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Discussion Traditional Nicknames of VFL teams
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Carlton - Brewers
Collingwood - none
Essendon - Same Olds (until 1922) Dons (1922-1940s)
Fitzroy - Maroons (until 1938) Gorillas (1938-1957)
Footscray - Tricolours, Scray
Geelong - Handbaggers (coined by Lou Richards in the 1950s)
Hawthorn - Mayblooms (until 1942)
Melbourne - Fuchsias, Redlegs (until 1933)
North Melbourne - Shinboners (related to the abattoirs of the area)
Richmond - Wasps
South Melbourne - Blood Stained Angels
St Kilda - none (but nearly became the Southern Saints in the 1960s)
Collingwood - none
Essendon - Same Olds (until 1922) Dons (1922-1940s)
Fitzroy - Maroons (until 1938) Gorillas (1938-1957)
Footscray - Tricolours, Scray
Geelong - Handbaggers (coined by Lou Richards in the 1950s)
Hawthorn - Mayblooms (until 1942)
Melbourne - Fuchsias, Redlegs (until 1933)
North Melbourne - Shinboners (related to the abattoirs of the area)
Richmond - Wasps
South Melbourne - Blood Stained Angels
St Kilda - none (but nearly became the Southern Saints in the 1960s)
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Carringbush inmates.
Hawks were also nicknamed the 'Mustard pots' for a few years when they adopted this jumper....It never stuck.
Carlton- Silver tails.
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Hawthorn - Tasmania
Apologies if deemed inappropriate, but hopefully people can see past the obvious shitheadedness of the era and see it as a little reminder of what actually was deemed appropriate in the days when many of these nicknames were given to teams. This was part of a bundle of ancient music books I picked up from somewhere way back, printed over a century ago in 1902 in Australia. The wtf double take I did when first seeing it nearly broke my neck..! We've come a loooooong way...!
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Perth - Redlegs
Swan Districts - Black Ducks
West Perth - Cardinals
Perth - Redlegs
Swan Districts - Black Ducks
West Perth - Cardinals
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Back before WWI, the Gold Coast Suns used to be known as the Gold Coast Cocaine Lines.
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This is untrue as before the War there was no Gold Coast Suns.
You are telling lies.
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That's because they were called the 'Gold Coast Cocaine Lines'. Learn to read
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Blood stained angels is an awesome name
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No. No. No.
There was definitely a Gold Coast team in the AFL around the time Franz Ferdinand got shot.
They just went by the nickname "Cocaine Lines."
The anti-vaxxer conspiracists want you to believe otherwise.
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i will sue you for defamation you grumpy low life scumbag
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I know your lying. You know how I know? I'm about to tell you.
Franz fermidad was world war one. Before you said it was world war two. Lying persons.
Yep you bet
Father Jack
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It's not defamation if it's true. You can't read. Deal with it.
Back on topic, Freo were originally going to be called the Shitfish but they ran into copyright problems with the Miami Gridiron Team.
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Some of you making dispariching comments about me in here need to grow up fast.
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After the Pivotonian moniker, Geelong were widely known as The Black Cats.
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I'm sure I said WWI.
Edit: Yeah, checking on one of my older comments, I did.
The New World Order don't want you to know that Gold Coast have been in the AFL since the 1910s. It will stuff up their plans for world domination.
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They were the coke to sydney's cola
I remember when Freo came in there was a great fear around Perth at the rumour they were going to call them the "Fremantle Doctors"...
So when they released the name "Dockers" everyone breathed a sigh of relief and didn't notice how lame it was.
So when they released the name "Dockers" everyone breathed a sigh of relief and didn't notice how lame it was.
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YES! YES! YES! = known troll.
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Mal Michael and Justin Leppitsch?
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That's racist. And then not racist.
Racist.
