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Bazza wrote:

Freezin wrote: Totally agree with the era comment by a few here, 70s & 80s were blessed with so many champs...........idolise wise would be Paul Mountain from SF because he was my grade 7 teacher in 79, took the derby GF loss like a champ too..........from EF the guy I idolised the most was Rod LesterSmith........tall classy wingman, everything I aspired to be on the footy field as a junior and fell way way short!

what a ripper, freeze idolising a south champ,

for mine

Bazza Campbell
TI
Noel Carter
Maurice Rioli
Joe Mckay
Benny Vagina

Paul Mountain was a very good player we somehow let go from Swans!

Admire, but not idolise.. anyone to pull on the black and white.

I Remember I quite liked watching Blackaby, Melrose, Holmes, Ugle, Beasley, langsford and others of the time.

I guess in away David Ogg by default as he was the sports master at school, and was a current black duck during a very dark time in footy when the Eagles came to prominence.

Graham Melrose phoned for my Dad to ask if he'd come down to Basso for a motivational speech. I remembering going to get Dad and saying "hey dad, there's a bloke on the phone - reckons he's Graham Melrose". - turned out it was.

Ultimately Swans got done that day, but Melrose gave the old fella a couple of Swans junior supporter bags with hats, cards, badges. The tin badge I still have today.

Ive got a great piece of footage of David Ogg having a brain snap and giving WP 2 goals with out the ball going back to the middle !

Greg Brehaut
Robert Wiley
Murray Couper
Mick Rea

Cesspit wrote: Greg Brehaut
Robert Wiley
Murray Couper
Mick Rea

Now they were 4 champs of the PFC. What would the Dee's give for even one of those guys ilk nowadays.

As a young kid I idolised Big Mac. The best ruckman anywhere in his time. Never played a game of VFL but is in the AFL Hall of Fame.
Saw him in his last game 1955 Grand Final when he won one of his three Simpson Medals.

Wayne Dayman - the best tackler this game had seen. Rest in peace.

Peter Menaglio - all class, superb player.

growing up in lathlain in the 70's and 80's and playing juniors there i am a starved Perth supporter.

Rob Wiley, Peter Bosustow and Alan Johnson were my idols oh bring back those days!

Freezin wrote: Totally agree with the era comment by a few here, 70s & 80s were blessed with so many champs...........idolise wise would be Paul Mountain from SF because he was my grade 7 teacher in 79, took the derby GF loss like a champ too..........from EF the guy I idolised the most was Rod LesterSmith........tall classy wingman, everything I aspired to be on the footy field as a junior and fell way way short!

I could imagine you having the long flowing hair, the porno moustache & wearing the long sleeved jumper like Snuffy Snr sported freeze!

As far as opposition players go, two players stick in my mind for the reason of totally dominating a game against us, TI one game in 1981 i think it was & snuffy a game in the early eightys, only Feathers racking up 100 kicks in one game compares.