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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby Bombers4EVA » Wed Feb 28, 2018 12:32 pm

Lightning McQueen wrote:
Bombers4EVA wrote:If Port are gonna waste money like that ($10,000 for the appeal). Can they give that to me next time they try to appeal a bump to the head suspension??

So you can get $10,000 worth of mixed lollies?

Yep. I can swing past your house and pick them up if ya want. That should leave you with $100,000 worth.
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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby morell » Wed Feb 28, 2018 12:45 pm

Dogwatcher wrote:I'm not sure what impact the Eagles medical report has in all of this, anyway.
You can't bump a player in the head. It's pretty much an automatic suspension these days and he got one game.
He was probably always going to do so.

It helps determine "impact". Which then helps determine the scale of the penalty. Flawed logic, agreed, but that's the way it works.
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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby daysofourlives » Wed Feb 28, 2018 1:54 pm

Brodlach wrote:We live in a society where someone has to be blamed, people generally do not take responsibility for their own actions


Must say Port have said nothing publicly about West Coast


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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby Dogwatcher » Wed Feb 28, 2018 2:55 pm

morell wrote:
Dogwatcher wrote:I'm not sure what impact the Eagles medical report has in all of this, anyway.
You can't bump a player in the head. It's pretty much an automatic suspension these days and he got one game.
He was probably always going to do so.

It helps determine "impact". Which then helps determine the scale of the penalty. Flawed logic, agreed, but that's the way it works.


I understand that. But that bump was only ever going to get one game. Nothing more, nothing less.
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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby morell » Wed Feb 28, 2018 3:42 pm

Dogwatcher wrote:
morell wrote:
Dogwatcher wrote:I'm not sure what impact the Eagles medical report has in all of this, anyway.
You can't bump a player in the head. It's pretty much an automatic suspension these days and he got one game.
He was probably always going to do so.

It helps determine "impact". Which then helps determine the scale of the penalty. Flawed logic, agreed, but that's the way it works.


I understand that. But that bump was only ever going to get one game. Nothing more, nothing less.

Not true. If McGovern played on or the medical report said "nah he was fine, just rested as a precaution" then the impact would be low and Gray would cop a fine instead of a match.
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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby Booney » Tue Mar 06, 2018 12:02 pm

Injury list as at 6/3/18

Steven Motlop - available
Chad Wingard - hamstring (assess)
Tom Rockliff - knee (assess)
Todd Marshall - calf (assess)
Matthew Broadbent - ankle (TBC)

Motlop will play on Saturday against Adelaide, Wingard and Polec will be assessed ( my guess is they'll not play and risk an early come back, Wingard may be more likely ), Rockliff and Marshall unlikely but no problems for round 1.

Looks like season proper ( barring anything this weekend ) will possibly see just Broadbent on the injured list.
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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby MW » Tue Mar 06, 2018 12:03 pm

Is 'assess' the new way of saying 'we're not going to tell you' in AFL speak?
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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby Booney » Tue Mar 06, 2018 12:10 pm

MW wrote:Is 'assess' the new way of saying 'we're not going to tell you' in AFL speak?


Yes, I think it means "In early March he's unlikely" but "If it's September he's good to go". It needs to be interpreted with a calendar open on your desk top.
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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby MW » Tue Mar 06, 2018 12:11 pm

yep sounds about right
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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby Booney » Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:54 am

Port Adelaide last night held our season launch and inducted the following into our Hall of Fame :

EIGHT-TIME premiership player Paul Northeast has been inducted into the Port Adelaide Football Club Hall of Fame, during a gala ceremony at the Adelaide Convention Centre.

Northeast played 235 games for the Magpies during his 14-year senior career, earning life membership of the club in 1997.

He represented the club as a junior before working his way through the system to earn his senior debut as a 17 year-old in 1987.

The 1991 Best and Fairest winner played in nine senior grand finals, losing only the 1997 decider, before his retirement in 2000.

Northeast is the 35th inductee into the Hall of Fame and described the recognition as “a massive honour.”

The 900-strong crowd was treated to some highlights of Northeast’s career, including vision of him throwing punches at current club CEO Keith Thomas.

Northeast joked “no wonder it’s taken me so long to get up here!”

Having thanked his wife Paula and children Will, Olivia, Harrison and Jack for their support, he turned his attention to coaches and other staff who had supported his career.

