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Since I read earlier this week that Our Own Simon Goodwin is of German descent on his mother's side, I decided to post a side of Demon Germans.

Not a bad aside, at that.

Terlich   Prymke      Rohde

Seecamp  Neitz   Wagner

C. Wagner  H.Mann  Strauss

Wittman    Schwartz  Fritsch

Weidemann Mueller Vanthoff

 

Ditterich, Obst, Pesch

Int: Preuss, Milner, Burgmann, Funcke.

 

Wittman, Mueller and Vanthoff are yesteryear men, all played for Victoria.

 

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    @dieter - Das ist gut, mein herr!

    Edited by Timothy Reddan-A'Blew

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    My grandfather who got me onto the Dees was a little german boy when he first came to Australia to get away from the war.

    As a teenager he became a Melbourne supporter and was able to witness a few flags before they all dried up. Unfortunately he didn't get to see this one, so Ich möchte einen Toast auf der Melbourne Demons ausbringen!

    He had no affiliation for the German football team, so I wonder if he'd even like this team - as a team of Melbourne players I'm sure he wouldn't mind them. As a team of Germans? Hmm…I think he would have been mixed in his thoughts.

    Edited by Chook

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    25 minutes ago, Chook said:

    My grandfather who got me onto the Dees was a little german boy when he first came to Australia to get away from the war.

    As a teenager he became a Melbourne supporter and was able to witness a few flags before they all dried up. Unfortunately he didn't get to see this one, so Ich möchte einen Toast auf der Melbourne Demons ausbringen!

    He had no affiliation for the German football team, so I wonder if he'd even like this team - as a team of Melbourne players I'm sure he wouldn't mind them. As a team of Germans? Hmm…I think he would have been mixed in his thoughts.

    My dad's father was from Essen - hence he followed Essendon. 

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    2 hours ago, waverleyheartbreak said:

    What about Demons in Germany? Am I the only one?

    Hi Waverley. I stopped over in Berlin for a few days when I moved back here from the UK in late 2014, renting an airbnb near the old Tempelhof airport that they had turned into the most amazing public park that incorporated the runways and old terminal building. I think they converted the place into a refugee camp for a little while recently. A fantastic city that had been on my list of places to visit for a long time. 

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    9 hours ago, Winners at last said:

    I'm glad no one mentioned the war.

    I reckon our performance from midway through the 3rd qtr in the the GF was the footy equivalent of Blitzkrieg

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    1 hour ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

    Hi Waverley. I stopped over in Berlin for a few days when I moved back here from the UK in late 2014, renting an airbnb near the old Tempelhof airport that they had turned into the most amazing public park that incorporated the runways and old terminal building. I think they converted the place into a refugee camp for a little while recently. A fantastic city that had been on my list of places to visit for a long time. 

    A brilliant "party town". Pub/club scene was second to none and I'm talking back in the 70's.

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    3 hours ago, MT64 said:

    A brilliant "party town". Pub/club scene was second to none and I'm talking back in the 70's.

    Was there in 85. Went to east Berlin for a day and couldn't spend the thirty ostmarcs they made me convert.

    Thought that wall would never come down.

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    14 hours ago, dieter said:

    Since I read earlier this week that Our Own Simon Goodwin is of German descent on his mother's side, I decided to post a side of Demon Germans.

    Not a bad aside, at that.

    Terlich   Prymke      Rohde

    Seecamp  Neitz   Wagner

    C. Wagner  H.Mann  Strauss

    Wittman    Schwartz  Fritsch

    Weidemann Mueller Vanthoff

     

    Ditterich, Obst, Pesch

    Int: Preuss, Milner, Burgmann, Funcke.

     

    Wittman, Mueller and Vanthoff are yesteryear men, all played for Victoria.

     

    George Haines is probably the most conspicuous German Dee of all time and should be in the team!

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    14 hours ago, Winners at last said:

    I'm glad no one mentioned the war.

    “He died in his Sleep last night Major”

    ”Ahh off his guard was he”

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    9 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    “He died in his Sleep last night Major”

    ”Ahh off his guard was he”

    Classic

     

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    1 hour ago, IvanBartul13 said:

    George Haines is probably the most conspicuous German Dee of all time and should be in the team!

    Also Len Mann did ok as well.

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    The crew of the only surviving  WWI German tank Mephisto housed in the National War Museum in Canberra were obviously Melbourne supporters.

    441B997A-12DB-4D9D-8B84-74A6EBA13CC1.jpeg

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    1 minute ago, Stiff Arm said:

    Ron Barassi is a good German name

    Actually it’s Italian. 

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    34 minutes ago, Stiff Arm said:

    Really? Would never have guessed...

     

    Ah, now I’ve seen what you done! 

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    3 hours ago, DeeZone said:

    Also Len Mann did ok as well.

    Leonard was in my original team but with Ditterich and Preuss...: on second thoughts, Len Mann would be a better pick than Mister Preuss.

    I simply went through Demonwicki Players, looking for German names. 

    Anyway, Mister Heintz takes Nick Pesch's place as first rover.

    I also wonder how many Demon players had German mothers.

    The sad thing about it is that for reasons to do with the Nazis, it is tricky to nominate German Demon players of Jewish descent for fear that they might feel wrongly classified.

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    21 hours ago, dieter said:

    Since I read earlier this week that Our Own Simon Goodwin is of German descent on his mother's side, I decided to post a side of Demon Germans.

    Not a bad aside, at that.

    Terlich   Prymke      Rohde

    Seecamp  Neitz   Wagner

    C. Wagner  H.Mann  Strauss

    Wittman    Schwartz  Fritsch

    Weidemann Mueller Vanthoff

     

    Ditterich, Obst, Pesch

    Int: Preuss, Milner, Burgmann, Funcke.

     

    Wittman, Mueller and Vanthoff are yesteryear men, all played for Victoria.

     

    The new side is:

    Terlich   Prymke   Rohde

    Seecamp  Neitz   Wagner

    C. Wagner H.Mann Burgmann

    Wittman  Schwartz  Fritsch

    Weidemann  Mueller Vanthoff

    Ditterich  Obst  Heintz( Haines).

    INT: L.Mann, Milner, Funcke, Strauss

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    5 hours ago, John Crow Batty said:

    Actually it’s Italian. 

    Swiss Italian.

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