Tuesday, August 01, 2006

He won three Sandovers!

Whatever those are!
Actually, thanks to a great, ridiculously comprehensive Web site called Full Points Footy, located here, I know that the Sandover is the award for the fairest and best player in the Western Australia Football League and that Aussie Rules legend Barry Cable won a trio (1964, 1968 and 1973) while playing for Perth.
I learned that Cable moved to the then-VFL to play for North Melbourne and won premierships with the Kangaroos in 1975 and 1977. Cable was named to the all-century team for the 'Roos in 2003.
I also learned that Australian Rules Football has trading cards, which unfortunately sometimes pose the players in front of what appear to be massive storage tanks in nondescript industrial areas of suburban Melbourne. Pity.
No matter. I am listening to the Hoodoo Gurus and perusing Full Points Footy. It is packed full of (probably) more information than anyone would ever need concerning Australian Rules Football.
Here are three more things you didn't need to know about footy:
1) Hawthorn beat Claremont, 12.3 (75) to 4.3 (27) to win the Rothmans Channel 7 Cup, a 1971 carnival (tournament) held to celebrate the career of Graham "Polly" Farmer.
2) Micky Conlan kicked four goals as Fitzroy beat Sydney, 13.16 (94) to 13.11 (89) in the 1986 VFL First Semifinal. It was Fitzroy's last win in the finals. By 1996 the club had merged with Brisbane.
3) Left Half Forward Flank John "Bubba" Tye is a member of the Northern Territory Football Hall of Fame. He famously chose to remain in Darwin to pursue his favorite pastime, fishing, rather than pursue footy riches in the South Australia National Football League or the Victorian Football League. Silly bugger.

1 Comments:

Blogger inger said...

The really scary thing is that I have these vague memories of you making me watch Australian Rules Football when I was little. How did you even find it on TV back then? ABC Wide World of Sports at 3am?

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