Wasn't that the reason why Brownlow votes were made public?WOW! How the hell didn't he win the Brownlow and every other award going that year?
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Wasn't that the reason why Brownlow votes were made public?WOW! How the hell didn't he win the Brownlow and every other award going that year?
Ablett Snr 93 was unbelievable. Simply unstoppable.
SOS stopped him. Held him to 6 disposals (averaged 14 for the season) and 3 goals (lowest for the season).
Well, yeah and it only got worse. At the end of 77 Lethal said he rated other awards more highly than the Brownlow. The umpires punished him in 1978 by giving him only 3 votes in what was another stellar year: 71 goals, 26 possessions and 6 marks per game. If ever you doubted whether umpires play favourites......Wasn't liked by the umps?
Ablett Snr 93 was unbelievable. Simply unstoppable.
SOS stopped him. Held him to 6 disposals (averaged 14 for the season) and 3 goals (lowest for the season).
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Only kicked 3 against Essendon too and 4 against WCE.
He was better in the 80s.
https://www.geelongcats.com.au/video/426805/ablett-the-tiger-tamer?videoId=426805&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1559610558001 Never before or since has a guy racked up 9 goals from a wing in just over a half BEFORE he moved forward....GAS is the GOAT.Best player I have seen and by some margin.
Add Bernie Quinlan to that, 115 goals from CHF mainly. Ruck roved to boot.
Looks very Ablett senior like in some of these.
He had 8 shots on goal against West Coast and 6 against Essendon. Plus had twice as many disposals.
Should have mentioned that SOS didn't play that game against Geelong when he only kicked 3.
Thats a big "OOF" on my part! Lol
https://www.geelongcats.com.au/video/426805/ablett-the-tiger-tamer?videoId=426805&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1559610558001 Never before or since has a guy racked up 9 goals from a wing in just over a half BEFORE he moved forward....GAS is the GOAT.
Despite his dominance, the umpires somehow only gave him 34 votes with 9 BOGs (2 umpires voted in that year, so essentially 17 votes and 4.5 BOGs).
Matthews averaged 27.4 disposals and 3.8 goals. Teasdale averaged 16.8 dispoals and 1.7 goals yet nearly doubled Matthews Brownlow vote tally.
You'd assume those 10 hitouts a game from Teasdale were 100m punches to his full forward from the centre
Oh the brownlow... what a sh*t award.
Peter Hudson's 1971 wasn't bad.
150 goals - average @ 6.25
387 disposals - disposals @ 16.13
In context, Lockett's 1991
132 goals - average @ 7.47
223 disposals - disposals @ 13.12
Pretty even really. People forget how good Hudson was for the most 'unfootballer' looking player ever.
Might have had a bit to do with the fairest bit of the Chas. Matthews was an incredible player but he was also a thug. A king hit ‘just because’ was never out of the question.Despite his dominance, the umpires somehow only gave him 34 votes with 9 BOGs (2 umpires voted in that year, so essentially 17 votes and 4.5 BOGs).
Matthews averaged 27.4 disposals and 3.8 goals. Teasdale averaged 16.8 dispoals and 1.7 goals yet nearly doubled Matthews Brownlow vote tally.
You'd assume those 10 hitouts a game from Teasdale were 100m punches to his full forward from the centre