Six Degrees of Separation - Player Connections game

[Bert Man]

Anthony Stevens > Peter Bell > Matthew Pavlich > Hayden Ballantyne

Gary Ablett Snr to Relton Roberts

Ablett>Sanderson>Ottens>Newman>Roberts

Michael Tuck to Lewis Jetta

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Ablett>Sanderson>Ottens>Newman>Roberts

Michael Tuck to Lewis Jetta

Tuck --> Dunstall --> Crawford --> McGlynn --> Lewis Jetta.

Gordon Coventry to James Walker please.

 

[Danger in Texas]

Tuck --> Dunstall --> Crawford --> McGlynn --> Lewis Jetta.

Gordon Coventry to James Walker please.

Coventry > Phonse Kyne > Thorold Merrett > Kevin Rose > Len Thompson > Tony Shaw > Nathan Buckley > Paul Medhurst > James Walker

Bill Hutchinson to Trent Carroll

 

[pazza]

Coventry > Phonse Kyne > Thorold Merrett > Kevin Rose > Len Thompson > Tony Shaw > Nathan Buckley > Paul Medhurst > James Walker

Bill Hutchinson to Trent Carroll

Bill Hutchison
Jack Clarke
Ken Fletcher
Tim Watson
Todd Ridley
Shaun McManus
Trent Carroll

 

[royals1922]

Jimmy Smith 1899( St Kilda) - Hugh James (1909) - Gordon Coventry - Dick Reynolds - Jack Clarke - Royce Hart (last game 1977)

(add Tim Watson and then Dustin Fletcher) and you get the history of the VFL\AFL)

 

[craffles]

Fred Fanning to Jesse Hogan

 

[footyfan1978]

Fred Fanning to Jesse Hogan

Noel McMahen played with Fanning
Brian Dixon played with McMahen
Gary Hardeman played with Dixon
Shane Zantuck played with Hardeman
Gary Lyon played with Zantuck
James McDonald played with Lyon
Jack Grimes played with McDonald and
Jesse Hogan plays with Grimes now.

 

[ManOfClay]

I rooted a girl who rooted a guy who rooted a girl, who rooted a guy who rooted a girl who rooted Shane Crawford.


Six degrees of separation between myself and Crawf there

 

[royals1922]

I rooted a girl who rooted a guy who rooted a girl, who rooted a guy who rooted a girl who rooted Shane Crawford.


Six degrees of separation between myself and Crawf there

Bowling ball advertisement.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Using names of not well known players, from Ray Biffin to Cory Gregson please.

 

[Old_Man_James]

Using names of not well known players, from Ray Biffin to Cory Gregson please.

Ray Biffin - Gerard Healy - Graeme Yeats - David Neitz - Jarred Rivers - Cory Gregson

 

[Topkent]

Is the law of 6 degrees that it's impossible to not find a connection

 

[Old_Man_James]

Is the law of 6 degrees that it's impossible to not find a connection

I think it would be impossible not to find a link. Best chance is maybe some random 1 gamer from way back to a random 1 gamer from an expansion team that was mostly new players, could take a lot of links.

So from AFL tables I present a new challenge.

Adrian Farmer (1 game University, 1914) to Glenn O'Loughlin (1 game WCE, 1987)

 

[footyfan1978]

Ray Biffin - Gerard Healy - Graeme Yeats - David Neitz - Jarred Rivers - Cory Gregson

He strangely said using not well known players.
Gerard Healy is a Brownlow Medallist. Hardly fits the description of not well known. Similarly everyone has heard of Neitz and most should have heard of Yeats and Biffin too.

