by GWW » Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:55 pm
by redandblack » Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:01 pm
by GWW » Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:08 pm
by smithy » Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:31 pm
Adelaide Hawk wrote:spell_check wrote:Still, 1003 career scoring shots (or avg. 3.08) for a player who was mainly a centre line player is rather eye catching.
I'm not sure about that. I think Head played a lot of footy across half forward, and as a rover resting in the pocket. Maybe those who watched West Torrens more than I did can set us straight.
by GWW » Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:32 pm
by redandblack » Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:40 pm
GWW wrote:Without doing too much research on the matter, is it fair to say West had some very good sides in the 1950's and 1960's and in hindsight they didn't get the reward they might have hoped for. I just did a quick search and note the only premiership they won in those 2 decades was 1961. They had some very good players..was it a combination of a little bit of bad luck (eg. hitting the post in the final stageg of the grand final in the late 50's), and having the Port (50's) and Sturt (60's) juggernauts to contend with?
by smithy » Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:43 pm
redandblack wrote:It's interesting just how many of that West side can often still be seen at the club now.
John Ryan, Ken Eustice, Jimmy Wright, Peter Phipps, etc.
Jeff Bray was another until he passed away.
One of my prized possessions is a recent photo with Neil Kerley, Ken Eustice and Brian Faehse.
by GWW » Thu Aug 11, 2011 12:48 am
redandblack wrote:Most of those West players formed the backbone of the 1961 side.
Frank Hogan was a really neat rover with a very accurate short pass (can't remember if it was a stab pass or not?)
Paul Garnett was a half-forward flanker, not a big possession winner, but he had a wonderful kick and was very dangerous within his range of goals.
Alan "Trigger" Tregenza played full-back. A reliable defender, a bit undersized IIRC, but very few kicked man on him.
In those days, West were known to have a 'mosquito fleet' and their clashes with Port in the late 50's were the major clashes of hat time.
by mal » Thu Aug 11, 2011 1:02 am
by robranisgod » Thu Aug 11, 2011 7:52 am
mal wrote:Another person not in the photo was an M CAPPO
Is this Morry Cappo of Cappo Seafoods ?
by robranisgod » Thu Aug 11, 2011 7:57 am
GWW wrote:Talking of Fos, I believe he was related to Lindsay Head? Cousins I think? Anyone know any further details re the family connection?
by redandblack » Thu Aug 11, 2011 8:57 am
by mal » Thu Aug 11, 2011 10:37 am
by nickname » Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:23 am
redandblack wrote:Geoff Sara was a very good wingman in the years after this team.
by nickname » Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:29 am
by robranisgod » Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:39 am
mal wrote:QUESTIONS
Codd [NA]
Played at full forward and Vic Johnson has listed him as as scoring 1-6
The Sunday MAiL has him scoring 2-5
In any case after 3 rounds he had scored 7-16 for the season[Kernahan had 13-4 and was leading from Johns 11-9]
Whats the gos on Codd ?
Weisner[NW] listed as playing well in defence
Played 62 games from 1957-1964
What sort of a player was he ?
by Leaping Lindner » Thu Aug 11, 2011 12:11 pm
robranisgod wrote:mal wrote:QUESTIONS
Codd [NA]
Played at full forward and Vic Johnson has listed him as as scoring 1-6
The Sunday MAiL has him scoring 2-5
In any case after 3 rounds he had scored 7-16 for the season[Kernahan had 13-4 and was leading from Johns 11-9]
Whats the gos on Codd ?
Weisner[NW] listed as playing well in defence
Played 62 games from 1957-1964
What sort of a player was he ?
Mick Codd played a couple of seasons for North. I thought that he was more a defender. He polled a best on the ground during the 1960 minor round but he missed out on the Premiership side. I have an idea he played in the premiers match against Melbourne the next week. I remember North playing Port at Alberton in 1961 and all the talk was about Codd standing Salmon and the corny jokes flying around about them being two fish out of water and the like.
Codd is better known as a bureaucrat. He was First Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet in the Hawke era and was later the Chancellor of the University of Wolloongong. Paul Keating had some interesting things to say about him.
by westcoastpanther » Thu Aug 11, 2011 12:39 pm
by mal » Thu Aug 11, 2011 5:32 pm
westcoastpanther wrote:Cappo has reminded me of 'Cappo Bros Boy' we used to refer to in some West supporter photos back in the early days of Footysa....![]()
Oh, and hurry up and get to 64 can ya's!!
by baggy8 » Thu Aug 11, 2011 6:23 pm
robranisgod wrote:They certainly were related. I believe that Lindsay's father and Fos were cousins but I am not certain of that. When Lindsay was about to make his debut for Torrens Fos visited Lindsay's father to tell him that Lindsay would be OK.
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