23 hours ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Who has ever played pool in a tent, let alone comfortably!?

So, not only missing something puzzle-wise; in life, too!

Again, samesies

The amnesty period had expired, @Little Goffy. Time to face the music!

Very well, it turns out it was absolutely not too easy!

Congratulations to perennial obscurity-hunter @Demonstone and to @Palace Dees for getting it.

The factor all these players have in common is that they are generally listed at 191cm!

Not bigs, not smalls, and including the very unusual height ruckmen Adam Goodes, Polly Farmer and Mike Fitzpatrick.

Truly deceptively simple, it seems!

32 minutes ago, Little Goffy said:

The factor all these players have in common is that they are generally listed at 191cm!

On 04/11/2025 at 21:23, Little Goffy said:

Fun fact - Taylor Walker was not eligible at the start or end of his career, but was for a few seasons during it.

So, Tex Walker has shrunk?

2 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

So, Tex Walker has shrunk?

Well.... he was taken down a peg or two .....

27 minutes ago, Little Goffy said:

Very well, it turns out it was absolutely not too easy!

Congratulations to perennial obscurity-hunter @Demonstone and to @Palace Dees for getting it.

The factor all these players have in common is that they are generally listed at 191cm!

Not bigs, not smalls, and including the very unusual height ruckmen Adam Goodes, Polly Farmer and Mike Fitzpatrick.

Truly deceptively simple, it seems!

Yep. As feared, vibes of post-3-straight-sets.

The irony? I, too, am 191cm (I believe@Ghostwriter could vouch, approximately!?) - per another thread recently, enough in my distant day to put me in high jump battles with Jack Hawkins and John Hendrie.

I do wonder why that exact number? Can we look forward to a series, from Paul Callery et al to Max Gawn and beyond? I expect at least 2 premierships before that fertile ground is exhausted!

And, btw, I've always felt comfortable in tents.

Always thought Neeta was 6'4" 🤷‍♂️

You'll all no doubt be horrified to learn that I have devised yet another twisted, torturous time-waster.

However, I'll give the quiz players time to recover from Little Goffy's tall order before unleashing it. Next week, perhaps?

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

Can we look forward to a series, from Paul Callery et al to Max Gawn and beyond?

Here's a list of current players for you to delve into.

Zero Hanger

Tallest & Shortest AFL Players Full List

2 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

You'll all no doubt be horrified to learn that I have devised yet another twisted, torturous time-waster.

However, I'll give the quiz players time to recover from Little Goffy's tall order before unleashing it. Next week, perhaps?

One week??!!!

Just now, Demonstone said:

Here's a list of current players for you to delve into.

Zero Hanger

Tallest & Shortest AFL Players Full List

Thank you, and fascinating and all, but you misunderstand me; I won't be touching that series. Not with a 609cm pole.

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

Yep. As feared, vibes of post-3-straight-sets.

The irony? I, too, am 191cm (I believe@Ghostwriter could vouch, approximately!?) - per another thread recently, enough in my distant day to put me in high jump battles with Jack Hawkins and John Hendrie.

I do wonder why that exact number? Can we look forward to a series, from Paul Callery et al to Max Gawn and beyond? I expect at least 2 premierships before that fertile ground is exhausted!

And, btw, I've always felt comfortable in tents.

Supplementary questions, @Little Goffy

• How on earth did you research that?!

• Can we expect a name enhancement: 'Neither Big Nor...'

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

Yep. As feared, vibes of post-3-straight-sets.

The irony? I, too, am 191cm (I believe@Ghostwriter could vouch, approximately!?) - per another thread recently, enough in my distant day to put me in high jump battles with Jack Hawkins and John Hendrie.

I do wonder why that exact number? Can we look forward to a series, from Paul Callery et al to Max Gawn and beyond? I expect at least 2 premierships before that fertile ground is exhausted!

And, btw, I've always felt comfortable in tents.

I can definitely confirm you are at least 191cm. And for everyone who hasn’t met our mate “Timothy,” he looks NOTHING like you’d expect.

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

The irony? I, too, am 191cm

I do wonder why that exact number?

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

Supplementary questions, @Little Goffy

• How on earth did you research that?!

• Can we expect a name enhancement: 'Neither Big Nor...'

Sorry I didn't include you in the team, Mr Reddan-A'Blew!

The 'why' is related to a moment of folklore where 191/192cm players seemed to be cursed for a number of drafts, lead by Matthew Bate, Lydnen Dunn, Colin Garland and Cale Morton - most of them began at 191 and progressed to 192cm during their career, but there was a debate at the time about whether these players would be tall enough to be key targets, or too tall to be mobile players. This was back in the era where '4-2-6' became a MFCSS trigger and Juice Newton was being given one more chance every single year.

The 'how' was pretty simple and actually came before the 'why' in a way - I was bumming around on AFL Tables and noticed you could sort players in each team by height. Sure enough, 191cm players tended to include a very short list of absolute guns and then a disproportionate number of never-quite players, giving me the confirmation bias I craved.

Oh, and @beelzebub, you're quite right some sources have Neitz as a little taller, presumably measured before going bald? But footywire, AFLTables and his retirement announcement (made post-baldness, of course) https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/85783/champion-david-neitz-retires all had him at 191cm, which is why is he was in the team but also noted as being one of the 'disputable' entries.

@Ghostwriter Taylor Walker was 190cm at draft and is now 192cm, so at some point he was in between.

It was a good quiz 👍

Certainly gets the thinking cap on !!

Cheers

4 hours ago, beelzebub said:

It was a good quiz 👍

Certainly gets the thinking cap on !!

Cheers

Yeah, per my initial post, mine was on, too, unfortunately for extended, fruitless, frustrating periods.

I think it fell down over my eyes, ears, brain, spirit, etc, etc...