Indigenous legacy

[THE CAT WRANGLER]

We are really starting to build on our list of aboriginal talent and I was thinking of some past players through the years that I know of :

Current players

Varcoe

Hamling

Hartman

Stokes

Motlop

Christensen


Past players:


Polly Farmer

Rod Waddell

Robbie Burns

Ezra Bray - zero games

Nathan djerrkura

Justin Murphy

 

[Vdubs]

Brian Peake??

Burns was a Ronnie

 

[supahoops]

Hamling? Looks about as Aboriginal as Scratcher Neal

But who could forget Rockin' ROBBIE Burns

Brian Peake?

 

[THE CAT WRANGLER]

Peak was a kiwi

 

[Vdubs]

Peak was a kiwi

In the words of John Elliott, PIG'S ARSE
He was born in WA about 1953 and is credited with being a rival to the great Marice Rioli as to who was the better indigenous mid.

 

[FredLeDeux]

In the words of John Elliott, PIG'S ARSE
He was born in WA about 1953 and is credited with being a rival to the great Marice Rioli as to who was the better indigenous mid.

Peake is not included in Wikipedia's list of "179 known players of Indigenous Australian heritage", nor did he make the Indigenous Team of the Century, for which he would have been a walk-up.
I always thought he was of aboriginal descent, but perhaps not?

 

[jim boy]

I'm just happy that we go for the best players - period.

 

[Catsmaninamerica]

I am myself Aboriginal, grew up on Perth nd played wafl footy when Peakey was finishing up. He is a kiwi.

 

[Hot Tin Roof]

I am myself Aboriginal, grew up on Perth nd played wafl footy when Peakey was finishing up. He is a kiwi.

Catsmaninamerica Thanks for that information. Was wondering if you meant to write Maori. It's often a simple slip to say Kiwi,.. though not to a Maori . I closely followed the careers of Peakey and Stephen Michael (one of the best going around) from the time Geelong first went knocking on their doors. I remember reading a W.A. article at the time on Brian Peake and from that had assumed he was part-Maori/part-Indigenous Australian. Happy to find this interesting article below to perhaps go some way toward clearing up the mystery (see Edit below).

http://www.footyalmanac.com.au/asia-pacific-team-of-the-century/

Asia-Pacific Team of the Century
September 3, 2012 By Damian Balassone

B: James Gwilt (PNG), Mal Michael (PNG), Alipate Carlile (Fiji)
HB: Dannie Seow (Singapore), Paul Bower (Maori), Karmichael Hunt (Samoa/Cook Islands)
C: Dustin Martin (Maori), Brian Peake (Maori), Wayne Schwass (Maori)
HF: Paul Medhurst (Malaysia), Setanta Ó hAilpín (Fiji), Andrew Embley (Burma)
F: David Rodan (Fiji/Tonga), Aaron Edwards (Samoa), Mathew Stokes (Philippines) "Huh? "
R: Nic Naitanui (Fiji), Daniel Kerr (India), Peter Bell (Korea)
IC (from): Trent Dennis-Lane (Burma), Wally Koochew (China), George Tansing (China), Enrico Misso (Sri Lanka), Craig Jacotine (Sri Lanka), David Gallagher (Sri Lanka), Jordan McMahon (India), Clancee Pearce (India), Alex Silvagni (India), Sudjai Cook (Thailand), Donald Dickie (Maori), Daniel McAlister (Maori), Danny Dickfos (Maori), Brett Peake (Maori), Israel Folau (Tonga), Lin Jong (Taiwan/East Timor)

http://www.footyalmanac.com.au/asia-pacific-team-of-the-century/

Edit:
"The criteria used is i) the player has played at least one VFL/AFL game, and ii) the player was either born in one of the countries that make up the Asia-Pacific region, or has a parent or grandparent, who was born in the region."

Representative team - Oh now it makes sense

 

[candiehappy]

Brian Peake??

