Who did walk in the footsteps of #23?

[Pessimistic]

Scotty the legend.

as Dermott said Fearless leader, a different cat. Dermott definitely lived up to the #23. Who else did? And who would have.

Buddy did, and followed Dermott to the swans too.

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, even Ben Stratton wouldn’t have been out of place

 

[Slainte]

Doesn't the 23 legend start with John Peck?

 

[Tall Tales and True]

Scotty's fanaticism reflected his personality & total commitment to Hawthorn ... a kind of religious fervor.

With all our wonderful players & characters thru' the years, it was also, perhaps, Scott who epitomized Kennedy's philosophy to the game & club more than anyone.

He was a wonderful, strong, tough, slightly insane leader that proved there could be nothing but Hawthorn for us all, players & supporters alike ... always!

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[moginie]

He was a wonderful, strong, tough slightly insane leader that proved there could be nothing but Hawthorn for us all, players & supporters alike ... always!

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This.

Just this.

 

[Pessimistic]

Scotty's fanaticism reflected his personality & total commitment to Hawthorn ... a kind of religious fervor.

With all our wonderful players & characters thru' the years, it was also, perhaps, Scott who epitomized Kennedy's philosophy to the game & club more than anyone.

He was a wonderful, strong, tough, slightly insane leader that proved there could be nothing but Hawthorn for us all, players & supporters alike ... always!

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yet he has a contrary streak which would make him flat out deny the loyalty you speak of…all part of the man

 

[WireHawk]

It was Don Scott and Peter Hudson that made me become a Hawthorn supporter.
I ran out onto the ground after a night game at the Lakeside Oval and got Scotty's
autograph. He was the man! I always wore number 23 in underage footy because of
Don Scott.

 

[grumbleguts]

Anyone who thinks Don Scott started all this, needs to have a long hard look at themselves. John Peck embodied 23 ripped its heart out and slammed it into the officials heads.

He was Hawthorn's first player to top the league's goal kicking. Achieved this 3 times in a row. Was the last person until Brendan Fevola in 2006 to top the league's goal kicking from the bottom finishing team. But nothing screams 23 like this little passage:

He played for Port Melbourne in the Victorian Football Association in 1967 and 1968 after his stint with Hawthorn. Most notably during his time at Port Melbourne, Peck was reported for abusing and disputing the decisions of field umpire David Jackson in the second quarter of the controversial 1967 VFA Grand Final; the incident prompted captain-coach Brian Buckley to lead the Port Melbourne team off the ground (a forfeiture was averted when club officials instructed the players to return to the field), and Peck was suspended for six matches for the incident.

THAT'S where it all started.

 

[Tall Tales and True]

No-one should under-estimate John Peck's legacy, I agree.

We were, simply, reflecting on Scotty's contribution.

(If you lived in S.A. way back when, you'd remember Peck's swinging right cross/upper cut that knocked out Brian Sawley (sp.) in a state game; the croweaters wanted him lynched ... I suspect, literally.)

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[Dave Id]

John Peck was a fearless full forward and ruck.
He was an asthmatic who lit up a smoke as soon as he hit the rooms after a match.
One of my favotrte players.

 

[OnTheRocks]

#23 John Peck made it his own
#23 Don Scott made it his own and gave it some worth for the next to wear it
#23 Dermott Brereton made it his own and gave it its own chapter in HFC history
#23 Lance Franklin made it his own and has his own place in the chapter

What type of player will be the next to walk their own path wearing 23 on their back?

 

[TazHawk15]

#23 John Peck made it his own
#23 Don Scott made it his own and gave it some worth for the next to wear it
#23 Dermott Brereton made it his own and gave it its own chapter in HFC history
#23 Lance Franklin made it his own and has his own place in the chapter

What type of player will be the next to walk their own path wearing 23 on their back?

How soon we forget.

TOB, long live the King.

 

[Gut Runner]

Peck, Scott, Brereton and Buddy all made the number historic. Without each other it wouldn't have the same meaning.

Hope Kosi gets up there.

 

[Pessimistic]

How soon we forget.

TOB, long live the King.

Robbed of MOTY. Surely if he did that as a bulldog he wins

 

[Brant]

Robbed of MOTY. Surely if he did that as a bulldog he wins

I've seen Bulldogs given a premiership for less

 

[Bedi]

Can't find the interview but i was very surprised to hear Shane Warne was a big Hawks fan before he became a Saint, and him choosing 23 was because of Derm.

 

[TazHawk15]

How soon we forget.

TOB, long live the King.

Robbed of MOTY. Surely if he did that as a bulldog he wins

If he was a Doggie then he would have had a Street named after him and a license to throw the ball for the rest of his career.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

Can't find the interview but i was very surprised to hear Shane Warne was a big Hawks fan before he became a Saint, and him choosing 23 was because of Derm.

Pretty sure he has always been a rusted on saint.
Dunno where rhe story of him being a hawk has come up from

 

[Dipper]

Pretty sure he has always been a rusted on saint.
Dunno where rhe story of him being a hawk has come up from

Mate it's from his own mouth, listen to him talking to Don Scott and Jon Newman on you Cannot be Serious.

Unless it's an impersonator.

He barracked for Hawthorn and had 23 on his jersey. The only debate is whether it was 23 for Scott or Dermie.

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[Steven Tyler]

So Warnie went from barracking for Hawthorn in the 80’s to following StKilda ?

 

[Noneedforaname]

So Warnie went from barracking for Hawthorn in the 80’s to following StKilda ?

Was thinking the same.

Shane Warne, noted bullshit artist and paid opinion writer? Maybe for the sake of blowing wind up Don Scott's arse to get an interview.

But back to the original topic, I liked the way Chick went about it. Never a backward step.

Closer to the mark would have been Vanders. Without the size, the skill or ability to influence a game like our greats, he got a lot out of himself and played with the determination and mindset to drag us up and back in the right direction. One of my fvourite Hawks, and one who is yet to be rewarded. His time will come.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

I used to have a laugh when Peter McKenna and Don Scott commentated Hawks games, and McKenna would wind Scotty up by saying, "Dermott Brereton, the man who made number 23 famous at Hawthorn".

 

[threesixpio]

Timmy in that Melbourne game ?

 

[wahawk]

So Warnie went from barracking for Hawthorn in the 80’s to following StKilda ?

There is a thread on the main board where someone else (iirc a Saints supporter) says Warnie did barrack for Hawks.
I’d never heard it until then.

He may well have changed when he played under 19’s & realised he was at a known party club.
Right up his alley.

My dad used to play in a Melbourne band & played a lot at Saints social club.
He doesn’t really talk much about it but has said they were “pretty wild bunch”

 

[grumbleguts]

Was thinking the same.

Shane Warne, noted bullshit artist and paid opinion writer? Maybe for the sake of blowing wind up Don Scott's arse to get an interview.

But back to the original topic, I liked the way Chick went about it. Never a backward step.

Closer to the mark would have been Vanders. Without the size, the skill or ability to influence a game like our greats, he got a lot out of himself and played with the determination and mindset to drag us up and back in the right direction. One of my fvourite Hawks, and one who is yet to be rewarded. His time will come.

Warne wouldn't have enough brains to support anyone but St Kilda.

 

[CliffMcTainshaw]

All true about Warnie. Listen from 8-30 to 9-15.