EJ Whitten Special - Foxtel 9.30 Monday Night

[Missing-Dog]

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Watched it last night but I might have to watch it again because I couldn't see properly.

I forgot that he was only 62 when he passed. I remember lying in bed watching the footy show when news broke of Ted's passing and I was gutted. I am too young to have seen him play but I was so proud that Mr Football was first and foremost one of ours.

I have mentioned it on here before, and I will self indulge one more time. Before the start of the 1983 Season the club held a family day as part of the Club's Centenary Celebrations. On this day, members of the '54 Premiership side played the '61 Grand Final team in an exhibition game. I was out on the ground with my cousin having a kick when Ted led the '54 team out for their warm up jog around the centre square. They didn't have a footy with them to kick around and Ted and the team were running towards us and he called out "son" and put his hands out in the fashion to mark the footy. I duly obliged by hitting him lace out on the chest from about 20 metres with a kick that Dougie would have been proud of. To this day, it is still one of my great memories.

[Twodogs]

Re: EJ Whitten Special - Foxtel 9.30 Monday Night

Watched it last night but I might have to watch it again because I couldn't see properly.

I forgot that he was only 62 when he passed. I remember lying in bed watching the footy show when news broke of Ted's passing and I was gutted. I am too young to have seen him play but I was so proud that Mr Football was first and foremost one of ours.

I have mentioned it on here before, and I will self indulge one more time. Before the start of the 1983 Season the club held a family day as part of the Club's Centenary Celebrations. On this day, members of the '54 Premiership side played the '61 Grand Final team in an exhibition game. I was out on the ground with my cousin having a kick when Ted led the '54 team out for their warm up jog around the centre square. They didn't have a footy with them to kick around and Ted and the team were running towards us and he called out "son" and put his hands out in the fashion to mark the footy. I duly obliged by hitting him lace out on the chest from about 20 metres with a kick that Dougie would have been proud of. To this day, it is still one of my great memories.

That is just awesome. Hitting EJ on the lead would have been the highlight of my life.

[Bornadog]

Re: EJ Whitten Special - Foxtel 9.30 Monday Night

Watched it last night but I might have to watch it again because I couldn't see properly.

I forgot that he was only 62 when he passed. I remember lying in bed watching the footy show when news broke of Ted's passing and I was gutted. I am too young to have seen him play but I was so proud that Mr Football was first and foremost one of ours.

I have mentioned it on here before, and I will self indulge one more time. Before the start of the 1983 Season the club held a family day as part of the Club's Centenary Celebrations. On this day, members of the '54 Premiership side played the '61 Grand Final team in an exhibition game. I was out on the ground with my cousin having a kick when Ted led the '54 team out for their warm up jog around the centre square. They didn't have a footy with them to kick around and Ted and the team were running towards us and he called out "son" and put his hands out in the fashion to mark the footy. I duly obliged by hitting him lace out on the chest from about 20 metres with a kick that Dougie would have been proud of. To this day, it is still one of my great memories.

Great memory. The only time I spoke to Ted was going down the stairs from the can bar and Ted was coming up to do his media stint.

As a kid I had the number 3 on my back and my Teddy Whitten footy boots.

[Twodogs]

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I think the thing that sticks with me is John Schultz, Brownlow medalist, All Australian, wearer of the Big Vee, multiple club B & F winner being quite happy to identify himself simply as someone who "played with Ted Whitten"

That said it all.

[WBFC4FFC]

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I never saw any of that Lap of Honour before. Knew of it but never saw it.

Thought the best bit of the whole show was EJ Jnr confirming that when he told Ted they were in front of the Members and Ted proceeded to give them the arm-gesture! Well-played.

PS: Also, how good was Ted Jnr on the day doing the Lap of Honour? Has true qualities to be able to that and keep himself together!

PPS: How good a player was Ted Jnr? He played State Footy from what I read. I know he did a knee that cut his career short but you do not fluke 144 games.

[Bornadog]

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PPS: How good a player was Ted Jnr? He played State Footy from what I read. I know he did a knee that cut his career short but you do not fluke 144 games.

He was very talented and a pretty good player in his day. Shame he did the knee.

[Hotdog60]

Re: EJ Whitten Special - Foxtel 9.30 Monday Night

From memory he had a stab pass that would just about cut someone in half.

[Bulldog4life]

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From memory he had a stab pass that would just about cut someone in half.

I remember when Ted jnr was a 15 year old Bobby Davis said he was the best kick as a junior that he had even seen

[F'scary]

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Great memory. The only time I spoke to Ted was going down the stairs from the can bar and Ted was coming up to do his media stint.

As a kid I had the number 3 on my back and my Teddy Whitten footy boots.

You were going to the can bar and you were only 3?

[ledge]

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Kelvin Templeton had a lot of good delivery from Ted JNr, JNr could play don't worry about that.

[bulldogtragic]

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It's a shame Jnr's boys weren't up to the level to be recruited. It would be an awesome blood line to have back on the playing list.

[I'm Not Bitter Anymore!]

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Underrated indeed. Tough, good kick, pretty quick

[Twodogs]

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Ted jr played for Victoria. He was no slouch.

[bulldogtragic]

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Ted jr played for Victoria. He was no slouch.

great word slouch, not used enough... "I'm no slouch myself". "Don't sell yourself short Judge, you're a tremendous slouch."

[Missing-Dog]

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Simon Beasley might have kicked 800 goals if Ted Jnr hadn't been cut down when he was. Either foot, his skills were sublime. Blew his knee out in a practice match against Collingwood before the The Sun All-Stars v Carlton which was a fundraiser for the Ash Wednesday Bushfires of '83. The surgeon said the extent of Ted's injury was like the result of a car crash.