2014 Round 14, Three quarter time.

14th June Birthdays.

 

Robert Stevenson 1976, Craig Trelevan 1970.

 PLAYER OF THE DAY. Tony Evans, born 14th June 1969.

Tony played 108 games for the West Coast Eagles from 1991 to 1998 and kicked 78 goals.

He was lucky enough to be with the club during a period that they were one of the top sides in the competition, winning the Premiership in 1992 & 1994. 

Though a little slow for a rover, he read the game well and was a noted big game performer.  As well as playing in 2 flag sides he represented WA in 1995.

Source: The Encyclopaedia of  AFL Footballers.

Port Adelaide Magpies.

The Port Adelaide is one of the oldest and most successful football clubs in Australia.

Established on 20^th April 1870, they wasted no time getting down to business, and played their first game on 24^th May the same year.

In 1877 they became a foundation member of the South Australian Football Association (now SANFL).

From 1880 to 2000 they won at least one Premiership every decade, except for the 1940’s, including an incredible 7 in the 1950’s (6 of them in a row).

Their 1914 team went through the season undefeated and in all they have won 36 flags and come runners up 35 times.

Source: Wikipedia.

 

Players Other Jobs!

It has only been in recent times that AFL players have been full time sportsmen.  Prior to that they worked a normal job and football was a secondary interest or income.

Jack Dyer, Rex Hunt and Emmett Dunne who all played for Richmond were policemen.

Kevin Sheedy  was a plumber as was Collingwood ruckman Damian Monkhorst.

West Coast great John Worsfold was a chemist.

Premiership defender Andrew McKay of Carlton qualified as a vet whilst playing for the club.

Allen Aylett was a dentist and Gary Ablett Snr was a delivery man.

Source: Great Australian Football Stories by Ken Piesse.

 

Craig Bradley.

Not only have Port Adelaide been a very successful club, they have also produced a number of great players that have joined VFL/AFL clubs. And Craig Bradley is just one of them.

He was already well credentialed when moving to Carlton in 1986, having won Port’s Best and Fairest in 1982, ’84 & ’85.

After a sterling 375 games and 247 goals for the Blues he finished his career in 2002 with 2 Premierships, 3 club Best & Fairest awards and 15 South Australian state games to his name.

In 1997, aged 34, he won the Sunday Age footballer of the year award and was only a couple of weeks shy of his 39^th birthday when he retired.

Source: The Encyclopaedia of  AFL Footballers.

The J.J. Liston Trophy.

John James Liston was born in Ireland and emigrated to Australia with his family in 1882 when he was about 10 years old.

The family settled in Williamstown (a bay side suburb of Melbourne) and when he was older John played football for Williamstown.

When he was 29 he became the youngest mayor in Victoria when elected to the post in Williamstown.

Known as both a racing and football identity, he was president of the VFA from 1929 to 1943 and the Best and Fairest award for the association has been named after him since 1945, the year after his death.

Source: AFL Record Season Guide 2013 & Wikipedia.