Wayne Richardson

[McOrist]

Jeff Clifton also came for WA - Floreat Park.

...as did John Parkinson from Claremont. Just for one season. A Sandover Medallist. Broke a collar bone and only managed 3 games before heading back to Claremont.

 

[35Daicos]

Interesting to read he came originally from the wheatbelt. His records have him as being recruited from Bicton. Apparently Wayne's nickname at Collingwood was also 'Bicton'.

Was working in a bank out there, Kunnunopin/Trayning was the club off the top. Murray Rance came out of there later.
The family home was Bicton, a drop kick from Fremantle Oval. Max went the conventional way through South Freo & the WAFL.

This is (part of) what it has to say in his bio on Collingwood Forever:


Those words ^ do come straight from Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers.

Kwality, it's because of what it says in that first paragraph that I asked you earlier in the thread "Was it from South or East Fremantle that we needed the clearance?" You didn't respond !

This is from the Football Record in 1972:

This in 1973:

In the Football Record I can only see Bicton (WA) named as his club of origin.

 

[Kwality]

This is (part of) what it has to say in his bio on Collingwood Forever:
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Those words ^ do come straight from Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers.

Kwality, it's because of what it says in that first paragraph that I asked you earlier in the thread "Was it from South or East Fremantle that we needed the clearance?" You didn't respond !

This is from the Football Record in 1972:
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This in 1973:
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In the Football Record I can only see Bicton (WA) named as his club of origin.

I was at school with a guy (farming family) from Trayning who debuted for East Perth in 1965, only knew of Wayne Richardson from him until the clearance was refused.
Sorry if I mislead you, Freo Oval was South Fremantles home ground, East Freo had their own ground. Always of the view SF held up the clearance, may be wrong. Max debuted for South. Looks like I had the a-about, its was a while back.

Think the WAFL were in it (furious with VFL clubs signing up kids before they had played WAFL footy) up to their neck, Gabo's clearance back to the Pies a couple of years earlier was part of a deal put together by Frank Fuhrmann, a WAFL powerbroker of the time.

 

[Maggie Greg]

...as did John Parkinson from Claremont. Just for one season. A Sandover Medallist. Broke a collar bone and only managed 3 games before heading back to Claremont.

I remember John playing against Melbourne in 1971 at the MCG the day McKenna kicked 10 on Ray Biffin. He wore No 17. I think he found the pace of VFL footy a little fast for him.

 

[Kwality]

I remember John playing against Melbourne in 1971 at the MCG the day McKenna kicked 10 on Ray Biffin. He wore No 17. I think he found the pace of VFL footy a little fast for him.

Was his best behind him, many WA guys of that era came over too see if the fuss was real.