Toast The 1914 Indestructibles

[Pappagallo]

It's a cool looking bike either way. I love the fenders, the weird angular tank and the fat boy seat.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

I knew this one would attract you.

Haha what really attracted me was the tweet from The Port Players I saw this morning with Harold Oliver's motorbike and thought of this thread. Now if I can only remember that twitter account I can link it.

 

[Garibaldi Red]

Haha what really attracted me was the tweet from The Port Players I saw this morning with Harold Oliver's motorbike and thought of this thread. Now if I can only remember that twitter account I can link it.

This one?

 

[SgtSchulz]

This one?

Oh dear, no anonimity for me.

 

[SgtSchulz]

I'm not sure how Oliver had children let alone play football riding that bike back and forth to Berri in 1920-21

 

[Pappagallo]

I'm not sure how Oliver had children let alone play football riding that bike back and forth to Berri in 1920-21

The Fat Boy seat went easy on the giblets.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

This one?

What's the twitter account?

 

[Garibaldi Red]

What's the twitter account?

@PAFC_Players.

I thought if you clicked on the pic you would either see the entire tweet, including the account name, or be taken to the account.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

@PAFC_Players.

I thought if you clicked on the pic you would either see the entire tweet, including the account name, or be taken to the account.

It did. I obviously didn't move my cursor across enough. Thanks for the link and yes that's what I saw yesterday.

 

[SgtSchulz]

More Oliver Goodness - An interview with him from 1946.

Things I never knew:

1. He lived in Broken Hill from the age of 5-17. Played league football for South Broken Hill at 17.
2. Norwood heavily were into him when he arrived in Adelaide.
3. Disgruntled in his first year before he debuted because Port organised him with a s**t job. Started training with West Torrens...came back because of a contract. Board took him fishing to make amends.
4. His BOG performance against South Australia in 1914 was done concussed. He quipped that he was a better footballer concussed.

 

[RossFC]

1914 Invincibles appreciation post.

 

[DaTBird187]

Imagine a world where a scrubber team of ex-AFL players and knockabouts is compared to one of the greatest teams in Australian Rules history.

* off Glenelg.

 

[tribey]

Imagine a world where a scrubber team of ex-AFL players and knockabouts is compared to one of the greatest teams in Australian Rules history.

fu** off Glenelg.

It was giving me “Centrals’ dynasty is more impressive than what the Magpies ever did!!1 ” flashbacks.

 

[tribey]

More Oliver Goodness - An interview with him from 1946.

Things I never knew:

1. He lived in Broken Hill from the age of 5-17. Played league football for South Broken Hill at 17.

Well, that all-time NSW SOO forward line just got even chonkier

 

[RossFC]

 

[TazD]

Pfft. Looks like a group of blokes who need to learn about the club

 

[GremioPower]

The best team that ever was!

 

[VineValerian]

The best team that ever was!

Have thought for a long long time that the period from 1901 to the end of WW1 (including the Patriotic years) was the most dominant era by any top level footy club in the nation at any time in any era.

Unrivalled number of GF's, minor premierships, never finishing below 3rd (twice one of which was in 1902 when they objected to an umpire and were barred from the GF), 3 x Champions of Australia, etc.

2 decades of dominance!

 

[RossFC]

Sturt go 8-0 but fall in the 9th game. Our AFL side also have won 10 in a row.

This side went undefeated for 33 games in a row. What our 1914 side did was pretty special.

 

[GremioPower]

Sturt go 8-0 but fall in the 9th game. Our AFL side also have won 10 in a row.

This side went undefeated for 33 games in a row. What our 1914 side did was pretty special.

33 games between 1913 and 1915, with 2 state GF, 2 CofA, and 1 match v. South Australia in the mix.

 

[GremioPower]

This team single-handedly ended the Championship of Australia.

The Vics simply gave up.

 

[Portmagpies36]

Sturt go 8-0 but fall in the 9th game. Our AFL side also have won 10 in a row.

This side went undefeated for 33 games in a row. What our 1914 side did was pretty special.

Sturt fell by just the lazy 105 points!

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

This team single-handedly ended the Championship of Australia.

The Vics simply gave up.

World War I played its part.

 

[GremioPower]

World War I played its part.

My version is so much better.