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Can’t hide from the truth my man.
There is a saying that says 'The only thing we owe the dead is the truth'.
At this time though, condolences to his family and friends. I shall say no more.
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Can’t hide from the truth my man.
He was a good president. Like Alan McAllister at that same time, he got things done. That he did.A great pres for you guys and a shock when someone with such a high profile passes.
A funny memory I have is when he was kicked out of an MCG lunch (or something similar) for smoking during 1994 finals and he was then on the footy show that week and said well that's why we're playing at Waverley this week, we can smoke there!
Certainly a character and not many around these days.
he sold the family home without informing his wife, Amanda.............shows a certain sense of style..............Never wavered in his support or passion. If he’d retired after 1999 he’d have been better for it. Anyone who gets good character references from their exes can’t be too bad.
Two cups won under his tenure. Salary cap fiasco can never take them away.
Vale Big Jack. Thanks for all the colour.
A whisker away from Prime Minister.
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He was State and Federal President of the Liberal PartyWhat on earth are you talking about? He was never even in parliament.
He was State and Federal President of the Liberal Party
Must've knocked his head pretty badly, dang.
It can be very innocuous too.
Leaving aside the whisker, not sure where it came from, the general gist is that he was touted as a future PM at that time. It was a different era. He loved CFC, that's what matters.How does that make him a “whisker away from Prime Minister”?
My condolences.My Dad fell down the bottom two steps of our old family home verandah when he was 81. Only grazed his knee, didn't bump his head. The day before his longtime (30ish years) GP said he was in super health for his age. However, the fall triggered something and he died at home a little over a week later.
My condolences.
This does makes me curious how a relatively small fall could do that, even if that person is old. Maybe there were unrealised internal injuries that caused an infection? I'm not sure, but to be in a hospital for weeks after a fall, my guess there was a brain haemorrhage in Elliott's case. Or a broken hip that couldn't be surgically fixed and infection got to him at the end.
Sometimes a fall will be the first that you hear/learn of it , an older person may have had previous falls that only they know about and don’t tell/keep secret as they are afraid that their family , career or doctor will start to take their independence from them.
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Understand some didn't like him .................
Not pretentious; and a great CFC man. I'm sad!
In 1984, John Elliot was concerned. As the Carlton delegate to the VFL all he could see was delegates interested in how things affected their individual clubs. He was dismayed at the overall lack of direction for the VFL itself. Nothing of value was done during the delegate meetings, deals were done outside them, and Elliot felt that the bigger clubs – Carlton, Essendon, Collingwood and Richmond were left out in the cold on far too many matters, where the VFL executive could get by with the other 8 clubs.
At the end of each season, the leagues income would be divided equally amongst all the VFL clubs. Elliot found himself wondering why the leagues better drawing clubs werent recieving more of the income.
Only that he didnt think it through enough - players are now restricted by earnings potential which is against the law actually.
Everybody makes mistakes.
Some bigger than others.
Sometimes intentional, sometimes not.
Sometimes mistakes aren't mistakes and they are other things.
Sometimes we can overcome those mistakes and sometimes they haunt us and destroy us for the rest of our lives.
You can decide to deride and loathe John Elliott and what he did to the Carlton Football Club. That's your call. However, you should appreciate all of the good that he supported and enabled.
Take the time to appreciate the gray in life.
John wasn't all bad. John helped provide me a childhood full of treasured Carlton memories.
With Sayers, Diesel, Cook, and now Vossy the time for the Carlton Football Club to rise from the ashes like the Phoenix is now.
Thank you for all the good, John.
Rest in Peace.
Condolences to family, friends, acquaintances and supporters.