Toast 2022 Australian Football Hall Of Fame

[Jascave]

Well Ebert did play a season with North.

And didn't do too bad in his one season with North in 1979. Russell Ebert was North Melbourne's highest possesion gatherer that year, and also polled 9 votes in the 1979 Brownlow Medal, however not enough to beat eventual winner Peter Moore of Collingwood.

 

[Sphynx]

And didn't do too bad in his one season with North in 1979. Russell Ebert was North Melbourne's highest possesion gatherer that year, and also polled 9 votes in the 1979 Brownlow Medal, however not enough to beat eventual winner Peter Moore of Collingwood.

Well respected for his time at North (unlike Grahame Cornes), he was fly in fly out, just couldn't bring himself to move his family.

 

[footyfan1978]

Still can't believe Ben Cousins isn't in yet.

I can

 

[footyfan1978]

Why don’t the AFL just catch up, Bill Dempsey should of been inducted 20 years ago. Pavlich does not need to be inducted for another 20 years. As great an honour as it is I think it means more when the players are 55-60 years of age where their grown children can share the night with them. Why are we inducting them so quickly?
Pavlich was just an example by the way, please don’t think I am knocking him.

It lost some integrity to me when it was inducting people like Brad Johnson and Richo , what felt like 5 minutes after they retired with their media profile giving them recency bias from.co-workers in media talking them up

 

[Thuggee_Cult]

And didn't do too bad in his one season with North in 1979. Russell Ebert was North Melbourne's highest possesion gatherer that year, and also polled 9 votes in the 1979 Brownlow Medal, however not enough to beat eventual winner Peter Moore of Collingwood.

Finished 3rd in Norths b&f at aged 30 as well, all in a team that played in a prelim.

Not bad for a FIFO

 

[Falcon3518]

Nick Riewoldt, cousins and swan should eventually get in.

Cousins is a maybe cause of his off field issues. Similar reason why GAS isn’t elevated to legend status yet and probably never will.

 

[radiojake]

Well respected for his time at North (unlike Grahame Cornes), he was fly in fly out, just couldn't bring himself to move his family.

Cornes wasn't liked at his brief time there?

 

[ThatsjustDappa]

A bit like Ablett Senior, he is actually a decent speaker, he just very rarely speaks publicly

Can't blame him, this was the last time he was interviewed....

 

[screech]

Elevation to Legend

Russell Ebert

SA football icon Russell Ebert now a Hall of Fame Legend

The late Russell Ebert has been elevated to Legend status in the Australian Football Hall of Fame

www.afl.com.au

Sadly they waited too long on this one, it took for him to die before they realised how significant he was. FFS how many footballers are given a State Funeral? I can only think of Ted Whitten previously.

 

[greatwhiteshark]

Sadly they waited too long on this one, it took for him to die before they realised how significant he was. FFS how many footballers are given a State Funeral? I can only think of Ted Whitten previously.

And this is where they have it wrong. You should not become eligible until 20 years after you retire. That is approximately 50 years of age.

 

[footyfan1978]

Cornes wasn't liked at his brief time there?

He was crap.
Probably came too late and was past his best.

 

[Sphynx]

Cornes wasn't liked at his brief time there?

He came over at 31 thinking he was a superstar and unlike Ebert, didn't perform. He was playing with a team of superstars though, a team that had made 5 straight grand finals.

Had the likes of Wayne Schimmelbusch, Keith Greig, Malcolm Blight, Gary Dempsey, Ross Glendinning, David Dench (and Russell Ebert) in his side.

He was also filling the void of fan fav Phil 'Snake' Baker who was on the wane and it was also in the 2 year period where Barry Cable had returned to East Perth before coming back again. Ebert filled his role as cover for Cable a lot better than Cornes did. A young Kerry Good was in reality just as good as him.


He had a reputation of being pretty soft with the North fans during his year there.

Graham Cornes' last game for North was at a packed Princess Park (39,000 in there) He certainly went out with a bang - came straight off the interchange bench and king hit Peter Keays. The Keays incident was VERY ordinary. Loaded, still unconscious, into an ambulance after it. The sort of incident that, quite rightly, would get a player at least 10-15 weeks and possibly an assault charge these days.

