Crows Inaugural List

[CaptainDangerfield]

Help !!!

Does anyone have a copy of the initial AFC list handy.

 

[RooDog]

Help !!!

Does anyone have a copy of the initial AFC list handy.

ive been looking all morning for you springy but i cant find one sorry matey, i tried google/yahoo searches, searches of afl.com.au too and came up empty handed as well.

 

[CaptainDangerfield]

ive been looking all morning for you springy but i cant find one sorry matey, i tried google/yahoo searches, searches of afl.com.au too and came up empty handed as well.

Thanks RD. It's like trying to find a needle in a hay stack. Have a good NY's mate.

 

[Mad Dog]

Thanks RD. It's like trying to find a needle in a hay stack. Have a good NY's mate.

SC - check my post in the other thread

bugger it I'll post it here !!


1 S Lee 22
2 R Maynard 22
3 D Hart 22
4 J Klug 22
5 D Marshall 22
6 C McDermott 21
7 A McGuinness 21
8 M Mickan 21
9 N Smart 20
10 R Jameson 19
11 M Bickley 18
12 A Jarman 18
13 G Fielke 18
14 S Tregenza 17
15 S Hodges 13
16 M Liptak 12
17 B Lindner 11
18 A Bartlett 11
19 E Hocking 11
20 D Hughes 11
21 P McIntyre 10
22 S Tasker 9
23 B Abernethy 9
24 S Rowe 8
25 S Rehn 6
26 D Brown 6
27 B Lindsay 6
28 R Negri 6
29 W Weidemann 5
30 A Payze 5
31 D Smith 5
32 R Thompson 5
33 P Patterson 2
34 M Murphy 2
35 T Warhurst 2
36 M Kelly 1
37 C Lamb 1
38 B Hart -
39 D Pittman -
40 J Ross -
41 P Rouvray -
42 S Schwerdt -
43 R Bone -
44 P Turner -
45 B Sanderson -
46 A Saliba -
47 J Hocking -
48 G Tanner -
49 D Mellow -
50 D Bartsch -
51 T Clisby -
52 D McCarthy -

 

[CaptainDangerfield]

SC - check my post in the other thread

bugger it I'll post it here !!


1 S Lee 22
2 R Maynard 22
3 D Hart 22
4 J Klug 22
5 D Marshall 22
6 C McDermott 21
7 A McGuinness 21
8 M Mickan 21
9 N Smart 20
10 R Jameson 19
11 M Bickley 18
12 A Jarman 18
13 G Fielke 18
14 S Tregenza 17
15 S Hodges 13
16 M Liptak 12
17 B Lindner 11
18 A Bartlett 11
19 E Hocking 11
20 D Hughes 11
21 P McIntyre 10
22 S Tasker 9
23 B Abernethy 9
24 S Rowe 8
25 S Rehn 6
26 D Brown 6
27 B Lindsay 6
28 R Negri 6
29 W Weidemann 5
30 A Payze 5
31 D Smith 5
32 R Thompson 5
33 P Patterson 2
34 M Murphy 2
35 T Warhurst 2
36 M Kelly 1
37 C Lamb 1
38 B Hart -
39 D Pittman -
40 J Ross -
41 P Rouvray -
42 S Schwerdt -
43 R Bone -
44 P Turner -
45 B Sanderson -
46 A Saliba -
47 J Hocking -
48 G Tanner -
49 D Mellow -
50 D Bartsch -
51 T Clisby -
52 D McCarthy -

Despite what the masses are saying MD, you're a good bloke in my book. Thanks mate.

 

[Mad Dog]

Despite what the masses think MD, you're a good bloke in my book. Thanks mate.

who's bin talking...what are they saying....

 

[noddy]

SC - check my post in the other thread

bugger it I'll post it here !!


49 D Mellow -
50 D Bartsch -
52 D McCarthy -

Must be getting past it as i can't for the life of me remember these guys.

 

[No 1 Draft Pick]

Must be getting past it as i can't for the life of me remember these guys.

49 D Mellow -
50 D Bartsch -
52 D McCarthy -

You are not the only one Noddy! I suppose 14 years and a number of beers later mean its somewhat justifiable for us to not remember a few of these duds who dont ever appear to have played a game for us.

