Discussion Season 35 Hall of Fame Nominations

[Kennedy Parker]

Happy Easter everyone

Once again taking Hall of Fame nominations.

There have been 34 Hall of Fame Inductees thus far and for roughly every 5 Hall of Fame members there will be one acknowledged as an Immortal in cases where they further enhance their reputation beyond their initial induction.

HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
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Season 13 - Ljp86, boncer34, Mobbenfuhrer, Fred, Deestroy, eagleskickass
Season 14 - rfctigerarmy, dougthelegend
Season 15 - Wally, Pie 4 Life
Season 16 - Broken, Tarkyn_24
Season 17 - Itsmyshow, ClarkeM
Season 18 - Frankston Rover, croweater 41
Season 19 - okeydoke7
Season 22 - beez, Eth
Season 25 - Biggie, larrikin, ant555, The Filth Wizard
Season 26 - Dingster, Hate
Season 27 - loopy_cam
Season 28 - pantskyle
Season 29 - DemonJim
Season 30 - Kennedy Parker
Season 32 - Fitzroybowiedog
Season 34 - Spookism, Headless, Sausageroll, Ant Bear

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For each nomination, the general format should contain the following:

• Career Statistics of the nominee
• The complete CV of the nominee listing out their accolades and accomplishments
• A written case supporting their induction into the Hall of Fame.

For this season there will be two options to submit a nomination.

• Write the nomination yourself and send directly to me in a PM
• Inform your committee representative who you wish to nominate and the LG can prepare and submit the nomination on your behalf

If you wish to nominate please have them in by, 11:59pm 30 April 2023 Sydney time.

Below are some samples of recently successful nominations.

NOMINATED : SEASON 31

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NOMINATED PLAYER: sausageroll
CLUBS: BOM (180), DEM (132), FUR (54), SDR (40), SHA (25)
DEBUT: Round 1, Season 7

CAREER STATS:

• 430+ games, 350+ goals

ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACCOLADES:

• 4x All-Sweet FA representative (S9-11, S24)*
• 2x premiership player (S14, S26)
• Bombers Captain (S10-11)
• Bombers B&F (S10)
• Top 10 games played of all time
• MBD Best Defender (S24)

*No teams named (or recorded) in Seasons 7-8. Likely would have been more from these seasons.


NOTES/CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LEAGUE:

Now in his 25th season in the league, sausageroll is much-decorated and universally admired. Only nine players in the history of the league have played more games than sausageroll, eight of whom are already in the Hall of Fame.

A club captain, a Best and Fairest, an All-Sweet FA representative, a premiership player - there's not much that snags hasn't achieved in the league, and he's done it all in an extremely respectable manner. No nonsense, witty, and welcoming, sausageroll has truly been a strong asset to the league.

A particular highlight has been sausageroll's work and interaction with league rookies, including rookie retention. Easy it would be to take an arrogant or dismissive approach to new posters, given sausageroll has been an integral part of the league for so long, but this has never been the case for snags. Always happy to play in less glamorous positions, sausageroll has been a humble and consistent achiever across 13+ years in the league.

NOMINATED : SEASON 30

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NOMINATED PLAYER: sausageroll
CLUBS: BOM (180), DEM (118), FUR (54), SDR (40), SHA (25)
DEBUT: Round 1, Season 7

CAREER STATS:

• 417 games*
• 351 goals*

*At time of writing.


ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACCOLADES:

• 4x All-Sweet FA representative (S9-11, S24)*
• 2x premiership player (S14, S26)
• Bombers Captain (S10-11)
• Bombers B&F (S10)
• Top 10 games played of all time
• MBD Best Defender (S24)

*No teams named (or recorded) in Seasons 7-8. Likely would have been more from these seasons.


NOTES/CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LEAGUE:

Now in his 24th season in the league, sausageroll is much-decorated and universally admired. Only nine players in the history of the league have played more games than sausageroll, eight of whom are already in the Hall of Fame.

A club captain, a Best and Fairest, an All-Sweet FA representative, a premiership player - there's not much that snags hasn't achieved in the league, and he's done it all in an extremely respectable manner. No nonsense, witty, and welcoming, sausageroll has truly been a strong asset to the league.

A particular highlight has been sausageroll's work and interaction with league rookies, including rookie retention. Easy it would be to take an arrogant or dismissive approach to new posters, given sausageroll has been an integral part of the league for so long, but this has never been the case for snags. Always happy to play in less glamorous positions, sausageroll has been a humble and consistent achiever across 13+ years in the league.

