What's the most surprising thing you learned about a current or former player?

[PieLebo87]

2MP isn’t actually 2 metre Peter, he is 2.03 metre Peter.

 

[Hank Heavenly]

I won't name the club (because who cares?) but they had a time-honoured game that they played on the end of season trip called 'Hide the s**t'.

When it was a player's turn, they had to take the s**t and put it in the best hiding spot they could find, then someone had to spend their time looking for it, until it was located and they could nominate someone else to be the seeker.

The game ended when someone put it in the cistern of the toilet, so when someone pressed the button, it flushed out s**t.

The end.

Carlton , if you're not talking about them, they certainly did this as well

 

[CharacterFirst]

Former Hawthorn players consider the May-blooms "The Family Planning Club".

 

[Pistol Night]

2MP isn’t actually 2 metre Peter, he is 2.03 metre Peter.

79 inch Peter

 

[BringFevBack2021]

Carlton , if you're not talking about them, they certainly did this as well

Oh no, you took it literally

Carlton weren't actually taking shits and hiding it, they were having shit seasons and trying to hide the results behind marketing campaigns. The marketing team got bonuses for it. The game ended when Chris Judd pushed for an experienced coach, to have the rest of the club go behind his back and figuratively take a shit and put it in the cistern so that when they flushed the hypothetical toilet, more shit came out by hiring David Teague.

 

[Freddy Swift]

Jack Fitzpatrick

Jack Fitzpatrick

Age

33

Ht

200cm

Wt

96kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.3

2star

K

5.8

2star

HB

3.4

3star

CL

0.8

3star

HO

5.5

5star

No current season stats available

D

9.2

3star

K

5.2

2star

HB

4.0

3star

CL

1.0

3star

HO

4.2

5star

(MEL/HAW) suffers from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - pretty remarkable to play at the top level with an illness like that.

Alistair Lynch suffered from that when he was playing, had to take a break from the game for a period of time IIRC.

 

[Boxhead_31]

Chris Langford playing for Hawthorn but living in Sydney (at least near the end of his career) was an interesting one I thought

Andrew McKay did similarly McKay did his vet course at the University of Queensland and trained with them during the week and then flew to Melbourne to play

 

[Boxhead_31]

Alistair Lynch suffered from that when he was playing, had to take a break from the game for a period of time IIRC.

He came back with the help of a legal type of steroid, didn't he?

 

[RichLeMonde]

Daniel Southern moved to Egypt, converted to Islam and worked as a tour guide post football career. He was still in Egypt during the Arab Spring

So reading between the lines you’re saying Daniel Southern was recruited by western intelligence agencies to help stir up a colour revolution from the inside. Big call by you Mofra

 

[Plugger35]

I lived in the same street as Danny Southern in Perth and we went to the same primary school, I played footy with him too.

 

[dmc333]

Toby Greene

4

Toby Greene

Age

31

Ht

182cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

22.7

5star

K

12.5

5star

HB

10.2

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

3.0

5star

G

1.2

4star

D

17.5

4star

K

9.5

4star

HB

8.0

4star

M

4.8

4star

T

1.0

2star

G

2.3

5star

D

26.6

5star

K

12.4

5star

HB

14.2

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

3.6

5star

G

0.0

1star

doing an MBA.

 

[Freddy Swift]

He came back with the help of a legal type of steroid, didn't he?

Yes you might be right there.

Also, speaking about players living in different states, it’s probably before your time but Peter Hudson near the end of his career was flying in from Tassie each week to play for Hawthorn.

 

[GWT6]

Toby Greene doing an MBA.