He saved his greatest thanks for his brother Andrew, who he credited with making him the competitive beast he was.

“As a kid, growing up as a supporter, I lived a few blocks away. I was lucky enough to play a few league games before my Grandparents passed away.

“And today as I stand here, I’m still a massive supporter of this footy club, I still go on the marches to the Oval from Rundle Mall.”

Northeast received his honour at the club’s dual Season Launch and Hall of Fame event from his friend, former teammate and Captain Tim Ginever, who described him as a “beast of a man” who “epitomised Port Adelaide”.

A fierce competitor, Northeast will perhaps most fondly be remembered by the Port Adelaide faithful for his untidy kicking style.

Ginever said a young Northeast’s kicking action actually deteriorated after he received specialist coaching.

“Bob Clayton worked with him on trying to get his ball drop down lower, closer to his foot but what that did was produce an even stranger looking action,” he said.

“The thing about Norther that I loved was that he concentrated so hard on it that he rarely missed targets but he was just amusing to watch.

“He was a smart player and because of his athletic ability he could run opponents ragged and with his aggression he was a pretty hard bloke to stand.”

Northeast came from a family of Port Adelaide supporters and Ginever said “Northa” was destined to become a club great because of a fierce determination to be the best.

He recalled a crabbing trip after the league side won the 1988 Grand Final, which Northeast had not been selected for – instead winning a reserves Premiership.

“On the way back from that crabbing trip he told the blokes in no uncertain terms that he’d allowed them to play in a league premiership that year and it wouldn’t be happening the next year because he’d be there - and he was dead right,” Ginever said, noting Northeast would eventually rank among the club’s most successful players.

“I always used to tell guys not to get arrogance mixed up with belief and Northa had a fierce belief and there was substance behind that drive.”

“He almost epitomised Port Adelaide, being tough, hard, ruthless, and courageous - Norther just fitted all of those words and the meaning behind them.”

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Games: 235
Goals: 11
8x SANFL Premiership player (1989, 1990, 1992, 1994-1996, 1998, 1999)

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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby Booney » Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:55 am

FOUR years after being recognised in the Australian football Hall of Fame, Port Adelaide Premiership Captain Warren Tredrea has been inducted into the Football Club’s Hall of Fame.

The accolade, received at Port’s Season Launch and Hall of Fame gala event at the Adelaide Convention Centre, is in addition to his induction into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2012.

A strong forward and renowned goalkicker, Tredrea booted a remarkable 582 goals for the club, including 33 for the Magpies in the SANFL, during 255 AFL and 27 SANFL games.

Tredrea’s importance and versatility is evident in his list of honours; four Best and Fairest awards, three Best and Fairest runner-up awards, eight times the club’s leading goal kicker and four times an All Australian.

A life member of Port Adelaide and son of former Magpie Gary Tredrea, Warren Tredrea rose through the junior ranks and won the 1996 SANFL Premiership as a 16 year-old before being drafted by the Power.

He repeated his Premiership success in 2004, when he guided the side to its historic first AFL flag as acting Captain, while Matthew Primus was injured.

Tredrea said his Hall of Fame honour was right up there with his Premiership success.

“I’ve been out of footy eight years but that doesn’t diminish your love for the footy club,” he said.

“It was always Port Adelaide. My earliest memories were Russell Ebert coaching, then it was Jack and eventually I got a debut as a teenager.

“I lived the dream that any kid always wanted.”

He thanked his parents, friends and his coaches – particularly Mark Williams and John Cahill who “set a wonderful example to me that footy wasn’t going to be easy.”

Tredrea was inducted into the Hall of Fame by former Captain and teammate Gavin Wanganeen, who recalled meeting him for the first time as a teenager at pre-season training for the inaugural Power squad in 1997.

“He was a tall, skinny young lad who hadn’t developed an AFL body, but despite his rawness, I had heard of the hype surrounding his talent and I knew that barring injury, he’d go on to have a pretty good career,” Wanganeen said.

“He’s got an unreal record but that is because he learnt the process from a young age to work hard, get your body right, be professional and he was just so driven from a young age that he never left any stone unturned when it came to preparation and training hard.”

