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Hi everyone,

As part of Demon Wiki, I'm trying to find out where each of our players was recruited from. Various sources have turned up a lot of the older players but I'm still stuck with a fat list of people who I can't find recruiting info on.

There's a few pretty famous names in the list but between all the usual suspects and a heap of trawling through old newspapers I simply can't find any mention. This is often because they're listed as coming from the Under 19's.

In reverse order;

1970's

Peter Dilnot (1972-1973)

Frank Giampaolo (1973-1977) (possibly Manangatang)

Laurie Queay (1972)

Stephen Kerley (1971-1974)

Greg MacDonald (1973)

Ian McGuinness (1973)

Shane McSpeerin (1971-1973) (Possibly St. Kevin's Old Boys)

Kelvin Richards (1978-1979)

Peter Thorne (1978-1984)

1960's

Bob Carroll (1961-1964)

Frank Davis (1964-1973)

Ken Emselle (1962-1969)

John Forster (1968-1970)

Alec Ingwersen (1962)

Brent Jones (1966-1971)

Terry Leahy (1966-1967) (North Albury like his brothers?)

Robert McKenzie (1969-1972)

Mark Mitchell (1969)

Ray Nilsson (1960-1963)

1950's

Ben Crameri (1957-1958)

Ray Hutchins (1950-1951)

Robert Johnson (1954-1961)

Dennis Jones (1956-1962)

Con OToole (1950)

Fred Webster (1955)

I've also got some for every decade back to the 1890's. I won't post them here for space reasons, but if you might be able to help with some obscurities from those decades please let me know. The full list is here http://wiki.fcmelbourne.com.au/tiki-index....e+Are+They+From

Cheers,

SM

Edited by Supermercado

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there is a name that takes me right back....Shane McSpeerin (1971-1973) Played with the great Graeme Osbourne!

I just reverted to being 8 years old again!!! Thanks!!

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Have you ever seen the little pocket encylopedia of 'Every Melbourne Player' that came out a few years ago? It has a little write up on most of the players -Not all the entries say where they were recuited from, but it could probably knock off a few of the names on that list.

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Have you ever seen the little pocket encylopedia of 'Every Melbourne Player' that came out a few years ago? It has a little write up on most of the players -Not all the entries say where they were recuited from, but it could probably knock off a few of the names on that list.

I actually have it somewhere, but I've been trying to find it amongst my books for the last six months :huh:

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According to The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers -

1980's (thanks to everybody who wrote me with information about the 80's players)

Jamie Barham (1981) (possibly South Warrnambool like his brother) No origin listed

Brett Hutchinson (1985) No origin listed

1970's

Col Anderson (1972) Mulwala

Billy Barham (1974-1975) Hamilton

Neil Chamberlain (1973-1976) East Malvern

Mike Collins (1971-1974) Caulfield

Gary Cooke (1978) St Kilda U19s and Springvale

John Cumming (1973) Oakleigh 4ths

Terry Davey (1970) Edithvale-Aspendale

Barry Denny (1977-1979) Morningside

Peter Dilnot (1972-1973) Melbourne 4ths (U17s) and 3rds (U19s)

Peter Garratt (1978) Seymour

Frank Giampaolo (1973-1977) Melbourne U19s

Gary Guy (1975-1976) Carrum

Barry Hodges (1970-1971) Parkdale

Laurie Queay (1972) Melbourne U19s

David Kelly (1975-1976) St Kevins Old Boys

Stephen Kerley (1971-1974) Melbourne U19s

Greg McDonald (1973) No origin listed

Brett Marchant (1977) Mentone

Ian McGuinness (1973) No origin listed

Shane McSpeerin (1971-1973)