NOMINATED : SEASON 31

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NOMINATED PLAYER: Headless
CLUBS: MBD (467 games*)
JOINED SFA: 12:00pm midday on January 21st 2007.

CAREER STATS:

• 467 games, 254 goals

ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACCOLADES:

• x3 Premiership Player (S18, S26, S31)
• x2 All-SFA Selections (S25, S27)
• Mt. Buller Demons games record holder
• Mt. Buller Demons greatest team ever
• Mt. Buller Demons Hall of Fame
• okeydoke7 Medal (S27)
• Mt. Buller Demons Best Clubman (S24)
• Mt. Buller Demons Best Backman (S27)
• beez medallist (S33)
• Strong media contributor, including advocacy for interchange positions
• To our knowledge the only Sweet F.A. poster who has had a song written about him

NOTES/CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LEAGUE:

Headless is probably the most universally admired poster in the Sweet F.A. The leadership he's provided at Mt. Buller and his active and constructive presence in the league (after such a long time in the league) should certainly have him in line for inclusion to the league Hall of Fame.

Headless is self-sacrificial in his on-field role, insisting that he plays in the INT-2 position to allow less experienced posters get settled in the league while playing in more glamorous positions. While some take it as a joke, his work to advocate for less glamorous positions stats-wise is genuinely a strong way of increasing the appeal of the league to more posters, and will ultimately result in stronger retention and engagement. He is a thoughtful and intelligent poster and the league is fortunate to have him around.

He is (and has been for a long while) passionate about the league - he's known for reaching out to support people who are struggling and he sets the tone for everyone having fun around the place. His loyalty (to play with one club for his entire career) is also admirable, and signals a strong level of commitment.

Headless absolutely belongs in the league Hall of Fame.

UPDATED AS OF WEEK 1 FINALS : SEASON 34

Ant Bear

	Totals	Avg.	League Rank
Games	285		63rd
HitOuts	486	1.71	43rd
Kicks	2676	9.39	29th
Marks	609	2.14	101st
Handballs	2566	9.00	21st
Tackles	877	3.08	8th
Frees For	439	1.54	15th
Frees Agnst	292	1.02	44th
Goals	206	0.72	84th
Behinds	150	0.53	72nd
Disposals	5242	18.39	23rd
DreamTeam	19930	69.93	27th

statistics as at Season 33, Round 16

Achievements
League Administrator (S28 - S30)
Sin City Swamprats Captain (S24 - S26)
S30 All-Time All-SFA Team - Centre
1x Premiership Player - [Sin City Swamprats - S27]
1x Beez Trophy (S22)
2x Mobbenfuhrer Medalist (S22, S26)
1x Frankston Rover Award (S25)
8x All-SFA (S20-S26, S28)
4x Best and Fairest - Sin City Swamprats (S21-S22, S25-S26)

Player Bio
Ant Bear is one of the most decorated players in the Sweet FA having achieved a litany of awards since his debut as a part of the Alberton Swamprats in Season 18. He was instrumental in establishing the identity of the Sin City Swamprats after the club's struggles necessitated a rebrand. Following a breakout season in Season 20, Ant Bear established himself as one of the most relevant players in the league for the next 10 seasons contributing in a variety of ways in the league, from being one of the most consistently active posters in match threads, creating media and running the very popular game of SuperQoach, to being a pioneer of history and statistical compilation projects in the archives, creating the first club history thread for the Swamprats and assisting in other clubs.

Ant Bear's achieved success on and off the field, being a fixture in the All-SFA side with an impressive 8 selections demonstrating strong posting contributions along with good performances across multiple seasons. His best was Season 22, whereby he won both the Beez Trophy for most valuable poster and Mobbenfuhrer Medal in the same season. On a club level, Ant Bear was a great leader taking over the captaincy in Season 24 for the Swamprats, helping rebuild the list following a sudden exodus of players and became a premiership player in the Swamprats' Season 27 Grand Final win.

He would also provide support on the running of the league behind-the-scenes, being the chief statskeeper in Season 25 and Season 26 being recognised with the Frankston Rover Award for services to the league in Season 25. He would become Administrator himself in Season 28 where he would go onto have a controversial, but ultimately productive run in the role. Some of the initiatives under his tenure include, Life Memberships for those who have played 300+ games or more to recognise longevity in the league, a consolidated Team Sheets and Results thread to improve accessibility of data for historical recordkeeping, more empowerment of the committee through the application of the tribunal. When he left the role the league with had a record participation rate in Season 30 and in this season he was selected at Centre in the All-Time All-SFA Team.

