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

[Maddo11]

It's his mane like head of hair

I thought it was because his running style was an elegant canter

 

[masai tu]

For years I thought/assumed Garry Lyon was Greek because of his phenotype: hirsute, dark-haired, and olive-skinned. He also lives in Melbourne so it just kind of made sense in my head. After all, Melbourne has the 3rd largest Greek population in the world, following only Athens and Thessaloniki.

It turns out he's of Irish origin. I suppose the name was a hint:



There's a lot of phenotypic variation in Europe, even in the British Isles. Ian McShane is of Irish, English, and Scottish descent; he could pass as Sicilian or Calabrian.

Colin Farrell is another Irishman that has a Mediterannean-like complexion

Black Irish.

 

[adammania9]

James Brayshaw is the king of useless information like this topic.

Always knows where some irrelevant produce farm is near where some debutant grew up. Which is also mentioned well into the twilight of their careers.


Stop it James


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Luke Darcy is the king of naming the clubs that players came from. "Lipinski the ex-Bulldog", "Jeremy Cameron the former Giant", "Jordan Dawson the former Swan" etc. Seriously watch a Darce game and drink every time he mentions the former club of a player, the school a player came from, or the amount of games one has played ("Pendlebury the 300 game champ"). You'll get sauced

 

[Boxhead_31]

That Simon Atkins and his twin brother are incredibly close

 

[kickazz]

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

 

[Gough]

Black Irish.

 

[Sttew]

Isn't there a whole thing about the West coast of Ireland being raided and settled by people from Spain etc?

There’s also a significant Gypsy population in Ireland

 

[HairyO]

I thought it was because his running style was an elegant canter

I can see why they call him Tangles.

 

[Jetafl]

Both Jarman brothers are related to the Blue whale as they have both blown out.

 

[nineteen eighty]

Growing up as a teenager Jack Dyer was zoned to Richmond but as no officials from the club had approached him to sign for the club, he asked to be released to sign for another VFL club.

Which club you ask...drum roll...Collingwood.

It was only after his request for a clearance that Richmond decided to give him a trial at the club before allowing a clearance to be granted.

The rest is history.

 

[Noofa Murphy]

Jack Ginnivan and Cody Weightman

3

Cody Weightman

Age

23

Ht

179cm

Wt

75kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

6.5

2star

K

4.0

2star

HB

2.5

2star

M

2.0

2star

T

1.0

3star

G

1.0

4star

D

6.5

1star

K

4.0

1star

HB

2.5

2star

M

2.0

2star

T

1.0

2star

G

1.0

4star

D

6.5

2star

K

4.0

2star

HB

2.5

3star

M

2.0

3star

T

1.0

3star

G

1.0

4star

are the same person.

 

[tswizzle]

Andrew Welsh

Andrew Welsh

Age

41

Ht

188cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.4

4star

K

9.7

4star

HB

6.7

4star

M

4.6

4star

T

2.9

4star

CL

1.6

4star

No current season stats available

D

9.6

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

2.2

2star

M

4.0

4star

T

3.6

5star

is a dodgy property developer and has been recruiting his team-mates to join his company

 

[Sttew]

As a player at Geelong, Harry Taylor enjoyed fine Cognac

 

[GWT6]

Did someone seriously start a thread to say that Gary Lyon's ancestors were from Irland??????

Peak off-season content.

 

[Mofra]

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

 

[Pistol Night]

Former Adelaide Crow Brad Moran sold his start-up company for a lazy 205 million so done Very well outside of football. He only played 21 games and had an injury-ravaged career. He retired from footy before he turned 25.

Also the only Moran to survive the gangland war

 

[Nebular]

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

I never pegged Chad Cornes either.

 

[South of the Yarra]

Jack Ginnivan was a very good junior in Diving but left the sport to pursue a career in football.

The most surprising thing for me is that I learnt Ginnivan has won more AFL finals than Patrick Cripps has played in.

 

[PhatBoy]

Also the only Moran to survive the gangland war

Rugby league player Dennis also got through it and carried on as a captain coach or Group 11 side, the Parkes Spacemen

 

[I Remember Bluey]

John Longmire has never ridden a horse yet that is his nickname.

I thought it was in reference to his undercarriage

 

[SSSSSS]

Robbie Nahas earned the nickname Tripod for his photography skills.

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

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.

 

[GoTheSwannies]

Jack Ginnivan was a very good junior in Diving but left the sport to pursue a career in football.

You can take the boy out of diving...

 

[All Aust]

Also the only Moran to survive the gangland war

My Moran also survived but had to assume a disguise.

 

[GWT6]

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.