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Played aussie rules: 1961 Navarre FC - Lexton FL Premiers - 16 y.o 1962 Stawell FC - Wimmera FL - finals ? - forget ? 1963 Geelong FC - VFL Res / U19,s - Prel. draw + replay(lost) 1964 Stawell FC -WFL - Prel.(lost) 1965 Geelong West VFA 1st div - relegated. 1966 , 67 GWFC - VFA 2nd div - 2 x GF's - 2 x lost 1968 , 69 , 70 Prahran VFA 1st div - GF (lost), no finals , Premiers. 1971 South Fremantle - WAFL - knee injury - no finals 1972 Mordialloc VFA 2nd div - Cap./coach - no finals 1973, 4, 5 MFC VFA 2nd div. - Work priority / player - no finals 1976 Mt Eliza FC - MPFL - Player / GF (lost) - B & F 1977 Ditto - Lost prel final 1978 Ditto - Missed finals - played res. GF / Premiers Retired - Onto committee - Vice Pres. to Ken Smith / Pres - recent Vic Gov Speaker. No participation since 1983.
Garry Ablett (Senior), Paul Chapman, Polly Farmer, Billy Goggin, many other Geelong, and a host of opposition players, but just a little biased as a cat fan !!
Personal memories ; MCG Grand Final day 1963 - U19's prel, final replay - 4 pt loss ? One handed mark at CHB. 1970 VFA Premiers - Junction Oval - FB on Dallas Patterson - kicked 10 in prel final - 1 free kick down the ground only in GF - no goals - job done. NB - I understand ch 10 disposed of the broadcast film - my brother-in-law has a 7mm film of his amatuer recordings of some parts of the match. (to be found among 100,s of other films, and t'ferred onto a modern replay medium, if that can be done - and if anyone has the equipment / do you know how / and cost ?
Kicking off a premiership defence with five wins on the trot is a good thing, yeah? Maybe not, says Gigs.
Andrew Gigacz | 21 Apr 2022
Men's AFL is back, and so is Micro Noises. Andrew Gigacz looks at Hawthorn's one-point win and invokes Mozart to describe Gold Coast's AFLW loss.
Andrew Gigacz | 24 Mar 2021
Media Release: Eight new members have been inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
AFL Media | 14 Jun 2022
In response to a question from a fan, Andrew Gigacz looks at past V/AFL teams that have flown out of the blocks before falling short of finals.
Andrew Gigacz | 10 Jun 2022
A summary of the awards and honours bestowed in the 2021 AFL season, compiled by Andrew Gigacz.
Andrew Gigacz | 10 Oct 2021