Bulldogs By the Numbers

[Eastdog]

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Great stuff merantau! Will have to take the time out to read some of these.

[merantau]

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I've dug up a few clips of Danny Del-Re. Here's a clip from a good win in '92 - Del-Re, Royal, Atkins - the usual suspects.

https://youtu.be/c1TY4vbaKqU

This is a marvellous clip from '92 featuring a top team performance at the SCG. Note Bubba's mullet and Steve Kolyniuk's hair.

https://youtu.be/vSEE2Z6Q6zc

Here's another lazy 6 from Danny.

https://youtu.be/uGPLF95b5I4

[merantau]

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This thread is like crack.

I'm dealing history.

Btw, I believe Fitzroy full forward, Tony Ongarello, was the last player to use the place kick in a VFL game. This is an interesting clip on the evolution of kicking the Sherrin.

https://youtu.be/cHN7vzarc58

And here's a great interview of the man himself conducted by Mike Sheahan a couple of years back.

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/open-mike-last-man-to-score-place-kick-goal-not-impressed-by-todays-goalkickers/news-story/421db91e5134e75db00f3544bac49792

The photo in the article is from Round 5, 1958 at the Brunswick Street Oval. The Bulldog players are Herb Henderson and John Hoiles is #23. The Fitzroy #9 is Rod Vernon who played 119 games for the Lions. He was recruited from East Brunswick YCW.

Tony Ongarello booted 5 goals and the Roys won by 56 points. There must have been a gale blowing as they led 8.5 to 0.1 at quarter time and in the last quarter we only kicked 3 points. Fitzroy 16.14.110 Footscray 7.12.54. Roger Duffy kicked 4.

[Nuggety Back Pocket]

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And so to #28 and Premiership playèr Doug Reynolds. Doug was recruited from Spotswood U/18s in 1952. He played on the wing and sometimes ìn the centre.

He was named in our best players in both the 2nd Semi and the GF.

He racked up 80 games with us before playing a season and a half at Richmond from Round 9 1958 until the end of 1959. (15 senior games) He won the Reserves B&F in 1959.

Doug went on to play for Sorrento where he won the B&F in 1961.
Doug will turn 88 on Sept 4 this year.

Doug Reynolds remains now one of only 5 players which includes Herb Henderson Jim Gallagher Angus Abbey and Ron Stockman from our historic 1954 Premiership team.
Like many former players who left our Club for different reasons Doug returned to the Bulldogs to become an active Member of our Past Players Association.

[merantau]

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Update. Add Don Ross. 1956 B&F. Vic Rep. Turned 87 on Feb 20, this year.

Here's a link to an interview conducted just before the GF in 2016.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-28/afl-grand-final-footscray-hero-don-ross-recalls-1954-flag/7886050

[Grantysghost]

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Love this thread. Was Scott Welsh our recruit from the Crows a #28 Merantau?

[merantau]

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Love this thread. Was Scott Welsh our recruit from the Crows a #28 Merantau?

Indeed he was. He's coming up soon. Good player.

[merantau]

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From '64 to '68 Noel Fincher played 46 games in the #28 and kicked 7 goals. He played mainly in defence. He went to North in '69 and '70 and played a further 15 games for a total of 61 all up.

[merantau]

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Ian Low played 67 games and kicked 65 goals in the #28 between 1975 and 1979.

He was a solidly built (6'0" 86kgs) winger/flanker who had good skills and liked to get forward.

He played at Collingwood in '80 and booted 4 goals in his 3rd last game, a semi final win over Carlton at the MCG.

Low started his career in the Canberra Australian National Football League and participated in Manuka's 1973 and 1974 premiership winning teams. Picked up by Footscray in 1975, he was mostly as a wingman or at half forward. He kicked 19 goals in 1976 and 20 goals the following season. In 1978, Low contributed a goal when Footscray amassed a club record 213 points against St Kilda. The club however only made the finals once, in 1976, but he got a chance to experience a prolonged finals campaign when he crossed to Collingwood in 1980. He was a half forward flanker in the losing 1980 VFL Grand Final side.
(Notes courtesy Wikipedia)

[merantau]