“He was one of the most professional guys I have played with and that is what got him the best out of himself and when it came to his leadership later in his career, he led by the way he trained, the way he performed and he got respect from his peers because of those things.”

Renowned for his aerobic capacity, work-rate and unique kicking style, Tredrea still holds the club records for total goals scored, most goals in a season (81, 2004), goals scored in a single game and total score in a single game.

The latter two records were achieved against Carlton at Princess Park in round 7 1998 when he booted 8.4 before coming off with a knee injury.

“Warren played such an important role as a key forward and always stretched the opposition key defender with his unbelievable aerobic capacity,” Wanganeen said.

“Deep in the second half he would still be running like it was the first five minutes of the game and that was vital throughout his career.”

Wanganeen said the fact that Tredrea was inducted into the South Australian and AFL Halls of Fame before the Hall of Fame at his own club signals just how hard it is to be recognised at Port Adelaide.

“To be inducted into the Australian Hall of Fame is no mean feat, no mugs make it there, so it’s a credit to him to be recognised in that way, but to also be inducted into the Port Adelaide Football Club Hall of Fame is a huge honour that I know about first hand.”

“It’s such a historic club and it is so special, knowing the roots of the club, the blood, sweat and tears that have gone into it so for Warren having a long family history with the club his recognition is well deserved.”

Tredrea is the 36th inductee into the Port Adelaide Football Club Hall of Fame.

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Games: 281 (255 AFL / 27 SANFL)
Goals: 582 (549 AFL / 33 SANFL)
AFL Premiership captain and player (2004)
SANFL Premiership player (1996)
AFL pre-season premiership player (2002)

Port Adelaide Football Club captain (2006 - 2008)
Port Adelaide Football Club life member (2005)
South Australian Football Hall of Fame (2012)
AFL Hall of Fame (2014)

4x John Cahill Medallist (2001, 2004, 2005, 2009)
3x John Cahill Medal - 2nd place (1999, 2002, 2003)
2x Most Improved Player (1998,1999)
8x Port Adelaide AFL Leading Goalkicker (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009)
4x All-Australian (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
International Rules (2001, 2002)

Club AFL records
Career goals (549 goals)
Most goals kicked in a game (8 goals, 4 behinds; Round 7, 1998 v Carlton at Princes Park)
Highest score kicked in a game (8.4 (52); Round 7, 1998 v Carlton at Princes Park)
Most goals in a season (81, 2004)
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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby Booney » Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:56 am

FOR the first time, a Premiership team has been inducted into the Port Adelaide Football Club Hall of Fame.

The record-breaking 1954 to 1959 teams that won six consecutive Premierships were the first to be honoured, in what will become an annual tradition.

The teams become the 37th inductees into the Port Adelaide Football Club Hall of Fame.

Led by club legend captain-coach Fos Williams for all but the last Premiership, the sides have gone into folklore for defining the club ethos of existing to win Premierships.

The special induction was carried out by current Senior Coach Ken Hinkley and Captain Travis Boak who described the feats as inspirational.

Geof Motley played in each of the Premierships and coached the side to the 1959 flag, the club’s 20th overall.

He was in attendance at the Port Adelaide Season Launch and Hall of Fame gala at the Adelaide Convention Centre with seven of his teammates to receive the honour.

While he is already a member of the Port Adelaide Football Club Hall of Fame, Motley said sharing the honour with the men who helped the club to an Australian record six consecutive Premierships meant more than his individual recognition.

“It meant everything to me to be involved at Port Adelaide firstly, so to be in the Hall of Fame for Port Adelaide is a bonus that I’ll cherish forever of course because that has a lot of meaning,” he said.

“I am unbelievably proud to be a part of those teams, just to be one of them.

“Unfortunately there’s only a few of us left now but it was so important for us to perform for Port Adelaide at that time and we are unbelievably proud of that record and the fact it still stands nearly 60 years on.

“We played on the basis that we could not possibly let down the followers of the Port Adelaide football Club - the greatest gift we could give them was a Premiership.”

While the record lives on, many of Motley’s teammates do not – a fact he was eager to point out in recognition of their many and varied contributions.

And as to whether the record will ever be broken, Motley said he could not answer that.

“All records were made to be broken, but that one I think you will find extremely difficult to break.”

“If there is a club that’s going to do it, and is capable of doing it, I hope to god it is Port Adelaide.”