Spookism

	Totals	Avg.	League Rank
Games	331		34th
HitOuts	202	0.61	132nd
Kicks	2739	8.27	25th
Marks	875	2.64	39th
Handballs	2672	8.07	18th
Tackles	834	2.52	9th
Frees For	452	1.37	14th
Frees Agnst	342	1.03	26th
Goals	234	0.71	63rd
Behinds	141	0.43	81st
Disposals	5411	16.35	21st
DreamTeam	20695	62.52	23rd

statistics as at Season 33, Round 16

Achievements
Sin City Swamprats Captain (S18 - S21)
South Australia State of Origin Captain (XIV, XV, XVI)
SFA Life Member (S31)
2x State of Origin Winning Captain (XIV, XVI)
2x State of Origin Winning Player (XIV, XVI)
4x All-SFA (S16, S20, S23, S32)
1x All-SFA Vice-Captain (S32)
3x Best and Fairest - Sin City Swamprats (S18), East Side Phoenix (S25), Gold City Royals (S32)
1x TFLUA-Tiger Award (S32)
1x Premiership Player - [Gold City Royals - S30]

Player Bio
Spookism has been a part of the fabric of the SFA for the best part of nearly 20 seasons with an incredible journey and an eventful story. His career started way back in Season 6 under the username of eddie_vrv6 at the Alberton Swamprats and could not have gotten off to a worse start with 2 disposals from his first 4 games, both of which were missed shots at goal. He would go onto miss selection for the Swamprats' premiership win and subsequently be delisted.

He would return under the name 'spookism' as a part of the successful Alberton Swamprats' bid for readmission into the league in Season 16 where he would enjoy a strong season that was rewarded with his first All-SFA selection. In the subsequent seasons, the Swamprats would experience struggles in terms of on-field performance and engagement and during this time spookism would remain a consistent contributor and be earmarked as a future leader of the club. He would ascend to the captaincy in Season 18 where he would win the club's Best and Fairest award.

After a difficult first season as captain, spookism would be ambushed in the off-season with the 'nWo Dragons' poaching his intended co-captain further decimating his already struggling team. His distraught reaction would set off a chain of events that would prove influential in SFA history with the Alberton Swamprats rebranding to the Sin City Swamprats, and the recruitment of a number of rookies between Season 19 to 21 that would drastically increase the activity of the club. Under spookism's captaincy stint, two rookies would be recruited in Ant Bear and Kennedy Parker who would both go onto become future administrators of the SFA.

In Season 20, he would lead the Swamprats to a more successful season finishing on top of the ladder, but ultimately losing a close preliminary final to the Demons. Spookism would receive his second All-SFA selection this season. His captaincy tenure would end after one more season in the role, but he would remain a strong, consistent contributor in both match threads and media afterwards. In Season 23, spookism ran his UGLY Fundraiser initiative which raised thousands of dollars for Leukemia research and set the benchmark for future SFA charity events. He would also have strong performances on the field this season earning a third All-SFA selection as a Swamprat.

Spookism would cross over to the East Side Hawks the next season and enjoy a Best and Fairest winning season with the East Side in Season 25. During this time he also volunteered as a game poster. However, his greatest successes will come in the following seasons. With the revival of State of Origin prior to Season 27, spookism was named captain of South Australia and he would lead SA to a title win despite starting underdogs prior to the series. His SoO record as captain would be sublime as he would captain South Australia for two more series resulting in a close grand final loss and a second title win.

His move to the Royals would bring further success, establishing the legendary #stackedsix backline of Season 30 which would be a fundamental part of the Royals' first ever premiership. He would go on to attain Life Membership for 300 games in Season 31, before earning a fourth All-SFA selection and a TFLUA-Tiger Award in Season 32 as well as a third Best and Fairest.

Spookism's career is not only the quintessential underdog story, but he is one of the most notorious names in the league having been the center of many well-known memes with references to cryingdoctorwho.gif and 3 out of 5 regularly being present across numerous seasons in the SFA.

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

I'd like to nominate myself.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Kennedy Parker]

I'd like to nominate myself.

Thanks in advance.

Noted, thank you Prospect Vale's Finest.

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

Noted, thank you Prospect Vale's Finest.

It's well overdue to be fair.

 

[PVF]

It's well overdue to be fair.

I agree.

 

[ClarkeM]

There are more immortals than that KP.

 

[Sun Ra]

There are more immortals than that KP.

 

[The Majestic]

Some solid names in that hall of fame, I don't think I will ever see my name amongst it. But been good to play alongside a couple of them though.

 

[Hate]

Some solid names in that hall of fame, I don't think I will ever see my name amongst it. But been good to play alongside a couple of them though.

