31
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NOMINATED PLAYER: sausageroll
CLUBS: BOM (180), DEM (132), FUR (54), SDR (40), SHA (25)
DEBUT: Round 1, Season 7
CAREER STATS:
- 430+ games, 350+ goals
ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACCOLADES:
*No teams named (or recorded) in Seasons 7-8. Likely would have been more from these seasons.
- 4x All-Sweet FA representative (S9-11, S24)*
- 2x premiership player (S14, S26)
- Bombers Captain (S10-11)
- Bombers B&F (S10)
- Top 10 games played of all time
- MBD Best Defender (S24)
NOTES/CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LEAGUE:
Now in his 25th season in the league, sausageroll is much-decorated and universally admired. Only nine players in the history of the league have played more games than sausageroll, eight of whom are already in the Hall of Fame.
A club captain, a Best and Fairest, an All-Sweet FA representative, a premiership player - there's not much that snags hasn't achieved in the league, and he's done it all in an extremely respectable manner. No nonsense, witty, and welcoming, sausageroll has truly been a strong asset to the league.
A particular highlight has been sausageroll's work and interaction with league rookies, including rookie retention. Easy it would be to take an arrogant or dismissive approach to new posters, given sausageroll has been an integral part of the league for so long, but this has never been the case for snags. Always happy to play in less glamorous positions, sausageroll has been a humble and consistent achiever across 13+ years in the league.
NOMINATED : SEASON 30
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NOMINATED PLAYER: sausageroll
CLUBS: BOM (180), DEM (118), FUR (54), SDR (40), SHA (25)
DEBUT: Round 1, Season 7
CAREER STATS:
*At time of writing.
- 417 games*
- 351 goals*
ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACCOLADES:
*No teams named (or recorded) in Seasons 7-8. Likely would have been more from these seasons.
- 4x All-Sweet FA representative (S9-11, S24)*
- 2x premiership player (S14, S26)
- Bombers Captain (S10-11)
- Bombers B&F (S10)
- Top 10 games played of all time
- MBD Best Defender (S24)
NOTES/CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LEAGUE:
Now in his 24th season in the league, sausageroll is much-decorated and universally admired. Only nine players in the history of the league have played more games than sausageroll, eight of whom are already in the Hall of Fame.
A club captain, a Best and Fairest, an All-Sweet FA representative, a premiership player - there's not much that snags hasn't achieved in the league, and he's done it all in an extremely respectable manner. No nonsense, witty, and welcoming, sausageroll has truly been a strong asset to the league.
A particular highlight has been sausageroll's work and interaction with league rookies, including rookie retention. Easy it would be to take an arrogant or dismissive approach to new posters, given sausageroll has been an integral part of the league for so long, but this has never been the case for snags. Always happy to play in less glamorous positions, sausageroll has been a humble and consistent achiever across 13+ years in the league.
NOMINATED : SEASON 31
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NOMINATED PLAYER: Headless
CLUBS: MBD (467 games*)
JOINED SFA: 12:00pm midday on January 21st 2007.
CAREER STATS:
- 467 games, 254 goals
ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACCOLADES:
- x3 Premiership Player (S18, S26, S31)
- x2 All-SFA Selections (S25, S27)
- Mt. Buller Demons games record holder
- Mt. Buller Demons greatest team ever
- Mt. Buller Demons Hall of Fame
- okeydoke7 Medal (S27)
- Mt. Buller Demons Best Clubman (S24)
- Mt. Buller Demons Best Backman (S27)
- beez medallist (S33)
- Strong media contributor, including advocacy for interchange positions
- To our knowledge the only Sweet F.A. poster who has had a song written about him
NOTES/CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LEAGUE:
Headless is probably the most universally admired poster in the Sweet F.A. The leadership he's provided at Mt. Buller and his active and constructive presence in the league (after such a long time in the league) should certainly have him in line for inclusion to the league Hall of Fame.
Headless is self-sacrificial in his on-field role, insisting that he plays in the INT-2 position to allow less experienced posters get settled in the league while playing in more glamorous positions. While some take it as a joke, his work to advocate for less glamorous positions stats-wise is genuinely a strong way of increasing the appeal of the league to more posters, and will ultimately result in stronger retention and engagement. He is a thoughtful and intelligent poster and the league is fortunate to have him around.
He is (and has been for a long while) passionate about the league - he's known for reaching out to support people who are struggling and he sets the tone for everyone having fun around the place. His loyalty (to play with one club for his entire career) is also admirable, and signals a strong level of commitment.
Headless absolutely belongs in the league Hall of Fame.
UPDATED AS OF WEEK 1 FINALS : SEASON 34
Ant Bear
statistics as at Season 33, Round 16
Totals Avg. League Rank Games 285 63rd HitOuts 486 1.71 43rd Kicks 2676 9.39 29th Marks 609 2.14 101st Handballs 2566 9.00 21st Tackles 877 3.08 8th Frees For 439 1.54 15th Frees Agnst 292 1.02 44th Goals 206 0.72 84th Behinds 150 0.53 72nd Disposals 5242 18.39 23rd DreamTeam 19930 69.93 27th
Achievements
League Administrator (S28 - S30)
Sin City Swamprats Captain (S24 - S26)
S30 All-Time All-SFA Team - Centre
1x Premiership Player - [Sin City Swamprats - S27]
1x Beez Trophy (S22)
2x Mobbenfuhrer Medalist (S22, S26)
1x Frankston Rover Award (S25)
8x All-SFA (S20-S26, S28)
4x Best and Fairest - Sin City Swamprats (S21-S22, S25-S26)
Player Bio
Ant Bear is one of the most decorated players in the Sweet FA having achieved a litany of awards since his debut as a part of the Alberton Swamprats in Season 18. He was instrumental in establishing the identity of the Sin City Swamprats after the club's struggles necessitated a rebrand. Following a breakout season in Season 20, Ant Bear established himself as one of the most relevant players in the league for the next 10 seasons contributing in a variety of ways in the league, from being one of the most consistently active posters in match threads, creating media and running the very popular game of SuperQoach, to being a pioneer of history and statistical compilation projects in the archives, creating the first club history thread for the Swamprats and assisting in other clubs.
