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BC wrote: Lillee, Cuthbert, Strickland, Herb Elliott, Cable, Walker, Polly Farmer and Todd for mine...I'd also like to see Bunton Snr but probably doesn't meet the WA criterion which should be that the person spent the bulk of their life in WA....not necessarily born here but certainly raised in WA and considered a WA person.

Interesting your the only one to name Todd BC, not sure I'd have him in there but then again.

Bazza wrote:

BC wrote: Lillee, Cuthbert, Strickland, Herb Elliott, Cable, Walker, Polly Farmer and Todd for mine...I'd also like to see Bunton Snr but probably doesn't meet the WA criterion which should be that the person spent the bulk of their life in WA....not necessarily born here but certainly raised in WA and considered a WA person.

Interesting your the only one to name Todd BC, not sure I'd have him in there but then again.

Toddy had a way bigger impact on footy in this state than Stephen Michael

Swandog wrote:

Bazza wrote:

BC wrote: Lillee, Cuthbert, Strickland, Herb Elliott, Cable, Walker, Polly Farmer and Todd for mine...I'd also like to see Bunton Snr but probably doesn't meet the WA criterion which should be that the person spent the bulk of their life in WA....not necessarily born here but certainly raised in WA and considered a WA person.

Interesting your the only one to name Todd BC, not sure I'd have him in there but then again.

Toddy had a way bigger impact on footy in this state than Stephen Michael

Not sure about that, apart from his short career at SFFC winning a Sandover at a young age. Oh yeah and the 97 premiership...lol

Anch: who do you think was the best player, Todd or Michael?

thanks: the reason I asked was that, apparently, Kevin Murray, ratted Todd very highly -- the best he had seen, Victoria included.

John Todd , for a 16 year old playing league football in a shall we say tough competition , had an incredibly long kicking distance & sheer accuracy over that given it was mainly dropkicking - remarkable for someone so young

no real way to compare either to each other given the era & make up

And of course after their respective playing careers finished what was their involvement in WA football?
John Todd-
6 x Premiership Coach (1974, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1997) from 7 GF's
2 x Australian Championship Winning Coach (1983, 1984) Coached WA-14 games
1 x AFL Final Coach WCE 1st Club Final (1988)
Australian Coach vs Ireland (International Rules) 6 games (1984, 1986)
Coached 36 Finals Matches (35-WAFL, 1-AFL)

ArkRoyal wrote: Anch: who do you think was the best player, Todd or Michael?

Michael for me, he had a massive impact on the game and really was the prototype modern player.

TI was a great player I agree but not sure about a statue for him at the new stadium when he hasn't even been inducted as a Legend in the WAFL Hall of Fame.

Southerner wrote: John Todd , for a 16 year old playing league football in a shall we say tough competition , had an incredibly long kicking distance & sheer accuracy over that given it was mainly dropkicking - remarkable for someone so young

no real way to compare either to each other given the era & make up

Yep totally different , but by all accounts from family members Todd was a the best they had seen, even hampered by the leg brace, without that injury he would of gone to the VFL for sure.