Ian left us last night

3 Time Premiership Player

(1957, 59, 60)

An interview with Peter Donnegan and Ian will be aired on SEN at 11pm tonight 

He talks about how much he is looking forward to this season and Saturdays Round 1 game against Port. 

R.I.P Demon...

Edited March 19, 20197 yr by Sir Why You Little

R.I.P Ian. 

 

Thorogood was a thorobred.

Sincere condolences to all Ian's family and friends.

A fine Demon.

R.I.P.

RIP Ian.  Re-joining some great team-mates from our golden era.

vale ian and condolences to family

will be long remembered and revered for his contributions to the mfc legend

On 3/19/2019 at 1:28 PM, deebug said:

R.I.P Ian. 

 

Yes. 

Sincere condolences to  the extended Thorogood families.

Vale Ian.

As I understand it the youngest player in our 1964 premiership side was Ken Emeslle who at the time was 20.

He'll be 75 this year but like Ian and all those other players from that marvellous Demon era they share a special bond.

 

Yep, all the players from this era mean so much to most demonlanders. R.i.p.

R.I.P. Ian

Rejoin some old mates and see Round 1 from above.

On 3/19/2019 at 6:38 PM, 58er said:

R.I.P. Ian

Rejoin some old mates and see Round 1 from above.

Possibly the best view in the house

condolences to the family.

He was grand old Dee.

Condolences. RIP

A champion has passed 

The interview he did with Peter Donegan was great (thanks for sharing that on the other thread). I got a great sense of his love of both footy in general and the dees specifically.

it was a shame he developed the U19’s talent at Carlton (instead of with us!) in the late 70’s for what would become a juggernaut of a side (Harmes, Johnston etc). I’m sure they’re having a quiet glass of red tonight as well.

 

Remember you well Ian...watching you when I was just a kid. Thank you for the great memories. R.I.P.

He helped write such a significant part of the MFC history 

As a kid Ian was the Carlton Coach, it wasn’t until later I realized he was one of Smithy’s boys 

A brilliant footballer. One of the many Demon champions. Loved his attacking style. Vale Ian,

Sympathy to the familes.

The great MFC teams of the 50s and early 60s were regarded as tough but fair. 

Many other teams were regarded as tough and dirty, no more so than Collingwood and Hawthorn.  Carlton was not far behind, and, of course,  North and the Dogs had their thugs.

Other sides always tried to soften up the Demons to get them off their game. Famously, the 1958 GF.

But the Demons of that era were as tough as nails with Barassi being the epitome of toughness. With the exception of the 58 Granny, the softening up rarely worked. Not only did the Demons have gifted players but we also had players that could give as much as they copped and often returned the favour in spades.

Not far behind Barass was Ian Thorogood. 

Norm apparently loved him.

We had a bunch of individuals that would die for Norm and The Team

Thoro was one of those.  Today, he might be called a role player, because in those days, he played his role every week giving his opponent not a smell of the ball.

Would have loved to have seen him more involved in an official capacity with the Dees over the years. 

A Melbourne legend.

Commiserations to the family,  I'm sure his impact has been huge. A proud legacy.