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Comment - I can't believe that you didn't write anything about my favourite player of all time Lally Bamblett and his 50+ goal season In 1985! Quality VFL defenders would lose their minds and fall over or hand the ball over if they sensed that Les was on the p
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Comment - *Bradmore, sorry.
Bloody autocorrect
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Comment - I remember Phil Bradford. IIRC he wore #18 at Footscray before Simon Beasley.
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Comment - And BTW "Shine' Hosking and "Staunch" Owens are my favorite nicknames. Apart from "Topsy" Waldron.
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Comment - I'm still annoyed and mystified as to why Kelvin Templeton isn't at least in the HOF and not where he actually belongs in the Legends category. I know he didn't play in the first 60 years but I've made it my personal mission to bang on about his excl
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Comment - I have read in the past that the only reason Footscray fielded a team in 1918 was that it's hold on the players it had before the war would have lapsed and the players (like Craddock and Patterson) would have been eligible to play for other clubs. Th
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Comment - How good was Royce Hart?
I have a huge hatred for Richmond but Royce was my childhood idol.
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Comment - " 21-year-old Hamilton native Alan Atkinson providing them with an ideal start. "
I reckon that he ended up at Footscray for a couple of games wearing the number 16. 16 is my lucky number and I remember every one since Dennis Blair.
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Comment - And Footscray had a hatrick from 1898-1900, if we are going to include North's 1914,15,18 flags then we should include Footscray's too. In fact take out 1918 when they only competed in order to keep their contracted players Footscray made consecuti
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Comment - We waited a while for the next flag!
As usual a wonderful read Mic, thanks.
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Comment - Yesterday in the Herald Sun there was a team of players who's career was ended or limited because they had done a knee. And guess who wasn't in the team. Not at Full Forward but Coleman was selected there so no complaints about that. However was KT a
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Comment - Fitzroy were playing in a grand final? I don't know if that's new or old.
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Comment - Thanks Andrew.
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Comment - Kavanagh was the lad. It's odd that he had a four year sabbatical between senior games. He must be a persistant young man.
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Comment - Fascinating character. I didn't know his middle name was Tasman. What a player he was, Tiger Croswell was THE colourful VFL sporting personality par excellence when I was growing up. If you wanted opinion then you went to Brent and he gave you his wh
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Comment - Nirm Smith's 1970 season at South Melbourne must be due a bit of examination. I think that taking a club like South Melbourne to its first final in 25 years and give a champ like Bob Skilton a taste of the big time is one of the great coaching perfor
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Comment - Once again a well researched and written article. I thought I knew this subject matter pretty well right down to having bailed RD Barassi up in the street one day and not letting him go until he had answered all the questions I had for him but Mic h
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Comment - Imagine waiting until May for the footy to start
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Comment - While I was up on my high horse I forgot to say what a great essay that was Mic. I really enjoyed reading it and it took me back to those far off days. Especially that one at Victoria Park watching us get thrashed and hoping that KT would get the 3 g
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Comment - 19 marks v StKilda at Western Oval. Proper marks too. Contested marks against two or three opponents. Not receiving a kick from a teammate 15 metres away, kicking it back to him and him kicking it back to you type marks. Or just ran onto the ground a
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Carl Rayson
Ranked Draftee ✭
Goals 43 What's this?
Joined 22nd Sep 2014
Last seen 19th Sep 2021
AFL: Western Bulldogs (VIC)
Local: Footscray (VIC)
Not much. Footscray supporter, colourful sporting identity
Les Bamblett, Kelvin Templeton, Doug Hawkins,
Footscray VFL premiership 2014, beating Carlton at Princes Park 2000, beating Essendon at Windy hill 1977, 2016 Finals series
