FORGOTTEN PLAYERS APPRECIATION THREAD

[d33my]

Todd McHardy.

5 games, 5 losses, one goal.

 

[Wolfgang West]

He was my first post in this thread

Dick Michalczyk

Ha Ha played cricket with him.

Terry O'Neil.

 

[Kram]

Clinton Wolf, claimed that he was 'to uncoordinated to hit the bloke' as a defence at the tribunal.

 

[TheTigerEffect]

Played a fair chunk of games and maybe not forgotten but Rory Hilton was always a classic for me.

 

[Mr Cannons]

Jason Heatley.

Jason coaches Northcote Park in the Northern Football League, took them to a flag this year after they were dead and buried half way through the season.

Here's some footage of him at the club rooms during the mad Monday celebrations.

 

[pablo668]

Peter Melesso robably would have had quite a servicable career in the AFL if he didn't get cancer.
That sort of put paid to it.
I watched him play in his days back at Claremont. Great player I thought.

John Hutton, I also watched him at Claremont, I think he kicked 100 goals in the WAFL comp back in 89.......went to Brizzy as the number 1 draft pick the year after. Didn't do so well at AFL level unfortunately, was still a handy forward though.
Finished up at Freo.

 

[Gavin Excell]

Aldo Dipetta - Saints

Jason Briggs - Saints

Randall Bone - Hawk

 

[Plugger35]

Aldo Dipetta? Jason Briggs?

Never heard of either of them, when did they play for the Saints?

 

[bradrowe#32]

Simon Eishold - owner of the worst set shot for goal in a final.

 

[KGBeast]

Greg Packham

Was my teacher in 1982. Nice bloke.

 

[KGBeast]

Keiran Sporn
Sanford (Matthew) Wheeler
Greg Eppelstun

 

[Lotch]

This guy:

 

[Ron The Bear]

Aldo Dipetta - Saints

Haha, used to know his cousin, mad Sainter. Got a write-up in the paper once, which upset Corey McKernan's mum. G'day Barns!

 

[ChristianReneFriborg]

Daniel Dzufer was the best AFL player for me, until he was found guilty of drink-driving.

 

[Gavin Excell]

Aldo Dipetta? Jason Briggs?

Never heard of either of them, when did they play for the Saints?

from Wiki:

Aldo Dipetta (born 3 January 1972) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL).[1]
Dipette played his early football with the Springvale Football Club and at Mazenod College.
He made three appearances for St Kilda late in the 1990 AFL season, didn't feature at all in 1991, then played another two league games in 1992.[2]
In 1993 he moved to the ACT and began playing with Ainslie, from where he was drafted to the Sydney Swans, with pick 16 of the 1993 Mid-Season Draft.[3] He played just twice for the Swans.[2]
He is now a podiatrist in Canberra.[4]


Briggs was on their list in the early 90s - don't thinknplayed a senior game. only mentioned him because used to work with the guy and was nice bloke

 

[King_Tredrea]

brendan fewster

 

[tonk]

Keiran Sporn
Sanford (Matthew) Wheeler
Greg Eppelstun

Sanford Wheeler was a real character, used to ride his skateboard to training. The first (and only) African American to play in the AFL. Barassi got rid of him at Sydney.

 

[CAS79]

Sanford Wheeler was a real character, used to ride his skateboard to training. The first (and only) African American to play in the AFL. Barassi got rid of him at Sydney.

And I swear for a 47 game player who couldn't kick or have game awareness his name actually comes up quite a lot on bigfooty.

 

[Northworth]

Mark Bayes and Darren Kappler(sp?) - two of my favourite players - beautiful disposal

 

[monty1104]

Steve Alessio. Was my favourite player, had a ripper restaurant he owned with the Roccas.

Sydney fans probably won't forget him though. Always seemed to save his best for them.

 

[tonk]

Steve Alessio. Was my favourite player, had a ripper restaurant he owned with the Roccas.

Sydney fans probably won't forget him though. Always seemed to save his best for them.

Hardly forgotten, wasn't he a premiership player?

 

[monty1104]

Hardly forgotten, wasn't he a premiership player?

Yes, played in the 2000 premiership.

He is as forgotten as alot of the players already mentioned in this thread.

 

[LuvtheKangas]

Russell "Buckets" Tweedale.

Completely double-sided, likeable little ranga. Sadly, no AFL player will ever again earn their nickname the way that he did.

 

[KnaveyBlue]

Randall Bone!

 

[Blowfly]

Paul Hills - Jumped straight from U19 to senior footy in 1991 and was a Baby Bomber Premiership player in 1993. Could really play but after '93 persistent injuries destroyed his career (managed only 11 games in the next three seasons before pulling the pin).