Remember me!

[Tassie Cryptik]

Plus he had the voice of an angel

Hence the good old aussie ironic nickname of Gladys.

 

[phlogiston]

Great thread.

I had the pleasure of working at the same place as Des Meagher years ago, although I never saw him play live. An absolute gentleman, humble, fun, and all round nice bloke. His staff genuinely adored him to bits: always a good proxy for someone's character.

He would always throw a Christmas party, and in late November your pigeon hole would have the small piece of paper, "Mr Meagher and staff invite you to their Christmas party...". The official party ended at about 8pm. If you hung around to help clean up, there was a second party afterwards Melbourne Bitter was his preferred drop (as well as the pharmacy's home made punch!)

I was really saddened to hear of his early passing at 67 in 2011.

P

 

[Jane Doe]

Great thread.

I had the pleasure of working at the same place as Des Meagher years ago, although I never saw him play live. An absolute gentleman, humble, fun, and all round nice bloke. His staff genuinely adored him to bits: always a good proxy for someone's character.

He would always throw a Christmas party, and in late November your pigeon hole would have the small piece of paper, "Mr Meagher and staff invite you to their Christmas party...". The official party ended at about 8pm. If you hung around to help clean up, there was a second party afterwards Melbourne Bitter was his preferred drop (as well as the pharmacy's home made punch!)

I was really saddened to hear of his early passing at 67 in 2011.

P

A good read. He was also assistant coach for over 10 years

 

[Bedi]

Jim Jackson, Hawthorn's first VFL captain in 1925.

"After an unconvincing start to his senior league career at St Kilda, Jim Jackson went on to make a name for himself as one of the finest wingmen in the game. His stint at the Saints comprised just one VFL game in 1909, but he then went on to make 93 appearances in the famous black and white of Collingwood between 1910 and 1915 and in 1920. Unfortunately for Jackson, this meant that he failed to play in a premiership team, as when the Woods went top in 1919 he was still on active military service. Four years earlier, he had missed the Grand Final clash with Carlton because of injury, and was sorely missed as the Magpies went down by 33 points.

In 1921, Jackson crossed to Hawthorn in the VFA where he was appointed captain. He was captain during the early part of the 1922 season as well, and when the Mayblooms were admitted to the VFL in 1925 he had the honour of assuming the captaincy once more. He played 22 league games in two seasons with Hawthorn, and returned to the club in 1932 as non-playing coach. It was not a memorable swansong, however, as the brown and golds won just three of 18 matches for the year to finish last."

https://australianfootball.com/players/player/jim%2Bjackson/2583

 

[Brant]

Jim Jackson, Hawthorn's first VFL captain in 1925.

"After an unconvincing start to his senior league career at St Kilda, Jim Jackson went on to make a name for himself as one of the finest wingmen in the game. His stint at the Saints comprised just one VFL game in 1909, but he then went on to make 93 appearances in the famous black and white of Collingwood between 1910 and 1915 and in 1920. Unfortunately for Jackson, this meant that he failed to play in a premiership team, as when the Woods went top in 1919 he was still on active military service. Four years earlier, he had missed the Grand Final clash with Carlton because of injury, and was sorely missed as the Magpies went down by 33 points.

In 1921, Jackson crossed to Hawthorn in the VFA where he was appointed captain. He was captain during the early part of the 1922 season as well, and when the Mayblooms were admitted to the VFL in 1925 he had the honour of assuming the captaincy once more. He played 22 league games in two seasons with Hawthorn, and returned to the club in 1932 as non-playing coach. It was not a memorable swansong, however, as the brown and golds won just three of 18 matches for the year to finish last."

https://australianfootball.com/players/player/jim%2Bjackson/2583

1909 - 1925 (16-17 years) is a bloody good career considering life expectancy was below 50 years for an Aussie male in those days*!






*may have been some other stuff outside of footy affecting life expectancy... Bloody tough buggers...




I don't really maths so happy for someone to show how I've misread the graph that I've linked.

Deaths in Australia, Life expectancy

Deaths data are a vital measure of a population@s health and provide information on patterns of diseases that cause death, by population groups and over time. Examining death patterns can help...

www.aihw.gov.au

 

[Alite]

I’m not sure how long ago the “Remember Me“ is intended but I’ll add a lesser light who excelled to the mix.

Darren Pritchard

I had the great pleasure of being in high school in Geelong during the Hawks dominant 1980s. Hawthorn were Geelong’s bogey team and I loved going to school after another Hawthorn victory.

But by 1989 Geelong had put together a more than decent team that had a focused, and supremely talented, Gary Ablett in their forward line.

Come the grandfinal my mates were looking for chinks in the Hawks armour and came up with the name Darren Prichard. They said he was soft And would be ironed out by Gary Hocking, or shown up for class by Neville Bruns.

The game started and we all saw the carnage the ensued. Both teams were brutal. It is reported that the Hawks had just 13 fit players by the final siren and Darren Pritchard was not one of them.

Yet Darren kept running to space and moved the ball downfield. Along with Dean Anderson (a favourite of mine) Pritchard was our last hope to buy the time to save the GF.

Darren was never my favourite player. And he was a whipping boy for my Geelong classmates looking for a weakness. Yet he stood tall when needed and gained my eternal respect.