Not with that attitude!

 

[ClarkeM]

Can I unnominate someone?

 

[Cadsky]

Can I unnominate someone?

I'm not even in there yet

 

[ClarkeM]

I'm not even in there yet

Stay in your match thread pony boy

 

[Cadsky]

Stay in your match thread pony boy

I do what I want

 

[ClarkeM]

I do what I want

You haven’t done me yet

 

[The Majestic]

Not with that attitude!

The stats don't lie.

 

[okeydoke7]

I’d like to nominate a player for IMMORTAL STATUS in the Sweet FA Hall of Fame.

And it’s not me, although that is inevitable (should have happened already).

There is only one more deserving.

Hate

-322 games
-Hall of Famer
-7 time All-Sweet FA
-4 time Frankston Rover winner
-TFLUA Tiger Medal winner (ridiculous award name)
-Former admin

There are better CVs (see yours truly), but Hate is being nominated due to his off field contributions to this league which, in my view, are unrivaled.

For the 14 years I’ve been in this league, I’ve seen the grappling with league history and stats. The focus on this ebbed and flowed. It relied on volunteers. It vanished from the game, had a small resurgence and then vanished again.

Hate has long contributed to this league by running it, by respecting, preserving and promoting the rich tapestry of Sweet FA History.

But it’s the development of his project, Sweet FA+, which has been his crowning moment. The single greatest contribution to this league we all love and enjoy since Mobbs created qooty and the Sweet FA.

Hate deserves to be immortal. And the fact that’s coming from me, a shameless self promoter who has long argued his case to be named an immortal (again, I’m ahead of a couple in there already) should mean something. Hate deserves it ahead of anyone right now for his fantastic service to this league.

 

[okeydoke7]

Nomination for the HALL OF FAME

ShaunDuggan
-417 games
-3 time premiership player
-dual All Sweet FA

ShaunDuggan has been a sample of consistency since his debut 24 seasons ago. Though on face value there aren’t many individual accolades, he is in the top 25 of all time for:
-games
-kicks
-marks
-handballs
-disposals
-dreamteam

SD has been a consistent poster for a long time and is highly durable. He can be funny, edgy, arrogant, whatever he so chooses.

He would sit alongside recent inductees comfortably.

 

[ClarkeM]

Nomination: HaroLad
Stats:

	Totals	Avg.	League Rank
Games	179		187th
HitOuts	78	0.44	228th
Kicks	1299	7.26	172nd
Marks	453	2.53	194th
Handballs	1279	7.15	153rd
Tackles	371	2.07	121st
Frees For	187	1.04	164th
Frees Agnst	147	0.82	245th
Tantrums​	364	2.03	17th
Goals	164	0.92	142nd
Behinds	106	0.59	147th
Disposals	2578	14.40	162nd
DreamTeam	10212	57.05	156th

HaroLad did a lot during his time in the Sweet FA. A lot that I have now forgotten but heck, it's time we take a good long look at his nomination I think...

 

[HaroLad]

Nomination: HaroLad
Stats:

	Totals	Avg.	League Rank
Games	179		187th
HitOuts	78	0.44	228th
Kicks	1299	7.26	172nd
Marks	453	2.53	194th
Handballs	1279	7.15	153rd
Tackles	371	2.07	121st
Frees For	187	1.04	164th
Frees Agnst	147	0.82	245th
Tantrums​	364	2.03	17th
Goals	164	0.92	142nd
Behinds	106	0.59	147th
Disposals	2578	14.40	162nd
DreamTeam	10212	57.05	156th

HaroLad did a lot during his time in the Sweet FA. A lot that I have now forgotten but heck, it's time we take a good long look at his nomination I think...

This means a lot.

Only 17th in tantrums though?

 

[ClarkeM]

This means a lot.

Only 17th in tantrums though?

There have been many greats before you and after you. Kerrby, Pacey, Biffle, Soggy, Leo... 17th seems fitting.

 

[ClarkeM]

I'd like to nominate myself.

Thanks in advance.

I'll nominate you. You write it though. And slip me a $20 and I'll even vote for you.

 

[okeydoke7]

I'd like to nominate myself.

Thanks in advance.

Didn’t realise you weren’t in it.

I second the nomination. Can’t write up right now.

 

[ClarkeM]

Didn’t realise you weren’t in it.

I second the nomination. Can’t write up right now.

Are you in it?

 

[okeydoke7]

Are you in it?

Don’t make me post my CV in here and put the other nominees to shame.

 

[ClarkeM]

Don’t make me post my CV in here and put the other nominees to shame.

Do it