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The Secret Footballer

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I'm sure I read an "introductory" paragraph somewhere in The Age that I now can't find, that detailed the "secret footballer's" credentials.

Pretty sure it said he had played for more than one club, and in Melbourne.

Definitely rules out Cornes.

Yed def a melbourne club. Someone suggested Ball which has merit but i doubt it for some reason. Seems a bit grubby for him.

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    Yed def a melbourne club. Someone suggested Ball which has merit but i doubt it for some reason. Seems a bit grubby for him.

    That's why I have a feeling it's Dal Santo.

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    Luke Ball averaged 98% in HSC. So did Stephan Martin IIRC.

    It seems Luke Ball to me, if I had to guess.

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    Luke Ball averaged 98% in HSC. So did Stephan Martin IIRC.

    It seems Luke Ball to me, if I had to guess.

    That's why i reckon its not him. He's too smart to be a 'secret footballer' i would have thought. I mean the articles are interesting but at least the one about sex was pretty tawdry and besides the premise that it must be a smart fella writing it coz the articles are not garbage is a bit strange. They're hardly Pulitzer prize winning calibre

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    That's why i reckon its not him. He's too smart to be a 'secret footballer' i would have thought. I mean the articles are interesting but at least the one about sex was pretty tawdry and besides the premise that it must be a smart fella writing it coz the articles are not garbage is a bit strange. They're hardly Pulitzer prize winning calibre

    I also think Ball has no desire to be in the media, beyond the odd appearance on the Footy Show.

    He's set for the corporate world after footy.

    Not sure why HSC scores would come into play.

    Some of the stuff he has written has been a bit juvenile.

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    Colin Sylvia?

    if so definitely ghost written ( Colins original done in crayon)

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    One from left field...Angus Monfries? Dpending on how you interpret 1 sacked coach (wasn't Sheedy's simply 'not renewed'?) he could qualify. This is also the tenth season since he was drafted. And as someone who was at Essendon during the 2012 season he might have an axe to grind.

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