Retired Simon Black (1997-2013)

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[Haso]

Blacky's retirement presser is a bit of a tearjerker

 

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Where are they now?

SIMON BLACK - By far the most significant departure in the post-season was that of arguably the Club’s greatest ever player – Simon Black. Black officially hung up the boots after 322 games with Club, before being lured back as an Assistant Coach. He will now commence the next stage of his football journey on the other side of the fence.

 

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Saucy Sounds
11 December 2013
Daniel Merrett

Blacky is said to do his finest work in September on the footy field and with three Premiership Medals, one Norm Smith to go along with his three All-Australian jumpers, three Best & Fairest awards and a Brownlow Medal, his record speaks for itself.

Getting the Great Man on the karaoke stage is a hard feat but once up there he’s impossible to get down. Let’s see what Blacky’s influences are when belting out a tune.

Blacky who’s your favourite artist of all time? Pearl Jam

At the moment? Ben Howard

Pop song stuck in head? Hey Ya- Outkast

Do you listen to music before games? Sometimes to chill out if I’m feeling nervous. Particularly on the bus to away games interstate.

Any musical talent? I have very minimal music talent, learnt the guitar briefly at school, created my own song called ‘Baby Don’t Cry’. Those three words were the whole lyrics to the song, it was a big hit in my household growing up. I still sing it from time to time now when im having a flat day! I also learnt the recorder at school.

Radio Station you listen to? Listen to Triple J mostly.

Your Karaoke song would be? Santa Monica, Everclear.

Thoughts on my music taste? You know I thoroughly enjoy your music taste and am often asking you about new bands or tips for me to check out, you’re my go to man for cracking new music!

If there was only one song I could listen to forever probably be? Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah or Ben Harper – Amen Omen

Well, the great man has great taste no wonder he is a star!

 

[Ceebee]

Kd Lang does the best version of Hallelujah in my humble opinion.
Goose bump stuff.

 

[MacMum]

Simon has produced another Lion cub .

Big congrats to Simon and Cath .

 

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Another boy for Black

The Brisbane Lions are delighted to announce that Simon Black and his wife Catherine welcomed a healthy baby boy into the world at 11:54pm last Friday 3 January.

Lucas Black weighed in at 8 pound 2 ounces, and both mother and baby are doing well.

Lucas is the second child for the Black family, with his big brother Lachlan celebrating his second birthday late last year after being born on 17 September 2011.

Lions fans will no doubt be licking their lips at the prospect of having two sons of Simon Black potentially lining up for the Club sometime in the future.

Black and his family will appear in Melbourne next month for a one-off luncheon to celebrate his illustrious 322-game career.

Jonathan Brown and Daniel Merrett are also expecting ‘new arrivals’ at different stages during the 2014 AFL season.

Link - http://www.lions.com.au/news/2014-01-07/another-boy-for-black

 

[Ironmonger]

Really pissed off at Blacky right now.

It's going to be bloody confusing in twenty years time having two L.Blacks in the team. He really should've thought this through.

 

[western royboy]

Really pissed off at Blacky right now.

It's going to be bloody confusing in twenty years time having two L.Blacks in the team. He really should've thought this through.

Happily take both under the FS rule with the little Jack Brown starting to exert influence up forward.

 

[Viceregal]

Happily take both under the FS rule with the little Jack Brown starting to exert influence up forward.

So if you have 3 academy and 2 father sons in a year which comes first - actually never mind who knows what the situation will be that far ahead...

 

[dlanod]

So if you have 3 academy and 2 father sons in a year which comes first - actually never mind who knows what the situation will be that far ahead...

Under the current rules it wouldn't matter. They all use the same system.

 

[James North]

Based on what I've seen, these guys will take the field in their first game

 

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http://www.lions.com.au/news/2014-01-29/why-i-love-blacky

As an avid Brisbane Lions supporter, Simon Black was always up there as the first person I would try and emulate when having a kick with my brothers in the backyard.

I was only a chubby 12-year-old when I watched Simon Black receive the Norm Smith Medal after a huge 39-disposal, nine-tackle performance in the Lions’ demolition of Collingwood.

As the players walked around the ground with the premiership cup, my brother and I scurried down to the fence to try and get a high five from the players.

Blacky, eyes wide with a Norm Smith and Premiership medal slung around his neck, ruffled our hair and thanked us for coming to the game.

It was an unforgettable moment for both of us.

We were only a couple of kids amongst tens of thousands of fans, so you wonder how many star struck kids had their day made by one of the most humble superstars in the AFL.

And he was a superstar.

Simon Black was one of those players that made you sit back and enjoy the fact that he played for your team.

It’s even a great feeling to know that he will be coaching the next crop of Lions coming through the ranks.

Tough and uncompromising, Blacky could be found at the bottom of the packs getting crunched by some of the toughest players to play the game, yet somehow almost always managed to get a handball out.

But what made him so exciting to watch was that at the next contest he would receive a handball on the outside of the pack and deliver a trademark silky left foot pass to a teammate.

He had it all and it didn’t go unrecognised.

Winning nearly every accolade there is to be won in the AFL, Simon Black is a proven champion and you’ll rarely hear opposition supporters speak ill of the Lions’ number 20 - He was simply too good to watch.

On the field, Blacky rarely missed his target; in my mind, he didn’t miss a beat in becoming one of the most loved Brisbane Lions’ players of all time.

And I think I speak for all Lions’ supporters when I say thanks for your contribution to the Club we love.

 

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Not sure what is so 'memorable' about that clip that it makes it into his top 10 moments of his glittering 322 game career.

 

[ZoBlitz]

Not sure what is so 'memorable' about that clip that it makes it into his top 10 moments of his glittering 322 game career.

I like how they added the Aker goal just to pad it out to 30 seconds.

 

[Hollow Knight]

One of my most memorable Blacky moments was yesterday at training when he tried to jump the fence, accidentally hooked his foot and completely faceplanted on the other side.

 

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