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I met an ex-Demon at the MCC Annual Dinner, who told me that he was the first third generation VFL/AFL player . Who was it? Note.....it involves 2 clubs.

Origin of the word "TRIVIA". Do any Demonlanders know the interesting derivation of this word? A Latin teaching mate of mine informed me, and I'm interested to know how common this knowledge is.

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I met an ex-Demon at the MCC Annual Dinner, who told me that he was the first third generation VFL/AFL player . Who was it? Note.....it involves 2 clubs.

Origin of the word "TRIVIA". Do any Demonlanders know the interesting derivation of this word? A Latin teaching mate of mine informed me, and I'm interested to know how common this knowledge is.

Not sure of answer to your first question (David Cordner by any chance?)

Trivia: tri = three, via = roads. How that came to mean an unimportant piece of information - I don't know.

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'Whispering_Jack'

Not a Cordner. Try again. Remember 2 clubs. The grandfather played for someone other than the Demons.

You're right about "three roads", Discworld. In Roman times, news spread by word of mouth. Junctions of three roads were likely meeting places for exchange of news, both important and "trivial".

My mate told me this when I suggested we meet (to exchange trivia)at our local Pizza`joint("Bivio's") at Kew junction. Interestigly, Kew junction is the meeting place of THREE roads, but in Italian , apparently, bivio means"junction."

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'Whispering_Jack'

Not a Cordner. Try again. Remember 2 clubs. The grandfather played for someone other than the Demons.

You're right about "three roads", Discworld. In Roman times, news spread by word of mouth. Junctions of three roads were likely meeting places for exchange of news, both important and "trivial".

My mate told me this when I suggested we meet (to exchange trivia)at our local Pizza`joint("Bivio's") at Kew junction. Interestigly, Kew junction is the meeting place of THREE roads, but in Italian , apparently, bivio means"junction."

OK Jumping Jack, can we have a clue?

Is the former player on the MFC Board?

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A fanatical guru zealot ("Discworld D") has just informed me that the player I met was wrong!! Matthews pre-dated him!!!!

However an interesting parallel exists, since in both cases the grandfather played for South and the grandson played for both Melb AND South! Who was this third generation VFL player I met?!! (sorry for getting the facts wrong, but I thought the guy would be correct when he volunteered the information.)

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Everyone's lost interest (since I got the answer wrong myself!!!)

The guy I met was Rob Dowsing, son of Roy, grandson of Stan.

My brother met your namesake only a couple of weeks ago in Richmond. He's a builder in Tasmania.

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My brother met your namesake only a couple of weeks ago in Richmond. He's a builder in Tasmania.

Ah, that guy has an ad on TV where he's standing on a giant pitchfork ("Clennett's Mitre 10 Kingston/Huonville"). I've seen him heaps, but I had never made the connection until just now. He's pretty well known down here.

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