Trivia questions

[Grimreepah]

Darren Carlson.

That's the one.

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[Football Pope]

That's the one.

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Phew....... I thought it may have been Dirty..swear word.....

 

[Mr Ripper]

Re: Darren Carlson (1987 - 1990)

Southport Premierships:

B:    Brad Nicholls     Phil McGarry     Paul Snare
HB:   Craig Crowley     Peter Johnston   John Glynn
C:    Stuart Glascott   [U]Darren Carlson[/U]   Phillip Philcox
HF:   Ray Sarcevic      Gary Dempsey     Chris Van Wyk
F:    Chris Stacey      Brett Thompson   [b]Gordon  Coventry[/b]
R:    Peter Riewoldt    Zane Taylor      Jason Cotter
I:    Gavan McGuane     Paul Drever

I don't know who this Brett Thompson is, but if he forced Nuts to the pocket, he must've been good!

 

[Slattery_20]

Re: Darren Carlson (1987 - 1990)

I don't know who this Brett Thompson is, but if he forced Nuts to the pocket, he must've been good!

I was about to say... knew he had a long career but that is ****ing ridiculous!!!

Also leads to another trivia question: what side/s were Gary Dempsey & Gordon Coventry named together in.


Also I'll take some credit for getting ole' saggie bags Glascott as a Southport wingman!!!

 

[Jemima]

Re: Darren Carlson (1987 - 1990)

I was about to say... knew he had a long career but that is ****ing ridiculous!!!

Also leads to another trivia question: what side/s were Gary Dempsey & Gordon Coventry named together in.


Also I'll take some credit for getting ole' saggie bags Glascott as a Southport wingman!!!

They played for Southport Sharks I think, sometime in the 80s.

 

[Grimreepah]

Which former Fitzroy player was Nick Stevens' grandfather?

 

[Grimreepah]

Which former Fitzroy player was Nick Stevens' grandfather?

He was a ruckman, who also played at centre half back. He played between 50 and 100 games.

 

[Grimreepah]

Answer = Jack MacGregor

 

[Grimreepah]

OK, if you're hoping for the questions to get easier, you are out of luck.

Who am I? I was the son of a former Fitzroy captain. I played in the 50s as a centre half back. My first season was hampered by bouts of jaundice, and my second season by a knee injury. I played for three years, after which I got a teaching job in Wangaratta and left Fitzroy.

 

[Grimreepah]

2nd question - three parts:

a. What year was the Fitzroy club song invented?
b. What song was it based on?
c. Who came up with it?

 

[Grimreepah]

3rd question: which player was runner up in the best and fairest awards seven times, without ever winning one?

 

[Grimreepah]

Not sure if anyone is still reading this thread, but in case there is, which former player designed this logo?

 

[BuntonRules]

Dunno, but I would love to see it on our jumper

 

[MacMum]

You are not alone Grim....just never know the answer to the questions, but I check the thread in case I do know it....one day maybe

 

[Lace Out]

Jamie Cooper ?

 

[MacMum]

He is a brilliant artist....he is what I call a REAL and gifted artist, not all this abstract type stuff a 5yr old could paint..

 

[Grimreepah]

You are not alone Grim....just never know the answer to the questions, but I check the thread in case I do know it....one day maybe

Yeah, questions are quite hard, MacMum. I have been researching Fitzroy's history in the 1950s, and have tried to put forth a few of the more interesting aspects, but I realise few, if any, will know much about that period in time.

Jamie Cooper ?

Not him. He is much more well known.

The answers to all four questions are from players who played in 1954.

 

[BrainOfMorbius]

2nd question - three parts:

a. What year was the Fitzroy club song invented?
b. What song was it based on?
c. Who came up with it?

a) 1955
b) Le Marseillaise
c) Bill Stephen & Ken Ross devised it between them on the trip home from a footy trip to Brisbane (ironically).

I admit I had to look it up as I knew I'd read this before but couldn't remember the exact details.

 

[Grimreepah]

Correct Brain of Morbius, although it seems there are some differing accounts on the finer details. This is Bill Stephen's account, from 1968:

"In 1952 we were going to Perth by train for the end of season trip. We did not have a club song and I suggested we make one up."

"I knew of the Marseillaise - it's a striking tune - and half a dozen of us got together and put our own words to it."

 

[POBT]

I never realised the Fitzroy club song was so recent. I guess I just assumed it had been around since the early days of the club. Is it the same for the other clubs?

 

[Grimreepah]

Here is the reference that Brain of Morbius may have been referring to:

The Brisbane Bears actually had their own song, but wisely embraced the former Fitzroy club song (with a couple of minor changes) when the clubs merged in 1996. Fitzroy had a song written for them by poet Norm Byron after winning the 1944 premiership, but on a trip back from Brisbane in 1955, a group of players, including Bill Stephen and Ken Ross, came up with the words, set to La Marseillaise, that remain virtually intact today.

 

[Grimreepah]

Which player retired from Fitzroy three times?

 

[KungFooSing]

Gordon Rattray?

 

[Grimreepah]

Gordon Rattray?

He was a coach as well, wasn't he? Perhaps thinking outside the square a bit KFS, so I should clarify that all three retirements were as a player.

Maybe Rattray did, but it's not the answer I had in mind. Bert Clay was the premiership ruckman in 1944, and Alan Gale was number 1 ruckman throughout the sixties. This player was the numero uno for a brief period between the two, but spent most of his time as a deputy.

He's not what I would consider a well-known name but he did play over a hundred games. When he came back from retirement in the late 50s it inspired Norm Johnstone to do the same thing, but Norm's comeback was less successful.

 

[KungFooSing]

Yes Rattray coached twice. He also played, retired for the war, came back and played, retired and came back again as player coach for 1 year.