Wednesday 16 April 2014

2014 Roud 6, Half time.

17th April Birthdays.
 
Peter Morrison 1956, Marlon Motlop 1990.

 PLAYER OF THE DAY. Greg Dear, born 17th April 1963.
Greg was a dominant ruckman for Hawthorn and was in their 1986, 1988 and 1989 premiership sides.

Originally from Traralgon he played 137 games for the Hawks and kicked 18 goals in a career from 1985 to 1993. He suffered a serious knee injury in 1991 and found it hard to regain his earlier form. 

Crossing to Richmond in 1994 he still managed to play some good football and was one of the most experienced players at the club. He was particularly able to show his leadership skills in the 1995 finals series.

With the Tigers until 1996 he played 53 games and kicked 9 goals. 

Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.


Devonport Football Club.
Though exact records are sketchy it is known that the Devonport ‘Magpies’ were formed sometime in July 1881, and as one of the first clubs in the area they were important in the establishment of the code on the North West Coast of Tasmania.

They were known as Formby until 1890 and played their first game against Latrobe on 13th August 1881 in a paddock behind Barbers Hotel in Latrobe.

Tasmanian football has undergone a number of changes over its history but the Devonport club has won 12 premierships under 3 different league banners.

Some notable footballers to come from the club and play in the AFL include Graham Wright, the Febeys, Dion Scott, Ben Harrison, Matthew Richardson, the Rawlings brothers and Aaron Joseph.

 Source: Devonport Football Club Web Site.


The Norm Smith Medal.
The Norm Smith medal has been awarded to the best player in the AFL grand final since 1979 as selected by an independent judging panel.

As a great Melbourne player and later coach (eight grand finals for six premierships) he is recognised as one of the legends of the game.

Wayne Harmes was the first winner of the medal and the only two players to have won it twice are Gary Ayres in 1986 and 1988 and Andrew McLeod in Adelaide’s back to back wins in 1997 and 1998.

 Source: AFL Record Season Guide 2103.


Daniel Bradshaw.

Playing only three games in his first year with Brisbane in 1996 Daniel was to go on and play a total of 222 games for the club for a return of 496 goals.
1997 and 1998 were boom years for the athletic forward and very accurate kick for goal.  Sidelined for 1999 due to stress fractures he resumed where he had left off and was an important part of their first premiership in 2001.

Unfortunately he was not part of the 2002 flag side and there was talk of him being traded.  Luckily that did not happen as he showed his versatility in 2003 being used at both ends of the ground and was there again to help them win their third grand final.

2004 saw him back as a more permanent forward filling in for Alastair Lynch as he worked through his own health issues.
Another injury in the preseason saw him miss 2007, but he made up for lost time with a strong 2008 as full forward.
He kicked a creditable 58 goals in 2009 but that year was to be his last at the club.

Moving to Sydney in 2010 he was there for just the one year and only managed to play 9 games for 28 goals due to more injury concerns.

Source: The Encyclopaedia Of AFL Footballers.



 

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