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Oldest premiership/surviving player/s.

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1 hour ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Wow that’s great. Hopefully he enjoyed the win. My late father said he was an absolute champion. I remember in the 80s, Peter Mckenna was commentating and always referred to a ball kicked cleverly out of bounds that it was “like the great John Beckwith”. 

He had the uncanny ability of kicking defensively with a punt kick that landed just inside the boundary line and curl out. 

As well as big punt kicks over the line. He always defended to the boundary line. 

Both options not available today. 

He was a tough player but one without malice. A gentleman of the old school.  Lived and breathed MFC. Respect. 

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    He was a not only a good player but a great leader respected by all players in the team, if he played today he would still kick it to the boundary line but near enough to a player to make it look like he was trying to pass the ball.

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    I believe Clyde Laidlaw holds football’s most treasured statistic*
     

    120 games, 5 Premierships 
     

    * min qualification required to exclude the Marlion Picketts

     Come on down, Jake Bowey

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    1 hour ago, radar said:

    I believe Clyde Laidlaw holds football’s most treasured statistic*

    Clyde also boasts the all-time record ratio of victories to games played*.  That phenomenal figure of 81% is even higher for games played at the MCG.  

    (*  excludes those who only played one or two games.)

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    5 hours ago, george_on_the_outer said:

    We now know who the oldest former player is:

    https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1027591/a-special-visit-for-melbourne-s-oldest-living-past-player

    He played 1 game in the Premiership year of 1948.

    http://demonwiki.org/Des+Bell

    ABSOLUTELY MAAAAAGNIFICEEENT!!

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