 

[mfcrox]

Adrian Farmer (1 game University, 1914) to Glenn O'Loughlin (1 game WCE, 1987)

Adrian Farmer (University)
Jack Brake (University/Melbourne)
Bert Chadwick (Melbourne)
Ivor Warne-Smith (Melbourne)
Percy Beams (Melbourne)
Dennis Cordner (Melbourne)
Brian Dixon (Melbourne)
Stan Alves (Melbourne/North Melbourne)
Ross Glendinning (North Melbourne/West Coast)
Glenn O'Loughlin (West Coast)

I think that is all correct... I am on only one hour of sleep though, so it could be a balls-up :-/ Haha

 

[royals1922]

Adrian Farmer (University)
Jack Brake (University/Melbourne)
Bert Chadwick (Melbourne)
Ivor Warne-Smith (Melbourne)
Percy Beams (Melbourne)
Dennis Cordner (Melbourne)
Brian Dixon (Melbourne)
Stan Alves (Melbourne/North Melbourne)
Ross Glendinning (North Melbourne/West Coast)
Glenn O'Loughlin (West Coast)

I think that is all correct... I am on only one hour of sleep though, so it could be a balls-up :-/ Haha

Playing in the same game, not necessarily in the same team.
Adrian Farmer
Chris Lethbridge (Fitzroy)
Gordon Coventry (Collingwood)
Arthur Oliver (Footscray)
Alan Gale (Fitzroy)
Barry Davis (Essendon \NM)
Scratcher Neal (Geelong \St kilda)
Glenn O'loughlin

8 players including Farmer and O'Loughlin

Farmer
Brake (uni\Melbourne)
Bob Corbett
Gordon Ogden
Norm Smith ( Melbourne \ Fitzroy)
Norm Johnstone
Kevin Murray
Garry Wilson
Dean Turner
Glenn O'Loughlin

same number via Fitzroy

 

[Old_Man_James]

Playing in the same game, not necessarily in the same team.
Adrian Farmer
Chris Lethbridge (Fitzroy)
Gordon Coventry (Collingwood)
Arthur Oliver (Footscray)
Alan Gale (Fitzroy)
Barry Davis (Essendon \NM)
Scratcher Neal (Geelong \St kilda)
Glenn O'loughlin

8 players including Farmer and O'Loughlin

Farmer
Brake (uni\Melbourne)
Bob Corbett
Gordon Ogden
Norm Smith ( Melbourne \ Fitzroy)
Norm Johnstone
Kevin Murray
Garry Wilson
Dean Turner
Glenn O'Loughlin

same number via Fitzroy

Faster than I thought, Looking up Turner you could get there also via:

Farmer
Brake
Ted Thomas
Bill Scanlen
Ted Whitten
Bernie Quinlin
Dean Turner
Glenn O'Loughlin.

Maybe the next step to make it hard is to find 2 players during the war years or when there were only 4 teams and ring in players.

If it wasnt for Tony McGuiness, there could have been early Adelaide teams without many links to older players.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Edgar Kneen to Angus Brayshaw please.

 

[Old_Man_James]

Edgar Kneen to Angus Brayshaw please.

Edgar Kneen
Jack Brake
Ted Thomas
Bill Scanlen
Ted Whitten
Bernie Quinlin
John Blakey
Byron Pickett
Nathan Jones
Angus Brayshaw.

 

[footyfan1978]

Peter Bedford to Tadgh Kennelly

 

[Old_Man_James]

Peter Bedford to Tadgh Kennelly

Peter Bedford > Ken Sheldon > Tony Lockett > Tadgh Kennelly.

Lockett's 3 game comeback cuts down the steps here

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Havel Rowe to Travis Boak please.

 

[Old_Man_James]

Havel Rowe to Travis Boak please.

Havel Rowe > Neville Crowe > Francis Bourke > Dale Weightman > Matthew Richardson > Jay Schulz > Travis Boak

 

[footyfan1978]

Peter Bedford > Ken Sheldon > Tony Lockett > Tadgh Kennelly.

Lockett's 3 game comeback cuts down the steps here

he he. If that is true then awesome get.
Will just double check Sheldon was playing in same team at Carlton when Bedford was there.
Edit. Yep, Bedford indeed played with Sheldon at Carlton in 1977 season.
Great find mate.
Thought it might take more than two links in between but you nailed it perfectly.

 

[royals1922]

Lardie Tulloch to Fred Fanning to Tony Lockett