Iconic moments in the history of the AFL - pick one

[Brunswick Trap King]

 

[Ron The Bear]

Little-known fact: Richmond immortal Vic Thorp also snapped a behind post in half in the 1921 Grand Final.

 

[Carlton lad]

We all remember where we were the day Brett Kirk

Brett Kirk

Age

47

Ht

184cm

Wt

80kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.5

5star

K

8.9

3star

HB

9.6

5star

M

2.7

3star

T

5.3

5star

CL

2.4

4star

No current season stats available

D

16.8

4star

K

13.0

5star

HB

3.8

3star

M

3.6

4star

T

2.2

4star

spoke these words of wisdom. I still get emotional reading this all these years later, a truely iconic moment.
“Thanks Basil. I just want to give you a bit of an insight into the Saturday afternoon team. We’re a bunch of unique individuals – Malthouse, Harley, Zempilas, McLachlan and myself. We’re gonna engage with our minds and our hearts. We’re gonna exchange ideas, thoughts and even our energy. And to speak from your heart you need to have courage. You need to be honest and authentic. We’re not always gonna get it right. And sometimes, you’re not going to agree with us. But that’s okay, because just like you we care. Just like you, we’re passionate about the game. So if you want to come along for the ride, join us on Saturday arvos, because we just love the footy.”

 

[FrustratedTiger]

 

[Ma Xiao Long]

 

[Gordon Farkas]

Q: What do Nick Riewoldt and Marcellus Wallace have in common....?

 

[RUNVS]

Q: What do Nick Riewoldt and Marcellus Wallace have in common....?

They both had nude photos taken of them and put online?

 

[eaglespremiers]

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What a blight on our game that "mark" is.

 

[Tbonefreo]

We all remember where we were the day Brett Kirk spoke these words of wisdom. I still get emotional reading this all these years later, a truely iconic moment.
“Thanks Basil. I just want to give you a bit of an insight into the Saturday afternoon team. We’re a bunch of unique individuals – Malthouse, Harley, Zempilas, McLachlan and myself. We’re gonna engage with our minds and our hearts. We’re gonna exchange ideas, thoughts and even our energy. And to speak from your heart you need to have courage. You need to be honest and authentic. We’re not always gonna get it right. And sometimes, you’re not going to agree with us. But that’s okay, because just like you we care. Just like you, we’re passionate about the game. So if you want to come along for the ride, join us on Saturday arvos, because we just love the footy.”

I felt this in my loins

 

[iluvparis]

Possibly the greatest on act field of brutality in the history of the game

 

[Whiskers]

Geez, I wish you lot would take this seriously.

Here's my nomination.

I was 8 years old at the time and absolutely loved it haha.
I didn’t get the cringe at the time but tbh I still love the song.

 

[footyfan1978]

I was 8 years old at the time and absolutely loved it haha.
I didn’t get the cringe at the time but tbh I still love the song.

Slap yourself now. You know it is the right thing to do.

 

[footyfan1978]

*, now you got his song "Suddenly" in my ******* head.
Give yourself an upper cut for inflicting that horrible vague memory of ever hearing it.

 

[Whiskers]

fu**, now you got his song "Suddenly" in my ******* head.
Give yourself an upper cut for inflicting that horrible vague memory of ever hearing it.

I should yes BUT
I used to love all the pre match stuff especially around the early 90s. Was always so excited in the build up.
Not much I loved during the games itself haha. Multiple hawk flags and even more losing by the cats.

 

[M Malice]

 

[footyfan1978]

I should yes BUT

No buts , get to it.
If you forgotten why you deserve to give yourself one, this is the horrible reminder.

 

[Lip Gallagher]

Dean Laidley deserves a mention, tough as nails small defender who earned the nic name of junk yard dog, then we find out he wanted to be a chick, massive iconic story for mine.

 

[Back One Out]

The VFL goes national in 1987 with expansion teams from Perth and Brisbane...

... and just 4 years later, the West Coast Eagles finish on top of the ladder and win their way through to the 1991 Grand Final.

Huge moment for the game.

Much bigger than the Angry Anderson & Batmobile half time entertainment.

 

[iluvparis]

The VFL goes national in 1987 with expansion teams from Perth and Brisbane...

... and just 4 years later, the West Coast Eagles finish on top of the ladder and win their way through to the 1991 Grand Final.

Huge moment for the game.

Much bigger than the Angry Anderson & Batmobile half time entertainment.

I'm not sure if it was due to being at Waverly but one of the least memorable on field GFs I can remember from the last 40 years.

 

[WCE_phil]

I'm not sure if it was due to being at Waverly but one of the least memorable on field GFs I can remember from the last 40 years.

That and with the eagles style of play at the time the moment it was going to be a wet weather match we were cooked.

For mine while i don't know how to load clips the time the umpire marked the ball was pretty surreal and something i'll never forget.

 

[Back One Out]

I'm not sure if it was due to being at Waverly but one of the least memorable on field GFs I can remember from the last 40 years.

That's just repeated narrative from the media... Mainly because it wasn't a 1 point thriller and because "boring Hawthorn" won their 5th flag in 9 years. The narky jealous people wanted to forget it ever happened. (Similar to our 3peat in 2013-14-15)

It was actually a good game, albeit one-sided by the end. Good quality football between two genuine heavyweights. The Eagles kicked out to a 4 goal lead in the first quarter. Hawthorn dominated the 2nd term and went into halftime with a 10 point lead. West Coast threw the kitchen sink at Hawthorn in a goal-for-goal 3rd quarter when both teams kicked 5 apiece. Still a 10 point margin at 3/4 time. Then in the last quarter, Hawthorn went nuts and kicked 8.4 to 1.3

Even with my Hawk bias aside, I've sat though plenty of worse Grand Finals than '91

But all this is besides the point. It was a memorable iconic moment because for the first time ever, a non-Victorian was contesting the Grand Final.
The entire state of WA came to a standstill and were barracking for the Eagles - even non footy fans.

It was a watershed moment for our national competition, even if it didn't go to script.

 

[gingernuts]

Phil Carmen Headbutt. Not that I condone violence but Carbery got what he deserved after going at Phil the way he did. Actually if Carbery was umpiring now he would be deemed a "campaigner"

 

[footyfan1978]

That's just repeated narrative from the media... Mainly because it wasn't a 1 point thriller and because "boring Hawthorn" won their 5th flag in 9 years. The narky jealous people wanted to forget it ever happened. (Similar to our 3peat in 2013-14-15)

OR it might just be his genuine view as a football fan

 

[Underarm]

Just found this and if you only count the decade as starting in 2007 it is completely right.

2000-2010 isn't a decade.

 

[Back One Out]

OR it might just be his genuine view as a football fan

I’m putting you on ignore now because I don’t wish to converse with dickheads who offer nothing to this forum and just make puerile argumentative replies for the sake of it

Adios