Mick Nolan

[Phaedrus]

Stuck on a trivia question
Can some one tell me what number he wore?
Many Thanks

 

[snake77]

22

 

[Phaedrus]

Thank you.

 

[Melly017]

Would have liked to have seen Mick in 88, can't u just see that number on his huge back

 

[Dingster]

The Galloping Gasometer...a true North Melbourne legend. I was glad to see this thread just to remember the big fella. Time to put the vid into action and walk down memory lane.

 

[Cororoo]

I can remember watching Mick Nolan at work on the speedball (the boxing thingo) at training one night.....It takes a fair bit of fitness and stregnth to get one of those things going properly...Mick was a master at the speedball.

 

[mighty mick]

boonie held the stubbies on a plane trip record, but wasnt it mick nolan who downed the most pies in a certain time frame.

 

[Briedis]

boonie held the stubbies on a plane trip record, but wasnt it mick nolan who downed the most pies in a certain time frame.

And the were of the Victoria Park variety too!

 

[Twinkletoes]

Still considered one of the best ever exponents of intelligent ruck work guile. Sammy Newman, for instance, and Simon Madden both place the big fella right up there as one of the truly tough and smart ruckmen to have played the game. His now unfashionable expansive girth perhaps belies what a key ingredient he was to our 70's era of domination.

T'toes

 

[greg]

Still considered one of the best ever exponents of intelligent ruck work guile. Sammy Newman, for instance, and Simon Madden both place the big fella right up there as one of the truly tough and smart ruckmen to have played the game. His now unfashionable expansive girth perhaps belies what a key ingredient he was to our 70's era of domination.

T'toes

Rantall reckons he's the best footballer he played with, a big rap considering he played with the likes of Cable, Blight, Greig and Shimma.

Rantall was a absolute gun himself.

 

[mighty mick]

Rantall reckons he's the best footballer he played with, a big rap considering he played with the likes of Cable, Blight, Greig and Shimma.

Rantall was a absolute gun himself.

im truly lucky to have been able to see the likes of these guys play true i was only a 9 yr in 75 but there are distinctive moments you remember and we were truly religious about our footy, basically went to every game and watching world of sport on the sunday,

mick nolan was a fit man barassi had a torture test run at the start of preseason you would have to complete that run in specific time before you were passed,

this run would take place before training and better men than mick would take longer to do it.

 

[greg]

im truly lucky to have been able to see the likes of these guys play true i was only a 9 yr in 75 but there are distinctive moments you remember and we were truly religious about our footy, basically went to every game and watching world of sport on the sunday,

mick nolan was a fit man barassi had a torture test run at the start of preseason you would have to complete that run in specific time before you were passed,

this run would take place before training and better men than mick would take longer to do it.

They certainly were great days Mighty Mick, managed to see a fair bit of the roos myself back then.

Even if it was from the boundry line, walking around with the Copper who was trying to find my old man, who was usually p*ssed standing under the score board with his mates.

 

[mighty mick]

They certainly were great days Mighty Mick, managed to see a fair bit of the roos myself back then.

Even if it was from the boundry line, walking around with the Copper who was trying to find my old man, who was usually p*ssed standing under the score board with his mates.

no i was upper class my uncles would put on thier ties at half time and wander into the social club

leaving me on the seats near the fence to see if i could pat the police horse.

by the way which animal has a campaignerstoble half way up its back

 

[The acurate one]

I do like a trip down memory lane especially when I'm in my melancholy state

 

[gokangas]

Story was often told about Barassi lining all the players up at training after a thrashing the Saturday before. Barassi said that they were going back to basics. He held a football up, looked around all the players and said - this is a football. Mick standing at the back called out - hang on Ron, you are going too fast.

 

[gokangas]

Plenty of players of the era say he was the best tap ruckman of his era - Cable always spoke of him in that way.

 

[The acurate one]

His Grandmother Ella died 5 times over the years during 'duck season'.

 

[Bertie22]

Story was often told about Barassi lining all the players up at training after a thrashing the Saturday before. Barassi said that they were going back to basics. He held a football up, looked around all the players and said - this is a football. Mick standing at the back called out - hang on Ron, you are going too fast.

This story sometimes attributed to it being Slamming Sam. Doesn't matter...either of them would have brought plenty of levity to the place!

 

[CURVE]

Love this little piece, McClure went down like he was hit by a train.



Always makes me laugh.

 

[RHLK]

Rantall reckons he's the best footballer he played with, a big rap considering he played with the likes of Cable, Blight, Greig and Shimma.

Rantall was a absolute gun himself.

Add David Dench to the 'WTF! Rollcall of Champions' who ran out for North in the 70's. He was a deadset champion.

Loved Mick Nolan in the 70's, a kinder, gentler time in many ways.....

 

[The acurate one]

1.26 phwoar!!

 

[The Brady Bunch]

Love this little piece, McClure went down like he was hit by a train.



Always makes me laugh.

How many weeks would Michael Christian suspend him for that hit?

 

[Hojuman]

How many weeks would Michael Christian suspend him for that hit?

McClure should have looked where he was running. Mick knew what was going to happen. Was there that day, even the Blews supporters laughed.

 

[The Brady Bunch]

McClure should have looked where he was running. Mick knew what was going to happen. Was there that day, even the Blews supporters laughed.

The tribunal defence would have been hilarious. "I was just standing there. He ran into me!" McClure clearly didn't see him and yet, how is that even possible?

 

[Bertie22]

How many weeks would Michael Christian suspend him for that hit?

If it had have been Christian on the end of that, he would still be trying to work out who he was. Loved Big Mick. The 70s for us were magical given what many of us had grown up with in the 60s.