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The Dominator Wayne Johnstone is the 4th inductee, mentioned in his speech he was close to becoming a Demon
 

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    The 5th inductee is former East Perth champ Mel Whinnen

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    The final inductee for the night is Matthew Scarlett

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    1 hour ago, Grapeviney said:

    @Whispering_Jack and @Redleg can shed a bit of light on that. 

    Yes. WJ and I managed the Dominator and tried to get him to the Dees. He had already been rejected by Carlton twice and was a Prahran player. WJ thought he could make it and I went and spoke to him and we became his managers, long before Football Management took off. It is a long story but to make it short, the Blues wanted Tom Flower for Wayne and of course the Dees said no. Through some luck he fell into a senior practice match, filling in for an injured player and kicked a few goals quickly on Jezza, the Blues Captain Coach. That was it and he later became a champion .

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    WELL DONE NEITA?

    TRUE CHAMPION OF THE CLUB❤️

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    Anyone hear neitz talking with robbo and Anthony hudson, they brought up the line McCabe hit neitz said after the disappointment of 2001 he thought about making a statement as captain all summer and the moons aligned round 1 against the hawks when he cleaned up McCabe and kicked the goal, was a big hit and great moment 

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    Finally understood why Sheedy hates us, he had his reasons. Had a sliding doors moment imagining Wayne Johnston playing for us, alt history... some enjoyable stories.

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    9 hours ago, DavidNeitz9 said:

    I would love it if David Neitz gets inducted to The Hall of Fame tonight. It's a disgrace that Laurie Mithen & Bluey Adams are not yet in the Hall of Fame, Garry Lyon deserves to be in as well.

    Starts tonight 7:30 on Foxtel
    https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/live-australian-football-hall-of-fame-ceremony-2018-who-will-become-footys-next-legend/news-story/e710384369e207459c2246b0f29b6d6c

     

    Add Don Williams to that list that should be in the Hall of Fame.

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    Well done to David Neitz, on a very well deserved honour.

    For me, Garry Lyon should have been inducted before Neitz. I think Lyon's leadership and his record in big games was superior to Neitz, but obviously his achievements are clouded by the injuries over the last 4-5 years of his career. Prior to that he was as good as any player in the league.

    I agree with the opening poster that our golden era is severely under-represented in the Hall of Fame, particularly in comparison to Hawthorn's team of the 1980s. Hopefully with the current team on the rise, that oversight is rectified over the next few years.

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