Demonstone's King's Birthday Kranium Busting Kinda Bewildering Kafkaesque Braintwister

[Demonstone 22,569]

We're facing a long wait until our next game.  Let's kill some time before we kill the Pies.

This team of past and present Demon players goes right back to the 1950s.  Some are better known than others.

In a return to traditional values, there is just a 19th and 20th man and none of this new-fangled interchange and substitute nonsense.

What common factor unites all these players?

Answers in a PM only please!

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B:       Glenn Boland     John Beckwith     Ken Roberts

H/B:   Jake Bowey     Steven Icke     Cameron Hunter

C:       Lloyd Burgmann     Chris Connolly     Lachie Hunter

H/F:   Kyle Dunkley     Brad Miller     Angus Brayshaw

F:       Charlie Spargo     Garry Lyon     Xavier Tanner

R:       Shane Grambeau     Stewart Gull     Paul Goss

19th:     Ken Rollason     20th:     John Reid

 

Edited June 6, 2023 by Demonstone

[Demonstone 22,569]

@layzie has burst out of the blocks and sprinted down the straight to breast the tape in first spot.

@La Dee-vina Comedia was hot on his heels but will have to settle for runner-up in this contest.

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,804]

1 minute ago, Demonstone said:

@layzie has burst out of the blocks and sprinted down the straight to breast the tape in first spot.

@La Dee-vina Comedia was hot on his heels but will have to settle for runner-up in this contest.

How can someone with the name @layzie be so quick?

[Ethan Tremblay 30,861]

I tried to solve it like you would a “magic eye” print but didn’t work. 

[Demonstone 22,569]

Time for a clue?  Why not.

The answer is associated with that one day in September.

[Demonstone 22,569]

Sorry about that misleading clue.  It wasn't a reference to Grand Final Day at all.

Just a little Dad joke you might say.  

[tilly18 289]

49 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

Sorry about that misleading clue.  It wasn't a reference to Grand Final Day at all.

Just a little Dad joke you might say.  

I was wondering how you will be connecting the clue with the solution.

[Demonstone 22,569]

Congratulations to @tilly18, @Ethan Tremblay and @Neil Crompton for solving the mystery.

Check your PMs @tilly18 for an explanation of the clue!

[tilly18 289]

6 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

Congratulations to @tilly18, @Ethan Tremblay and @Neil Crompton for solving the mystery.

Check your PMs @tilly18 for an explanation of the clue!

Got it. Very clever.

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 5,137]

Did you see my PM, @Demonstone?

[Demonstone 22,569]

Not if you tacked it onto a previous discussion, @Timothy Reddan-A'Blew.

I delete old PMs as a matter of course.  Send it through in a new message.

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 5,137]

22 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

Not if you tacked it onto a previous discussion, @Timothy Reddan-A'Blew.

I delete old PMs as a matter of course.  Send it through in a new message.

I did.

Done.

[Demonstone 22,569]

2 minutes ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

I did.

Done.

You did done good and answered correctly.

That makes six posters who have worked it out.  I'll leave the teaser up overnight for any latecomers.

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 5,137]

2 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

You did done good and answered correctly.

That makes six posters who have worked it out.  I'll leave the teaser up overnight for any latecomers.

Hmmm...Dunno... The farther you let this go on, Stone, well...

[Demonstone 22,569]

Let's wait until the sun comes up tomorrow @Timothy Reddan-A'Blew!  I'll see you all then.

In the meantime, please welcome @Graeme Yeats' Mullet to the winners' circle.

[Demonstone 22,569]

@spirit of norm smith has done enough to join the list of winners and has just been accompanied to the solvers' club by @Roger Mellie.  Well done to both.

I'll post the reveal at about 9.30 this morning.

Edited June 6, 2023 by Demonstone

[Demonstone 22,569]

Could we please have a drum roll followed by an emphatic "boom" and a "tish".

All the players in this team had a father who also played VFL/AFL.

The twist is that none of the fathers played for Melbourne.

My sneaky "one day in September" clue was a reference to Fathers' Day.

Other little hints scattered around include "Dad joke", "farther" and "sun".

Thank you to all participants. 

I may post another of these during the long break post KB if there is enough interest.

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,804]

5 hours ago, Demonstone said:

Could we please have a drum roll followed by an emphatic "boom" and a "tish".

....

I may post another of these during the long break post KB if there is enough interest.

Please sir, can I have some more?