Who I am? A guessing quiz.

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Alby Rodda

[Josh 1,420]

1. Barassi Snr

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No cigars as yet. Alby was 18 on debut.

[robbo24 66]

Stephen Tingay?

[H_T 3,043]

OK. I'm taking it one quiz at a time and this is the only question I have prepared at the moment. Correct name required.

Who am I ... 1st Clue:

I was recruited by the Demons as a 16 year old but circumstances outside football prevented my debut until after I turned 19 years of age.

I am...?

Matthew Febey?

[Whispering_Jack 30,019]

Time for another clue.

Who am I ... 1st Clue:

I was recruited by the Demons as a 16 year old but circumstances outside football prevented my debut until after I turned 19 years of age.

I am...?

Who am I ... 2nd Clue:

I had three different jumper numbers during my four years as a senior player with the club.

I am ... ?

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Robert McKenzie 1969-1972

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Robert McKenzie 1969-1972

Well done. It was indeed Robert McKenzie, son of Bob McKenzie who was recruited by Melbourne as a father son selection in 1967 before he turned 17 but suffered injuries in a motor car accident and didn't play in 1967 or 1968. He finally made his debut against Collingwood in Round 14, 1969 by which time he had turned 19 years of age.

He wore numbers 50, 10 and 2 (his father's number) at various stages during his career and Robbie Flower took over # 2 after McKenzie left the club and, of course, really made it famous.

McKenzie's father Bob (who was the subject of a previous quiz on this thread) played 125 games for 255 goals between 1948 and 1955 winning premierships in his first and last seasons.

Who am I ... 1st Clue:

I was recruited by the Demons as a 16 year old but circumstances outside football prevented my debut until after I turned 19 years of age.

I am...?

Who am I ... 2nd Clue:

I had three different jumper numbers during my four years as a senior player with the club.

I am...?

Who am I ... 3rd Clue:

After I finished with the club one of my numbers was taken by a player who was to become one of the club's greats.

I am...?

Who am I ... 4th Clue:

My father's last game for the club was a winning grand final.

I am...?

I am Robert McKenzie?

[Bitter but optimistic 22,237]

you just give them what they want to hear.

I'm so vain.

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I didnt know he was involved in a car accident, or perhaps it slipped my memory over time.

I remember Robert Rose, Bob Roses' son)and the truama he went through also after a car accident.

Had a big future playing cricket and, ...... nah lets leave it there. I cant bring myself to think where he might play footy.

[Whispering_Jack 30,019]

Next one and please don't inundate me with guesses. You need to be certain of your answer

Who am I ... 1st Clue:

I played only one game for the Melbourne Football Club.

I am...?

[Miles from Nowhere 199]

Paul Earley

[Biffen 12,942]

Colin Sylvia

[John Dee 445]

Michael Clark

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Wayne Henwood

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Greg Sizer

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Fabian Francis

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Next one and please don't inundate me with guesses. You need to be certain of your answer

Who am I ... 1st Clue:

I played only one game for the Melbourne Football Club.

I am...?

137 players have managed just the one game.

Potentially you could be inundated with 137 guesses.

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137 players have managed just the one game.

Potentially you could be inundated with 137 guesses.

132 to go Smithy!

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Colin Sylvia

You're not trying to win this, are you Biff?

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One of my dad's good mates loves telling the story of the bus trip down to Geelong in his final game for the dee's, the story has grown many legs over the years whether it was being told in the old 'former players room' in the Olympic stand( from memory it's been a while!) or in the Coterie rooms, always around time for the trip to the Cattery. The only detail that remains the same is that he neglects to say that not only was it his last game but also his first!

So at a guess WJ was his one and only game against Geelong in Geelong? In what would have to be the 1960's?

[Biffen 12,942]

You're not trying to win this, are you Biff?

"Hearts and Minds"

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Fabian Francis

[Whispering_Jack 30,019]

One of my dad's good mates loves telling the story of the bus trip down to Geelong in his final game for the dee's, the story has grown many legs over the years whether it was being told in the old 'former players room' in the Olympic stand( from memory it's been a while!) or in the Coterie rooms, always around time for the trip to the Cattery. The only detail that remains the same is that he neglects to say that not only was it his last game but also his first!

So at a guess WJ was his one and only game against Geelong in Geelong? In what would have to be the 1960's?

You're not thinking of Euan Campbell, originally from Old Scotch whose only game was in Round 16, 1968 against Geelong at Kardinia Park, by any chance?

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Peter Garratt