Tim 3,545 Posted April 23, 2020 Posted April 23, 2020 (edited) Meant to post this around Easter, but have been so flat out doing nothing in COVID-land that I overlooked it. Paul O'Brien. A blond-haired half-back type who showed a bit as a youngster coming through. On Easter Monday 1983 his brother Dallas won the Stawell Gift. On the Saturday afternoon in round 2 at the G as Dallas was winning his heat at Stawell, Paul was on show as we knocked off previous year's grand finalist, Richmond. Unfortunately he did his ACL, and it was his last game for us although he did go to North (0 games), and then to Essendon for 3 games in 1988. A quirky aspect of his career is that he only played 2 games in 1983, and the stats say he had 7 kicks in a loss to Collingwood, and 13 possessions against Richmond (carried off in third quarter?). However he received 3 Brownlow votes for the season. Go figure! Thanks to the AFL Stats website there's a whole subject on wacky Brownlow voting by umpires, including the 44 possession, no votes game from Diesel when he smashed us in 1993, and not forgetting the very generous 2 votes to Woewoedin for a quiet game in round 22 when we thrashed the Eagles at Subi - Scott West had pulled his Brownlow acceptance speech out of his pocket after the conclusion of round 21 votes, as no-one thought Woey was going to poll. How many medals would Diesel have won with blond hair? Edited April 23, 2020 by Tim 5 Quote
daisycutter 30,004 Posted April 23, 2020 Posted April 23, 2020 (edited) On 4/11/2020 at 8:28 PM, kallangurdemon said: graeme osborne (no.7 known as Brylcreem )would be my unbackable nomination for the worst player to ever play 100 senior VFl/AFL games from any club in the history of the competition . 18 brownlow votes in 1976 mind you was 18 for his whole career, lol Edited April 23, 2020 by daisycutter Quote
Leoncelli_36 2,264 Posted April 23, 2020 Posted April 23, 2020 Hard to keep up with all the names posted here, but one I was reminded of the other day:- Glen Molloy He looked like the type of bloke you wouldn’t want to run into in a dark alley. Quote
Engorged Onion 10,224 Posted April 23, 2020 Posted April 23, 2020 Mmm, what about Jason Norrish - I was always said he went to Freo... he had rather luxurious hair IIRC. Quote
dieter 3,325 Posted April 23, 2020 Posted April 23, 2020 On 4/12/2020 at 11:07 PM, Jumping Jack Clennett said: I used to love Bob Miller. No. 33, crew cut , reliable defender. Became a state labour politician. I wonder if he used to have tete-a-tetes with Ray Groom!? Probly not! Quote
dieter 3,325 Posted April 23, 2020 Posted April 23, 2020 2 hours ago, Tim said: How many medals would Diesel have won with blond hair? More to the point, how many would he have won if he wasn't a sniper? Quote
hemingway 7,633 Posted April 23, 2020 Posted April 23, 2020 1 hour ago, dieter said: More to the point, how many would he have won if he wasn't a sniper? A sniper is far too polite. 1 Quote
hemingway 7,633 Posted April 23, 2020 Posted April 23, 2020 4 hours ago, Tim said: Meant to post this around Easter, but have been so flat out doing nothing in COVID-land that I overlooked it. Paul O'Brien. A blond-haired half-back type who showed a bit as a youngster coming through. On Easter Monday 1983 his brother Dallas won the Stawell Gift. On the Saturday afternoon in round 2 at the G as Dallas was winning his heat at Stawell, Paul was on show as we knocked off previous year's grand finalist, Richmond. Unfortunately he did his ACL, and it was his last game for us although he did go to North (0 games), and then to Essendon for 3 games in 1988. A quirky aspect of his career is that he only played 2 games in 1983, and the stats say he had 7 kicks in a loss to Collingwood, and 13 possessions against Richmond (carried off in third quarter?). However he received 3 Brownlow votes for the season. Go figure! Thanks to the AFL Stats website there's a whole subject on wacky Brownlow voting by umpires, including the 44 possession, no votes game from Diesel when he smashed us in 1993, and not forgetting the very generous 2 votes to Woewoedin for a quiet game in round 22 when we thrashed the Eagles at Subi - Scott West had pulled his Brownlow acceptance speech out of his pocket after the conclusion of round 21 votes, as no-one thought Woey was going to poll. How many medals would Diesel have won with blond hair? Great memory Tim. Paul had a lot going for him until his injury. He and Dallas were East Bentleigh boys from memory. 1 Quote
Jumping Jack Clennett 1,825 Posted April 23, 2020 Posted April 23, 2020 1 hour ago, hemingway said: Great memory Tim. Paul had a lot going for him until his injury. He and Dallas were East Bentleigh boys from memory. I think Paul O ‘BRIEN had a recurrence of his ACL injury at Essendon when he jumped in the air to celebrate a goal, and landed awkwardly, ending his aaAFL career. Quote
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