Our VCE Boys

[Angry_Bird 0]

Any news on how Scully, Watts etc scored in VCE?

Were any of them at Mt Scopus?

[discworld demon 0]

Any news on how Scully, Watts etc scored in VCE?

Were any of them at Mt Scopus?

Scully and Watts are APS boys.

Mt Scopus is AGS.

[Whispering_Jack 30,926]

Scully and Watts are APS boys.

Mt Scopus is AGS.

Not even AGS but I'm not sure that particular institution has a reputation for turning out too many AFL players.

[discworld demon 0]

Not even AGS but I'm not sure that particular institution has a reputation for turning out too many AFL players.

I suppose it would be difficult to combine football and Talmudic scholarship!

Many years ago there was a young rather stocky jewish lad playing for the MFC 2nds. I think he was from Mt Scopus.

Anyone remember him? I think he played in the back pocket.

[Bring-Back-Powell 15,057]

Apart from Ezra Poyas (who Gutnick demanded he not be a Demon), anyone know of any recent or current jewish players in the AFL?

EDIT - Todd Goldstein (the ruckman who kicked 5 goals against us this year) is the only listed according to wiki.

Edited December 20, 2009 by Bring-Back-Powell

[jnrmac 20,205]

Gutnick demanded that he not play on the Sabbath. Which wouldn't have been a problem in the past two years having 28 SUnday games.

Edited December 21, 2009 by jnrmac

[The Fergburger 0]

Jeremy Dukes was drafted to Carlton in 1999. Had a solid Pre-Season but did an ACL and got delisted the next year. He was built like Tony Lockett but injuries got the better of him.

Julian Kirzner played Played 1 AFL game for Essendon and 3 for North Melbourne before He did an ACL as well. Hereminds me of Max Bailey because after recovering from his ACL he did it two more times before eventually retiring in his early twenties. He never really got the chance to prove himself at either club. He was a very talented Full Forward.

Other than these boys, Ezra Poyas and Todd Goldstein are the other Jews to have played AFL.

P.S - Not many people know this but Chris Judd actually has a Jewish Grandparent.

[Demonised 1,360]

Jeremy Dukes was drafted to Carlton in 1999. Had a solid Pre-Season but did an ACL and got delisted the next year. He was built like Tony Lockett but injuries got the better of him.

Julian Kirzner played Played 1 AFL game for Essendon and 3 for North Melbourne before He did an ACL as well. Hereminds me of Max Bailey because after recovering from his ACL he did it two more times before eventually retiring in his early twenties. He never really got the chance to prove himself at either club. He was a very talented Full Forward.

Other than these boys, Ezra Poyas and Todd Goldstein are the other Jews to have played AFL.

P.S - Not many people know this but Chris Judd actually has a Jewish Grandparent.

Hmm. My memory tells me that St Kilda's Mordy Bromberg (late seventies, early eighties) was Jewish. And Ian Synman, member of St Kilda's 1966 premiership team?

[Whispering_Jack 30,926]

Hmm. My memory tells me that St Kilda's Mordy Bromberg (late seventies, early eighties) was Jewish. And Ian Synman, member of St Kilda's 1966 premiership team?

Phillip "Fritz" Friedman won a Morrish Medal in the Under 19's representing the Demons. Henry Ritterman (15 games) played for the Dees in the early 70's. His brother Michael was at the Melbourne Reserves at the same time and went on to win a few competition B & F's in the ammos and there was the great Michael Zemski who played for Hawthorn in the Hudson era. He was the only one to come out on top when the Catholics took on the Protestants in the mud at Glenferrie Oval.

[Scully_to_Watts 0]

I go to Mt Scopus

Great school yeh we dont bring out the best sportsmen! but hopefully i can change that

i had a christmas party with the whole melbourne fc team on friday night.

spoke to scully for a while he hit 59 in VCE and was very happy

[MrReims 322]

I go to Mt Scopus

Great school yeh we dont bring out the best sportsmen! but hopefully i can change that

i had a christmas party with the whole melbourne fc team on friday night.

spoke to scully for a while he hit 59 in VCE and was very happy

either the system has dramatically changed or he ain't the sharpest tool in the shed. did you mean 95?

