What team did players follow while growing up?

[TheRealComptroller]

Those who supported Geelong

Guy Richards
Brad Ottens
Brent Harvey
James McDonald
Chris Tarrant
Josh Fraser
Cameron Ling
Josh Hunt
Peter Riccardi
Justin Murphy
Ben Cousins (sometimes disputed)
Nathan Ablett and Gary Junior
Stephen Kernahan (in a player profile in Inside Football he said Carlton and Geelong I guess being in SA he didn't really follow the VFL)

Geelong (past and present) players who followed Collingwood

Kane Tenace
Steve Johnson
Ben Graham (despite his grandfather having been a 200 gamer at South Melbourne)
David Spriggs
Paul Chapman

Essendon supporting GFC players

Steven King
Matthew Scarlett
James Kelly (?)
David Wojcinski
Carl Steinfort

Others

Charlie Gardiner - Hawthorn
Darren Milburn - Carlton
Joel Corey - North Melbourne
John Barnes - Footscray
Gary Ablett Snr - Hawthorn (probably because of his brother Geoff)
Brent Moloney - Melbourne
Jason Snell - Melbourne
Garry Hocking - Carlton
Leigh Colbert - Richmond
Bob Davis - South Melbourne

Non GFC

Lance Whitnall - Essendon
Des Headland - North Melbourne
Michael Gardiner - North Melbourne
Warren Tredrea - West Coast
Jason Akermanis - Richmond
Nathan Buckley - Melbourne
Luke Power - Fitzroy
Matthew Lloyd - Fitzroy (disputed)
Michael Voss - Carlton
Chris Johnson - Carlton
Brett Ratten - Sydney

 

[is2SWaNz]

Amon Buchanan barracked for Geelong.

 

[rick James]

Nathan Buckley - Melbourne

I feel so dirty.

 

[rick James]

Wait, McLean's grandfather apparently won two flags with Carlton, and his uncle played with both Richmond and Carlton, 58 games for 138 goals over ten years!

McLean's Grandfather was also a bare knucle fighting Aus Champion.

haha check this:

The stories of Ricky's VFL playing days are legendary, such as the time he attempted to take on the entire South Melbourne club at the MCG and then offered to carry on matters in the car park afterwards. There were no takers.

For his troubles Ricky copped a 16-week suspension (he missed 30 VFL games courtesy of the tribunal during his career) and retired from the then VFL to captain-coach Ascot Vale, a side that included brothers Garrie and Michael.

Although he wasn't born at the time, Brock appears to love listening to stories about those days as much as he does getting a clearance every 13 minutes, an average that ranks him No. 1 in the AFL in that category.

Here's a pic:

Uncle Rick on the right. Certainly looks like a pretty rough customer.

 

[Metallica_Man]

Those who supported Geelong

Guy Richards
Brad Ottens
Brent Harvey
James McDonald
Chris Tarrant
Josh Fraser
Cameron Ling
Josh Hunt
Peter Riccardi
Justin Murphy
Ben Cousins (sometimes disputed)
Nathan Ablett and Gary Junior
Stephen Kernahan (in a player profile in Inside Football he said Carlton and Geelong I guess being in SA he didn't really follow the VFL)

Geelong (past and present) players who followed Collingwood

Kane Tenace
Steve Johnson
Ben Graham (despite his grandfather having been a 200 gamer at South Melbourne)
David Spriggs
Paul Chapman

Essendon supporting GFC players

Steven King
Matthew Scarlett
James Kelly (?)
David Wojcinski
Carl Steinfort

Others

Charlie Gardiner - Hawthorn
Darren Milburn - Carlton
Joel Corey - North Melbourne
John Barnes - Footscray
Gary Ablett Snr - Hawthorn (probably because of his brother Geoff)
Brent Moloney - Melbourne
Jason Snell - Melbourne
Garry Hocking - Carlton

Non GFC

Luke Hodge - Collingwood
Lance Whitnall - Essendon
Des Headland - North Melbourne
Michael Gardiner - North Melbourne
Warren Tredrea - West Coast
Jason Akermanis - Richmond
Nathan Buckley - Melbourne
Luke Power - Fitzroy
Matthew Lloyd - Fitzroy (disputed)
Michael Voss - Carlton
Chris Johnson - Carlton
Brett Ratten - Sydney

Thanks mate, where'd you get all that info from?

