Did You Know...?

[treefingers]

From Hawthorn's website...

In the 36 years prior to the Hawks’ inaugural premiership year, 1961, they had only beaten Collingwood four times in 61 games and could only look enviously at Collingwood’s 13 Premierships. From 1961 onwards, the boot has been on the other foot, with the Hawks holding a 56 to 39 advantage in the head-to-head, and also having won 10 Premierships to the Magpies 2 in the last 53 years.

 

[Ron The Bear]

From 1881 to 1921, Essendon was not based in Essendon, but in East Melbourne.

The East Melbourne Cricket Ground was located on the corner of Wellington and Jolimont parades, not far from the MCG and Punt Road. Essendon trained and played their home games there until 1921, when the ground was closed and they moved to Windy Hill.

The ground also hosted the first ever interstate match in 1879, between Victoria and SA.

Just looking at the map on page 3 of this link...the window I'm looking out of as I type this would've been the perfect vantage point.

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/21096/1/c21096.pdf

<opens window>..."Get out of it Thurgood ya mongrel!"

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

I'd be willing to bet that Geelong is the first 16-4 team to have won all four quarters in a game just once.

 

[Ahern2Boof]

In Round 4, 2012, John McCarthy played against his former team in Collingwood for the first time as a Port Adelaide player. The Power lost, kicking a score of 10.13.73.

John McCarthy's junior club, Sorrento, kicked a score of 10.13.73 on the first weekend following his tragic passing. That weekend, Collingwood also kicked 10.13.73 against West Coast in the Semi-Final.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

In Round 4, 2012, John McCarthy played against his former team in Collingwood for the first time as a Port Adelaide player. The Power lost, kicking a score of 10.13.73.

John McCarthy's junior club, Sorrento, kicked a score of 10.13.73 on the first weekend following his tragic passing. That weekend, Collingwood also kicked 10.13.73 against West Coast in the Semi-Final.

The week after his death, his best mate Ben Reid played his 73rd game.

 

[Ron The Bear]

I'd be willing to bet that Geelong is the first 16-4 team to have won all four quarters in a game just once.

South Melbourne (1935) and Melbourne (1956) went 16-2 and didn't do it at all (although South managed it in the semi-final).

 

[Vdubs]

When Drew Petrie was a kid at primary school, he was so shy, he didn't ask anyone how to take the glad wrap off his sandwiches; tiredness and weight loss became obvious, because he couldn't eat his lunch, so finally he was enlightened.

 

[Vdubs]

That's a funny one and it was our only lose up until the GF can't imagine that having happened many times.

That loss was so poor it made me realise we were very gettable.

 

[Ahern2Boof]

Is Ben Hudson the only player in the history of the game to play at three separate clubs over three seasons?

2011: Western Bulldogs
2012: Brisbane Lions
2013: Collingwood

 

[bradrowe#32]

Did you know...that the Geelong FC invented players dressing up to celebrate the conclusion of the season.

 

[SE_Blue]

From Hawthorn's website...

In the 36 years prior to the Hawks’ inaugural premiership year, 1961, they had only beaten Collingwood four times in 61 games and could only look enviously at Collingwood’s 13 Premierships. From 1961 onwards, the boot has been on the other foot, with the Hawks holding a 56 to 39 advantage in the head-to-head, and also having won 10 Premierships to the Magpies 2 in the last 53 years.

I think we beat the Hawks the first 28(?) times after they joined the VFL.

Have gotten us back for that lately though...

 

[TheLoungeLizard]

NOTE*

No EFC shit please.

 

[walhawk]

Is Ben Hudson the only player in the history of the game to play at three separate clubs over three seasons?

2011: Western Bulldogs
2012: Brisbane Lions
2013: Collingwood

No.
Lots of players have moved clubs, lasted only a season then moved again.

 

[Public Enemy No1]

Tim Watson was on the Eagles list during the 92 premiership year. Was re drafted by Essendon and was part of the 93 flag


I went to the Eagles very first game

 

[Sunshine Saint]

Favourite thread on BF Long may it entertain

 

[Ron The Bear]

Is Ben Hudson the only player in the history of the game to play at three separate clubs over three seasons?

2011: Western Bulldogs
2012: Brisbane Lions
2013: Collingwood

Dick Chirgwin managed four clubs in three years. Three players (Charlie Anderson, Daryl Cumming, Mark Athorn) played at four different clubs in successive years . And Vic Nankervis played at Geelong-Footscray-St.Kilda-Geelong.

Five other players including Geoff Raines represented three clubs in two seasons.

58 players including Hudson played for three different clubs in consecutive years. The more recent/better known ones include Phil Carman, Rex Hunt, David Calthorpe, Barry Mitchell, Dale Kickett, Richard Osborne, Brenton Sanderson, Grant Thomas, Len Thompson & Terry Wallace.

 

[Gibbke]

Speaking of smokes..I'm pretty sure this is true...Simon Madden, Leon Baker and a few other players lit up **** and puffed away on the ground after the 84' GF win.,

There's great footage after the 1977 GF of the players milling around and lighting up...

 

[Gibbke]

Dick Chirgwin managed four clubs in three years. Three players (Charlie Anderson, Daryl Cumming, Mark Athorn) played at four different clubs in successive years . And Vic Nankervis played at Geelong-Footscray-St.Kilda-Geelong.

Five other players including Geoff Raines represented three clubs in two seasons

58 players including Hudson played for three different clubs in consecutive years. The more recent/better known ones include Phil Carman, Rex Hunt, David Calthorpe, Barry Mitchell, Dale Kickett, Richard Osborne, Brenton Sanderson, Grant Thomas, Len Thompson & Terry Wallace.

And a better player than all of them - Dermott Brereton, if you count his gameless 1993 as the first year...

 

[Ron The Bear]

Speaking of smokes..I'm pretty sure this is true...Simon Madden, Leon Baker and a few other players lit up **** and puffed away on the ground after the 84' GF win.,

Robert McGhie 1974

 

[Riccardo11]

St Kildas first ever premiership was actually won in 1943. It took the form of the "Patriotic Premiership" - a lightning cup format to raise money for the war effort. They beat Richmond in the final.

The Saints have also reached the Grand Final in each of the seasons they won the Minor Premiership - 1965, 1997 and 2009, but lost the Grand Final each time.

There is a story from the VFA that a coach was suspended and banned from entering the field of play, so the club employed a cherry picker to lower him over the fence at quarter time and suspend him a few inches off the ground. I believe this was at Box Hill and happened in the 1970's.

 

[Riccardo11]

Double Post. But gives me the opportunity to note that St Kilda attempted to change it's nickname in the 1950's to the Panthers to convey a harder image (when jungle animal nicknames were all the rage). Unfortunately, the team was 7 shades of crap, and, when players started joking that the team was "as weak as panther pee", the name was scrapped. Other animal mascots that were introduced was the Seagull in the '30's and the Penguin in the '40's, neither of which caught on.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

There's great footage after the 1977 GF of the players milling around and lighting up...

At one stage (a long time ago), it wasn't that uncommon to see a cloud of smoke above the 3/4 time huddle

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Robert McGhie 1974

Tats were better before hipsters discovered them

 

[HirdyLannister]

That Essendon staff voted 4-2 to delist James Hird in 1991, but Sheedy wanted to keep him.

In hindsight that was a big mistake . . .

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

South Melbourne (1935) and Melbourne (1956) went 16-2 and didn't do it at all (although South managed it in the semi-final).

Haha...well that shut me up!