Yeah 1939 finals series Todd kicked 6, 11 and 6 for 23 in 3 games.
He never played for the Pies again, as took the huge cash to go play for Willi in 1940.
Nuts Coventry kicking 9 of teams 13 goals (70%) in the 1928 GF and kicking 100% of teams goal in 1927 GF (even though only 2) surely worthy of a mention.
It took Richmond a long time but they eventually figured Nuts Coventry out in 1936. Tiger defender Joe Murdoch took to punching Coventry on the hideous puss weeping boils that had formed on Coventry’s neck over the years, along with a pretty rugged head of course. Coventry apparently quite rightly took umbrage to being repeatedly belted on his troublesome boils and decided to give Murdoch one to go on with. His schoolboy error was to do it right in front of the umpire and as a result he missed the 1936 finals series altogether. Sadly it didn’t trouble the Magpies and they went on to win the Grand Final with a team coached by Jock McHale of course, and including notables the Collier Bros, Phonse Kyne, Alby Pannam(Lou and Ron Richards’ uncle I think) the Prince of Full Backs Jack Regan, a young Ron Todd and Keith Stackpole Senior, father of test cricketer Keith Stackpole(Jnr).
Would have been a shocking time to be alive with the filth dominating everything.
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