 

[Hawkk]

Uncle Rick on the right. Certainly looks like a pretty rough customer.

You wouldn't want to mess with the McLean clan

 

[rick James]

You wouldn't want to mess with the McLean clan

I reckon his uncle looks like the go-go mobile guy

 

[Brittany]

Shane Crawford - Richmond
Nick Riewoldt - Hawks and Lions
Nathan Brown - Carlton

 

[1980GFVideo]

Those who supported Geelong

Justin Murphy


HUGE IRONY - Wouldnt have picked that he was playing for club he supported.

Nathan Buckley - Melbourne

Didnt really give them much consideration back in 93.

They were a more exciting propositon than the pies at the time.

I dont think the bloke figured out that the premiership players were all about to retire in the next couple of years and the younger blokes hated him for no reason. Melbourne were the far more exciting proposition at the time.

 

[Katthawk]

I feel so dirty.

My niece says she loves you.

Grow a flot. of flowers for her will ya.

 

[Smell The Glove]

Shane Crawford - Richmond
Nick Riewoldt - Hawks and Lions
Nathan Brown - Carlton

I do remember Crawf himself saying that he supported Carlton as a kid.

 

[97-98]

ADELAIDE
Simon Goodwin - Essendon, Adelaide Crows
Andrew McLeod - Essendon
Brent Reilly - Kangaroos
Mark Ricciuto - St Kilda
Scott Thompson - Port Adelaide
Marty Mattner - Adelaide

BRISBANE
Simon Black - Eagles
Daniel Bradshaw - Hawks
Jonathan Brown - Fitzroy
Michael Voss - Carlton
Tim Notting - St Kilda
Mal Michael - Brisbane Bears

CARLTON
Ryan Houlihan - Collingwood
Heath Scotland - Bulldogs
Nick Stevens - Collingwood

COLLINGWOOD
Presti - Fitzroy
Brody Hollan - Carlton
R Shaw - Collingwood
A Rocca - Richmond
Lockyer - Eagles
Buckley - Melbourne
Clement - Kangaroos

ESSENDON
Fletcher - Essendon
Hille - Hawks
Lovett-Murray - Kangas
Monfries - Crows
Lovett - Kangas

FREMANTLE
Bell - Pies
Black - Dons
Farmer - Saints
Haselby - Eagles
Headland - Kangas
Pavlich - Crows
Schammer - Crows
Mundy - Cats
Sandilands - Cats

GEELONG
Ablett Jr. - Cats
Chapman - Pies
Enright - Saints
Kelly - Dons
Mooney - Blues
Scarlett - Dons
Rooke - Cats
King - Dons
Hunt - Cats

HAWTHORN
Bateman - Eagles
Brown - Tigers
Everitt - Pies
Mitchell - Saints
Smith - Eagles
Croad - Hawks
Hodge - Tigers

KANGAROOS
Archer - Pies
Brown - Dons
Grant - Hawks
Harris - Tigers
Simpson - Blues
Petrie - Dons
Hale - Dons
Wells - Eagles
Rocca - Tigers

MELBOURNE
White - Saints
Miller - Kangas
Robertson - Blues
Yze - Dons

PORT
P Burgoyne - Dons
Lade - Demons
Dew - Hawks

RICHMOND
Brown - Blues
Johnson - Tigers
Krakouer - Kangas
Pettifer - Blues
Hyde - Tigers/Brisbane
Pattison - Hawks
Tuck - Hawks

ST KILDA
Baker - Cats
Dal Santo - Dons
Harvey - Dons
Milne - Hawks
Voss - Tigers
X. Clarke - Dons
Maguire - Cats
S. Fisher - Pies
Montagna - Pies

SYDNEY
Ablett - Hawks
Barry - Pies
C Bolton - Hawks
J Bolton - Saints
Goodes - Pies
Hall - Bulldogs
Jolly - Dons
O'Keefe - Fitzroy