It's spelt MDMA

 

[BringFevBack2021]

It's spelt MDMA

Hahahahaha **** sake, spat out my breakfast reading this - cheers

 

[Dazb86]

JHF missed an icebath

 

[Blackhawk42]

Campbell Brown

Campbell Brown

Age

41

Ht

179cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.1

4star

K

8.9

3star

HB

5.2

4star

M

5.0

5star

T

2.0

4star

G

0.5

3star

No current season stats available

D

11.8

3star

K

6.4

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

1.4

4star

G

0.8

4star

doesn't drink much. Or at least didn't during his playing career. Might surprise a few. According to a former Hawks player, Brownie was a fantastic event planner. He'd spend footy functions making sure everything was running smoothly and would often last late into the night despite being stone cold sober.

I assume, much live Fev, he just became a menace the times we would get on the sauce.

 

[Pistol Night]

Campbell Brown doesn't drink much. Or at least didn't during his playing career. Might surprise a few. According to a former Hawks player, Brownie was a fantastic event planner. He'd spend footy functions making sure everything was running smoothly and would often last late into the night despite being stone cold sober.

I assume, much live Fev, he just became a menace the times we would get on the sauce.

Has some ripper stories about events such as these on his podcast with Jonathon Brown. Actually a pretty funny bloke when he can say what he wants the Browndog

 

[Agenda 21]

Mark Blicavs

46

Mark Blicavs

Age

33

Ht

198cm

Wt

101kg

Pos.

M/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.5

4star

K

6.6

3star

HB

7.9

5star

M

4.1

4star

T

4.2

5star

CL

1.7

4star

D

11.1

3star

K

7.1

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

3.9

4star

T

1.9

3star

CL

0.1

2star

D

8.6

3star

K

2.0

1star

HB

6.6

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

1.6

4star

CL

2.0

4star

was a steeplechaser. Couldn't believe it.

 

[HairyO]

I won't name the club (because who cares?) but they had a time-honoured game that they played on the end of season trip called 'Hide the s**t'.

When it was a player's turn, they had to take the s**t and put it in the best hiding spot they could find, then someone had to spend their time looking for it, until it was located and they could nominate someone else to be the seeker.

The game ended when someone put it in the cistern of the toilet, so when someone pressed the button, it flushed out s**t.

The end.

Default guess is St Kilda.

 

[Port 2004]

It's his mane like head of hair

I also saw him scratching the ground with his foot and he started tossing his head around.

 

[Port 2004]

Mark Blicavs was a steeplechaser. Couldn't believe it.

Ginnivan was the jockey

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Has some ripper stories about events such as these on his podcast with Jonathon Brown. Actually a pretty funny bloke when he can say what he wants the Browndog

I knew him as a young fella, he was a complete w***er.

I saw him a few years ago (post footy) and he seemed like a really good guy, think he’d grown up a lot.

Reckon he probably had it pretty hard growing up with his ****wit of an old man. Not hard as in hard times, just growing up and out from under him.

 

[JADED]

I never pegged Chad Cornes as a metalcore guy, but there he was as a 'celebrity fan' on The Amity Afflictions DVD (alongside Allen Christensen

3

Allen Christensen

Age

33

Ht

176cm

Wt

79kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.4

5star

K

10.0

4star

HB

8.4

5star

M

3.4

3star

T

3.4

5star

G

0.9

4star

No current season stats available

D

9.4

3star

K

4.2

2star

HB

5.2

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.8

4star

G

0.4

3star

who didn't surprise me, and Dan Riccardo).

Often rocks the band tees.

This is a ripper song by Aussie band Hellions.

 

[JADED]

Hard to top Will Minson

Will Minson

Age

39

Ht

199cm

Wt

106kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.2

3star

K

6.0

2star

HB

5.2

4star

CL

3.5

5star

HO

21.3

5star

No current season stats available

D

3.4

1star

K

2.0

1star

HB

1.4

2star

HO

7.4

5star

having Mensa level intellect. Smart bloke.

 

[Blackhawk42]

Often rocks the band tees.
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This is a ripper song by Aussie band Hellions.

Hellions are sick. I've never seen that photo. Thanks for that.

Chad would have to be the oldest Amity and Hellions fan in Australia.