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Robbie Flower - Vale
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R.I.P Robbie "Tulip" Flower. A household name in Victoria in the 80's.
Melbourne Captain 81-87.
Flower was the type of player that with ball in hands you knew it would be damaging to your (opposition) team.
Melbourne Captain 81-87.
Flower was the type of player that with ball in hands you knew it would be damaging to your (opposition) team.
- Oct 9, 2006
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Wonderful player, better bloke.
RIP.
RIP.
The Sultan
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RIP robbie one of the games true champs. One of the rare players that opposition supporters admire you and much as their own supporters, and never a bad word said about.
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- May 30, 2007
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One of my all time favourites, so skilful and courageous. Gone far too young.
RIP Robbie.
RIP Robbie.
- Apr 12, 2006
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Don't remember too much of his playing days, but no one ever seemed to have even a half nasty word to say about the bloke.
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- Apr 29, 2013
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I saw him play, and never forgot him.
Whenever I saw him, I can remember thinking "He's a champion."
Even if I wasn't going for his team, I'd appreciate how good he was.
RIP.
Whenever I saw him, I can remember thinking "He's a champion."
Even if I wasn't going for his team, I'd appreciate how good he was.
RIP.
- Sep 19, 2006
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Three years ago I wrote this:
"Robert Flower
As a young fellow I remembered how good he was but I was wondering whether he was great player in a sheite team or a big fish in a small pond.
Gladly I can say my memory stays intact of Robbie.
Robbie played in 272 games for Melbourne between 1973 and 1987 and scored 315 goals.
Melbourne were however a sheite team and in his career Melbourne had 6 coaches( only one of whom had won a premiership ) and for most of the time had finished 8th or worse. He only made the finals once and he placed in 3 ten plus consecutive losing game streaks and he played in 84 wins for 184 losses including 36 wins away and 101 losses away. Melbourne were sheite.
Individually he was best and fairest once and club captain 7 times and also Victorian captain and led the goalscoring with sub 50 totals 3 times. He also played in less than 18 games in a season in only 3 of 15 seasons. He was never reported.
As a goalscorer he scored 4 or more goals in a game 14 times.
And so we get to his only finals series in 1987 when he won 2 out of 3 finals going out in the prelims.
That Melbourne got there was due to Robert Flower getting 5th position by 2 points. Robbie won 8 games straight up to and including the semi (his biggest winning streak ever) and scored 24 goals in those 8 in those games. In the finals he proved himself in the first two by winning and scoring 5 goals and 4 goals respectively - the mark of a big game player.
In the prelim which Melbourne lost by 2 points, he was injured and scored 0 goals 2 behinds - his worst game in terms of accuracy all year- as the highest goalscorer was Ricky Jackson with 3 goals. Oh what could have been."
Think about it- 9 goals in 3 finals of footy in his first finals series at age 32....
By the way his playing weight was about 75kgs which for a 183cm man was amazing.
"Robert Flower
As a young fellow I remembered how good he was but I was wondering whether he was great player in a sheite team or a big fish in a small pond.
Gladly I can say my memory stays intact of Robbie.
Robbie played in 272 games for Melbourne between 1973 and 1987 and scored 315 goals.
Melbourne were however a sheite team and in his career Melbourne had 6 coaches( only one of whom had won a premiership ) and for most of the time had finished 8th or worse. He only made the finals once and he placed in 3 ten plus consecutive losing game streaks and he played in 84 wins for 184 losses including 36 wins away and 101 losses away. Melbourne were sheite.
Individually he was best and fairest once and club captain 7 times and also Victorian captain and led the goalscoring with sub 50 totals 3 times. He also played in less than 18 games in a season in only 3 of 15 seasons. He was never reported.
As a goalscorer he scored 4 or more goals in a game 14 times.
And so we get to his only finals series in 1987 when he won 2 out of 3 finals going out in the prelims.
That Melbourne got there was due to Robert Flower getting 5th position by 2 points. Robbie won 8 games straight up to and including the semi (his biggest winning streak ever) and scored 24 goals in those 8 in those games. In the finals he proved himself in the first two by winning and scoring 5 goals and 4 goals respectively - the mark of a big game player.
In the prelim which Melbourne lost by 2 points, he was injured and scored 0 goals 2 behinds - his worst game in terms of accuracy all year- as the highest goalscorer was Ricky Jackson with 3 goals. Oh what could have been."
Think about it- 9 goals in 3 finals of footy in his first finals series at age 32....
By the way his playing weight was about 75kgs which for a 183cm man was amazing.
RIP Robbie. Champion of the game.
- Jun 30, 2014
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i saw bits of him, growing up he could play, his problem was that bor the best part of his playing career, he played for a basket case side, so will never get the recognition, that he would truly deserves.
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It didn't matter mate. People went to games even though the demons were not good but many just went to see Robbie Flower play. He was a loyal club man & greatly respected by all his peers & supporters of all clubs. He is right up there with the likes of Robert Harvey & Glenn Archer for mind. Very glad I got to see him play, had beautiful skills, took many a wonderful mark & run like a whippet. A true great of our game.
Very sad news. I am old enough to have seen him play and he was one of the greats. Very loyal club man, I'm sure he could have gone to another club and won a premiership, but stuck with the Dees. My condolences to his family and friends.
- Apr 10, 2010
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RIP Robbie. The best player I have seen don the Red & Blue and a top bloke. I still have a jumper you signed when I was 11yr. The only one I kept.
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- Jul 23, 2007
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He was the kind of player that was respected and well liked by all fans, no matter who they supported.
Simply one of the greatest players of all time. I always wondered how he didn't get into the team of the century.
Gone too soon. RIP Robbie
Simply one of the greatest players of all time. I always wondered how he didn't get into the team of the century.
Gone too soon. RIP Robbie
- Dec 26, 2005
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I will always remember his great battles with the Dipper.
RIP Robbie.
And I'll always remember his great battles with Dougie Hawkins.
Sublime skills and amazing courage…. remember that Robbie played in the 70's and 80's. There were some fair dinkum lunatics running around back then, but he never took a backward step against any of them. Perhaps they had too much respect for him to really ever want to take him out as well.
RIP Robbie. My sympathies to your family.
- Aug 2, 2001
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Vale a great man.
Top bloke, very loyal to his club, not many around today like Tulip.
R.I.P
Top bloke, very loyal to his club, not many around today like Tulip.
R.I.P
RIP Robbie, I'll always remember seeing him on the winners when I was a kid growing up, he stood out from the rest in the Melbourne games they would show.
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Was listening to SEN the other day when they were talking about his death. Some bloke phoned in and said that when he was about 15,he had gotten to know Flower and actually used to phone Flower after every game to give his point of view on how Flower played that week. He said Flower always answered the phone when he called and used to discuss the game with him every week.
What player would do that with a young fan these days ?
He does sound like he was a top bloke.