WEST COAST
Braun - Pies
Chick - Dons
Cousins - Cats
Cox - Eagles
Fletcher - Hawks
Kerr - Eagles
Sampi - Blues
Waters - Pies
Wirrpanda - Hawks
Staker - Blues
Rosa - Pies

WESTERN BULLDOGS
Cross - Kangas
Giansiracusa - Hawks
Gilbee - Hawks
Johnson - Bulldogs
R. Murphy - Tigers
Ray - Eagles
Robbins - Tigers

 

[Brittany]

I do remember Crawf himself saying that he supported Carlton as a kid.

Well in his book it said he grew up going for the tigs

 

[Hu$$ey]

Nathan Brown - Carlton

Which one? There's a few of them running around.

Bet it's the one on the Gospel though

 

[Brittany]

Which one? There's a few of them running around.

The Tigers one

 

[TheRealComptroller]

Jason Dunstall - Carlton
Don Scott - Essendon
Robert Walls - Essendon
Robert DiPierdomenico - Collingwood
Kevin Sheedy - Essendon
Kevin Bartlett - Footscray
Malcolm Blight - SANFL team was Port Adelaide
Brad Pearce - Hawthorn
Kris Massie - Collingwood
Rick Olarenshaw - Footscray
Scott West - Essendon
Austinn Jones - Essendon
Greg Williams - Essendon
Brad Johnson - Footscray
Wayne Carey - Sydney
Paul Kelly - Essendon
Kane Johnson - Richmond
Chris Heffernan - Melbourne
Andrew Schauble - Hawthorn
Andrew McLeod - Essendon (he worshipped Paul Van Der Haar)

 

[Quadzilla]

Port's Chad & Kane Cornes ...

Crows, naturally as their dad coached 'em and they all hated Port Adelaide with a passion!

 

[Wild Kangaroo]

Some North Melbourne Players who they barracked for growing up
Adam Simpson - Carlton
Leigh Brown- Essendon
Brent Harvey- Geelong
Shannon Grant - Carlton/Hawthorn?
Jess Sinclair-Essendon
Jesse Smith- North Melbourne
Daniel Wells- West Coast
Jon Hay- North Melbourne
Brady Rawlings - St.Kilda?
Daniel Harris- Richmond?
Callum Urch- Bulldogs
Blake Grima- Collingwood
Drew Petrie- Essendon ( Nephew of Ron Andrews)

 

[Wild Kangaroo]

Doug Hawkins - North Melbourne

 

[Brittany]

Which one? There's a few of them running around.

Bet it's the one on the Gospel though

Haha shut up!

 

[jules101]

Jason Dunstall - Carlton
Don Scott - Essendon
Robert Walls - Essendon
Robert DiPierdomenico - Collingwood
Kevin Sheedy - Essendon
Kevin Bartlett - Footscray
Malcolm Blight - SANFL team was Port Adelaide
Brad Pearce - Hawthorn
Kris Massie - Collingwood
Rick Olarenshaw - Footscray
Scott West - Essendon
Austinn Jones - Essendon
Greg Williams - Essendon
Brad Johnson - Footscray
Wayne Carey - Sydney
Paul Kelly - Essendon
Kane Johnson - Richmond
Chris Heffernan - Melbourne
Andrew Schauble - Hawthorn
Andrew McLeod - Essendon (he worshipped Paul Van Der Haar)

A Joke surely

 

[Metallica_Man]

If we get heaps we should try put them all in a list

 

[Smell The Glove]

Well in his book it said he grew up going for the tigs

Fair enough then- I remember Crawf saying that on the Footy Show once when Delidio's (or was it Goddard's) name came up, but I could be wrong. If he wrote that he supported the Tigers, it must be true.

 

[TheRealComptroller]

Thanks mate, where'd you get all that info from?

Player profiles/interviews etc.

I'm a great source for utterly unimportant information.

 

[TheRealComptroller]

A Joke surely

All the more puzzling as to why he has such hate for them.

I'm speculating that he hates Sheedy more than he hates Essendon.