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i remember when one colourful character from that era Dale Reeves got rubbed out long term for whacking one or more opponents playing for Souths and he showed up at my ammo club CBC for training one night. the plan was for him to play a few games for us but eventually someone thought better of it. he had the tightest shorts i've ever seen on a footy player...he was a bit different that's for sure.

if they're oldies you know mate then there's every chance you know me. played footy at CBC from about 1976 to 1984 from memory then went up north with work...also played cricket at CBC during roughly the same period

yes...I knew them all very well. Dad Desi and sons Ross, Dave and Rob...Rob was taken far too young....

He clocked the wrong player in the GF one year.Can't remember who he hit or who he should have, or was meant to. - Wayne Cormack - 1979 Grand Final

yep..i think that's why he finished up at CBC at the start of the next year initially coz he was serving a long holiday at WAFL level.

Peake was who he was supposed to get

anchorman wrote: That's right he hit Cormack who was 17 and should have hit Peake who was 7.

It's folklore

Folklore the SF guy hit the wrong fella......or folklore the SF guy couldn't count....more so the latter me thinks!

BC wrote: i remember when one colourful character from that era Dale Reeves got rubbed out long term for whacking one or more opponents playing for Souths and he showed up at my ammo club CBC for training one night. the plan was for him to play a few games for us but eventually someone thought better of it. he had the tightest shorts i've ever seen on a footy player...he was a bit different that's for sure.

He came up to Karratha in '79 or '80 as a guest coach for my junior team u/12's i think & he told us before the game started dont worry about winning the game just make sure you win the fights haha...I liked him...

Freezin wrote: Folklore the SF guy hit the wrong fella......or folklore the SF guy couldn't count....more so the latter me thinks!

I reckon it was a case of he didn't have the bottle to get Peake so he picked the soft option.
He tried to rough up Bosustow at Fremantle oval one day in '79. Gibellini soon sorted him out.