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Nicknames??? - Can u think of any??

PostPosted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:43 pm
by evans01
Nicknames are part of the Aussie way of life and the Sanfl is no exception......

As an Avid Maggies Fan i grew up listening to names like Brian "Bucky" Cunningham, Stephen "Bomber" Clifford, Tim "Burger King" Evans etc....

Any player nicknames u can think of and a reason why they earnt it?

Enjoy!!!!

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:45 pm
by Dogwatcher
One of my mates is nicknamed Selley's.

his missus' name is Polly.

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:53 pm
by Mr Irate
evans01 wrote:Nicknames are part of the Aussie way of life and the Sanfl is no exception......

As an Avid Maggies Fan i grew up listening to names like Brian "Bucky" Cunningham, Stephen "Bomber" Clifford, Tim "Burger King" Evans etc....

Any player nicknames u can think of and a reason why they earnt it?

Enjoy!!!!



With respect, as a 'dogs fan, the nicknames we had for the blokes above were somewhat different, all started with a "W" if I recall correctly :D

But in hindsight, only 'cos we couldn't beat the bastards :evil:

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:10 pm
by CENTURION
I remember Craig "Crabs" Earnshaw! I won't tell you why we called him that.

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:12 pm
by CENTURION
Mr Irate wrote:
evans01 wrote:Nicknames are part of the Aussie way of life and the Sanfl is no exception......

As an Avid Maggies Fan i grew up listening to names like Brian "Bucky" Cunningham, Stephen "Bomber" Clifford, Tim "Burger King" Evans etc....

Any player nicknames u can think of and a reason why they earnt it?

Enjoy!!!!



With respect, as a 'dogs fan, the nicknames we had for the blokes above were somewhat different, all started with a "W" if I recall correctly :D

But in hindsight, only 'cos we couldn't beat the bastards :evil:

Bugger me, Irate, I thought they started with "FC"! I remember yelling that out quite often!

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:25 pm
by Mr Irate
CENTURION wrote:
Mr Irate wrote:
evans01 wrote:Nicknames are part of the Aussie way of life and the Sanfl is no exception......

As an Avid Maggies Fan i grew up listening to names like Brian "Bucky" Cunningham, Stephen "Bomber" Clifford, Tim "Burger King" Evans etc....

Any player nicknames u can think of and a reason why they earnt it?

Enjoy!!!!



With respect, as a 'dogs fan, the nicknames we had for the blokes above were somewhat different, all started with a "W" if I recall correctly :D

But in hindsight, only 'cos we couldn't beat the bastards :evil:

Bugger me, Irate, I thought they started with "FC"! I remember yelling that out quite often!


Quite probable, but if I recall correctly you positioned yourself directly behind the goals with the commoners whereas I would invariably be standing with the late '70's Elizabeth intelligentsia, between the goal and point post :)

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 12:26 am
by bulldogproud
There was a time when our leading ruckman was 'Big Dick' and our rover 'VD'. Richard Cousins and Rene Van Dommelle.

Cheers

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:45 am
by Hazydog
Craig Earnshaw! Theres a blast from the past Centurion.

As memory recalls, made his debut against Port in 1980. Ran amok across half forward in the first half & kicked 2 or 3 only to have his jaw smashed by DG (allegedly) in the second half. Same game saw Kym Lehmann suffer a depressed cheekbone & 3 other Dogs sporting broken noses. Or did I just dream it?? Oh Yeah- and we lost....again.
Interested to hear if anyone else sad enuff to have any recollections...

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 8:59 am
by am Bays
The usual susbect Jumbo Prince Davies, Studley Cornes...

The most stand out nickname I can rememebr from teh Bay is the boys used to call Grant Reubenicht "Victor" as in Victor the Russian News-reader from Fast Forward. He was a very un-attractive man....

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 9:53 am
by CENTURION
Hazydog wrote:Craig Earnshaw! Theres a blast from the past Centurion.

As memory recalls, made his debut against Port in 1980. Ran amok across half forward in the first half & kicked 2 or 3 only to have his jaw smashed by DG (allegedly) in the second half. Same game saw Kym Lehmann suffer a depressed cheekbone & 3 other Dogs sporting broken noses. Or did I just dream it?? Oh Yeah- and we lost....again.
Interested to hear if anyone else sad enuff to have any recollections...

Yes, remember the game well! Craig was on fire until Grainger did what he was told by the coach AGAIN! One of our players had an eye pop out of its socket as well! Crabs was going to board with us up until this day & this match was the beginning of the end of his career-we even painted his bedroom-to-be red, white & blue!

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 10:35 am
by evans01
Dave Granger would never do a thing like that!!!!......... :wink: :wink:

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 12:31 pm
by Hazydog
I'm a bit frightened to ask :oops: , but go on, how did he get the name "Crabs"

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 12:37 pm
by rod_rooster
Dogwatcher wrote:One of my mates is nicknamed Selley's.

his missus' name is Polly.


That is gold :lol: :lol:

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:03 pm
by Dogwatcher
He was a cricket team-mate and he kept asking why we called him that.

We told him it was because he was such a good fielder, there's no gaps when he's around (he'd win the assoc. fielding trophy year after year).

Took him five years to figure out why we called him Selley's. lol

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:28 pm
by CENTURION
therefore, he was a Polly Filla!

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:28 pm
by CENTURION
Hazydog wrote:I'm a bit frightened to ask :oops: , but go on, how did he get the name "Crabs"

Someone he was ******* gave them to him!

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:45 pm
by dogs01
bulldogproud wrote:There was a time when our leading ruckman was 'Big Dick' and our rover 'VD'. Richard Cousins and Rene Van Dommelle.

Cheers


I remember that Rene Van Dommelle's nick name was also beans. Cant remember why.

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:51 pm
by Dogwatcher
I play with someone who's sirname is Van Dyke = VD = Gonners (short for gonoreaha)

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:52 pm
by Dogwatcher
CENTURION wrote:therefore, he was a Polly Filla!


took you less time than my mate ;)

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 2:01 pm
by Jimmy
why is perrie nicknamed sarge

bruce lennon - beatle

in the 98 2nd semi, sturt v west, you had toby kennett of sturt, nicknamed the premier by mark naley, then he also nicknamed dean howard the prime minister. all day you heard, 'the premier...the prime minister' in that annoying over excited naley voice :)