A few of these players that played only a handful of games did have big wraps at the time - Matthew Kelly from Norwood, Adam Saliba from North ('the next Andrew Jarman'), Peter Turner (Sturt from memory), Jarrod Hocking (Glenelg?) and Jonathon Ross.

I think Cornes did very well identifying so much young talent - Rehn, Hart, Roo, Mods, Smarty, Pittman, Wellman etc. If a few of the above 'potentials' had lived up to expectations we would have had an even better first decade in the competition

 

[Mad Dog]

Must be getting past it as i can't for the life of me remember these guys.

Never fear Noddy - if I hadn't been keeping track - then I wouldn't know them if I was ********ing on them...

Damien Mellow - on ball flanker type

Darren Bartch - tall Ruck type

Damien McCarthy - reminded me a bit of Randell Bone to look at - same build etc

needless to say they were as about as memorable as their talent was recognisable !!

 

[Damp Squarie]

49 D Mellow

This guy is no dud.
Coaching Crystal Brook at the moment and his disposal is still good enough to put a lot of Crows players to shame.

 

[No 1 Draft Pick]

This guy is no dud.
Coaching Crystal Brook at the moment and his disposal is still good enough to put a lot of Crows players to shame.

No offence meant. Why didnt he make AFL? Injuries, motivation?

 

[Damp Squarie]

Nun taken. Im not sure. He was at South Adelaide when drafted...I think it was a case of more better players were at the Crows disposal.

There would be many a player not taken that probably wouldve done OK over the years.

 

[missionpossible]

This brings back memories of when I was a crows supporter. Looking back on it there is still two things that stand out to me
1- how short term the list was with some of the senior players on the list (ie. Lee, Marshall, Fielke, Lindner, Lindsay, Warhurst, Lamb, Hughes, Abernethy and Clisby)
2- the lack of port adelaide players considering we won the 1990 premiership.

Grant Tanner and Brendan Sanderson went on to serve geelong very well.

Adam Saliba and Jonathon Ross, oh what could have been. But at 19 and the girls around town throwing themselves at you it is understandable how some guys dont take the oppurtunities presented to them as seriously as they should have.

Scott Hodges a good first season considering how many times the ball went over his head when on an open lead. Then an ankle injury which he was never the same after.

 

[Crow-mosone]

Nun taken. Im not sure. He was at South Adelaide when drafted...I think it was a case of more better players were at the Crows disposal.

There would be many a player not taken that probably wouldve done OK over the years.

I thought he was a norwood boy at the time? and he came to us later. might be wrong though.

 

[tribey]

I thought he was a norwood boy at the time? and he came to us later. might be wrong though.

I think you're right, but my memory is equally fuzzy. I don't have it on me, but my Crows 1991 yearbook (the one with Hodges on the front, "year 1 in the big league" etc) will have the answer.

I'll try and post some of the profiles/info up here sometime late tomorrow if noone beats me to the punch.

Out of interest, his greatest AFL claim to fame was when his girlfriend was on Street Talk a few years back:

- "Sam, my boyfriend was on the Crows' first list!"
- "And what was his name madam?"
- "Damien Mellow!"
- "..."

 

[tredders16]

This brings back memories of when I was a crows supporter. Looking back on it there is still two things that stand out to me
1- how short term the list was with some of the senior players on the list (ie. Lee, Marshall, Fielke, Lindner, Lindsay, Warhurst, Lamb, Hughes, Abernethy and Clisby)
2- the lack of port adelaide players considering we won the 1990 premiership.

Grant Tanner and Brendan Sanderson went on to serve geelong very well.

Adam Saliba and Jonathon Ross, oh what could have been. But at 19 and the girls around town throwing themselves at you it is understandable how some guys dont take the oppurtunities presented to them as seriously as they should have.

Scott Hodges a good first season considering how many times the ball went over his head when on an open lead. Then an ankle injury which he was never the same after.

I have got a few hours to burn at work so I have had a decent look at the 1990 premiership side and think the Crows got what they needed out of it.