1954 Premiership
Adelaide Oval, October 2nd
Crowd: 42,895

Port Adelaide 11.13 (79) def
West Adelaide 10.16 (76)

Best: L. Zucker, C. Parham, F. Williams, A. Whelan, G. Motley, D. Boyd
Goals: L. Zucker 4, G. Motley 3, B. Jaggard, B. Coldwell, J. Hall, N. Hayes

1955 Premiership
Adelaide Oval, October 1st
Crowd: 44,826

Port Adelaide 15.11 (101) def
Norwood 5.8 (38)

Best: F. Williams, D. Thompson, D. Boyd, L. Stevens, M. Kretschmer, J. Abley
Goals: B. Coldwell, R. Whitaker 3, T. Williams, L. Zucker 2, A. Marrett, L. Stevens, T. Garland, G. Motley, F. Williams

Coach/Captain: F. Williams

1956 Premiership
Adelaide Oval, September 29th
Crowd: 45,514

Port Adelaide 12.9 (81) def
West Adelaide 9.11 (65)

Best: A. Whelan, D. Thompson, R. Clift, G. Motley, T. Williams, F. Williams
Goals: R. Johns 4, G. Motley 3, J. Sawford, L. Zucker, D. Trowse, A. Blagrove, A. Whelan

Coach/Captain: F. Williams



1957 Premiership
Adelaide Oval, September 28th
Crowd: 58,924

Port Adelaide 15.15 (105) def
West Adelaide 9.11 (65)

Best: A. Whelan, G. Motley, P. Obst, F. Williams, M. Kretschmer
Goals: G. Motley 7, R. Johns 3, L. Zucker, P. Obst, F. Williams, T. Williams

Coach/Captain: F. Williams


1958 Premiership
Adelaide Oval, September 27th
Crowd: 54,282

Port Adelaide 14.10 (94) def
West Adelaide 14.8 (92)

Best: N. Hayes, L. Zucker, M. Kretschmer, G. Motley, F. Williams
Goals: R. Johns, P. Obst 4, T. Williams, L. Zucker 2, I. Hannaford, D. Boyd

Coach/Captain: F. Williams

1959 Premiership
Adelaide Oval, October 3rd
Crowd: 49,884

Port Adelaide 13.9 (87) def
West Adelaide 11.11 (77)

Best: G. Motley, L. Zucker, T. Obst, N. Tull, D. Thompson, D. Gill
Goals: W. Dittmar 4, P. Obst 3, N. Tull 2, J. Potter, T. Williams. D. Boyd, J. Cahill

Coach/Captain: G. Motley

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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby Booney » Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:56 am

LEGENDARY player, administrator and life member Bob Clayton has become the 38th inductee into the Port Adelaide Football Club Hall of Fame.

Clayton first played for the Magpies in 1961 as a 16 year-old and contributed to the club for half a century in various roles including as the General Manager and Football Manager.

He received the honour posthumously, following his death at the age of 65 in 2011, at the club’s Season Launch and Hall of Fame gala night at the Adelaide Convention Centre.

His son Mark, himself a captain of the club, accepted the honour on his father’s behalf, and said his dad would have been embarrassed to have been recognised in such a way.

“We’re extremely proud that the footy club has recognised the long hours he put in – people involved in a football club know that it isn’t a nine to five job,” Mark Clayton said.

“As a family, we’re extremely honoured and proud that he was here for so long and the amount of people that come up to me even today and talk about him and how honest he was – and not too many people say a bad word about him.

“I’m sure that he’d be embarrassed with getting this award but we think it’s thoroughly deserved.”

Club icon John “Jack” Cahill, who played with and coached Clayton, was on hand to announce the induction.

As a player, Clayton was a tough and uncompromising defender who featured in 151 League games for the Magpies between 1966-75, and Cahill described him as “selfless”. “As a player he was the ultimate team man. He would sacrifice his own game for the team, he was courageous and without hesitation he would just go for the ball so he was a complete Port Adelaide team man,” Cahill said.

“Talent wise he wasn’t up there with the best but as far as effort, courage, dedication and commitment to the team, you’d have him in your team just for the value of his chasing, his tackling and his unselfish team work.”

Clayton played in five League and two reserve Grand Finals, but Cahill said it was unfortunate that he retired without a Premiership.

