Went to school with Simon. He had a younger sister Simone.
She was hot a.f. but…weird parents.
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Went to school with Simon. He had a younger sister Simone.
She was hot a.f. but…weird parents.
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So Doug wade had a 12 year gap of flags between 1963 to 1975.
Banfield played in both the eagles 1994 and 2006 flags.
Scott Pendlebury and Steele Sidebottom broke that record. Both were in the collingwood premiership side of 2010 and were both in the 2023 side too.
Peter Carey had a similar wait too. Played 448 games for Glenelg from 1971-1988. Won a flag in 1973 then another one in 1985 and a 3rd in 1986.
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Random saints player Phil Narkle...
I think he is the only VFL or AFL player I have seen wearing one of those weird Bike helmets on a footy field.
Its like one of those 1980s stack hats bike helmets.
Marlion Pickett played in 3 Premierships in his first 26 games in Richmond colours.
2019 VFL Premiership - where he was BOG
2019 AFL Premiership - he got Norm Smith Medal votes
2020 AFL Premiership
In fact after playing just one full length AFL match he had played in 2 AFL Premierships - 2020 matches were shortened due to Covid arrangements.
Sacked by Richmond first then went west - had a very good goals per game average for a bloke that had by his own admission “limited ability”
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Dermott Brereton Will go down as one of the hawks best players with 4 flags 464 games and 211 games.
His first game was in a final. Thats very rare. Other than Marlion Pickett, I cant think of many players that would have a debut game in a final or in a grand final.
His first game was in a final. Thats very rare. Other than Marlion Pickett, I cant think of many players that would have a debut game in a final or in a grand final.
Pity he didn’t try out for the WWE or WCW.
If not a wrestler but a heel manager, maby managing the Bushwackers going back to the old Shepaders hating U.S.A
If you are reading this Jacko, give Vince a call.
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Rarely in kitchens at parties.
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- Feb 5, 2018
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Andrew Hooper for the Bulldogs in 2010.
Darcy Wilmot for the Lions in 2022.
Some recent-ish examples.
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Michael Cooke debuted for Hawthorn in the 1975 SF, kicking 4 goals.
Stayed in the side for the GF, which Hawthorn lost to North.
Never played VFL again.
PS mentioned Billy James earlier in the thread;
Whilst on tour in WA with “The Wild Colonial Psycho’s” (Jacko, Wiz, Roger Rogerson, Chopper Read & Peter Bosustow) Mark Jackson began to receive a number of calls from the Eastern states enquiring about his welfare as an underworld figure of the same name had been shot in Melbourne.
When asked why he was fielding so many calls Jacko responded (assume Jacko whiny voice)
“There’s a story going around Melbourne that I’ve been shot!”
Without missing a beat Wiz enquired
“is it true?”
From north I’d nominate
Majak Daw - debuted and played an incredible 1st qrt before getting knocked out just before qrt time. It was an electric atmosphere for 25 mins though. A few games later kicks 6.4 and an out in the full against the dogs. And the next week beats Nic nat in a centre square bounce.
Can’t really nail down a full time position and meanders towards delisting over the next few years. Then all of a sudden gets shifted back and was rated a top 3 KPD for the year in 2018. Seems he ls got it all together and is about to become a star afl footballer on merit and then falls from the balte bridges smashing his pelvis and with it his career.
Old school player - Adrian mcadam. Starts his career with 7 on debut. Backs it up with 10 and 6 the next two weeks and 9 against the pies a few weeks later after a day of horrific racial abuse. Finishes his debut year with 68 goals from 17 games @ 4 goals per game.
Starts 1994 with 7 goals from 1st 2 games, and ends it barely sainting a spot in the team. Traded at the end of the year to the pies for 1 more game.
Incredible
Majak Daw - debuted and played an incredible 1st qrt before getting knocked out just before qrt time. It was an electric atmosphere for 25 mins though. A few games later kicks 6.4 and an out in the full against the dogs. And the next week beats Nic nat in a centre square bounce.
Can’t really nail down a full time position and meanders towards delisting over the next few years. Then all of a sudden gets shifted back and was rated a top 3 KPD for the year in 2018. Seems he ls got it all together and is about to become a star afl footballer on merit and then falls from the balte bridges smashing his pelvis and with it his career.
Old school player - Adrian mcadam. Starts his career with 7 on debut. Backs it up with 10 and 6 the next two weeks and 9 against the pies a few weeks later after a day of horrific racial abuse. Finishes his debut year with 68 goals from 17 games @ 4 goals per game.
Starts 1994 with 7 goals from 1st 2 games, and ends it barely sainting a spot in the team. Traded at the end of the year to the pies for 1 more game.
Incredible
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While looking at the young deaths thread I came across one.
George Brock was from Exeter (SA) and was recruited to Port Adelaide, playing one senior game in 1937.
In 1938 he returned to play for Exeter and starred, being selected for South Australia in the Amateur Interstate Carnival. He represented the SAAFL and was best on ground against NSW amateurs.
In 1939 he returned to Port and played 24 games over the next two years.
