Players Not In The AFL Hall of Fame

[pendlebury_10]

The 2014 Hall of Fame inductees have greatly reflected the AFL's trend towards inducting modern day players.

Many greats of the past are being overlooked in favour of these recently retired individuals.

There are many players who a case could be made for ahead of the current crop. Of these who are the unluckiest yet to be inducted?

 

[MUYB]

Isaac Weetra

 

[Damon_3388]

Isaac Weetra

Did lol.

 

[ajdude]

anthony rock. i bet that hack 200 gamer anthony rocca gets in before him

 

[FantasticShirt]

Garry McIntosh 371 Games for Norwood.

• SANFL debut with Norwood in 1982
• Norwood Premiership Player 1982, 1984
• Norwood Best & Fairest 1987, 1991
• Norwood Club Captain 1990-98
• SANFL Magarey Medallist 1994, 1995
• 12 State games for South Australia (Captain: 1992, 1995, 1997)
• International rules football games for Australia 1984-1986
• Fos Williams Medallist 1984, 1992, 1995
• Norwood Coach 2002-04
• Norwood Games Record Holder 371 (1982-98)
• Norwood Football Club Player Life Member
• SANFL Player Life Member
• Norwood Team of the Century - Half-Forward Flank

 

[screech]

Paul Bagshaw MBE
360 League Games (Sturt)
258 League Goals (Sturt)
7 SANFL League Premierships 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974 (Capt), 1976 (Capt)
SA Football Hall of Fame
Sturt's Team of the Century (Ruck-Rover)
Order of the British Empire - Member (Civil) for his services to football
14 Games for South Australia
Sturt Best and Fairest 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1977
Sturt captain 1973-1980

How Mr Magic is not in the Australian Football Hall of Fame is beyond me - major oversight, he has been honoured by London but not Melbourne!
One of the greatest

 

[screech]

Bob Shearman
255 League Games (64 Essendon, 70 West Torrens, 121 Sturt)
190 League Goals (8 Essendon, 90 Torrens, 92 Sturt)
13 Games for South Australia
Sturt premiership player 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970
All-Australian team 1961
West Torrens captain 1963–1964
Simpson Medal 1964
Sturt captain 1969–1972
South Australia captain 1962, 1963, 1964
South Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee 2002
Sturt Team of the Century (half-back flank)
2x Craven Filter national champion kick of Australia

 

[eaglesfan99]

cuz.

 

[scotty13]

Sampson 'Shine' Hosking

• 162 Games played (1907-1936)
• 41 Goals kicked
• 2 time SANFL Magarey Medallist; 1910, 1915
• Port Adelaide B & F; 1910
• Port Adelaide Premiership (as 4 x player and 3 x coach); 1910, 1913, 1914, 1921, 1928, 1936, 1937
• West Torrens premiership (coach); 1933
• Championship of Australia (Port Adelaide); 1910, 1913, 1914
• SA State Games; 9
• SA Football HoF
• Port Adelaide HoF
• Played his last game in 1936 at 48yrs of age.

not a bad resume for that period of footy.

 

[SBYM]

Darren Tarczon.

 

[im_a_lazy_sod]

Clive Waterhouse

/thread

 

[scotty13]

Tim Evans

• Playing Career 1971-1986 (1971-1974 Geel; 1975-1986 Port Adelaide)
• 307 games (59 Geel; 248 Port Adelaide)
• 1070 goals (26 Geel; 1044 Port Adelaide)
• 7 games for SA for 25 goals
• Premiership player; 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981
• SANFL Leading Goal kicker; 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984
• 2nd SANFL all time goal scorer (only behind Ken Farmer)
• Port Adelaide Greatest Team
• SA HoF
• Tasmania HoF

 

[Rusty22]

Relton Roberts

 

[screech]

Sampson 'Shine' Hosking

• 162 Games played (1907-1936)
• 41 Goals kicked
• 2 time SANFL Magarey Medallist; 1910, 1915
• Port Adelaide B & F; 1910
• Port Adelaide Premiership (as 4 x player and 3 x coach); 1910, 1913, 1914, 1921, 1928, 1936, 1937
• West Torrens premiership (coach); 1933
• Championship of Australia (Port Adelaide); 1910, 1913, 1914
• SA State Games; 9
• SA Football HoF
• Port Adelaide HoF
• Played his last game in 1936 at 48yrs of age.

not a bad resume for that period of footy.

Very impressive

 

[screech]

As for the next Legends:
Neil Kerley
Ken Farmer
Russell Ebert

 

[scotty13]

As for the next Legends:
Neil Kerley
Ken Farmer
Russell Ebert

From SA you could throw a towel over those 3, Fos Williams, John Cahill and Jack Oatey for the next SA Legend... but won't be for a long time I would imagine.

 

[screech]

From SA you could throw a towel over those 3, Fos Williams, John Cahill and Jack Oatey for the next SA Legend... but won't be for a long time I would imagine.

I generally don't believe coaches should be elevated to Legend status, none of those three would get there on their playing record alone.
As coaches though, there would be few that would come close

 

[Dan]

Trevor Barker?

 

[True Blue Saint]

Craig Smoker and Sudjai Cook

 

[Kwality]

2 x premierships, 3 x grand finals as captain
1 x premiership, 2 x grand finals as a coach
1 x B&F
200 + games as a player
281 games as coach

John Worsfold

 

[base615]

Isaac Weetra

I particularly like the last line of his Wikipedia page which reads like a sighting of rare fauna:

"In more recent times he has been spotted at the Canning Tigers Football Club in Western Australia where he plays prodominately in the club's league side"

 

[Son_Of_God29]

Paul Couch : 259 games
203 goals
Brownlow Medal 1989.
Played in 4 Grand Finals
Represented Victoria five times,
All-Australian 1991, 1992
Won three Carji Greeves awards 1986, 1989, 1995,
Geelong's Team of the Century.

 

[Freak Dodgeball Accident]

John Rombotis.

 

[scotty13]

John Rombotis.

This

 

[Chief Ten Beers]

The Seed.