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50 years since our last flag.

Is there going to be some kind of celebratory event this year?

Amazing that it has been so long since this famous day.

Here was the squad for that day:

B: Crompton Massey T. Johnson

HB: Anderson Roet Davis

C: Dixon Williams Adams

HF: Keneally Jacobs Vagg

F: Lord Bourke Townsend

Foll: Wise Barassi Mann

Reserve: McLean Emselle

Coach: Norm Smith

Melbourne 8.16.64

Collingwood 8.12.60

I hope there is an evening this year to celebrate this momentous occasion.

 

It makes me feel sad when I read all of those names

I'm going to be honest. I know about three or four of those names.

 

I remember them well and think it's a good idea. Wondering how many of them are still with us?

A celebration would be nice but it may end up just being a cold reminder or just how long it has been since we tasted the ultimate success

 

Started following the Dees in 1965 on the back of the 64 premiership. Not my best decision - now on medication for hypertension and stress!

50 years since our last flag.

Is there going to be some kind of celebratory event this year?

Amazing that it has been so long since this famous day.

Here was the squad for that day:

B: Crompton Massey T. Johnson

HB: Anderson Roet Davis

C: Dixon Williams Adams

HF: Keneally Jacobs Vagg

F: Lord Bourke Townsend

Foll: Wise Barassi Mann

Reserve: McLean Emselle

Coach: Norm Smith

Melbourne 8.16.64

Collingwood 8.12.60

I hope there is an evening this year to celebrate this momentous occasion.

Celebrate exactly what? 50 miserable years?

Don't remind me... I'm turning 50 in August .... A long time...

Why a club that was successful is still without a flag 50 yrs on???


That 1964 premiership was the pinnacle of our success and the end of a majestic era between 1954 and 1964 in which we won 6 flags and featured in eight grand finals. Ron Barassi and Frank "Bluey" Adams played in every one of those six premiership teams, Brian Dixon in five of them.

It was a great feeling to wake up every Saturday morning and know you were going to win that day. Losing never came into the equation.

About, now in fact well over, time for a repeat guys.

PYFO and get another for us all.

I remember the day....OMG, Froggy daring to follow his opponent past the centre....TGNWS was ropeable and would have dragged him were there an interchange then. Thank goodness for his defiance / impulsiveness

Sitting between wing and the hff city end. Was delirious after Froggy kicked that goal.

Doubt I'll be around for the next one.

I listened to the game on the radio as I couldn't obtain tickets. I was cursing and wishing we had back the old system of queuing up before the game. I was on a ladder painting when Neil Crompton kicked the sealer. Nearly came a big cropper.


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