Andrew Moir (1977-1981) Mentone Grammar

Kevin Moore (1974) Glenhuntly

John Morgan (1973) Old Scotch Collegians

David Murray (1974) Yea

Mal Owens (1973-1975) Chelsea

Des O'Dwyer (1978-1982) Shepparton United

Dennis Payne (1974) Mulwala

John Reid (1972-1974) Romsey

Kelvin Richards (1978-1979) Melbourne U17s

Peter Slade (1974) Parkdale

Peter Thorne (1978-1984) Melbourne U17s

Barry Tippett (1976-1978) Shepparton

John Wallace (1979) Thornton

Peter Williamson (1971-1974) Parkdale

1960's

Chris Aitken (1967-1977) Lower Plenty

Graeme Aubrey (1968) Bentleigh

Peter Baker (1960) Surrey Hills

Barry Bourke (1963-1973) Neerim South

Euan Campbell (1968) Old Scotch Collegians

Bob Carroll (1961-1964) No origin listed

Denis Clark (1968-1975) East Malvern

Neil Crompton (1957-1966) Ormond

Frank Davis (1964-1973) No origin listed

Rob Dowsing (1966-1968) Burwood United

Ken Emselle (1962-1969) Melbourne U19s

John Forster (1968-1970) Tasmanian Ameteurs

Bob Gormly (1965) Old Scotch Collegians, Launceston

Ray Groom (1963-1968) Cooee

John Hamilton (1966) Old Launcestonians

Alec Ingwersen (1962) No origin listed

Graeme Jacobs (1964-1967) East Burwood

Danny Jennings (1969-1970) Rye

Brent Jones (1966-1971) Melbourne Reserves

Bob Langford (1966-1967) Bentleigh

Terry Leahy (1966-1967) (North Albury like his brothers?) Melbourne Reserves

Jim Leitch (1964-1965) Murrumbeena

Robert McKenzie (1969-1972) No origin listed

Peter McLean (1964-1965) Old Melburnians

George Milner (1960-1961) Ormond

Mark Mitchell (1969) No origin listed

Ray Nilsson (1960-1963) Melbourne U19s

Ken Osborne (1966-1968) No origin listed

Daryl Powell (1969) Woodend

Tom Quinn (1967) Bentleigh

Phil Rhoden (1968-1969) No origin listed

Darryl Schwarz (1968-1969) Horsham

Bob Stewart (1966-1967) Keysborough

Neville Stone (1966-1969) Melbourne U19s

John Toll (1967) Gunbower

Peter Weekes (1968-1971) Mentone

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According to The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers -

Much appreciated. Now of course I will find that book in the next five minutes :lol:


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Thanks guys,

I'll keep updating the first post as the list gets cut down. Might even add the 1890's-1940's if it gets too short :lol:

Barham is a true mystery man - I've seen three potential clubs listed now.

In the biggest shock of all time I went through all my books and couldn't find the Encyclopedia of Footballers or the smaller MFC only version that I owned. Thought it would be a cert to show up in minutes after the info was already posted.

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Phil Rhoden was recruited to Melbourne from University Blues in 1968. I remember him as a stocky defender who was a magnificent long kick - probably the longest kick I've seen at the club. He played a few seasons, mainly in the reserves and I have a feeling he might have won the Gardiner Medal in his first season. I think he was also on the club committee for a while during the 70s.

My enduring memory of Phil as a player was during a game on the MCG when he gathered the ball deep in the backline, ran and bounced once and then sent a kick that must have travelled well over 70 metres to hit a leading Ross Dillon on the chest. Dillon duly kicked the goal from about 50 metres out. Really spectacular stuff.

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Neville Stone came straight from Bentleigh High School to play with the MFC 4th's, 3rd's, 2nd's and then played for the firsts wearing No. 18

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Cheers guys,

Thanks to everyone who has sent some answers in. I've finally gotten hold of a copy of the book again so I'm chopping through a few quite quickly. Cam Schwab was nice enough to answer the two 80's ones (Hutchinson = Dingley, Barham = Gisborne)

http://wiki.fcmelbourne.com.au/tiki-index....e+Are+They+From

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Ian Mcguinness came from Bentleigh, Bobbie McGuinness also had a run with the 3rds Brother John played with bentlegh in federal league

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