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When its Team of the Century was announced in May 2001, the depth of Fitzroy’s class was highlighted not only by the brilliance of the players selected in the team, but also by the calibre of the players who missed selection.
To honour some of the players, who missed selection in the Team of the Century, I have selected another team of champions, who represented the Roys in either the VFA, VFL or AFL.
Feel free to use a team approach to decipher my cryptic clues to help you uncover the identity of each player.
None of these players were selected in our Team of the Century.
Backs:
Not the Kangaroo Brownlow Medallist - Clen Denning (not Ross Glendenning)
0 from 108 - Vic Chanter (0 goals from 108 games)
Boat carrying toupees - Len Wigraft (boat = raft, toupee = wig)
Half Backs:
Made Carole King sound very good - Lorenzo Serafini (sang Hard Rock Cafe)
Private worth saving - Dinny Ryan (Saving Private Ryan)
Used with stones to break bones - Grant Lawrie (Sticks)
Centres:
Last flag in first season - Noel Jarvis (1st played in 1944, including the Premiership)
Preston Swimmer with Bradman’s finesse - Don (Bradman) Furness (Finesse) (recruited from Preston Swimmers)
Not as slow as name suggests - Ray Slocum (not Slow)
Half Forwards:
Amazing brother of Michael - Jim Grace (Amazing Grace, brother of Mick)
2nd Skipper to win 2 from 3 - Gerald Brosnan (2 Premierships from 3 years as Captain, equalling Alex Sloan's record)
A Scotsman in the Men’s Den - David McMahon (ran the Men's Den Menswear shop)
Forwards:
King Kong’s favorite drink - Matt Rendell (was nicknamed Bundy, after a wrestler called King Kong Bundy)
Departed with 7 from 8 - Eddie Hart (kicked 7 of Fitzroy's 8 goals in his last game)
Ferguson or Silverchair - Jim Freake (Freak is a Silverchair song & Ferguson's character in Prisoner)
Followers:
Leader of a ragtime band - Ron Alexander (Alexander's Ragtime Band is a song)
1st of the chosen 8 - Brad Boyd (1st Fitzroy player to join Brisbane Lions)
417 not out on another field - Jack Worrall (scored 417 not out in a District cricket match)
Interchange:
Amazing brother of James - Mick Grace (Amazing Grace, brother of Jim)
Replaced Donaldson & Rose - Graham Campbell (replaced those 2 coaches)
The footballer you have when you’re not having a footballer - Scott Clayton (Claytons, the drink you have when you're not having a drink)
Colour of a city street - Goldsmith (Goldie) Collins (Gold, Collins Street)
Mascot for interstaters - Russell Crow (Adelaide Crows)
WW1 took his eye - Lou Barker (he lost an eye, fighting in World War 1)
Coach:
I don’t mind the Icehouse song - Robert Walls (I don't mind the "Walls")
To honour some of the players, who missed selection in the Team of the Century, I have selected another team of champions, who represented the Roys in either the VFA, VFL or AFL.
Feel free to use a team approach to decipher my cryptic clues to help you uncover the identity of each player.
None of these players were selected in our Team of the Century.
Backs:
Not the Kangaroo Brownlow Medallist - Clen Denning (not Ross Glendenning)
0 from 108 - Vic Chanter (0 goals from 108 games)
Boat carrying toupees - Len Wigraft (boat = raft, toupee = wig)
Half Backs:
Made Carole King sound very good - Lorenzo Serafini (sang Hard Rock Cafe)
Private worth saving - Dinny Ryan (Saving Private Ryan)
Used with stones to break bones - Grant Lawrie (Sticks)
Centres:
Last flag in first season - Noel Jarvis (1st played in 1944, including the Premiership)
Preston Swimmer with Bradman’s finesse - Don (Bradman) Furness (Finesse) (recruited from Preston Swimmers)
Not as slow as name suggests - Ray Slocum (not Slow)
Half Forwards:
Amazing brother of Michael - Jim Grace (Amazing Grace, brother of Mick)
2nd Skipper to win 2 from 3 - Gerald Brosnan (2 Premierships from 3 years as Captain, equalling Alex Sloan's record)
A Scotsman in the Men’s Den - David McMahon (ran the Men's Den Menswear shop)
Forwards:
King Kong’s favorite drink - Matt Rendell (was nicknamed Bundy, after a wrestler called King Kong Bundy)
Departed with 7 from 8 - Eddie Hart (kicked 7 of Fitzroy's 8 goals in his last game)
Ferguson or Silverchair - Jim Freake (Freak is a Silverchair song & Ferguson's character in Prisoner)
Followers:
Leader of a ragtime band - Ron Alexander (Alexander's Ragtime Band is a song)
1st of the chosen 8 - Brad Boyd (1st Fitzroy player to join Brisbane Lions)
417 not out on another field - Jack Worrall (scored 417 not out in a District cricket match)
Interchange:
Amazing brother of James - Mick Grace (Amazing Grace, brother of Jim)
Replaced Donaldson & Rose - Graham Campbell (replaced those 2 coaches)
The footballer you have when you’re not having a footballer - Scott Clayton (Claytons, the drink you have when you're not having a drink)
Colour of a city street - Goldsmith (Goldie) Collins (Gold, Collins Street)
Mascot for interstaters - Russell Crow (Adelaide Crows)
WW1 took his eye - Lou Barker (he lost an eye, fighting in World War 1)
Coach:
I don’t mind the Icehouse song - Robert Walls (I don't mind the "Walls")
(There's another one, Olmster! 
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