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13 hours ago, daisycutter said:

and don't forget stuie spencer for stab kicks and drop kicks

many vfl rovers were top exponents of the stab kick

Yep, thanks for the memories DC - Spencer was another great at the skill.He was a player that I did not see much of over the years, and I do not recall why. But I remember his kicking. Funny about you mentioning vfl rovers. Guess what 'position' I played? The stab pass was a mandatory skill for rovers, off both feet -  but the lefties were preferred. Geez, footy was grand once, absolutely spiritual.

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On 05/02/2011 at 11:40 AM, Redleg said:

Lyon was also a long kick. Best I have seen was "Diamond Jim" Tilbrook in his first game at a wet Waverley kick a monster goal from near the wing. I thought he could be anything but sadly I was wrong.

Great memories. I can remember watching Tilbrook with the Demons that day at VFL Park, Waverly.

A short scrimmage at full back for the Dees on the Northern end of the ground, then another just feet away in the LHS Back Pocket, finding a running Tilbrook quite cleanly. He took a step more and launched that one from well short of the HB Flank, travelling diagonally across the centre of the ground and landing, not bouncing/rolling, in the Fwd Pocket just a metre or two in front of the point post.

The ball travelling for at least five seconds, and the further it travelled, the more players on both sides just stopped moving to stare at this kick in silent awe.

That was the greatest singular distance I have ever seen a football propelled - even including memorable TV Replays since then over the last 50 years.

Breathing in the crowd resumed about a minute later... some commentators argued that it covered 99 metres, others just 92 metres. From where the kick was launched, not where Tilbrook ran to after and during the flight of that launch, I would think was more near the former distance, if not a metre or two further. Unfar king believeable! Only a Demon could do that!

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On 05/02/2011 at 12:56 PM, dee-luded said:

Geez, tell me about it! That shizen taylor.

Wonder if anyone can access film of Taylor's 40 metre sprint at the 'G behind the back of Rodney Grinter, hitting him unseen at full pace whilst grabbing Grinter around the throat with both arms to drop him rotten? Grinter merely absorbed Taylor's considerable mass and motion, bent forward whilst holding Taylor's 'locked in' arm around his throat, sending Taylor on a perfect parabola skywards, across the top of Grinter's head and down on his bum at Rodney's feet, with Rodney wagging his index finger in a 'no - no ' fashion advising Taylor not to do that again. I think that was the most embarrassing moment of all, of any footballer's career. Rodney was not a man to be fiddled with.

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On a still day the drop kick would travel further than a torp but with the right wind a torp can really fly see Malcolm Blights or Jayden Hunts

Bobby Skilton could kick a drop kick fifty to sixty metres either foot and he is only a midget .

of course the place kick was longer than either 

the longest recorded kick was our own Fred Fanning but I'm not sure what sort of kick it was

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16 minutes ago, deesrule said:

of course the place kick was longer than either 

Now you're moving back into ancient history!  I believe "Chicken" Smallhorn was the last player to kick a goal using the Place Kick...!  Maybe we could bring that kick back for set shots on goal from outside 50...

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43 minutes ago, Vagg said:

Now you're moving back into ancient history!  I believe "Chicken" Smallhorn was the last player to kick a goal using the Place Kick...!  Maybe we could bring that kick back for set shots on goal from outside 50...

Why do I think it was Tony Ongarello?


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15 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Why do I think it was Tony Ongarello?

Maybe because Tony Ongarello and "Chicken" Smallhorn used to be on the same ABC Footy Panel (chaired by Harry Beitzel)...?

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1 hour ago, Vagg said:

Now you're moving back into ancient history!  I believe "Chicken" Smallhorn was the last player to kick a goal using the Place Kick...!  Maybe we could bring that kick back for set shots on goal from outside 50...

Absolutely, designed for a run-up like Hogan's ... and look what the rugby boys, with training, can do - sometimes phenomenal! I can just remember a few place kicks in the game and I cannot recall one of these being ineffective. 

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6 hours ago, Deemania since 56 said:

Absolutely, designed for a run-up like Hogan's ... and look what the rugby boys, with training, can do - sometimes phenomenal! I can just remember a few place kicks in the game and I cannot recall one of these being ineffective. 

You’d have to get a move on with the 30 second rule

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