“To be a team man who sacrificed himself so much, he deserved to be in a Premiership team but he played a part in so many other Premierships for the club,” he remarked.

Clayton is perhaps best remembered for his work as an administrator, occupying various roles including General Manager, a title he first took on in 1989.

He had a great influence on generations of players, from his under-age and League team-mates to those he helped daily during his reign as Football Manager in Port Adelaide’s formative years in the AFL.

Indeed the club’s AFL presence is in large part due to Clayton’s work as General Manager at the time of the initial bid in 1990 and as Football Manager in 1996 when its entry into the national competition was confirmed.

Cahill said Clayton had strong principles as an administrator.

“He didn’t talk a lot, he would listen and learn a lot more by listening but he was also very loyal,” Cahill said.

“He would have an opinion and it would be a strong one, he’d get his thoughts across but the bottom line would be that he would always do what was best for the club.

“He epitomised what Port Adelaide was all about, a good honest, hardworking club and there were times that we didn’t have the talent but we had the work ethic – and we got that from him.”

Perhaps Clayton’s proudest moment came in 2004 when he was the Team Manager on ground at the MCG as the club won its maiden AFL Premiership.

While he was forced to give up full-time work at Port Adelaide to battle his illness, Clayton continued to sit on the Club’s Life Membership Committee into 2011.

Cahill said Clayton would have loved receiving the honour of joining the club’s Hall of Fame. “For him his family came first, it was then the footy club second and his horses a close third.”

“He was there if anyone needed him, he was totally for the club and his Hall of Fame honour is so well deserved.”

“As a human being, you could not have met a nicer person and there was no ego involved, no dominating – with everything he did in life he stayed a nice person.”

An annual award is named in Bob Clayton’s honour, given to a person in recognition of their service to the club’s SANFL operations who demonstrates his qualities of being positive, honest, trustworthy, loyal and committed.

Bob Clayton:
Games: 151
Goals: 4
5xSANFL Grand Finals, 2xReserve Grand Finals

Port Adelaide life member

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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby Booney » Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:57 am

AFL Premiership Coach and four-time Premiership player Mark Williams has been inducted into the Port Adelaide Football Club Hall of Fame.

Made a life member of the club in 2002, Williams played in SANFL Premierships in 1979, 1980, 1990 and 1992 before embarking on his coaching career.

The club’s longest-serving AFL Coach with 274 games at the helm, Williams guided the Power to three minor premierships before claiming the 2004 flag.

The 59-year-old joins his brother Stephen and father Fos in the Port Adelaide Football Club Hall of Fame and is the 39th inductee.

“To be with Fos, who was my coach when I first started at West Adelaide, and to be with Steve - as the youngest son of a legend it’s pretty hard to deliver and he delivered in spades,” said an emotional Mark Williams

“It’s still in my heart, Port Adelaide.”

Williams spoke to the current playing group, and urged them to never forget where they come from and who they represent.

“I haven’t been back to Port Adelaide for a long time but there used to be a spare space (on the wall) next to the last Premiership of 2004,” he said.

“It should drive you to think, why not me?

“There’s no reason you can’t be there, and if you’re there, I can guarantee I’ll be there as well.”

Teammate and former club Chief Executive Brian Cunningham inducted Williams at Port Adelaide’s dual Season Launch and Hall of Fame gala at the Adelaide Convention Centre.

Cunningham described Williams as a highly-skilled and hardworking player, and a remarkable coach and teacher.

“What Mark might have lacked in style he made up for in so many other ways – he had a massive work ethic and a high level of fitness, he was extremely determined and really highly skilled as well,” Cunningham said.

“I remember Mark kicking a ball around Alberton Oval as a kid with his brothers and sister when his dad was coaching and he was always destined to do something in football.

“With a father who was an icon of the club we always thought he would end up at Port Adelaide.”

After starting his senior career at West Adelaide, Williams moved to Port Adelaide in 1979, winning consecutive Premierships before moving to Collingwood where he was twice Best and Fairest and captained the club for four years.

A move north to the Brisbane Bears followed, but he returned to his Alberton heartland midway through the 1990 season, going on to win another two SANFL Premierships with the Magpies.