[Keyser Söze 0]

either the system has dramatically changed or he ain't the sharpest tool in the shed. did you mean 95?

I wouldn't expect too much different from a kid dedicated to a career as an athlete.

A lot of it comes from the particular units you study and associated bonuses.

[Whispering_Jack 30,926]

I wouldn't expect too much different from a kid dedicated to a career as an athlete.

A lot of it comes from the particular units you study and associated bonuses.

Anyone who witnessed the Demonland/Demonology lightning premiership obliteration of all that stood in it's way would know that young S to W is a fair footballer. If you follow what the real Mr Scully did from age 14 in terms of the sacrifices he faced then you'll get your chances too. Otherwise, you could always become a Talmudic scholar.

[deanox 10,023]

either the system has dramatically changed or he ain't the sharpest tool in the shed. did you mean 95?

perhaps you never knew the system well at all?

59 means he is in the top 41% of all students completing the VCE this year. It places him in the slightly above average category for academic results, which is a pretty decent result for a young bloke who was also deemed the best under 18 footballer in the country in the same year.

Only 5% of all students get 95 as an ENTER score...

[Viney Vidi Vici 148]

well done to him. I know from this year, if he's had so much time not focussed on schoolwork, he's done pretty alright.

[DemonRevival 3]

well done to him. I know from this year, if he's had so much time not focussed on schoolwork, he's done pretty alright.

How did you go BBB?

[Demon4Life 603]

Michael Klinger is a Mt. Scopus alumni, and one of the Australian Olympic table-tennis players was (I think) in the same year as him.

[Jaded No More 68,974]

Were any of them at Mt Scopus?

So sick of hearing about bloody Mt Scopus.

Other Jewish schools made it into the top 20 too! :angry: <_<

[pringle 42]

Michael Klinger is a Mt. Scopus alumni, and one of the Australian Olympic table-tennis players was (I think) in the same year as him.

David Zalcberg is the table-tennis player. I think 2 olympics and 2 or 3 Commonwealth games as well as 2 Maccabiah Games and I think was on the bridge that infamously collapsed there some years back. And now he's swappd over to the other Jewish profession... he's also a Doctor

[discworld demon 0]

OK back to business! Scully did reasonably well but what about Watts? (And he went to BGS where the poor things have to attend church every day before school).

[DeeSpencer 26,091]

OK back to business! Scully did reasonably well but what about Watts? (And he went to BGS where the poor things have to attend church every day before school).

59 isn't reasonably well. 59 for a Hayliebury student is probably in their bottom 10% of students. Scully getting 59 is an argument for raising the drafting age so guys don't have as much work to do for footy in such an important year.

[Viney Vidi Vici 148]

How did you go BBB?

93.5

[Whispering_Jack 30,926]

Michael Klinger is a Mt. Scopus alumni, and one of the Australian Olympic table-tennis players was (I think) in the same year as him.

And a Demon supporter too!

He made just one mistake during his career. Left Victoria to go to SA instead of NSW. Had he done that he would have been a regular Aussie test cap by now. Anyhow, this I believe!

[discworld demon 0]

59 isn't reasonably well. 59 for a Hayliebury student is probably in their bottom 10% of students. Scully getting 59 is an argument for raising the drafting age so guys don't have as much work to do for footy in such an important year.

You make a good point there! However some guys seem to get it all together during year 12, Luke Ball apparently scored in the mid to high 90's while playing football, cricket and aths! And I think he was vice captain at Xavier as well!

But maybe the Jesuits are just good teachers

[deanox 10,023]

59 isn't reasonably well. 59 for a Hayliebury student is probably in their bottom 10% of students. Scully getting 59 is an argument for raising the drafting age so guys don't have as much work to do for footy in such an important year.

as i said, 59 is above average across the country. yes i know hayliebury have a great record academically, but they also have a good record on the sporting field and as far as im aware provide scholarships based on sporting performance also.

why kick a kid who performed slightly above average academically and also happens to be one of the best young footballers in the country? not everyone can excel at everything can they?

you'll be one of those moron parents who expect their kids to get 90's and simply doesnt understand what that means.