On the night of the SANFL Grand Final in September 1940 (Port were not playing in it), Brock was in a car accident and received very serious head injuries.
His recovery was slow but in January 1941 he enlisted in the RAAF as WW2 raged. He was sent to flight school in Victoria, where VFL clubs were keen to sign him. He eventually agreed to play for North Melbourne when he was able to get leave on a Saturday from flying school.
He was picked to play for North on 5th July and made his debut when granted leave. Ten months on from the car accident, he played with bandages and plaster on his head as he was still recovering from the injuries.
He played again the next three weeks and was picked to play against Richmond on 2nd August. However he pulled out on the morning of the game when his superiors cancelled his day leave at the last minute and insisted he take part in a training mission over the You Yangs.
He was in the air in this training formation when he would have otherwise been travelling to Arden Street to play. Another plane in the formation collided with his and both were sent hurtling to the ground. Some crew members managed to bail out, Brock did not and was killed.
He was 22 years of age.
(irrelevant side note, North lost to Richmond by three points).
George Brock was from Exeter (SA) and was recruited to Port Adelaide, playing one senior game in 1937.
In 1938 he returned to play for Exeter and starred, being selected for South Australia in the Amateur Interstate Carnival. He represented the SAAFL and was best on ground against NSW amateurs.
In 1939 he returned to Port and played 24 games over the next two years.
On the night of the SANFL Grand Final in September 1940 (Port were not playing in it), Brock was in a car accident and received very serious head injuries.
His recovery was slow but in January 1941 he enlisted in the RAAF as WW2 raged. He was sent to flight school in Victoria, where VFL clubs were keen to sign him. He eventually agreed to play for North Melbourne when he was able to get leave on a Saturday from flying school.
He was picked to play for North on 5th July and made his debut when granted leave. Ten months on from the car accident, he played with bandages and plaster on his head as he was still recovering from the injuries.
He played again the next three weeks and was picked to play against Richmond on 2nd August. However he pulled out on the morning of the game when his superiors cancelled his day leave at the last minute and insisted he take part in a training mission over the You Yangs.
He was in the air in this training formation when he would have otherwise been travelling to Arden Street to play. Another plane in the formation collided with his and both were sent hurtling to the ground. Some crew members managed to bail out, Brock did not and was killed.
He was 22 years of age.
(irrelevant side note, North lost to Richmond by three points).
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I posted him before on a 'Whatever happened to?' thread, but Richmond's Wayne Hernaman from the early 1990s.
A young star for WAFL team South Fremantle in 1992, Hernaman aged 20 was drafted by Richmond at Pick 7 and immediately showed why he was given such a high rating with a standout debut season for the Tigers in 1993, playing 17 matches and looking like a star of the future among other young Richmond draftees at the time.
But in 1994, Hernaman made just three senior appearances all late in the season, and was delisted at the end of the year aged 22, never playing AFL football again. Wayne Hernaman is far from the first or last high-ranked draftee who only had a limited career at top level, but this is all very strange for a number of reasons:
A young star for WAFL team South Fremantle in 1992, Hernaman aged 20 was drafted by Richmond at Pick 7 and immediately showed why he was given such a high rating with a standout debut season for the Tigers in 1993, playing 17 matches and looking like a star of the future among other young Richmond draftees at the time.
But in 1994, Hernaman made just three senior appearances all late in the season, and was delisted at the end of the year aged 22, never playing AFL football again. Wayne Hernaman is far from the first or last high-ranked draftee who only had a limited career at top level, but this is all very strange for a number of reasons:
- Hernaman showed in a good debut season in 1993 he could play AFL football, so if injuries or a case of second year blues were at play in 1994, these factors coupled with his young age and potential surely he had enough 'insurance' to justify a spot on the Tigers list for 1995? Or to be used as a trade if only for a draft pick rather than delisted outright?
- No other AFL club drafted Hernaman after his delisting by Richmond, again odd as Fremantle were coming into the AFL at the time and were keen to draft young AFL experienced players from WA of which he qualified on all three counts. Then there was Fitzroy, stripped of much on-field talent and in severe financial stress. Surely the Lions might have considered drafting a delisted Tiger who had potential?
- There is no mention of Hernaman suffering a career ending injury at the end of 1994 that put paid to his football career.
- After his delisting by the Tigers, Hernaman did not return to Perth to resume with South Fremantle, nor a rival WAFL team. He didn't move to Adelaide to play with a SANFL team, nor stay in Victoria and play for a VFL team. Nor did he appear to move to Tasmania, the ACT, New South Wales, Queensland and the Northern Territory and play high level football there. He just seemed to vanish from the face of the Earth.
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Number 11!
Was a fave of mine, just seemed to disappear like so many in darker days of the early 90s, have not heard what he did next
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Good one.
Unsure of accuracy but this page says he was from Pingelly (about two hours out of Perth) and returned there in 1995 despite still having a contract with Richmond.
At a guess, the big league and city lifestyle wasn’t for him (despite his talents) and he simply went home.
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