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[F'scary]

I have a question about Terry Wheeler.

Did he really deserve the reputation of being the master of the "squirrel grip?"

[GVGjr]

I have a question about Terry Wheeler.

Did he really deserve the reputation of being the master of the "squirrel grip?"

Hard to say, he certainly would have stretched the rules. It probably happened once or twice and the legend of the nickname grew.

I need to check this with Twodogs but I think he creatively got off a swearing at the umpire charge.

[LostDoggy]

Hard to say, he certainly would have stretched the rules. It probably happened once or twice and the legend of the nickname grew.

I need to check this with Twodogs but I think he creatively got off a swearing at the umpire charge.

From memory whilst Captain/Coaching Willy, Wheels was reported for swearing at an Ump.

What he alledgedly said wasn't reported, however his defence was.

He stated that the Ump misheard him, he actually said : "You can't umpire".

Presumably the middle word was the contentious one.

He got off.

[ledge]

Wheels is a legend of the club, loved him as a player, coach and person, this bloke is loyal to the core.
If ever you wanted a bloke going in to bat for you and your a bulldog it would be him.
On a sad note he had a brother Garry who played at the dogs as well but died in a car crash.
Just a little more info on him.

[Twodogs]

Does anyone else remember Terry hitting Jezza with the perfect hip and shoulder halfway through the second quarter at Western Ova in 1978? Jezza was the captan coach at the time so Percy Jones had to take over as coach because Jezza wasn't making much sense. They were five goals up but lost by five.

[GVGjr]

From memory whilst Captain/Coaching Willy, Wheels was reported for swearing at an Ump.

What he alledgedly said wasn't reported, however his defence was.

He stated that the Ump misheard him, he actually said : "You can't umpire".

Presumably the middle word was the contentious one.

He got off.

Yep, I sent Twodogs a text this morning asking the same thing.

[Twodogs]

Yep, I sent Twodogs a text this morning asking the same thing.

Sorry mate. Phone is not working at the moment.

Post above is right Terry called the umpire a See You Next Tuesday, the umpire says to Terry "what did you just say"? And angelic Terry said I said "you can't, umpire. You just can't do that" and turns around and walks away. He was reported but it was (literally) laughed out of the tribunal.

[strebla]

My brother playing for Bachus Marsh I think at the time got a week for calling an umpire a "cabbage" seriously.

[F'scary]

Hard to say, he certainly would have stretched the rules. It probably happened once or twice and the legend of the nickname grew.

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I asked the question because I do recall him being referred to as Terry "Squirrel Grip" Wheeler. Someone told me that the supporting evidence is that he was one of the most offended against players when it came to striking charges and paid quite a number of visits to the tribunal as a witness (not that he ever dobbed anyone in). I haven't been able to find any stats to support this claim.

[Ghost Dog]

So who are our really good players, originating from rural Australia ( all states ) over the years? Places with a population under 10k.

Liam Picken ( Western District )
Rick Kennedy ( Traralgon )
Chris Grant ( Daylesford )
Jake Stringer, Stew Crameri ( Eaglehawk ? )
Jack Redpath ( Kyneton )


Any names off the top of your heads?

[strebla]

Kelvin Templeton Traralgon
Brian Royal Bairnsdale

[LostDoggy]

Back in the 70s recruiting was from zones and our zone was the Gippsland/Latrobe Valley area, a lot of our great players came from that area.

Can't remember exact towns, but players we got from small and medium Gippsland towns included Templeton & Royal (mentioned already), the 4 Cordy brothers (Traralgon?), Jim Edmond (Bairnsdale), Bernie Quinlan, Ian Salmon, Stan Davidson, Shane Loveless, Terry Wheeler (Warburton), Geoff Jennings and plenty of others.

Fish Creek is a tiny Gippsland town that gave us Ian Dunstan (3 time club champion) and 80s wingman Garry Walpole.

Another I loved as a kid was Greg Eppelstun from Won Wron Woodside.

Bob Murphy is also from the area (Warragul).

Few others from smaller towns: Easton Wood (Camperdown), Leon Cameron (down Warrnambool way), Ryan Griffen (Goolwa, SA), Simon Atkins (Wynyard, Tas) and Steve & Rod MacPherson from Northen Tassie.

[strebla]

Barry Stanfield from Fish Creek too I think or was he drafted ????

[strebla]

Mathew Croft
Mildura imperials I think I recall

[GVGjr]

Mathew Croft
Mildura imperials I think I recall

More than 10K in Mildura