A coaching career followed, and after stints at Glenelg and Essendon, Williams again returned home to be at the side of inaugural Senior Coach John Cahill as Port Adelaide entered the AFL.

He took the senior position in his own right in 1999, guiding the club to a period of sustained success including the 2004 premiership.

Cunningham was Port Adelaide’s CEO at the time and recalled Williams wanting input in all decisions, such was his desire for success.

“As a coach he was vocal and he was demanding, all the things his dad was as well,” he said.

“But with his education background, he saw that coaching was not just the shouting, it was also about teaching people.

“It was massively significant that he won our first Premiership in 2004 - he was Port Adelaide born and bred, obviously with his father’s and his family’s legacy.

“He is highly driven as a student of the game but he also taught so many players.

“If you look at that period of 2000-2004 and how many players have come out into senior coaching positions at other AFL clubs, I’d say there were probably 12 to 15 at a guess, and I think that says something about the power of his coaching.”

Williams’ recognition comes after he was inducted into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2003.

Mark Williams:

Games: 380 (64 West Adelaide, 115 Port Adelaide, 135 Collingwood, 66 Brisbane)

Goals: 377 (37 West Adelaide, 104 Port Adelaide, 178 Collingwood, 58 Brisbane)

4x SANFL Premiership player (1979, 1980, 1990, 1992)

AFL Premiership Coach (2004)

Captain of Collingwood (1983 - 1986)

Brisbane vice-Captain (1987 – 1990)

Port Adelaide life member (2002)

South Australian Football Hall of Fame (2003)

2x Best and Fairest winner Copeland Trophy (1981, 1985)

Collingwood leading goal kicker (1984)

All-Australian (1980)

Coaching:

Coach of Glenelg (1993, 1994)

Assistant Coach Essendon (1995, 1996)

Assistant Coach of Port Adelaide AFL (1997, 1998)

Coach of Port Adelaide AFL (1999 - 2010)

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Most games coached (274)
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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby Brodlach » Fri Mar 09, 2018 11:07 am

All thoroughly deserved.....bastards
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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby Booney » Fri Mar 09, 2018 11:12 am

Brodlach wrote:All thoroughly deserved.....bastards


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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby Magellan » Fri Mar 09, 2018 11:20 am

A pretty fair CV there. Thought someone of Williams' stature would've already been honoured at Alberton. Anyhoo, a well deserved honour from the name that is pretty much a synonym for Port Adelaide (at least the SANFL entity).

I presume he began at Westies as Fos was coaching them at the time. What was the reason that brought him 'back' to Port in the late 1970s?
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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby Lightning McQueen » Fri Mar 09, 2018 11:23 am

Booney wrote:
Warren Gary Tredrea

Games: 281 (255 AFL / 27 SANFL)
Goals: 582 (549 AFL / 33 SANFL)
AFL Premiership captain and player (2004)
SANFL Premiership player (1996)
AFL pre-season premiership player (2002)

Port Adelaide Football Club captain (2006 - 2008)
Port Adelaide Football Club life member (2005)
South Australian Football Hall of Fame (2012)
AFL Hall of Fame (2014)

4x John Cahill Medallist (2001, 2004, 2005, 2009)
3x John Cahill Medal - 2nd place (1999, 2002, 2003)
2x Most Improved Player (1998,1999)
8x Port Adelaide AFL Leading Goalkicker (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009)
4x All-Australian (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
International Rules (2001, 2002)

Club AFL records
Career goals (549 goals)
Most goals kicked in a game (8 goals, 4 behinds; Round 7, 1998 v Carlton at Princes Park)
Highest score kicked in a game (8.4 (52); Round 7, 1998 v Carlton at Princes Park)
Most goals in a season (81, 2004)


To win "most improved" 2 years in a row sort of says he must've been well behind the 8 ball to begin with.

Great portfolio nonetheless, could be an argument for greatest CHF in the game.
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Re: Port Adelaide 2018

Postby Booney » Fri Mar 09, 2018 11:27 am

Magellan wrote:A pretty fair CV there. Thought someone of Williams' stature would've already been honoured at Alberton. Anyhoo, a well deserved honour from the name that is pretty much a synonym for Port Adelaide (at least the SANFL entity).

I presume he began at Westies as Fos was coaching them at the time. What was the reason that brought him 'back' to Port in the late 1970s?


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