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No, the 1954 team was the best Bulldog team I saw. goal to goal: Henderson, Whitten, Ross, Box, Collins. Wow.

5. Bruce 4. Treloar 3. Macrae 2. Liberatore 1. Williams Pups: 3. Naughton 2. Smith 1. McNeil Clay: Liberatore

Backs: Wood Keath Crozier H. Backs: Duryea Naughton Williams Centres: Hunter Liberatore Daniel H. Forwards: JUH Bontempelli Vandermeer Forwards: Wallis Bruce Dunkley Rucks: English Macrae Treloar 19-22: Martin, JJ, Smith, Cordy Emerg 1...

I remember Dick Wearmouth well from the early 1950s. Our centre line was the best in the competition -- Wearmouth, Box, and McLaren. "Dicky" was a lightning-fast runner, much like JJ. He'd run and bounce, and was an excitement machine. Box won the Brownlow -- a great player. And, George...

5. Bont 4. Daniel 3. Libba 2. Macrae 1. JJ

5. Hunter 4. Crozier 3. Bontempelli 2. Macrae 1. Keath Pups Smith Naughton Richards Clay Smith: Gardiner

5. Macrae 4 Crozier 3. Williams 2. Liberatore 1. Keath PUPS: 3. Smith 2. Vandermeer 1. Lipinski CLAY: Wood

Right now, most of we bulldog-faithful feel optimistic, so let's be super-optimistic. Below is my 2020 grand-final side: Crozier Keath Williams Wood Cordy Johannisen Hunter Liberatore Macrae Lipinski Naughton Dale West Bruce Wallis English Bontempelli Smith (19 -22) Daniel...

I was a close friend of Charlie Evans, and played for Footscray Technical School Old Boys (FTSOB) against the all-conquering Footscray 5ths in the local Western Suburbs Under 16 competition. The Footscray 5ths had Charlie Evans, Merv Hobbs, Ian Bryant, Barry Ion, Bob Ware in their team and I...

So long--good to know you: Jake Stringer, Luke Dahlhaus Miss you: Mathew Boyd, "The Glove," Picko, Jordan Roughead, Clay Smith, Biggsy, Joel Hamling, Tom Boyd, Fletcher Roberts Who will we lose over the next three seasons?

I followed the Dogs from 1948, and the first number I put on my Footscray jumper was "2," which corresponded to "Dobber Jack:" Collins (who, one day kicked 9 goals in the first half against Carlton, at Carlton). I lived over the road from Mr and Mrs Donald, in Shelley Street, Footscray. They...

An important observation arising from this thread is that of the 35 or so players mentioned (in my original list, and by those who have contributed), only two, I think -- Peter Foster and Libba Senior -- had previously played at any other AFL/VFL clubs (and, I don't thnink Libba got a...

Thank you for your contributions. It was interesting to note names mentioned other than those I listedin the first post--names like Bisset, Bontempelli, Box, Brown, Croft, Darcy, Foster, Hardie, Hickey, Jennings, Jillard, Johnson, Kretiuk, Lake, Libba Senior, Macrae, McGuiness, Morris, Murphy...

I guess most readers will not have been watching the Bulldogs for the past 70 years, like I have. So they will not have had the direct data with respect to the following list of ten. However, they might be interested in the list, and wish to comment (or disagree with the selections, or the...

Boy, could we do with a Paul Hudson now. Just check out how many goals he kicked from the half-forward flank, per season, when he was with us. Like his dad, he was a freak.

Why all the negativity? We have a very good list. We've finished lower than we should have in both 2017 and 2018 mainly because of injuries. You can't win matches regularly when 3 or 4 of your top players are unavailable. We showed what we can do at the end of the 2018 season (and even then we...

Naughton will become a champion key position player. His first year in the AFL was outstanding for such a young player. But, his coming 4th in the club's best-and-fairest for 2018 is ridiculous -- just ask the many keen supporters who gave CHING votes. Like most CHING voters, I watched every...

Looks like its time to close this discussion. Initially I asked: "When one reflects on the 2016 finals, one is drawn to ask the question: How could we possibly have won those four finals in a row?" To start the discussion, I identified and ordered the following four possible factors: First...

What do you mean by "best"?

OK, I'm beginning to wonder if most Bulldogs Big-Footy contributors find it difficult to engage in genuine analysis. Yes, there have been plenty of reasons put forward to explain what we did in the 2016 finals -- some of those "reasons" (such as a few of those offered in jest above) are...

When one reflects on the 2016 finals, one is drawn to ask the question: How could we possibly have won those four finals in a row? Look at our spine: Roberts, Hamling, Liberatore, Cordy, Boyd, Roughead; look at others like Biggs, Smith, Daniel, McLean. How did we do it? To start the...

I post the Round 1 team, as it was announced, without further comment: B: F Roberts Z Cordy L Hunter HB: S Biggs A Naughton H Crozier C: M Suckling T Liberatore J Macrae HF: B Dale J Trengove T McLean FF: L Dahlhaus E Wood J Johannisen R: J Roughead M Bontempelli J Dunkley INT: M Honeychurch B...

B. Morris Naughton, Wood HB Crozier Cordy JJ C Hunter Macrae Liberatore HF Williams Schache Lipinski F Gowers Boyd Daniel R Trengove Bont McLean 19-22 English Richards Dunkley Suckling Emerg: Dale Adams Jong Greene Back-up insurance in case of key injuries: Roughead, Fletcher, Picken, Dickson...

In the early 1950s, before 1954, the Footscray centre line read: Dicky Wearmouth, Peter Box, and Binger McLaren. Wearmouth was a speedster (think Jason Johannisen), Box was a match-winning champion, and McLaren (vice-captain to Charlie Sutton), a highly-skilled reliable player. That was the best...

5. McLean 4. Bontempelli 3. Dahlhaus 2. Richards 1. Gowers Pups 3. Richards 2. Dunkley 1. Williams

First, I did reply to your request. Second, why are my votes not being counted if you can see them? Something strange is going on, and I think it must be at your end. Byron Street.