Bulldogs “Talls of Shame”

[Twodogs]

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When did Bill Berry play with us? Was that in the early 80s?

[Bulldog4life]

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Just came across this beauty of a thread. Most of the classics have been mentioned, but I'll add a few dim memories:

Tim Harrington, very modest tall defender who had several ordinary years at Collingwood and North, then gave us 2 more ordinary years. Totalled 46 games in 7 years - pure eker.

Neil Peart, was kind of ok in the 85 finals but only gave us 9 games then went back to where he came from (Richmond)

Con Gorizidis, not strictly a tall, but a marking forward who had all the ability in the world, perfect hair and almost zero appetite for hard work. Much longer career at StKilda (unsurprisingly).

The golden era was around 81 or 82, when we flooded our side with a great array of spuds, mostly tall/mid defenders, from other VFL clubs, including Mark Kellett, Chris Hansen, Chris Smith, Crazy Horse Cowton, Robert Klompp and Jim McAlester.

They were right at home with the likes of Mark Komp, Terry De Koning, Robert Groenewegen, John Bennett, Alister Ford and Shane Loveless.


God they were long years.

Bennett used to kick bags of goals with the reserves too.

[Twodogs]

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Bennett used to kick bags of goals with the reserves too.

Kicked 100 in the ressies a couple of times at St Kilda I think.

[Bulldog4life]

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Kicked 100 in the ressies a couple of times at St Kilda I think.

I thought he didn't do too bad when given a game in the seniors but always one of the first dropped.

[LostDoggy]

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He had 1 match where he kicked more goals than the rest of the team combined.

Well, he kicked 2 of our 3 goals when we got beaten 4 goals to 3 in a mudheap at WO against Essendon.

JB was a pure footballer, but wasn't fit enough for VFL.

The only other Dog I can remember kicking more than half our goals in a match was Beasley, who did it a few times (once against Geelong he kicked 8 goals, the whole team kicked 9).

[ledge]

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Who was the poor bloke who played at full forward in the reserves when Templeton was playing , his name escapes me he used to kick goals galore but with Templeton around he only played a few senior games.

[Sedat]

Re: Bulldogs “Talls of Shame”

Just came across this beauty of a thread. Most of the classics have been mentioned, but I'll add a few dim memories:

Tim Harrington, very modest tall defender who had several ordinary years at Collingwood and North, then gave us 2 more ordinary years. Totalled 46 games in 7 years - pure eker.

Neil Peart, was kind of ok in the 85 finals but only gave us 9 games then went back to where he came from (Richmond)

Con Gorizidis, not strictly a tall, but a marking forward who had all the ability in the world, perfect hair and almost zero appetite for hard work. Much longer career at StKilda (unsurprisingly).

The golden era was around 81 or 82, when we flooded our side with a great array of spuds, mostly tall/mid defenders, from other VFL clubs, including Mark Kellett, Chris Hansen, Chris Smith, Crazy Horse Cowton, Robert Klompp and Jim McAlester.

They were right at home with the likes of Mark Komp, Terry De Koning, Robert Groenewegen, John Bennett, Alister Ford and Shane Loveless.

God they were long years.

Was watching The Winners Rebooted last night and they had the 1981 1st semi between Fitzroy and Collingwood, that the Pies won 19.19.133 to 19.18.132. One of the best games of footy I've ever seen - virtually no stoppages, no uncontested possessions and attacking one-on-one football across the whole ground and for the full 120 minutes. Then I got to thinking that The Winners rarely featured Footscray (or St Kilda or Melbourne for that matter), largely in part because of the players mentioned above. Tough days being a Dogs supporter back then.

[Sedat]

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They were. Captain Kellet was a good player and gave us good service but I agree on all the others. You missed David Allday, a pedestrian ruckman who played a few games with us after time at Richmond. Was an ex basketller I think.

Brenton Vilcens was a poor man's David Allday, which is about as low down the footy food chain as you can get.

[Sedat]

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Who was the poor bloke who played at full forward in the reserves when Templeton was playing , his name escapes me he used to kick goals galore but with Templeton around he only played a few senior games.

Was it Ross Christensen? Kicked a bag against the Hawks from memory in 1982 when we stormed home in the last qtr at the kennel to beat them. Think he also might have kicked a few at VFL Park one day.

[Twodogs]

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I thought he didn't do too bad when given a game in the seniors but always one of the first dropped.

Yeah. I don't know that Malthouse was all that keen on full forwards as a coach. He seemed to lose a few at different clubs do it wasn't a one off. He seemed to find all sorts of reasons to drop Beasley at the last minute and Bennett would come in and kick 3 or 4 and get dropped again.

He had 1 match where he kicked more goals than the rest of the team combined.

Well, he kicked 2 of our 3 goals when we got beaten 4 goals to 3 in a mudheap at WO against Essendon.

JB was a pure footballer, but wasn't fit enough for VFL.

The only other Dog I can remember kicking more than half our goals in a match was Beasley, who did it a few times (once against Geelong he kicked 8 goals, the whole team kicked 9).

Kelvin Templeton kicked 2 out of 3 at Vic Park in the late 70s. Collingwood were kicking them from everywhere. They got nearly 30 from memory.

It was awful.

Who was the poor bloke who played at full forward in the reserves when Templeton was playing , his name escapes me he used to kick goals galore but with Templeton around he only played a few senior games.

Wasn't Randall Shiels was it?

[ledge]

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No it wasn't either of them .. Neil Hodder ?
I remember John Ballantine was great in the reserves but struggled to get a game too.

[Dancin' Douggy]

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Brenton Vilcens was a poor man's David Allday, which is about as low down the footy food chain as you can get.

Krill status?

[Twodogs]

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Phil Bradmore?

Could have been. He wore the #18 immediately before Simon Beasley.

[merantau]

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Mark Kellett was a damn good player for us. Had the best "don't argue" going around, plenty of pace and was a good kick. Emmet Dunn was a bit ordinary. Don't remember him giving us much. There was a bloke who used to stand in front of the Whitten Stand. He used to yell, "You couldn't get a kick in an interview room Dunne." Emmet was and still is a policeman.
Robert Klomp was mentioned earlier. Not really a tall. Infamous for being awarded BOG in a night game when even to say his stats were modest would be gilding the lily. He won a colour TV. People would often yell, "Give the TV back." He's never lived it down. The incident even followed him into the AFL's encyclopaedia of Footballers. I reckon if he still had the TV it would bring big money at auction. Football folklore - priceless.
Speaking of folklore: can anyone remember the name of the St Kilda player who kicked the dog? Created huge controversy for about a week. I think I know the answer but I'm looking for confirmation before naming him. It was in the late 70s or possibly early 80s.

[1eyedog]

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The greatest of the shamers. Michael Talia come on down.