Oh Chrissy please do tell us who that person was
Weirdest injuries to oust a player
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Oh Chrissy please do tell us who that person was
Kingy-dons
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yer tell! good ol barnsey!
Monster Joe
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Try these on for size. They're old, and not all AFL-related, but...
12 Accidents/Injuries
1) Lyle Downs (Carlton, VFL) - was a top rover for Carlton from 1917, until he collapsed and died of a heart attack after team training at Princes Oval, on July 7, 1921.
2) Phil Skehan (Williamstown, VFA) - Skehan was badly injured in an accidental collision during a VFA match against Essendon City on June 21, 1921. He died from his injuries a few days later. A strong ruckman, Skehan had been a member of South Melbourne's 1918 VFL Premiership team.
3) Ron Doig (South Fremantle, WA) - Doig, a member of Western Australia's most famous footballing family, was captain-coach of South Fremantle when he was severely injured in a semi-final against East Perth in 1932. The football world was shocked when Doig died from his injuries a few days later.
4) Stan Poole (South Fremantle, WA) - South Fremantle, almost unbelievably, suffered another tragedy in 1940 when Stan Poole died as a result of injuries received in a game against Perth.
5) "Carbine" Gullen (Vic/WA) - A great follower, Gullen made his name in Ballarat and with South Melbourne (VFA/VFL) before moving West in the late 1890's to play in the strong Goldfields' competition. After a short sojourn back at Ballarat, he went to East Fremantle (WA) in 1903 and dominated every game that year. On June 13, 1904, Gullen felt ill prior to bed and, intending to drink castor oil, swallowed corrosive poison by mistake. When he discovered this, Gullen forced himself to vomit, and, feeling better, went to bed. Around 4 a.m., he was heard groaning in agony and minutes later, aged 29, he was dead. Only days later he would have been in the WAA side to travel to South Australia and Victoria. So highly regarded was Gullen that his funeral cortege to Fremantle Cemetery "stretched out for over a mile".
6) Les Witto (Vic) - Witto was a promising first-year player who had joined Carlton from Broken Hill in 1926 and immediately began to make a name for himself. Playing against Geelong at Princes Oval on August 14, however, Witto fractured his arm. He was making good progress towards recovery when tetanus set in, and he died on August 23, nine days after the accident. An appeal launched by the Carlton Committee raised $1390 to help his mother who was a widow.
7) Ambrose Palmer (Footscray, VFL) - Palmer, one of Australia's boxing "greats", suffered his hardest knock when playing for Footscray against Essendon on opening day, 1939. Caught in a sandwich by two Essendon players, Palmer was severely injured about the head, sustaining no fewer than sixteen jaw, cheekbone and skull fractures. For some time, it was feared he would not survive his injuries.
8) Keith Warburton (Carlton, VFL) - Warburton, a freakish mark and outstanding full-forward, was seriously injured in a semi-final against Fitzroy in 1952. After a Sunday morning operation, his condition worsened and for some time it was thought that he would not survive. Public response to a request for blood for the copious transfusions required to save Warburton's life was overwhelming, and Keith eventually recovered to play a further three seasons with Carlton.
9) Brian Johnson (North Melbourne, VFL) - An up and coming full-back in his fourth season at North, Johnson was accidentally struck in the eye by an opponent's outflung hand in a match against St. Kilda in 1956. He lost the sight in his right eye, and had only dim vision in his left, his injuries so moving the football public that a "Sporting Globe" appeal raised $20,000. Johnson later regained the sight in his left eye, but remained completely blind in the right. Steve Boyle (Footscray, VFL) was another player blinded in one eye - Boyle's accident occurred in 1972.
10) John Greening... I think enough's been said about this already...
11) Neil Sasche (Footscray, VFL) - A star in South Australia, Sasche was only minutes away from completing his second VFL game (on April 12, 1975) when, pushing the ball ahead of him, he stumbled as Fitzroy defender O'Keeffe rushed in to meet him. Sasche, with head down, was met full force by O'Keeffe and suffered a broken neck, which left him a permanent quadriplegic. The incident was, as newspapers reported, purely tragic mischance. It was certainly an accident that ranks with the most unfortunate in the history of the game.
12) Mornington Football Club (Victoria) - Fifteen members of the Mornington Football Club team drowned when the fishing boat, "Process" which they had hired for an outing, broke up and sank in Port Philip Bay, Victoria on June 21, 1892. The VFA donated $100 to a special fund for relatives of the drowned players, and organised a special benefit match. "The Argus" newspaper donated $400, and additional money was received from the sale of a poem entitled "The Football Accident" which sold for 1 penny a copy.