I remember Prichard as the guy who was the least likely ... and then one who become the most needed... He stepped up when the more lauded players were significantly injured (broken ribs, concussed, ruptured spleen... ) or ruled out of the game, and did his job brilliantly.

After the GF, and when I went back to school, my schoolmates gave Pritchard due praise.

A great team is defined by their least best player. On the day of the greatest ever VFL / AFL Grand Final, Darren Prichard was our best.

 

[Steven Tyler]

I’m not sure how long ago the “Remember Me“ is intended but I’ll add a lesser light who excelled to the mix.

Darren Pritchard

I had the great pleasure of being in high school in Geelong during the Hawks dominant 1980s. Hawthorn were Geelong’s bogey team and I loved going to school after another Hawthorn victory.

But by 1989 Geelong had put together a more than decent team that had a focused, and supremely talented, Gary Ablett in their forward line.

Come the grandfinal my mates were looking for chinks in the Hawks armour and came up with the name Darren Prichard. They said he was soft, and would be ironed out by Gary Hocking or shown up for class by Neville Bruns.

The game started and we all saw the carnage the ensued. Both teams were brutal. It is reported that the Hawks had just 13 fit players at the final siren and Darren Pritchard was not one of them.

Yet Darren kept running to space and moved the ball downfield. Along with Dean Anderson (another favourate of mine) Darren Pritchard was our last hope to buy the time to save the GF.

Darren Pritchard was never my favourite player. He was a whipping boy for my Geelong classmates looking for a weakness. Yet he stood tall when needed and gained my eternal respect.

I remember Darren Prichard as the guy who was the least likely ... and then become the guy who was most needed... He stepped up when the more lauded players were significantly injured (broken ribs, concussed, ruptured spleen... ) and did his job brilliantly well.

My schoolmates gave Pritchard his due praise.

A great team is defined by their least best player.

Darrin

 

[local hack]

Don’t reckon Michael Moncrieff gets the credit he deserves. 220 odd games 600 plus goals and playing in 2 flags

Great fella too. Met him at a party late last year, the mrs thought he was Kevin Sheedy

 

[Ram-Man]

Don’t reckon Michael Moncrieff gets the credit he deserves. 220 odd games 600 plus goals and playing in 2 flags

Agreed. Very good player. Massive error playing him down back to start the 1975 GF in my opinion. Played forward 1976 & 1978. 97 goals in 1976, went back due to the return of Hudson in 1977, 90 goals in 1978, 87 goals in 1980. Great Hawk.

 

[Pessimistic]

Ossie was a favourite of mine! Had a great season in 2008 which was one of the reasons for Hawthorn's improvement to a flag. I remember Mike Sheahen had him top 50 that year (which surprised a few) but he was spot on. He was a decent player most of his career but that year was 'out of the box'.

‘and his ‘twin’ Rick Ladson

 

[The_Axeman]

Jamie Morrissey, played in 3 flags, was nicknamed 'The Freak' because of the crazy things he could do on the field, hardly gets mentioned.

Very underrated & great Player. He also happened to be my Yr 7 & 8 Maths teacher at Donny High in 1989 & 1990. Super humble guy and a great teacher. He didn't like to talk too much about his on field exploits and would never play footy with us except for the one time on our Yr 7 camp up in the Warburton ranges when we begged him to play kick to kick with us. He grabbed the ball, launched a 70 metre torp into the forest and walked off. We never asked again.

 

[extractasam]

David Hale during the 3 peat for me.
If you asked anyone external to hawthorn who our #1 ruck was during the 3 peat I guarantee 80% of people would say Ben McEvoy.
People forget just how hard of a time ben had breaking into the side when Hale was around.
Also never played a poor Grand Final, was even brilliant in 2012.

 

[Pessimistic]

Stephen Lawrence

Stephen Lawrence | AFL Queensland

www.aflq.com.au

 

[Hawk of ages]

Not sure if mentioned but Ray Jencke was favourite of mine in the early 90s. So unassuming and reliable.

 

[Jane Doe]

Not sure if mentioned but Ray Jencke was favourite of mine in the early 90s. So unassuming and reliable.

A very skilled player

 

[Steven Tyler]

Not sure if mentioned but Ray Jencke was favourite of mine in the early 90s. So unassuming and reliable.

Was rapt when he became a Premiership Player in 91!

 

[CliffMcTainshaw]

I went to school with Alec Albison's daughter so me being a Hawthorn supporter, she made sure I knew all about him and her uncles who also played footy for Hawthorn and Melbourne.. Her cousin played in the 1963 Grand final team for Hawthorn.
I liked Ian Bremner who had arrived from Collingwood. He was tough and an exceptionally good mark who liked a big leap, while playing off the half back flank. Another player I liked was Gene Chiron who was about the toughest player at Hawthorn at that time. I remember reading about Ian Bremner standing outside the doors to the rooms and telling everyone who arrived that there was a boxing tournament on and that their opponent was Gene Chiron. Now Chiron could go like the clappers, was an excellent boxer and had only one speed, flat out no matter what the situation was. Bremner did it to frighten everyone who arrived at training and get a laugh from the other players reactions because he had made it up, there was no boxing tournament that night. However, when Kennedy found out what Bremner had been doing there was one boxing match that night, Ian Bremner v Gene Chiron in which Bremner came off second best.