Past Player of the Week - Michael Werner

[The Speaker]

We all have different tastes in people, I guess.

The Speaker, when you start the next past player thread, do you have any objection to this being moved to the History sub-board? And then the same thing being repeated with every thread?

I figure they'll get less 'lost' on the sub-board.

That's what I was thinking.

 

[Bakes005]

Really surprised to hear comments about him "not being a great bloke". I remember him well, he was a builder by trade who helped rebuild the Windy Hill clubrooms and also won a best clubman award I believe. Ran into him a few times as a youngster and he was fantastic

 

[Panna Witchy Salitou]

Was a very good set shot for goal. Had a great kicking technique. Fast on a lead too. Sheedy never looked after full forwards. Tried to turn them into half backs, and if they didn’t adapt, out they went - Beddison, Cummings are others.

Werner was a decent bloke. Used to go to the social club after game day, and he was always up for a chat. So too Kieran Sporn. Down to earth, friendly blokes.

 

[wilsonmatic]

Whatever happened to sporny?

 

[boncer34]

Interestingly the only teams he never saluted against were Essendon and Sydney.

 

[Doss]

Interestingly the only teams he never saluted against were Essendon and Sydney.

The olden day Smack. Has never saluted against Essendon or Adelaide.

 

[boncer34]

The olden day Smack. Has never saluted against Essendon or Adelaide.

Wait a second. Smack hasn’t played them.

 

[NAB777]

Michael Werner​

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DOB: 10/06/1969

Height: 188 cm

Weight: 88 kg

Playing number: 24

Arrived: Drafted with pick nine in the 1988 VFL draft from West Torrens

Debut: Round 6 vs North Melbourne, 1989 – 951st Essendon player

Games: 40

Goals: 60

Departed: Traded to Sydney at the end of the 1992 season

Taken ahead of Michael Long due to a perceived need for talls, Michael Werner was selected at pick nine in 1988. A Canberran by birth, Werner played with Eastlake in his junior days, before donning the red and black at Manuka-Weston. His selection came off the back of a 38-goal season for West Torrens in the SANFL, playing at full forward. His best season was 1990, where he managed 27 goals in 14 games, helped by two bags of five to start the season.

He only managed six games in 1991, including four goals in the Elimination Final against Melbourne, which he followed up with two more four goal hauls upon his return in 1992. But he only managed one goal in his last six games for the club, and was traded off to Sydney at the end of 1992, where he lasted another two seasons. He went on to play for Gisborne in the Riddell District Football League, managing to kick 173 goals in 1997, helping them to the premiership.

Even though I've replied in this thread, I hadn't actually looked at the photo - which in a funny twist, is actually of Paul Hamilton. Michael Werner is standing to his right in the original photo.

 

[The Speaker]

Even though I've replied in this thread, I hadn't actually looked at the photo - which in a funny twist, is actually of Paul Hamilton. Michael Werner is standing to his right in the original photo.

The original photo was removed, will fix.

EDIT: done

 

[DERO]

LOL.

One of my most enduring football memories involves Michael Werner. I remember as a kid sitting behind the cheer squad in the early 90's when we were based at the G and one of my lasting memories was a drunken woman who kept yelling out to Michael Werner: "Hey Michael Werner you are sex on a stick" repeatedly throughout the game.

He may have had a couple of good games where he kicked three or four or maybe even a 5 from memory but he wasn't flash.