Taken from Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Australian Rules Football But Couldn't Be Bothered Asking by Graeme Atkinson
Monster Joe
Team Captain
6 Unusual Injuries
1) T. Bayliss (Prahran, VFA) - was hit on the head by a brick thrown from the crowd in a match against Footscray in June, 1921. He was carried from the field and taken, still unconscious, to hospital. Percy Maybury, captain of Footscray, sportingly allowed Prahran the use of a substitute (which was not allowed under the rules at the time).
2) V. Smith (South Melbourne, VFL) put up his hand to stop half a brick thrown from the crowd, from hitting him in the face in a match against Fitzroy in July, 1920. He had to leave the field to have three stitches inserted in his hand.
3) G. Calleson (Collingwood, VFL) - had to withdraw from the team when he injured his leg having a warm-up kick before the match against St. Kilda in August, 1898.
4) Alf Bartlett (Fitzroy, VFL) - fell and injured his leg having a warm-up at half-time in the match against Carlton in August, 1906, and took no further part in the game.
5) W. Burns (Richmond, VFL) - slipped and badly injured his hand during a half-time kick-to-kick against Fitzroy in July, 1909 and he, too, had to leave the match (it was not Burns' season - later in July, he was disqualified for life for kicking an opponent).
6) Bob Crowe (Carlton, VFL) - slipped and fell in the race whilst running onto the ground at the start of a match in 1958. He was able to be replaced in the selected team due to the fact that he was injured prior to the commencement of the game.
Also taken from Grame Atkinson's book...
1) T. Bayliss (Prahran, VFA) - was hit on the head by a brick thrown from the crowd in a match against Footscray in June, 1921. He was carried from the field and taken, still unconscious, to hospital. Percy Maybury, captain of Footscray, sportingly allowed Prahran the use of a substitute (which was not allowed under the rules at the time).
2) V. Smith (South Melbourne, VFL) put up his hand to stop half a brick thrown from the crowd, from hitting him in the face in a match against Fitzroy in July, 1920. He had to leave the field to have three stitches inserted in his hand.
3) G. Calleson (Collingwood, VFL) - had to withdraw from the team when he injured his leg having a warm-up kick before the match against St. Kilda in August, 1898.
4) Alf Bartlett (Fitzroy, VFL) - fell and injured his leg having a warm-up at half-time in the match against Carlton in August, 1906, and took no further part in the game.
5) W. Burns (Richmond, VFL) - slipped and badly injured his hand during a half-time kick-to-kick against Fitzroy in July, 1909 and he, too, had to leave the match (it was not Burns' season - later in July, he was disqualified for life for kicking an opponent).
6) Bob Crowe (Carlton, VFL) - slipped and fell in the race whilst running onto the ground at the start of a match in 1958. He was able to be replaced in the selected team due to the fact that he was injured prior to the commencement of the game.
Also taken from Grame Atkinson's book...
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No... That was McCartney who missed games due to the Bali bombings... I think Martyn and McCartney were the only 2 Roos players in Bali at the time.
happened in 2000 at the Redback hotel which at the time was owned by Wayne Carey, It happened on a friday night after we lost to West Coast in Round 1. Lucky the Royal Melbourne Hosipital was a cross the road.
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the papercut to the eye has shivers up my spine
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Jeremy Howe broke his hand playing frisbee with his dog.
Boomer chainsawing himself.
Browny getting hit by a car while riding a bike on the GC.
Browny getting hit by a car while riding a bike on the GC.
OK, how did he really injure it?
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I'm sure the car came off second best!
Epic bump.
Brad Johnson got hit by the training buggy and had to miss a game iirc
Brad Johnson got hit by the training buggy and had to miss a game iirc
HBF
Flying Scotsman
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Pretty sure Luke Livingston ended up having to retire because of a twisted bowel.
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Playing frisbee with himself, if you know what I mean.
Andrew Bews: falling off a ladder. Season done.
David Spriggs: jumping over a fence and the shark.
Mark bairstow and the horse (played the next week but his opponent won the norm smith)
Darren millane and the car accident (never played again)
Bob Pratt and the tram (missed the gf)
The port player whose name escapes me that tried to hug a tree and missed.
David Spriggs: jumping over a fence and the shark.
Mark bairstow and the horse (played the next week but his opponent won the norm smith)
Darren millane and the car accident (never played again)
Bob Pratt and the tram (missed the gf)
The port player whose name escapes me that tried to hug a tree and missed.
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Jason McCartney (blown up by a terrorist bomb)
Austin McCrabb: injured his shoulder during a pre game argument with the team mascot (not clear if it was his clubs mascot or the oppositions).
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- Grand Finals at the Gabba
David Astbury: Stung by stingray
And a few more morbid ones:
Troy Broadbridge: tsunami
John McCarthy: fell off balcony
And a few more morbid ones:
Troy Broadbridge: tsunami
John McCarthy: fell off balcony
Donble
Club Legend
Remember Brad Ottens getting hit by a tram.