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Paul Dimattina did not have a smooth journey into top level football as these notes from Wikipedia attest:

"Dimattina played for Richmond at Under 19 level as a 16 year in 1991[2] and was drafted by them with the final selection in the 1991 AFL draft. He played reserves football for them in 1992, but never played an AFL game for Richmond. During 1993 and 1994 he played for Victorian Football Association (VFA) team Sandringham, as well as some games for the Carlton and Essendon reserves teams. Drafted by the Footscray Football Club (later Western Bulldogs) with the 26th selection in the 1995 Pre-season draft, Dimattina made his AFL debut late in the 1995 season. Dimattina was a high possession winner for the Bulldogs throughout his career. He played 131 games for the Bulldogs until he was delisted at the end of the 2003 season.

Dimma was one third of our famous self-named "Wog Squad" alongside Tony Liberatore and José Romero. They didn't take any crap and competed fiercely.

I loved the way Dimma took the game on. He didn't mind a bounce or three. One of my favourite players. He wore #28.

[merantau]

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Scott Welsh was a damn good footballer as these notes from Wikipedia point out.

"Debuting with North Melbourne in 1996 as a 17-year-old, Welsh was seen as a development player who started to get regular game time in 1998. Though he was drafted as a half-back flanker, Welsh played with North Melbourne as a forward and was a part of North Melbourne's premiership side in 1999 before, citing homesickness, returning to Adelaide in 2000 to play for Adelaide Football Club.

Welsh played up forward for the Crows and is known for his occasional devastating displays in front of goals, twice scoring eight goals in a match. He was considered one of Adelaide's premier forwards.

In 2005, Welsh booted 58 goals; his best season in terms of goals scored. He also notched up his 100th game with Adelaide in 2004. Though injury problems forced him to miss many games throughout his career (injuries mainly began from 2002 onwards) and he had to wait until Round 19 for his first game for the Crows in 2006.

In 2007 he played his 150th AFL game against Brisbane in round 7. Welsh finished with 49 goals and 20 behinds for the season, topping the Crows goalkicking list for the fourth time. His fourth goal against Hawthorn on 8 September 2007 in the elimination final became his 300th goal in senior AFL football.

On 13 November 2007, Welsh quit the Crows and was placed in the pre-season draft. He was drafted to the Western Bulldogs on 11 December 2007, who used their pick number 4 in the Pre-Season Draft to claim him. Ironically, the Western Bulldogs played Adelaide in the first round of the 2008 season.

Welsh announced his retirement at the end of the 2009 season after missing out on the Grand Final with the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs were knocked out in the preliminary finals in two consecutive seasons and he had played in five losing preliminary finals after winning a premiership in 1999. Scott kicked 63 goals for us spread over 40 games and two seasons. In 2008 he booted 43 goals and the following season he bagged 20. He was a strong mark and kicked accurately from inside 50.

Post AFL Welsh had a stint at the Encounter Bay Football Club notably leading the goal kicking in 2013 in a premiership year.

All up he had a 14 year career with 3 clubs that yielded 205 games, 363 goals, a Premiership and he won Adelaide's goal kicking 4 times.

[merantau]

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Dimma's first goal for us.

https://youtu.be/hZCbt595D_A

[merantau]

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Scott Welsh bags 5 for us.

https://youtu.be/dgd4Bdyom_U

And here's another 5 - against Sydney. Both clips courtesy of Als Highlights. Al does a fantastic job. His "Octocalls" are epic.

https://youtu.be/NEQnR673igo

[Ozza]

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Between 1959 and 1965 Ray Walker had a seven year career at Footscray which yeilded 73 games a B&F in 1963 and Victorian selection on two occasions. (1960 and 1963)

The only B&F winners between 1957-1966 were Whitten (4), Schultz (5) and Ray Walker.

Must have been a fair player to knock off Whitten and Schultz in the middle of that 10 year period for a B&F.

[merantau]

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The only B&F winners between 1957-1966 were Whitten (4), Schultz (5) and Ray Walker.

Must have been a fair player to knock off Whitten and Schultz in the middle of that 10 year period for a B&F.

Thanks for pointing that out. He was a bloody good player and I'm happy to say I was in the outer for his entire career at the Dogs.