Grant Birchall; Tasmania's best player ever?

seysearles

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#76
Hudson kicked 606 goals from 101 games up to an including the game where he was injured. That's 6 per game- unbelievable. The tossers who say he was overrated either never saw him play or were just jealous. He still averaged 4-5 goals per game against the stronger sides of his day (Carlton, Collingwood, Richmond etc), its just that he averaged about 8 per game against the shit sides like Melbourne, South, North and Fitzroy. He wasn't spectacular like Coleman or a teen idol like McKenna, and that's why sometimes he seemed a bit ordinary. But you cannot argue with his goal-kicking prowess.
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HigginsHawk

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#77
I was very lucky to get to know Jack McMurray Jr during my early working career. He umpired vfl for over 200 games before and after WW2. We used to mainly talk footy. I asked him who was the best he saw and he said he couldn't split Coleman and Laurie Nash. Nash was obviously a supreme talent, playing test cricket and VFL. Although being born in Melbourne, we still claim him as Tasmanian.

I can't believe that nobody has mentioned Rudy Gilham, Jason Taylor, Stephen Byers or Scott Wade in the best hawk players from Tassie yet.
 
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