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Here's another piece on Ted and Jack Dyer.
Here's another piece on Ted and Jack Dyer.
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Re: Bulldogs By the Numbers
In 1983 Mark Kellett arrived at the Dogs from St Kilda and stayed for 4 years before heading to Sydney.
Playing off half-back he had a lot of attacking dash and one of the best "Don't argues" going around. All up he played 63 games in the #3 jumper[URL="http://journals.worldnomads.com/merantau"]http://journals.worldnomads.com/merantau[/URL]
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Adrian Campbell arrived at the Western Oval in 1988. He was a very talented player - but was cruelled by injury. He missed all of 1991 with massive knee ligament damage. All up he played 30 games and kicked 31 goals. Over the years we have had some terrible misfortune with injuries to star players and promising youngsters. Adrian spent 1993 at Melbourne but could not shake the injury woes which led to his retirement. Very sad way to go.Last edited by merantau; 09-02-2021, 07:47 PM.[URL="http://journals.worldnomads.com/merantau"]http://journals.worldnomads.com/merantau[/URL]
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1990 saw the debut of one of the greatest Bulldogs of all time - 17 year old Chris Grant. Has there ever been a better Pick 105 in the National Draft? For his first four years he wore #29 but then inherited #3 which he wore for the rest of his 18 year 341 game career in which he booted 551goals.
He showed his brilliance from the off becoming the youngest player to boot 50 goals which he did it his first season. He was just such a brilliant player. A powerful, fast-moving forward he was a brilliant pack mark and he had outstanding ground skills. He was outstanding at CHB when switched to that position.
In 1997 he was denied a Brownlow Medal by the intervention of the Director of Football Operations, Carlton's Ian Collins. who overruled the field umpires and insisted thst Grant be charged with striking as, while attempting to spoil a mark, he made high contact with Hawthorn's Nick Holland. Chris polled 27 votes, one more than Robert Harvey. Chris received a one match suspension.
This is a travesty when you consider that Chris had never been reported and was a player who was continually scragged and tagged by opposition players.
I would really like the Club to launch a campaign to have the intervention by Collins to be investigated. It was up to that point - and subsequently as far às I am aware - an unprecedented interference by an official. Collins had had a lifetime association with a Club, Carlton, who had been desperate to recruit Chris but whose inducements had failed to sway Chris away from his rock solid loyalty to our club
A great player, a great man and a great servant of our club.Last edited by merantau; 09-02-2021, 08:38 PM.[URL="http://journals.worldnomads.com/merantau"]http://journals.worldnomads.com/merantau[/URL]
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I was standing in the outer at Whitten oval with a mate in '93 or '94 at the Geelong Rd end. A pack firmed in front of us and 7 or 8 players were falling over one other trying to pick the ball up and dropping it and scragging each other. Chris arrived from nowhere and ran through the middle of the pack. While the ball bounced off the ground and up into his hands he pirouetted past three opponents grabbing at thin air then snapped a goal over his shoulder from the dead pocket.
I looked at my mate and he laughed and said "we've got at least another decade of watching him do that"They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.Comment
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I've said here many a time that Chris Grant is probably the most underrated footballer of his era - and many other eras. These are some of his best goals, but I can remember a few others that aren't captured that were just as good if not better (i.e, the one at Waverley where he was running directly towards the pocket at full bore and snapped the straightest kick ever across his body for a goal that never looked like missing).
None of the goals are anything but sublime, whether it be skill or determination. If he had have led us to the 97 flag his legacy would be so much more respected than it is.TF is this?.........Obviously you're not a golfer.Comment
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That brought back memories.Comment
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Thanks for posting this reminder of what a fantastic player he was. Supreme skills on show.I've said here many a time that Chris Grant is probably the most underrated footballer of his era - and many other eras. These are some of his best goals, but I can remember a few others that aren't captured that were just as good if not better (i.e, the one at Waverley where he was running directly towards the pocket at full bore and snapped the straightest kick ever across his body for a goal that never looked like missing).
None of the goals are anything but sublime, whether it be skill or determination. If he had have led us to the 97 flag his legacy would be so much more respected than it is.[URL="http://journals.worldnomads.com/merantau"]http://journals.worldnomads.com/merantau[/URL]
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Incredible that a player so highly regarded was also underrated. Just never seems to get the kudos he deserved. A superstar player and a folk hero, he's the best Bulldog player I've ever seen.I've said here many a time that Chris Grant is probably the most underrated footballer of his era - and many other eras. These are some of his best goals, but I can remember a few others that aren't captured that were just as good if not better (i.e, the one at Waverley where he was running directly towards the pocket at full bore and snapped the straightest kick ever across his body for a goal that never looked like missing).
None of the goals are anything but sublime, whether it be skill or determination. If he had have led us to the 97 flag his legacy would be so much more respected than it is.
And he's a nice guy too."It's over. It's all over."Comment
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That goal against West Coast is absolute filth.- I'm a visionary - Only here to confirm my biases -Comment
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Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.Comment
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I had not seen this interview Mike Sheahan with Chris before. Worth a look. It's in 2 parts.
Part 2
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