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Help Needed Identifying a Barassi Note

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Hi All,

A friend of mine is the actor who played Ron Barassi in the musical Barassi. The great man finally went to the show and loved it so much he gave the actor the poster I have attached with a note and the letters NPUICF. It could be NPVICF. He asked him a short time later what it meant and he couldn't remember. It would be great if someone could solve this.

Out of interest, Barassi had the poster for many years as it has the Premierships his team would have won if they hadn't lost to Collingwood in '58.

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This is a bit like a cryptic crossword!!

Do you know if the note was written recently? If not in which decade it was written? It would be after he retired as coach as the 17410 is his career premiership history as player or coach.

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Hi All,

A friend of mine is the actor who played Ron Barassi in the musical Barassi. The great man finally went to the show and loved it so much he gave the actor the poster I have attached with a note and the letters NPUICF. It could be NPVICF. He asked him a short time later what it meant and he couldn't remember. It would be great if someone could solve this.

Out of interest, Barassi had the poster for many years as it has the Premierships his team would have won if they hadn't lost to Collingwood in '58.

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I've sent it through to my Pa who played with the great man in the 50's and 60's. I've seen it written a few times and been told before what it means, just can't remember! Always the way.

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I've sent it through to my Pa who played with the great man in the 50's and 60's. I've seen it written a few times and been told before what it means, just can't remember! Always the way.

That would be awesome. Ethan what would I do without you. You come to the fore again. Cheers.

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This is a bit like a cryptic crossword!!

Do you know if the note was written recently? If not in which decade it was written? It would be after he retired as coach as the 17410 is his career premiership history as player or coach.

It was written just a couple of years ago.

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I'm not stalking your posts I swear!

Apparently he's seeing him Grand Final day, that's the best I could do!

Ha! Ok, that would be great. Thanks for asking him. Only problem is he didn't remember what it was as soon as he wrote it. So it probably won't help asking him. But you never know. Your father might have a better idea than him.

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Hi All,

A friend of mine is the actor who played Ron Barassi in the musical Barassi. The great man finally went to the show and loved it so much he gave the actor the poster I have attached with a note and the letters NPUICF. It could be NPVICF. He asked him a short time later what it meant and he couldn't remember. It would be great if someone could solve this.

Out of interest, Barassi had the poster for many years as it has the Premierships his team would have won if they hadn't lost to Collingwood in '58.

Barassi.jpg

Wow. What a poster, if only it was 6 in a row....

I have to sit down. I've got one!!

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Maybe it is NPVICF. To write it differently N-P-VI-C-F.

VI is the Roman numeral for 6 so VI could be a reference to the missing 6th premiership to which his note refers

C could be for Collingwood as they were the premiers in the 'missing' year of 58.

F could be a rude word! (unlikely). But it could also be for 'Flag' as that was a common word for premierships for decades.

Can't combine it yet to make any sense!

I'm sort of hoping we DL's solve the puzzle before the answer is discovered!

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Another thought: If it is N-P-VI-C-F it could be 'No-Premeirship-6th-(a)Collingwood-Flag'

That's my guessing done for the day...back to the cryptic crossword!

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I'm not stalking your posts I swear!

Apparently he's seeing him Grand Final day, that's the best I could do!

Hi Ethan, did your father get a chance to ask Barass at the GF what this means

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the MFC should have a special function over the summer for Ron Barassi and all of our premiership herpes that are still here with us

These are the men who drove the MFC to is last successful era and they must be cherished while we still have them

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the MFC should have a special function over the summer for Ron Barassi and all of our premiership herpes that are still here with us

These are the men who drove the MFC to is last successful era and they must be cherished while we still have them

Apparently can be difficult to get rid of.

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the MFC should have a special function over the summer for Ron Barassi and all of our premiership herpes that are still here with us

These are the men who drove the MFC to is last successful era and they must be cherished while we still have them

Apparently can be difficult to get rid of.

Do they have a cream for that?

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