AustralianFootball.com Celebrating the history of the great Australian game
Comment - Well researched and a great read Mic. Really took me back to that great generation of players we were gifted. Dempsey, Templeton, Quilnan, Stoneham, Thorpe, Round and the rest should have ensured a lot more success than two losing Elimination Finals
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Comment - There could be a spot for a football review program, but a VFL version. You couldn't do a afl version because the games are all over the weekend. But VFL is mostly Saturday afternoon. A review program on Saturday night would be great.
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Comment - Terrific article about a great man and a great club. My favourite memory of Ray Walker was watching the saturday night football panel on ABC TV one night when Footscray had won. Drew Morphett said that Ray Walker would be along to do the review of t
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Comment - 1986 wasn't the first VFL draft. The VFL had already held drafts in 1981 and 1982. In the 1981 draft Neil Craig was selected as the overall no 2 draft pick to Footscray. (after Alan Johnson went to Melbourne with their no 1 pick) It's ironic that Cr
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Comment - Was 1986 the year of the Sydney trip and the Doctor X sign?
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Comment - What a year that was Mick. That huge pack of us rampaging around the suburban football grounds. I think the highlight of the season was the shellacking we gave Essendon at Western Oval.
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Carl Rayson
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Joined 22nd Sep 2014
Last seen 19th Sep 2021
AFL: Western Bulldogs (VIC)
Local: Footscray (VIC)
Not much. Footscray supporter, colourful sporting identity
Les Bamblett, Kelvin Templeton, Doug Hawkins,
Footscray VFL premiership 2014, beating Carlton at Princes Park 2000, beating Essendon at Windy hill 1977, 2016 Finals series
