RIP Neil Kerley

[NSWCROW]

Victoria had Ted Whitten.
We had " Knuckles "

 

[GROTTO]

 

[Great8]

This is just terrible.
Absolute ripping bloke and a icon of the game over here. He will be sorely missed
RIP Knuckles

 

[GROTTO]

 

[NSWCROW]

Tool South Adelaide from spooners to premiers in his 1st season coaching there in 64.


Haven't won 1 since.

 

[benji2]

Tool South Adelaide from spooners to premiers in his 1st season coaching there in 64.


Haven't won 1 since.

Made Glenelg into a competitive finals side when he went there in 1967 and won them their first flag in 39 years 6 years later. His imprint is still on the club today.

RIP to SA’s Mr Football


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[screech]

RIP Mr. Football.

One who should have been an inaugural Legend in the Hall of Fame and has still not been elevated, now another one left too late.

 

[1990crow]

Legend of Australian football, not just SA.
Should have been a legend in the HoF before he passed.

 

[philreich]

What a crap year for former sporting champions!!!!!

 

[Altum Volantes]

I’m a WA boy and Knuckles was mostly before my time but I did know as a kid that he was SA’s Teddy Whitten and a key early figure at the Crows.

Prominent figure in the latter stages of SoO footy too.

 

[Gameova_]

Loved his role for channel 7 in the late 90s had such a distinctive and beautiful voice that left a mark on me.

Rip

 

[radiojake]

Victoria had Ted Whitten.
We had " Knuckles "

 

[saintal]

RIP Knuckles An icon of footy here in SA.

I might need to have a reread of Michael Sexton's excellent book "1964", which focussed on Neil's heroics in lifting South from bottom to top. The club has made just 1 (losing) GF in the 58 years since.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Loved his role for channel 7 in the late 90s had such a distinctive and beautiful voice that left a mark on me.

Rip

I loved him boundary riding and when the play came close to him, you could hear him snarling at the Crows players to tear into them.

RIP

 

[pablo668]

RIP Knuckles. Icon of the game in SA and SOO and a great sparring partner with Whitten.

 

[revo333]

RIP Mr. Football.

One who should have been an inaugural Legend in the Hall of Fame and has still not been elevated, now another one left too

Sam Newman was fuming about this last week on his podcast.

RIP Knuckles

 

[outabounds]

tragic news

 

[JackFlash]

That is very sad news indeed. One of the greats of the game.

 

[Demonalke]

Awful news, I was literally talking about him and EJ earlier today and the rivalry that made the state of origins special when I was a kid.

RIP

 

[greatwhiteshark]

Legend of Australian Football. RIP

 

[greatwhiteshark]

RIP Knuckles. Icon of the game in SA and SOO and a great sparring partner with Whitten.

Icon of the game, not just in SA. In the game.

 

[radiojake]

Sam Newman was fuming about this last week on his podcast.

RIP Knuckles

Newman was fuming about Kerley not being a legend?

 

[Kangayroo]

I always loved the way he did business.

Vale Neil.

 

[Gameova_]

I loved him boundary riding and when the play came close to him, you could hear him snarling at the Crows players to tear into them.

RIP

If memory serves me correct, he would usually always be riding the boundary when the crows played yeah?

Man the late 90s seem so long ago such a fantastic time for footy..memories.

 

[NSWCROW]

Also the (in)famous tale of how when he was playing for Westies and they lost the 58 GF against Port due to hitting the post with 90 secs left.

After a few bevvies that night, he and some teammates jumped the fence at Adelaide oval and cut down the offending post.

A piece of said post still ( i assume ) sits above the bar at Richmond oval