Burns was a Ronnie

because he was past his prime when he finally came over Lou Richards gave Brian the nickname "pasties" - pasties peake


another one was Rod Waddell, only played a few games but came from the Diamond Valley league where I was living at the time

 

[FredLeDeux]

Catsmaninamerica
Asia-Pacific Team of the Century
September 3, 2012 By Damian Balassone

B: James Gwilt (PNG), Mal Michael (PNG), Alipate Carlile (Fiji)
HB: Dannie Seow (Singapore), Paul Bower (Maori), Karmichael Hunt (Samoa/Cook Islands)
C: Dustin Martin (Maori), Brian Peake (Maori), Wayne Schwass (Maori)
HF: Paul Medhurst (Malaysia), Setanta Ó hAilpín (Fiji), Andrew Embley (Burma)
F: David Rodan (Fiji/Tonga), Aaron Edwards (Samoa), Mathew Stokes (Philippines) "Huh? "
R: Nic Naitanui (Fiji), Daniel Kerr (India), Peter Bell (Korea)
IC (from): Trent Dennis-Lane (Burma), Wally Koochew (China), George Tansing (China), Enrico Misso (Sri Lanka), Craig Jacotine (Sri Lanka), David Gallagher (Sri Lanka), Jordan McMahon (India), Clancee Pearce (India), Alex Silvagni (India), Sudjai Cook (Thailand), Donald Dickie (Maori), Daniel McAlister (Maori), Danny Dickfos (Maori), Brett Peake (Maori), Israel Folau (Tonga), Lin Jong (Taiwan/East Timor)

http://www.footyalmanac.com.au/asia-pacific-team-of-the-century/

Edit:
"The criteria used is i) the player has played at least one VFL/AFL game, and ii) the player was either born in one of the countries that make up the Asia-Pacific region, or has a parent or grandparent, who was born in the region."

Representative team - Oh now it makes sense

The story of the Stokes Filippino-Aboriginal family is a famous one in the NT, it actually featured in an episode of the ABC's Australian Story.

 

[THE CAT WRANGLER]

Certainly are a lot of Stokes around one played with Hawks and there was a chance of another being drafted this year

 

[you pick one]

Lets keep the pot boiling Diesel Williams?

 

[THE CAT WRANGLER]

Not sure about Diesel someone will know ?

 

[THE CAT WRANGLER]

Also remember Russell Jeffrey however he didnt play a senior game

 

[FredLeDeux]

Certainly are a lot of Stokes around one played with Hawks and there was a chance of another being drafted this year

From The Australian back in 2007
To understand how Mathew Stokes got to the MCG today, you need to go back 100 years, to when Anthony Cubillo, a Filipino-Spanish sailmaker from Calape, on the island of Bohol, arrived in the Gulf of Carpentaria to seek his fortune in the growing pearl-diving trade.
Cubillo, Mathew's great-great-grandfather, married Magdalena McKeddie, a Larrakia girl known as Lily. Their story, celebrated in the 1992 play Keep in my heart: a Larrakia-Filipino Love Story, ended in tragic circumstances when Cubillo returned to The Philippines just before the outbreak of World War II. He died 11 years later without being able to see his wife again. But their nine children, and an estimated 400 direct descendants, have since shaped Darwin's sporting life.

 

[FredLeDeux]

Not sure about Diesel someone will know ?

Some say Spanish, some say Portuguese, but apparently not Aboriginal.

 

[candiehappy]

Some say Spanish, some say Portuguese, but apparently not Aboriginal.

nothing on Wiki about his cultural heritage. I was surprised to learn that it was Micky Turner who gave him the nick name Diesal.

 

[candiehappy]

Some say Spanish, some say Portuguese, but apparently not Aboriginal.

hard to guess with such a latino name as Williams !

 

[Catsmaninamerica]

Re stokesy, a lot of crew up in Darwin are Aboriginal and philipino or aboriginal/chinese. Stokesy is in that category.

 

[candiehappy]

when he grows the mo he looks distinctly Columbian !!

 

[footscore]

for all of Stokes criticism on this board, he's one of our hardest players and he will never shirk a contest even when he knows he'll get crunched.
Bundy is just like that but he's got a game that could see him become of our greatest indigenous players ever, if he manages to improve again next season by boosting his averages and clearances per game...he'll be on the verge of elite status by 2015

 

[footscore]

Re stokesy, a lot of crew up in Darwin are Aboriginal and philipino or aboriginal/chinese. Stokesy is in that category.

Stokesy has Chinese in him?

 

[FredLeDeux]

Stokesy has Chinese in him?

Filippino

 

[JUBJUB]

when he grows the mo he looks distinctly Columbian !!

Well we know has handled the products those wacky Columbians are best known for.....and he had that mo at the time