Lavington

[Engorged Onion 10,224]

I was just looking through the community cup and noticed the word Lavington - brought  back a fair bit of sadness as a 13 yo - wondering whether anyone else knows what I'm referring to?

[Demonland 73,484]

1 minute ago, Danelska said:

I was just looking through the community cup and noticed the word Lavington - brought  back a fair bit of sadness as a 13 yo - wondering whether anyone else knows what I'm referring to?

David Schwarz pre-season knee injury?

To this day I will never visit Lavington (nor Laverton for sounding similar) for that reason.

[dieter 3,325]

2 minutes ago, Danelska said:

I was just looking through the community cup and noticed the word Lavington - brought  back a fair bit of sadness as a 13 yo - wondering whether anyone else knows what I'm referring to?

Schwartz. Tragedy.

 

[dazzledavey36 55,867]

Ox did his 3rd knee?

[Demonland 73,484]

Just now, Demonland said:

David Schwarz pre-season knee injury?

To this day I will never visit Lavington (nor Laverton for sounding similar) for that reason.

I almost gave up Lamingtons for the same reason but I'm not a total idiot.

[The Chazz 4,077]

5 minutes ago, Danelska said:

I was just looking through the community cup and noticed the word Lavington - brought  back a fair bit of sadness as a 13 yo - wondering whether anyone else knows what I'm referring to?

You ran in to Biffen and Uncle Bitters on their annual footy trip?

[Fork 'em 7,043]

17 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Ox did his 3rd knee?

2nd.

Was one of the dumbest football decisions I've seen.
Plays a practice game in the twos believe it or not.
Came on in the second qr running around and jumping for marks like a final is in the balance, kicked 3 and on fire.
3rd qr tried to stop and change directions similar to like he did against the swans and went down.
Could not believe the stupidity of it all.

Edited February 7, 2017 by Fork 'em

[TeamPlayedFine39 8,525]

vomit.

 

[Demonstone 23,338]

12 minutes ago, Fork 'em said:

2nd.

Was one of the dumbest football decisions I've seen.
Plays a practice game in the twos believe it or not.
Came on in the second qr running around and jumping for marks like a final is in the balance, kicked 3 and on fire.
3rd qr tried to stop and change directions similar to like he did against the swans and went down.
Could not believe the stupidity of it all.

 

Third actually.  First one at training, second one at MCG v Swans and third one at Lavington.

[daisycutter 29,892]

11 minutes ago, Fork 'em said:

2nd.

Was one of the dumbest football decisions I've seen.
Plays a practice game in the twos believe it or not.
Came on in the second qr running around and jumping for marks like a final is in the balance, kicked 3 and on fire.
3rd qr tried to stop and change directions similar to like he did against the swans and went down.
Could not believe the stupidity of it all.

are you sure it was 2nd? i seem to remember 2nd was a vfl game attempting a quick turn at chf, richmond end.......maybe memory not the best, but i do remember the big sigh that echoed around the ground 

[Engorged Onion 10,224]

Yeah, it still sends shivers up my spine - and much like Demonland - trekking up from the Bellarine to Melbs - Laverton was a place to hang the head a little bit. Glad its not just me where it has been seared into my memory...

[Gator 17,972]

If it didn't happen there it would have happened somewhere else.

[joeboy 3,174]

The tragic event against the Swans was the most touching thing I've ever experienced in my 50+ years of watching football.

When Schwarz went down clutching his knee, his opponent , Dunkley , stayed with him , comforting him until the trainers appeared.

It still brings shivers to my spine , both the behaviour of the Swans' backman, and the realisation that possibly the greatest forward the Dees would ever have would be cruelly cut down before his prime.

[hemingway 7,633]

The name Lavington is forever etched in my mind. I remember hearing the news on the radio. So depressing at the time, similar to the feeling one had at the MCG on that fateful day also against the Swans. Amazing that he came back to play at all. Not the same but still great to see him finish the game playing out the season. .

