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On this Board we tend to look at the good side of football to some degree but in the early 1900s the accusations of match fixing were not uncommon across the leagues.
Some would have heard of Alex Lang at Carlton but there were also examples in WA where 5 year plus suspensions were handed out.
The expression for match fixing in those days were "playing dead" and on Trove prior to 1920, there were 65 references to "playing dead" in a football context with the accusation being made semi regularly.
Let's not get into trolling as much because the allegation was one commonly made but it might prove to be a fruitful topic.
Remember footy and betting and booze were as much a powerful mix last century as it is now.
PS there are places to troll, this Board should not be one of them.
Some would have heard of Alex Lang at Carlton but there were also examples in WA where 5 year plus suspensions were handed out.
The expression for match fixing in those days were "playing dead" and on Trove prior to 1920, there were 65 references to "playing dead" in a football context with the accusation being made semi regularly.
Let's not get into trolling as much because the allegation was one commonly made but it might prove to be a fruitful topic.
Remember footy and betting and booze were as much a powerful mix last century as it is now.
PS there are places to troll, this Board should not be one of them.