Which SANFL player did you "be" in the backyard?

[Big Phil]

I was always Grant Coffee when playing 'marks up' with my younger brothers in the back yard...

On the odd occassion I remember being Phil Lounder because my name is Phil and I was a ruckman (but never had a moustache at 12 or 13 !!!)

[bulldogs]

sorrell kicks out, big grap from phillips handballs to kinnear on to Daryl Cahill kicks long to Bucky, dodges hodgeman sharp left foot drop punt and hits evans on his chest, who is lining up for his 10th

[Magpiespower]

I wanted to mark like Cornesy.

We should have had a game, I liked to be Grave Danger

Beefy v Bays

[am Bays]

Ken Whelan - who didn't want to mark like Whelan?

Not I, I wanted to mark like Cornesy.

We never seemed to lose GFs to Port in my backyard....

We should have had a game, I liked to be Grave Danger

What, and hit me so in-effectively as Granger did to Cornes so I get straight up again and play on??

Grave Danger as tough as wet toilet paper, as you notice he is waits until Cornes isn't looking before he hits him. Is there any vision of Granger hitting anyone when they are looking??

[Adelaide Hawk]

Grave Danger as tough as wet toilet paper, as you notice he is waits until Cornes isn't looking before he hits him. Is there any vision of Granger hitting anyone when they are looking??

Granger was a very strong man, but you're right, he was a sniper, not a genuie tough player. It was this mixture that made him a danger to others on the field. He shaped up to Jim Thiel one day when Thiel wasn't looking, Thiel saw him out the corner of the eye and went to take him on .. Granger backed away.

I had this in my memory bank when I played a game of basketball against him not long after. He belted me under the basket and it hurt, but I knew if I let him get away with it, he'd keep doing it, so I belted him back. He never came near me after that.

Strong .... yes, tough .... no.

[godoubleblues]

Bob Shearman in my primary school days - use to mimic that backwards little skip he did and then unleash one of my booming 10 metre drop kicks with the plastic footy. Later on it was Ken Whelan - I'd place a footy in the gutter of my parent's roof - then charge in - one leg out and up into the wall's brickwork and then lift off to snatch the footy from the gutter. Later on I was able to grab the footy from just a few paces with a leap just like Whelan. And of course Sturt never lost a game in a decade of back yard imaginary games - they could beat all SANFL & VFL & WAFL teams and even the All Australian Teams of 1969 & 1972. Damn good side my Double Blues.

awesome, my Double Blues side was damn good also, maybe a couple of years after yours though
I was Baggy, Flash, Jumbo Prince through primary days, and Gary Hardeman only had a fleeting stint but as an early high school student he was my fave, fantastic player

maybe my Double Blues team should give your Double Blues team a game

[sapaul]

Jim Derrington, when I was 11 though I realised I was taller than him.

Then Chris Radbone.

[rd]

Bob Shearman in my primary school days - use to mimic that backwards little skip he did and then unleash one of my booming 10 metre drop kicks with the plastic footy. Later on it was Ken Whelan - I'd place a footy in the gutter of my parent's roof - then charge in - one leg out and up into the wall's brickwork and then lift off to snatch the footy from the gutter. Later on I was able to grab the footy from just a few paces with a leap just like Whelan. And of course Sturt never lost a game in a decade of back yard imaginary games - they could beat all SANFL & VFL & WAFL teams and even the All Australian Teams of 1969 & 1972. Damn good side my Double Blues.

awesome, my Double Blues side was damn good also, maybe a couple of years after yours though
I was Baggy, Flash, Jumbo Prince through primary days, and Gary Hardeman only had a fleeting stint but as an early high school student he was my fave, fantastic player

maybe my Double Blues team should give your Double Blues team a game

Well we would have to share a lot of players like Davies,Bagshaw,Nunan,Graham,Casey,Winter,Howard. Another problem for me is that the home ground of my old Double Blues side has since been largely transformed into a swimming pool by the new owners of my old backyard so my spiritual home ground is no more. We just have to be content with the knowledge that our respective backyard games were pure magic and will live on forever!

[FOURTH ESTATE]

Carey or Kernahan, Cornes when I was a little tacker

[FattyLumpkin]

Dean Ottens when I was my "beloved" Sturt.

Bruce Light when I had to join my brothers team & play for Port

Hearl - forgotten first name - Barry?? when I was drafted into other brothers North Adelaide side

[dedja]

*cough* Barrie *cough*

[on the rails]

*cough* Barrie *cough*

No it's Barry Hearl - the first man to kick a goal in League match at FP!

[Goat Herder]

Any number of Port players over the years; Ebert, Phillips, Sorrell, Eckermann, Russell, Leslie etc, etc, etc.. Funnily enough it was always against Glenelg, which meant the Port 'points' were generally booted back in by Keith Kuhlmann. One the best exponents of the torp I've ever seen in the SANFL in my time watching it (1976 onwards..). Unfortunately for Keith they never used to get past the centreline much, except he used to kick the odd goal or two himself. The opposition 'goals' were 4 of 5 melaleuca trees down the back and occasionally one of his flat torps would find their way between the big sticks. Quite theatrical.

[LPH]

Always against Port...

Does anyone remember the 'brown, plastic' footys?

In mid 70's... Kevin McSporren.

gets the ball... snapshot around his body... Kenmax Goal of the Day!!!

[Magpiespower]

Does anyone remember the 'brown, plastic' footys?

Like kicking concrete...

[Ian]

Barrie Robran, then later Peter Cloke

[Booney]

Kicked at the stobie pole / gum tree goal posts with a slight tilt in my neck. Hodges at his best. The little "flick" up with the left foot on follow through.

Jason Dunstall from time to time when the win was ultra important. Dermott Brereton when I was running in at 1/4 time ( Mum must have called me in ) right through the opposition pack.

Bucky Cunningham when I swooped on a loose ball that Dwayne Russell ( I ) had spilled.

Good times, good topic CK.

[X Runna]

God aka Ebeeeeeerrrrt........had to get the commentary right too.

[Slots It Through]

I was always Stephen Williams kicking it lace out to Hodges.

[the red baron]

Does anyone remember the 'brown, plastic' footys?

yes had to be very careful to make sure you kicked the end without the seam knob on! Years ago they were kicked out into the crowd on grand final day!