Granger danger

[Ford Fairlane]

The 1982 Prelim Final v the Bays makes it into the tiser's 150 years celebrations as the SANFL's most controversial game. Check out Rooch's role at the time.

(image courtesy of Spadge in this thread)

SANFL's most controversial game

THE 1982 preliminary final between Port Adelaide and Glenelg was one of the most controversial games in SANFL history.

And it was the culmination of 20 years of bad blood between the bitter rivals.

Port tough nut David Granger, better known as "Grave Danger", started on the bench, but was thrown into the game late in the second quarter and was almost immediately reported for striking Glenelg great Graham Cornes.

The carnage, which saw Granger suspended for eight games, continued after halftime with Glenelg defender Stephen Barratt suffering a broken leg in a "collision" with Granger.

Another Bays player, Peter Maynard, had to leave the field with a bleeding eardrum.

Glenelg won by a point and Granger, playing what turned out to be his last SANFL game, had to be escorted from the field by police.

The Advertiser's chief football writer Michelangelo Rucci, who was covering opposition stats in the Port Adelaide coach's box on the day, recalled: "The second half, against a backdrop of this deadpan, ominous grey sky, was just brutal and too tense to ever recount in words."

 

[blackdiamond]

Yeah I read that article earlier today, stats man hey!

 

[silverfingers]

Those were the days....

Anyone know if Granger is out of jail yet, or if not, when he will be?

 

[Ford Fairlane]

He's been out for quite a while now.

 

[silverfingers]

that's what I thought, but wasn't sure.
any idea where he's at, and what he's doing with himself these days?