For example:

Already drafted before the Crows could get them were:

Wanganeen - Essendon
Hynes - West Coast
R Smith - St Kilda

Ex Delisted VFL players:

M Williams - Coll/Bris
S Williams - Bris
Foster - Carlton
Rizonico - Coll
Phillips - Coll
Johnston - Geel?
Baker - Bris

Hardly AFL players:

Mahney
Phelps
Ginever
Hutton
Fiacchi
Settre
Northeast

Leaving:

Hodges
D Smith
Tregenza
Abernethy

NOTE:

D Brown was out injured with a torn hamstring
R Smith(drafted to St Kilda) was out injured with a broken jaw courtesy of K Klomp in Preliminary Final

Hardly an abundant list of ready made AFL players but were good enough to win their third flag in three years.

Now if you want to talk about the Glenelg GF side from 1990 and how many made it onto the inaugural list, that opens up another huge can of worms!!!

 

[Macca19]

I thought Mellow was a Glenelg player.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

I thought Mellow was a Glenelg player.

Pretty sure Mellow was a Norwood player.

 

[tribey]

Pretty sure Mellow was a Norwood player.

Correct.

 

[Sheeds]

I actually had a huge Crows poster from the end of the 1991 season. Basically it had a picture of every player from the initial sqaud, their stats for the year and was signed by every player and looked the goods framed. It was absolutely massive. It is probably in the shed somewhere, I should track it down.

I was not a Crows fan at all but my dad was pretty good friends with Peter McIntyre and Darren Smith so got the poster through them. Apart from that the only Crows related merchandise I have is half of Nigel Smart's tie from his South Adelaide days courtesy of Klanger, ex South Adelaide player who managed to smuggle it for me as a momento.

 

[snap-shot]

Apart from that the only Crows related merchandise I have is half of Nigel Smart's tie from his South Adelaide days courtesy of Klanger, ex South Adelaide player who managed to smuggle it for me as a momento.

Peter(?) Klenjans?

He was the nutcase with a mop for a haircut who graced the SANFL with handstands and cartwheels in the early 90s wasn't he?

Great value

 

[Sheeds]

Yep your on the money Snap-Shot. I knew a lot of the South Adelaide players and Klanger definately was a character. Played mostly reserve games but will be remembered for his handstand picture after the 91 reserves GF against the eagles that graced the paper the next day.

He currently owns the Grace Emily pub in the city, im sure most Adelaidians know of it or have been there. One of the best pubs for live music.

 

[Leaping Lindner]

49 D Mellow -
50 D Bartsch -
52 D McCarthy -

You are not the only one Noddy! I suppose 14 years and a number of beers later mean its somewhat justifiable for us to not remember a few of these duds who dont ever appear to have played a game for us.

A few of these players that played only a handful of games did have big wraps at the time - Matthew Kelly from Norwood, Adam Saliba from North ('the next Andrew Jarman'), Peter Turner (Sturt from memory), Jarrod Hocking (Glenelg?) and Jonathon Ross.

I think Cornes did very well identifying so much young talent - Rehn, Hart, Roo, Mods, Smarty, Pittman, Wellman etc. If a few of the above 'potentials' had lived up to expectations we would have had an even better first decade in the competition

Peter Turner was a North boy as a matter of interest. He was taken at the same time as Ben Hart and played much better football at North than Ben Hart, he just couldn't "step-up" unfortunately. They both debuted in the 1990 finals series and Turner was North's second best in his second game (the 1990 prelim).

 

[Leaping Lindner]

Yep your on the money Snap-Shot. I knew a lot of the South Adelaide players and Klanger definately was a character. Played mostly reserve games but will be remembered for his handstand picture after the 91 reserves GF against the eagles that graced the paper the next day.

He currently owns the Grace Emily pub in the city, im sure most Adelaidians know of it or have been there. One of the best pubs for live music.

Wasn't he the bloke that looked like a walking canvas (covered in tattoos)???

 

[PrideOf]

I have got a few hours to burn at work so I have had a decent look at the 1990 premiership side and think the Crows got what they needed out of it.

.....

Now if you want to talk about the Glenelg GF side from 1990 and how many made it onto the inaugural list, that opens up another huge can of worms!!!

Thanks for that research Tredders. We actually had a few of those Port boys listed in our original training squad but they were cut: Fiacchi, Hutton, Johnston, Phillips & Williams. Nothing special there, but one or two of them may have been ahead of Bartlett, Rouvray and Clayton Lamb.

Johnston I thought was particularly stiff. Darren Bartsch got in ahead of him.