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Brownlow Medallist
Phil Carman
Imagine a mature age recruit finally joining the top league and arriving at Collingwood at the tender age of 24.
They're a good player - they get a game in their first season, they actually get 15 games, and only injury stops them from getting more.
They're so incredibly unbelievably good that they take out the Copeland in their first season.
That's how good 'fabulous' Phil Carmen was in his first season with us in 1975.
And just to put things into perspective: imagine if Sammy Dwyer had taken out the Copeland in 2013. And got within 3 votes of taking out the Brownlow. With 6 fewer games.
Carman came to us from Norwood in the SANFL.
We knew then that he was a fantastic mark of the footy ...
... and a hardline enforcer who could make a North Korean dictator blush.
And once he arrived at Collingwood he wasted no time in assembling contents for a highlights reel:
Phil Carman ended up playing four seasons for Collingwood from 1975 to 1978.
Here's a Mike Sheehan "Open Mike" interview with the man himself; the interview was recorded in 2012:
Phil Carman was awarded life membership of the Collingwood Footy Club at the 2012 AGM.
Imagine a mature age recruit finally joining the top league and arriving at Collingwood at the tender age of 24.
They're a good player - they get a game in their first season, they actually get 15 games, and only injury stops them from getting more.
They're so incredibly unbelievably good that they take out the Copeland in their first season.
That's how good 'fabulous' Phil Carmen was in his first season with us in 1975.
And just to put things into perspective: imagine if Sammy Dwyer had taken out the Copeland in 2013. And got within 3 votes of taking out the Brownlow. With 6 fewer games.
Carman came to us from Norwood in the SANFL.
We knew then that he was a fantastic mark of the footy ...
... and a hardline enforcer who could make a North Korean dictator blush.
And once he arrived at Collingwood he wasted no time in assembling contents for a highlights reel:
Phil Carman ended up playing four seasons for Collingwood from 1975 to 1978.
Here's a Mike Sheehan "Open Mike" interview with the man himself; the interview was recorded in 2012:
Phil Carman was awarded life membership of the Collingwood Footy Club at the 2012 AGM.