Ant Bear's achieved success on and off the field, being a fixture in the All-SFA side with an impressive 8 selections demonstrating strong posting contributions along with good performances across multiple seasons. His best was Season 22, whereby he won both the Beez Trophy for most valuable poster and Mobbenfuhrer Medal in the same season. On a club level, Ant Bear was a great leader taking over the captaincy in Season 24 for the Swamprats, helping rebuild the list following a sudden exodus of players and became a premiership player in the Swamprats' Season 27 Grand Final win.
He would also provide support on the running of the league behind-the-scenes, being the chief statskeeper in Season 25 and Season 26 being recognised with the Frankston Rover Award for services to the league in Season 25. He would become Administrator himself in Season 28 where he would go onto have a controversial, but ultimately productive run in the role. Some of the initiatives under his tenure include, Life Memberships for those who have played 300+ games or more to recognise longevity in the league, a consolidated Team Sheets and Results thread to improve accessibility of data for historical recordkeeping, more empowerment of the committee through the application of the tribunal. When he left the role the league with had a record participation rate in Season 30 and in this season he was selected at Centre in the All-Time All-SFA Team.
Spookism
statistics as at Season 33, Round 16
Totals Avg. League Rank Games 331 34th HitOuts 202 0.61 132nd Kicks 2739 8.27 25th Marks 875 2.64 39th Handballs 2672 8.07 18th Tackles 834 2.52 9th Frees For 452 1.37 14th Frees Agnst 342 1.03 26th Goals 234 0.71 63rd Behinds 141 0.43 81st Disposals 5411 16.35 21st DreamTeam 20695 62.52 23rd
Achievements
Sin City Swamprats Captain (S18 - S21)
South Australia State of Origin Captain (XIV, XV, XVI)
SFA Life Member (S31)
2x State of Origin Winning Captain (XIV, XVI)
2x State of Origin Winning Player (XIV, XVI)
4x All-SFA (S16, S20, S23, S32)
1x All-SFA Vice-Captain (S32)
3x Best and Fairest - Sin City Swamprats (S18), East Side Phoenix (S25), Gold City Royals (S32)
1x TFLUA-Tiger Award (S32)
1x Premiership Player - [Gold City Royals - S30]
Player Bio
Spookism has been a part of the fabric of the SFA for the best part of nearly 20 seasons with an incredible journey and an eventful story. His career started way back in Season 6 under the username of eddie_vrv6 at the Alberton Swamprats and could not have gotten off to a worse start with 2 disposals from his first 4 games, both of which were missed shots at goal. He would go onto miss selection for the Swamprats' premiership win and subsequently be delisted.
He would return under the name 'spookism' as a part of the successful Alberton Swamprats' bid for readmission into the league in Season 16 where he would enjoy a strong season that was rewarded with his first All-SFA selection. In the subsequent seasons, the Swamprats would experience struggles in terms of on-field performance and engagement and during this time spookism would remain a consistent contributor and be earmarked as a future leader of the club. He would ascend to the captaincy in Season 18 where he would win the club's Best and Fairest award.
After a difficult first season as captain, spookism would be ambushed in the off-season with the 'nWo Dragons' poaching his intended co-captain further decimating his already struggling team. His distraught reaction would set off a chain of events that would prove influential in SFA history with the Alberton Swamprats rebranding to the Sin City Swamprats, and the recruitment of a number of rookies between Season 19 to 21 that would drastically increase the activity of the club. Under spookism's captaincy stint, two rookies would be recruited in Ant Bear and Kennedy Parker who would both go onto become future administrators of the SFA.
In Season 20, he would lead the Swamprats to a more successful season finishing on top of the ladder, but ultimately losing a close preliminary final to the Demons. Spookism would receive his second All-SFA selection this season. His captaincy tenure would end after one more season in the role, but he would remain a strong, consistent contributor in both match threads and media afterwards. In Season 23, spookism ran his UGLY Fundraiser initiative which raised thousands of dollars for Leukemia research and set the benchmark for future SFA charity events. He would also have strong performances on the field this season earning a third All-SFA selection as a Swamprat.
Spookism would cross over to the East Side Hawks the next season and enjoy a Best and Fairest winning season with the East Side in Season 25. During this time he also volunteered as a game poster. However, his greatest successes will come in the following seasons. With the revival of State of Origin prior to Season 27, spookism was named captain of South Australia and he would lead SA to a title win despite starting underdogs prior to the series. His SoO record as captain would be sublime as he would captain South Australia for two more series resulting in a close grand final loss and a second title win.
His move to the Royals would bring further success, establishing the legendary #stackedsix backline of Season 30 which would be a fundamental part of the Royals' first ever premiership. He would go on to attain Life Membership for 300 games in Season 31, before earning a fourth All-SFA selection and a TFLUA-Tiger Award in Season 32 as well as a third Best and Fairest.
Spookism's career is not only the quintessential underdog story, but he is one of the most notorious names in the league having been the center of many well-known memes with references to cryingdoctorwho.gif and 3 out of 5 regularly being present across numerous seasons in the SFA.