Past Neil Hein (1987-1988)

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1986 Pre-draft selections

Matthew Campbell   North Adelaide     Brisbane Bears
Stephen Connelly   Central District   Brisbane Bears
Ben Harris         Port Adelaide      Brisbane Bears
[U]Neil Hein[/U]          Norwood            Brisbane Bears
Colin McDonald     Woodville          Brisbane Bears
Mark Mickan        West Adelaide      Brisbane Bears

 

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Footyinfo

Full name: Neil Hein
Born: June 7, 1963
Teams: Brisbane Bears 1987-88
Height: 199cm
Weight: 89kg
Debut: North Melbourne vs Brisbane Bears Round 1, M.C.G., 27 March 1987

Wikipedia

Neil Hein (born 7 June 1963) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Brisbane Bears in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Hein played in a premiership for Norwood in 1984 and would appear in a total of 140 SANFL game with the club during the 1980s. It was from there that he was signed by Brisbane, who secured his services by using a pre-draft selection prior to the 1987 season.

He had the distinction of playing in Brisbane's first ever VFL game, against North Melbourne, which they won by 33 points. From his four disposals he kicked two goals to be one of six multiple goal-kickers for the Bears. A ruckman, he wouldn't always play in his preferred position due to the presence of Mark Mickan in 1987 and spent a lot of time up forward during his eight appearances that season. He played seven further games in 1988, some of them as first ruckman.

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Aish set to sign for Brisbane
Harvey Silver
Nov 6, 1986

Brisbane is also keen to sign Aish's Norwood teammate Neil Hein and Glenelg premiership players Chris McDermott and Tony Symonds. The new club is allowed to sign six players from SA and O'Sullivan said it was determined to fill its quota.

 

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Brisbane Bears' first game

B:       Peter Banfield      Mark Roberts               Dale Dickson
HB:      Cameron O'Brien     Steve Reynoldson (dvc)     Matthew Campbell
C:       David O'Keeffe      Geoff Raines               Phillip Walsh
HF:      Brenton Phillips    Mick McCarthy              John Fidge
F:       [U]Neil Hein[/U]           Jim Edmond                 Mike Richardson
Rucks:   Mark Mickan (c)     Mark Williams (vc)         Bernie Harris
I/C:     Brad Hardie         Chris Waterson
Emerg:   Rick Norman
Coach:   Peter Knights

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The Brisbane Bears may have been a team of cast-offs that would one day be known as 'the Bad News Bears', but for one glorious night they were the toast of the football world. Nobody expected a team of rejects to be competitive when they lined up for their first game against North Melbourne at the MCG in 1987. After all a side with the likes of Brenton Phillips, Neil Hein and Bernie Harris didn't read too well on paper, but not only were the Bears competitive, they managed to upset a relatively strong North Melbourne outfit that would go on and make the finals that year.

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Goals: Phillips 5, Edmond 3, Hardie 2, Harris 2, Hein 2, Williams 2, Campbell, McCarthy, O'Keeffe

 

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First game at Carrara

B:     Peter Banfield     Mark Roberts             Brad Hardie
HB:    Chris Waterson     Steve Reynoldson (dvc)   Matthew Campbell
C:     David O'Keeffe     Geoff Raines             Phillip Walsh
HF:    Brenton Phillips   Mick McCarthy            Frank Dunell
F:     [U]Neil Hein[/U]          John Fidge               Mark Buckley
R:     Mark Mickan (c)    Mark Williams (vc)       Mike Richardson.
INT:   Rick Norman        Stephen Williams

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Until the Bears put David O'Keeffe at full-forward at half time in place of Neil Hein, their only true winner in front of goals was Mark Williams.