Fat Pizza's Trivia Question #479

[Fat Pizza]

Which Fitzroy player was moved to Centre Half Forward when coach, Bill Stephen found out that he’d kicked a bag of goals in a mid-week match for the fire brigade?

 

[FitzroyPete]

Good question, Fat Pizza.
May I ask which of Bill Stephen's coaching stints the question relates to?

 

[Fat Pizza]

Good question, Fat Pizza.
May I ask which of Bill Stephen's coaching stints the question relates to?

His last one.

 

[Cold Sober]

Bernie maybe

 

[FitzroyPete]

Gerald McCarthy

 

[Fat Pizza]

Gerald McCarthy

Gerry McCarthy is correct. Well done FitzroyPete. McCarthy was subsequently fined by the club for playing in that mid-week match without permission. He then started the following week's match on the bench for Fitzroy's Reserves.