SA Footy

Some famous and not so famous nicknames from the SANFL
These guys played in the previous millenuim
Supplied are the nicknames

1 BONES.....................................C MCDEMOTT
2 BUBBLES...................................T OBST
3 BUCKY......................................B CUNNINGHAM
4 BUFF........................................B TYRELL
5 BUTCH......................................W PHILLIS
6 DIAMOND JIM.............................J TILBROOK
7 DUTCHY....................................E HOLLAND
8 ELBOWS....................................J WYNNE
9 FUDD........................................D JARMAN
10 FLASH.....................................M GRAHAM
11 GOD........................................R EBERT
12 GRAVE DANGER..........................D GRAINGER
13 JUMBO PRINCE...........................R DAVIES
14 KING........................................N KERLEY
15 KINGO......................................M TAYLOR
16 MARSHALL MATT........................R DILLON
17 MEGGSY...................................G EDWARDS
18 MILKY......................................P VIVIAN
19 MULVA.....................................B MULVAHILL
20 PRES........................................B LINDNER
21 SOAPY.....................................D KANTILLA
22 SPLINTERDICK...........................R WOODCOCK
23 SPOG.......................................J WYLIE
24 SUPER.....................................P CAREY
25 THE BEAR.................................N BUTTON

9. Darren Jarman
13. Rick Davies
24. Peter Carey

1 Chris McDermott
10 Michael Graham
12 Dave Granger

2/ Peter Obst
3/ Brian Cunningham
6/ Jim Tilbrook
20/ David Kantilla
21/ Bruce Linder

1 BONES - Chris McDermott
2 BUBBLES - Trevor Obst
3 BUCKY - Brian Cunnigham
4 BUFF - Barry Tyrell
6 DIAMOND JIM - Jim Tilbrook
7 DUTCHY - Nick Holland
9 FUDD - Darren Jarman
10 FLASH - Michael Graham
11 GOD - Barrie Robran or Russell Ebert (depends on who you barrack for )
12 GRAVE DANGER - Dave Granger
13 JUMBO PRINCE - Rick Davies
18 MILKY - Peter Vivien
19 MULVA - Brian Mulvihill
20 PRES - Bruce Lindner
21 SOAPY - David Kantilla
22 SPLINTERDICK - Roger Woodcock
24 SUPER - Peter Carey

5. Wayne Phillis
14. Neil Kerley
15. Michael Taylor
25. Paul Hallahan

25. was neil button or john wynne named the bear

magpie in the 80's wrote:25. was neil button or john wynne named the bear

Neil BUTTON and correct

16/ Matt Dillon
17/ Greg Edwards
23/ John Wylie

Kahuna wrote:16/ Matt Dillon
17/ Greg Edwards
23/ John Wylie

Good work
I didnt think anyone would get Spog Wylie

DUTCHY
ELBOWS
last 2 left
there might be a few guys with those nicknames so heres a clue

DUTCHY a back pocket and greyhound trainer
ELBOWS my idol of the 70s and a former sandgroper with a very famous guernsey number

mal wrote:

Kahuna wrote:16/ Matt Dillon
17/ Greg Edwards
23/ John Wylie

Good work
I didnt think anyone would get Spog Wylie

DUTCHY
ELBOWS
last 2 left
there might be a few guys with those nicknames so heres a clue

DUTCHY a back pocket and greyhound trainer
ELBOWS my idol of the 70s and a former sandgroper with a very famous guernsey number[/quote




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7 DUTCHY : christian name EDDIE
8 ELBOWS : also known as two-eight

Sounds like Eddie Holland and John Wynne in that case.

CK good call as per usual
Elbows Wynne my fav NW player
Dutchy Holland who you can still spot on the dog tracks these days