What's the most surprising thing you learned about a current or former player?

[Lingsface]

Had no idea Hardwick was part of both that 2000 bombers team and 2004 port team. I don’t think another player has gotten beaten by the lions 01-03 team then got revenge on them later in GFs.


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I think he had a team mate in the 2004 Lions side as well. Blake Caracalla.

 

[Lingsface]

John Longmire has never ridden a horse yet that is his nickname.

You haven’t seen the video? A horse has ridden John Longmire though.

 

[Do the Dew]

Tony Lockett spewed up before almost every game he played due to nerves

How do you think his opponents felt.

 

[TheRealComptroller]

Johnny Platten was given a new HSV by Carlton as part of a sign on bonus...but then signed with Hawthorn instead.

He kept the car though.

Not that this would matter to people who couldn’t GAF about cars but this technically couldn’t have happened.

HSV didn’t exist until a few seasons after John Platten had joined Hawthorn. If he received a high performance Commodore from Carlton it would have been manufactured by HDT.

HDT were the cars that featured a Peter Brock signature as the vehicles were made in partnership with him. That relationship ended IIRC in part because Brock believed in putting magic crystals in the engine bay of the cars. HDT ceased to be Holden’s high performance division and HSV was formed in its place.

 

[Billy ray]

 

[Billy ray]

 

[Prestigerrycomo]

A lot of people from Greece look Irish.

 

[The Cryptkeeper]

Not that this would matter to people who couldn’t GAF about cars but this technically couldn’t have happened.

HSV didn’t exist until a few seasons after John Platten had joined Hawthorn. If he received a high performance Commodore from Carlton it would have been manufactured by HDT.

HDT were the cars that featured a Peter Brock signature as the vehicles were made in partnership with him. That relationship ended IIRC in part because Brock believed in putting magic crystals in the engine bay of the cars. HDT ceased to be Holden’s high performance division and HSV was formed in its place.

Well there you go. I have the model wrong but he did keep a car of some sort.

 

[Sttew]

For years I thought/assumed Garry Lyon was Greek because of his phenotype: hirsute, dark-haired, and olive-skinned. He also lives in Melbourne so it just kind of made sense in my head. After all, Melbourne has the 3rd largest Greek population in the world, following only Athens and Thessaloniki.

It turns out he's of Irish origin. I suppose the name was a hint:



There's a lot of phenotypic variation in Europe, even in the British Isles. Ian McShane is of Irish, English, and Scottish descent; he could pass as Sicilian or Calabrian.

Colin Farrell is another Irishman that has a Mediterannean-like complexion

Lyon must be of Gypsy origin then

 

[HairyO]

Well there you go. I have the model wrong but he did keep a car of sone sort.

Yep. They never said it was a sign-on bonus because that would have been against the rules. It was a gift out of their innocent generosity.

I bet this happened far more than we know too.

 

[TheRealComptroller]

Well there you go. I have the model wrong but he did keep a car of some sort.

You made a very, very, very minor error by calling it an HSV. Something only of interest to automotive weirdos.

It would be like someone not overly interested in Australian Rules saying something about the ”1987 AFL Grand Final” instead of ”1987 VFL Grand Final”. They would be technically incorrect by referring to it as the AFL for a 1987 event but not meaningfully incorrect by calling the competition by the name it would not use until 1990. Everyone would know what they meant.

 

[AlcoaCat]

I knew him as a young fella, he was a complete w***er.

I saw him a few years ago (post footy) and he seemed like a really good guy, think he’d grown up a lot.

Reckon he probably had it pretty hard growing up with his ******* of an old man. Not hard as in hard times, just growing up and out from under him.

Mal gloried in being an arseh*le. It was his brand.

 

[Sqotty from office works]

Yep. They never said it was a sign-on bonus because that would have been against the rules. It was a gift out of their innocent generosity.

I bet this happened far more than we know too.

He got the nominal 5,000.
Peter Mcconvilles brother got the same.
It was a normal thing for signing a "form 4"

 

[Toump Ass]

A few weeks back Joey with the big D and a couple of other Brissie players came to the Dees rooms during the power blackout to check in on Maxy.

Doubt Zorko was amongst them but still.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Jack Watts loved swimming....

 

[Pistol Night]

Jack Watts loved swimming....

Anything else?

 

[BringFevBack2021]

Harry McKay

10

Harry Mckay

Age

27

Ht

200cm

Wt

106kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.9

3star

K

7.5

3star

HB

2.4

2star

M

5.5

5star

T

1.6

4star

G

1.4

5star

D

6.6

1star

K

4.6

2star

HB

2.0

1star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.4

2star

G

1.4

5star

D

8.8

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

2.0

2star

M

4.4

4star

T

0.8

3star

G

2.0

5star

had his brain transplanted with that of a Jack Russel

 

[Pistol Night]

Harry McKay had his brain transplanted with that of a Jack Russel

Should see if the Jack Russell can kick drop punts?

 

[BringFevBack2021]

Should see if the Jack Russell can kick drop punts

My dads mate when I was growing up had a Jack Russell, the only tricks it knew were “drink coffee” and “get stiffy”

So not sure we’ll be able to teach H to do **** all

 

[Pistol Night]

My dads mate when I was growing up had a Jack Russell, the only tricks it knew were “drink coffee” and “get stiffy”

So not sure we’ll be able to teach H to do * all

Start H on that and go from there

 

[Golden_6]

Tom Liberatore got a 95+ ATAR in year 12 and a perfect score in English.

Exceptionally smart guy.

 

[Hank Scorpion]

Non-non-football related, but I looked at player win %s over their careers not long ago. Surprised that Dean Cox

Dean Cox

Age

43

Ht

203cm

Wt

107kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.9

4star

K

8.9

3star

HB

6.9

4star

M

5.3

5star

T

1.5

3star

G

0.6

4star

No current season stats available

D

13.0

4star

K

5.8

3star

HB

7.2

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

1.4

4star

G

0.0

1star

played in more losses than wins. Sandi had him beat comfortably.

 

[Pistol Night]

Tom Liberatore got a 95+ ATAR in year 12 and a perfect score in English.

Exceptionally smart guy.

Thats a good one. Libba is a ripper

 

[TheRealComptroller]

Anthony Koutoufides

Anthony Koutoufides

Age

52

Ht

191cm

Wt

99kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

20.1

5star

K

11.3

4star

HB

8.8

5star

M

4.7

4star

T

2.2

4star

No current season stats available

D

20.2

5star

K

10.4

4star

HB

9.8

5star

M

3.2

4star

T

2.0

4star

couldn’t swim until he was well into adulthood.

He was taking lessons in the summer after the 1995 GF.

 

[Aussie_boy]

On the topic of swimmers, Sean Darcy

4

Sean Darcy

Age

26

Ht

203cm

Wt

111kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.1

3star

K

3.4

1star

HB

6.6

4star

CL

2.4

4star

HO

28.8

5star

D

6.8

1star

K

2.0

1star

HB

4.8

3star

CL

1.8

4star

HO

20.3

5star

D

11.4

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

6.8

5star

CL

2.6

5star

HO

32.0

5star

apparently is a gun swimmer, didn't strike me as that type.