I seem to recall a story involving a club great, a club break-in and some stolen liquor! Can anyone fill in the gaps?
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What would he say to these kids?
What would he say to these kids?
Choco Williams had a big reputation for this kind of stuff:
- Got Tom Rockliff to take off his shirt in an interview to prove he wasn't fat
- Gave Matt Lobbe a grilling over why he might be percieved to be a "mummy's boy" - proceeded to draft him anyway and it seems it's worked out bloody well for us now, but for the few years it took for him to come on it seemed a bit of an odd call.
- Pat Veszpremi was a bit naive and put down his hotmail email address in his contact detail section... apparently Choco spent more than a few minutes enquiring why Veszpremi referred to himself as a horny_devil
Didn't just reserve this kind of stuff for prospective draftees, there was an interview in Matt Broadbent's first or second year where he was a bit miffed that Choco's policy was to only include those who he deemed to be in his "top 30" to be allowed to sit in on tactics meetings.
Definitely a polarising figure - it seemed that zaniness and "initiation" techniques worked pretty well for a while, but once they went stale the culture of the footy club turned bad very quickly.
I used to work with a guy who lived with Dave Granger for a few years. Oh the stories I could tell...
Fritzy Freeman came to our school, he worked for the Savings bank Of South Australia then (BankSA under Westpac now).I sold newspapers at Semaphore to Eric Freeman, Jeff Potter and Bob Philp.
I know a bloke who put the new CEO in a headlock and said to him "Don't f**k this up pal"
True.
I hate hearing the stories about Dave Granger. He was one of my favourites as a kid so it's a little disappointing.
What about your Russell Ebert story circa 1988 with the 2004 Darwin follow up?
Fritzy Freeman came to our school, he worked for the Savings bank Of South Australia then (BankSA under Westpac now).
Loads of sportsmen worked at SBSA/BankSA, I worked with quite a few footy players and cricketers there back in the olden days.
The bank was always a good source of stories, altho I'm getting to old to remember them all. One was about a player (Max James?) winning a Torana or something in footballer of the year, and writing it off that night in a drunken flog around Outer Harbor while accompanied by a couple of other players. Anyone recall this?
No, but I vaguely recall hearing something about a game of Soggy SAO in the back of a panel van after training. Or maybe it was just a harmless game of poker. I don't know.
I know a bloke who put the new CEO in a headlock and said to him "Don't f**k this up pal"
True.