[Mazer Rackham 14,971]

1 hour ago, Fork 'em said:

2nd.

Was one of the dumbest football decisions I've seen.
Plays a practice game in the twos believe it or not.
Came on in the second qr running around and jumping for marks like a final is in the balance, kicked 3 and on fire.
3rd qr tried to stop and change directions similar to like he did against the swans and went down.
Could not believe the stupidity of it all.

Unfortunately that's what you get with The Ox. Big personality, huge talent, but also impulsive and not prone to taking advice.

Had he been a more cautious kind of person, he would not have done his knee again (and again), but also might not have had the game to make it to AFL in the first place.

It is what it is. He was great but not long lived. Not so different from Jako, viewed with the distance of time.

Sad but not a tragedy. (Ask some people in bourke street if you can't tell the difference.)

[Demonland 73,484]

15 minutes ago, hemingway said:

The name Lavington is forever etched in my mind. I remember hearing the news on the radio. So depressing at the time, similar to the feeling one had at the MCG on that fateful day also against the Swans. Amazing that he came back to play at all. Not the same but still great to see him finish the game playing out the season. .

... and still won a Bluey after 3 knee reco's. Fair effort, that!

[Mazer Rackham 14,971]

That day at the G though. I wasn't even upset, I was so stunned. Stunned and catatonic.

My wife's first and last game of footy. And all she can remember is that it was cold.

[Fork 'em 7,043]

1 hour ago, demonstone said:

 

Third actually.  First one at training, second one at MCG v Swans and third one at Lavington.

I stand corrected.
Was 3rd.
Even dumber the way he went about that Lavington game then.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/before-knee-woes-melbournes-david-schwarz-was-destined-for-greatness-20140912-10faof.html

Edited February 7, 2017 by Fork 'em

[Biffen 12,949]

Lavatory.

[TeamPlayedFine39 8,525]

From his book it seems like his knee would have gone regardless of what he did- it was that messed up inside.  

I believe he changed surgeons for the third reco and it's held up ever since.

[dazzledavey36 55,867]

1 hour ago, Fork 'em said:

I stand corrected.
Was 3rd.
Even dumber the way he went about that Lavington game then.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/before-knee-woes-melbournes-david-schwarz-was-destined-for-greatness-20140912-10faof.html

Fantastic read Fork thanks for that.

Jeez we really do forget just how good Ox really was or how good he could have been.

Love the Ox in the media. He is a bogan supporter bit like Eddie McGuire. If you every heard him commentate on a dees games its quite hilarious because how bias he is.

[praha 11,253]

2 hours ago, joeboy said:

The tragic event against the Swans was the most touching thing I've ever experienced in my 50+ years of watching football.

When Schwarz went down clutching his knee, his opponent , Dunkley , stayed with him , comforting him until the trainers appeared.

It still brings shivers to my spine , both the behaviour of the Swans' backman, and the realisation that possibly the greatest forward the Dees would ever have would be cruelly cut down before his prime.

Remember it well. Was sitting in the MCC, right on the edge, near where the Melbourne members area started (where the cheer squad used to sit in the red seats). He did it while we were kicking to the punt road end, near the 50. The crowd roared when it went near him, but then suddenly ... silence. Could hear a pin drop.

[DemonDave 1,096]

Was at this game in Lavington, can still remember the noise from the opposite side of the ground of someone sitting on the bench smashing the wall of the tin dugout when they realised it was Schwarter that went down. 

Seem to remember Shaun Smith playing well in the main game, but everyone was just in stunned shock at what had seemingly happened earlier in the day. 

[Willmoy1947 4,198]

Lost a bit of moula that night and don't even remember why i was there. A bus rings a bell...

[Demon trucker 1,800]

Players use to come back early from knee reco, after the  ox  did his  knee  the third  time they  gave him12months recovery  before he played again, and that has become the standard recovery time, for traditional knee reco