 

[Rabish Binney]

Elevation to Legend

Russell Ebert

SA football icon Russell Ebert now a Hall of Fame Legend

The late Russell Ebert has been elevated to Legend status in the Australian Football Hall of Fame

www.afl.com.au

About time.

 

[screech]

Wonder who the next Victorian Legend is

They have well and truly covered the pre-AFL Victorians.
Next should be Bill Walker, Ken Farmer, Merv McIntosh, Neil Kerley, Len Fitzgerald, Lindsay Head, Jack Sheedy, Dan Moriarty, Walter Scott, Tom MacKenzie and Fos Williams

 

[Jascave]

They have well and truly covered the pre-AFL Victorians.
Next should be Bill Walker, Ken Farmer, Merv McIntosh, Neil Kerley, Len Fitzgerald, Lindsay Head, Jack Sheedy, Dan Moriarty, Walter Scott, Tom MacKenzie and Fos Williams

Not to mention Garry McIntosh from Norwood. Gee, how good would Macca had been if he had played with the Crows in 1991?

 

[Mr Ripper]

He came over at 31 thinking he was a superstar and unlike Ebert, didn't perform. He was playing with a team of superstars though, a team that had made 5 straight grand finals.

Had the likes of Wayne Schimmelbusch, Keith Greig, Malcolm Blight, Gary Dempsey, Ross Glendinning, David Dench (and Russell Ebert) in his side.

He was also filling the void of fan fav Phil 'Snake' Baker who was on the wane and it was also in the 2 year period where Barry Cable had returned to East Perth before coming back again. Ebert filled his role as cover for Cable a lot better than Cornes did. A young Kerry Good was in reality just as good as him.


He had a reputation of being pretty soft with the North fans during his year there.

Graham Cornes' last game for North was at a packed Princess Park (39,000 in there) He certainly went out with a bang - came straight off the interchange bench and king hit Peter Keays. The Keays incident was VERY ordinary. Loaded, still unconscious, into an ambulance after it. The sort of incident that, quite rightly, would get a player at least 10-15 weeks and possibly an assault charge these days.

Cable had left North for good (as a player) by 1979 when Cornes and Ebert were there.

You're conflating rounds 7, 8 and 10 of 1979 wrt Cornes' last VFL game.

 

[masai tu]

Sadly they waited too long on this one, it took for him to die before they realised how significant he was. FFS how many footballers are given a State Funeral? I can only think of Ted Whitten previously.

Polly.

 

[masai tu]

Not to mention Garry McIntosh from Norwood. Gee, how good would Macca had been if he had played with the Crows in 1991?

McIntosh was very good.

Could I say he was at least as good as Bradley ?.

 

[Blind Turn]

Modra isn’t in either it’s insane

Roger Merrett deserves his place too. 300 plus games, dual premiership player and inaugural captain and formative talisman at The Bears.

I’d argue that Mark Mercuri is on equal grounds with Nigel Lappin too.

Modra and Merrett for sure though.

 

[windyhill]

Bill Dempsey, what a lovely man.

 

[Papa G]

Not to mention Garry McIntosh from Norwood. Gee, how good would Macca had been if he had played with the Crows in 1991?

McIntosh has already been asked last year or the one before. He told them to jam it.

 

[Mr Ripper]

Roger Merrett deserves his place too. 300 plus games, dual premiership player and inaugural captain and formative talisman at The Bears.

That will come as a shock to Mark Mickan. Roger was still at Essendon for the Bears’ first year.

 

[Blind Turn]

That will come as a shock to Mark Mickan. Roger was still at Essendon for the Bears’ first year.

Yeah, my bad. Still a formative leader at the club all the same.

 

[Jascave]

Cable had left North for good (as a player) by 1979 when Cornes and Ebert were there.

You're conflating rounds 7, 8 and 10 of 1979 wrt Cornes' last VFL game.

The late Lou Richards got it right after the 1978 Grand Final when he wrote in his column on the Monday after the game that North Melbourne badly needed a first class rover like Barry Cable, and also mentioned that while Ray Huppatz and Graham Melrose were good players, they were nowhere near the class of Cable. Would Cable have made a difference to North if he had played in the 1978 Grand Final against Hawthorn?

 

[damochandler]

Why weren’t Enright and bartel inducted as we as swan?