I'm doing some research into VFL/AFL players who died young.
I didn't feature several players from pre 1940 when, sometimes players even died during their playing career, or not long after.
Please share your stories and memories.
We have a bit of a young midfield group, and a number of them will make it at AFL, and others won't. I'm using 150 games by the end of their career as the pass mark.
It doesn't have to mean that they play the 150 games with us, but throughout their career total.
Found this finding staggering. Usually young people are less conservative then older people (for numerous economic and cultural reasons). And this is still true of females. However, this poll asking australians whether they would support trump or not finds that not only do young men not support...
...through traffic really quite well. Which is all great, but I feel as though he lacks a bit of hurt factor...''
- Chris25 on Patrick Cripps, Young Talent Time 2013
Sure, Cripps has won x2 Brownlow Medal's. He's a 4 time All Australian. And that's all great. But I wasn't necessarily wrong...
So Blues have told Young (along with Kennnedy) that he can go look elsewhere ... contracted until end of 2026
Acquired from Dogs for a 3rd rounder at the end of 2021 and now played 3 seasons with the Blues
What's the story Blues fans?
Who do you have waiting in the wings as key defensive...
Young men are vanishing from outback towns in northern Western Australia. They are among an increasing number of Australians being reported missing.
November, 2022 after a Saturday socialising in town, Wesley Lockyer returned to the small bush community where he’d grown up. And then he...
Hey Nick Daicos could be a All Time Great of Collingwood/AFL but he can't to everything and need good players around him
Sadly looking at our Kids outside of Nick is a Bit of a Worry most has not Cemented themselves in the AFL Team and outside of the 1st 3 Games in the VFL they been Terrible...
Top 10 on potential - 21 years or younger. Rank your top 10
1) S.Darcy
2) J. Walter
2) J Treacy
3) J.Amiss
4) A. Cadman
5) C. Dear
6) J. Van Rooyen
7) A. Caminiti
8) M.Owens
9) J. Williams
10) S. Neale
Am I missing anyone ?
...producing that investment income? People with inherited wealth, and people who have been working long enough to purchase assets themselves. Young people working for a living have to pay an outsized proportion of tax to subsidise wealthy investors, unless they have very rich parents who assist...
...the homicide squad is helping investigate a suspected murder-suicide near Ballarat in Victoria.
Police found the body of 42-year-old Rebecca Young inside a home in Sebastopol around 9pm on Friday 16th February, near the body of 55-year-old Ian Butler.
Neighbours say they were scared of...
...at Scarsdale. Hannah’s body was found in a burnt out car.
Disgusting. A tragic waste of life and another family left to pick up the pieces.
2 young males in custody.
https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/news/womans-body-found-near-ballarat/news-story/583b6400bb9ef605f80e54289fc3d7ab...
Typewriters across Sweet are going into overdrive as journalists scramble to cover the latest development at Civic Square.
Enterprising young winger big_icky has initiated legal proceedings against the Sweet FA alleging his constitutional right to post as many teamsheets as he wants has been...
For me:
1. Green (big, strong, tackles, born leader, kicks goals)
2. Daicos (mercurial, kicks goals)
3. Rowell (arcade mode numbers, coming like a bullet for top position)
4. Walsh (leader & showed last year he is built for the big-time)
5. Gulden (exquisite field kick, strong finals campaign...
Pretty good article on some of the massive problems with Australias tax system. And these problems result in young adults, especially those from poor backgrounds, paying far too much tax and older generations paying far too little...
We might as well setup a thread for this year I guess, given we. Given we theoretically have three first round picks, we can start by throwing a few videos of some of the key prospects down here (thanks noobermensch) so that people can start familiarizing themselves roughly with players...
Tonight there will be armies of therapists and social workers sent to the homes of inconsolable youngsters who are now cursed by being drafted to Norf.
As everyone knows, talent dies on entering Arden St. Most Careers are instantly ruined.
Hopefully their Managers will get around them and...
...and West Coast.
For supporters of any other clubs whose coach or some media flog tries to explain away their pathetic failings by being 'young', know that only a year separates 14th from 4th on the age ladder.
As you watch the Mighty Pies wheel their artificial hips across the line for...
Take a look at what's happening in Canada.
Conservatives maintain months-long lead over Liberals, as Canadians' economic anxiety rises: Nanos
"The data shows the Liberals in a distant third place for 18-29 year olds with 15.97 per cent, compared to the Conservatives and the NDP with 39.21 per...
Katter's Australia Party proposes outback Queensland camps for young offenders
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-21/katter-party-proposes-outback-young-offender-camp/102755716
Young offenders would be forcibly relocated to outback detention camps for "intensive rehabilitation" under a...
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