Fat Pizza's Trivia Question #7

[Fat Pizza]

Which former Fitzroy player won 2 gold medals at the Rome Olympics in 1960 & in which sport?

 

[Mr Ripper]

Laurie Morgan -in equestrian!

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Olmy knows best

 

[Levo]

Fat Pizza got oner for you what was Garry Wilson's last number at Fitzroy?

 

[Mobbs]

'Up'.

Whenever a player is on their last few games, their number is 'Up'.

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Hallowed be thy Roy

 

[Fat Pizza]

Ripper is correct. Laurie Morgan played 34 games for Fitzroy between 1937 & 1939, then won 2 gold medals for Australia in Equestrian events at the Rome Olympics.

I grew up wearing Garry Wilson's no. 29 on my back. Flea retired in 1984, but kept very fit & also coached the Magoos. He was almost coaxed out of retirement & was named as emergency for a game in Perth in about 1988. Ross Lyon had the no. 29 by then. I have a feeling Wilson was allocated no. 37.

 

[Olmy]

Imagine if Wilson had actually been called up to play in '88!

 

[Mr Ripper]

Flea was allocated Big Bernie's number 5 in 1987.

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Olmy knows best

 

[Levo]

Nearly right Mr Ripper he was assigned Number 5 in 1995 for a game in Perth as a favour to Bernie, when he was skills coach just in case we didn't have enough players.

 

[Mr Ripper]

Levo...I'm looking at it right now in the Footy Record.

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Olmy knows best

 

[Olmy]

What?! In '95??

 

[Fat Pizza]

Struth, I was a long way out!
At least I got the Perth bit right.