Eddie Hocking

[demon48]

Was watching Adelaide's first game on 7TWO this morning. Watching a young Eddie Hocking tearing it up. Quite liked him and want to know what ever happened to him?

 

[Firewalker]

He was simply to small for the AFL, harsh but true. He was handy for us in the occasional night game in 1991 in fact wasn't half as good a player when playing in day games and only played night footy well because of his great ability to pick up the dewy ball and sneak goals. Only played 11 games for us, all in '91 and suffered from fittness problems and players such as Matthew Liptak and David Brown playing a very similar role better then him.

Was really exiciting when going though was the 'Scud' and played well for Central Districs in the SANFL, he had a pretty big cult following as seen in that first game against the Hawks and everybody loved his signature move of pretending to go back to take a kick then at the last minute playing on and running around the man on the mark and going for Goal.

 

[Full Circle]

Only 11 games, would never have guessed that. Can still remember him quite clearly, so he definitely had an impact in a short time.

 

[Deaneus!]

My favourite memory of Eddie Hocking is when he had an altercation with a much, much taller Melbourne player (Jim Stynes?) and punched him once in the jaw with a right... he dropped to the ground as if unconscious, was a great punch.

Or am i thinking of someone else?

 

[Crow-mo]

one trick pony. and a fraction too small.

 

[LC40]

My favourite memory of Eddie Hocking is when he had an altercation with a much, much taller Melbourne player (Jim Stynes?) and punched him once in the jaw with a right... he dropped to the ground as if unconscious, was a great punch.

Or am i thinking of someone else?

I think the player was James Manson.

 

[NSWCROW]

Right in front of the members too
Dancin backwards , luring the big man in...then...

Jumping straight-right iirc

 

[Damon_3388]

Was really exiciting when going though was the 'Scud' and played well for Central Districs in the SANFL, he had a pretty big cult following as seen in that first game against the Hawks and everybody loved his signature move of pretending to go back to take a kick then at the last minute playing on and running around the man on the mark and going for Goal.

I know this is a pretty long-range bump, but I just read that Hocking was runner-up in the Magarey Medal count as a 20-year-old in 1990. Centrals came 7th that year, so that's a fair effort, especially considering his age and the type of player he appears to have been. Did he play a different role for Centrals than he did for the Crows? I have a hard time believing a player of his type could have polled so well in the Magarey count in that era, especially without kicking a mountain of goals (Rudi Mandemaker led the Bulldogs that year with 52 majors). And why didn't Hocking at least go on with it at SANFL level? I don't remember him being particularly prominent once the Crows got rid of him.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

His party trick was taking a set shot for goal then dummying the man on the mark, running in and kicking the goal. Did it a few times at AFL level.

 

[Smoooothy]

as mentioned above, he also had a pretty handy right hook

 

[spenze]

. And why didn't Hocking at least go on with it at SANFL level? I don't remember him being particularly prominent once the Crows got rid of him.

May be talking out of my arse here but if I remember rightly he went back and played for his junior club not that long after playing for AFC. I also remember seeing him play in one of those matches and thinking "gee, Wilbur Wilson has really let himself go, but at least he has a right foot" before someone set me straight on the fact it was Eddie

 

[Freshj]

Before my time, but did the scud give Damien monkhorst a jab?

 

[Cleric]

Before my time, but did the scud give Damien monkhorst a jab?

Yeah think it was. Was deff an ugly big Collingwood ruckman.

 

[Don Muraco]

I think it was James Manson

 

[PrideOf]

Nah, the Collingwood ruckman was James "Charles" Manson. Funny as all **** that.

I saw Eddie a few years back now and he was about 5'6" in height and close to 5'6" across as well. Looked like he'd taken on the Darren Jarman retirement diet.

 

[The Sloane Ranger]

I bumped into Eddie 12 months ago and he was involved in with Macca a SA junior football pathway programs for indigenous players

 

[fatbarber]

I bumped into Eddie some 20 odd years ago and remember thinking WOW you really are small! And I am 169cm - he was exciting but was not a one grab player and at the end of the day was just too small! By comparison Callinan could play Ruck!!