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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: froars on September 18, 2012, 10:29:19 AM
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Poor old Neville.
Lucky a Tiger supporter bystander was close by.
http://www.3aw.com.au/blogs/breaking-news-blog/richmond-legend-rescued-by-tiger-supporter/20120918-26391.html
This morning, the Rumour file learned Richmond club legend Neville Crowe took a nasty spill while riding his bicycle along the Yarra in North Richmond at the weekend.
He tumbled eight metres into the River and was saved by a passing jogger who happened to be a Richmond fanatic.
Neil Mitchell chased down the good Samaritan, John Greene, for a quick chat this morning.
"He was possibly in danger of drowning. When his head popped up in the water it was a great relief but he definitely needed to be pulled out," Mr. Greene told Neil Mitchell.
LISTEN BELOW: Neil Mitchell talks with John Greene
Greene said it required a daisy chain of other bystanders to pull him out of the water.
"We all went down the bank to the edge of river and I was able to drag him through the mud to the the embankment. Luckily we were able to form a human chain and drag him out."
The 75-year old Crowe, who suffers from alzheimer's, played for Richmond from 1957-1967 and served as the club President from 1987-1993. He retired in 2008 after serving the club for over fifty years.
IMAGE: 1967...Neville Crowe and John Nicholls contesting hit out at Carlton ground.
"It took a few seconds, but I recognised that familiar mustache and told him he was in good hands. My family are Richmond supporters through and through," Greene said.
Unable to reach Crowe's wife, Greene rang Brendon Gale, CEO of the Richmond football club and let him know what happened. He then drove the footy legend home to his house in Burwood.
"What better then a Richmond supporter hero to pull another Richmond hero out of the Yarra," Neil Mitchell said.
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Poor Nev.
Love ya mate.
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Richmond legend Neville Crowe pulled to safety by stranger after Yarra River bike plunge
Michelle Ainsworth
From: Herald Sun
September 18, 2012 11:24AM
RICHMOND legend Neville Crowe has been rescued after falling off his bike into the Yarra River.
The 75-year-old former club captain and president, who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, was riding along the Yarra near Abbotsford, in Melbourne's inner east, when he fell after swerving to miss another rider.
A jogger found Mr Crowe struggling in the water.
In an effort to help pull Mr Crowe out of the river he made a daisy-chain with other bystanders.
The rescuer, John Greene, is a lifelong Richmond supporter, and said he recognised Mr Crowe by his moustache.
"It took a few seconds, but I recognised that familiar moustache and told him he was in good hands. My family are Richmond supporters through and through," Mr Greene told 3AW of the weekend rescue.
"He was possibly in danger of drowning. When his head popped up in the water it was a great relief but he definitely needed to be pulled out.
"We all went down the bank to the edge of river and I was able to drag him through the mud to the embankment. Luckily we were able to form a human chain and dragged him out."
Mr Greene was unable to contact Mr Crowe’s wife so drove him home to his house in Burwood after the rescue.
Mr Crowe retired just four years ago after he played 151 games for Richmond and was captain from 1963-66.
In 1990 he became the club’s president and helped them out of near financial ruin by raising $1.5million in 10 weeks.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/richmond-legend-neville-crowe-pulled-to-safety-after-yarra-river-plunge/story-e6frf7jo-1226476404104
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Life-long fan pulls flailing Tigers great from Yarra
Megan Levy
The Age
September 18, 2012 - 10:28AM
Richmond Football Club legend Neville Crowe was rescued from the Yarra River at the weekend after he lost control of his bicycle on a bend and careered into the water.
A passing jogger, who happened to be a life-long Tigers supporter, dived into the muddy river and pulled the 75-year-old club stalwart to safety with the help of other passers-by who formed a human chain to get him to the embankment.
John Greene said he was out for his morning run along the Yarra in Richmond on Saturday when he saw a cyclist flailing in the water. The cyclist appeared to have misjudged a bend and had shot about eight metres off the edge of the bicycle path into the river.
It wasn't until Mr Greene had dragged the man to the embankment that he recognised the former Richmond captain, who also served as club president from 1987 to 1993.
"As soon as he popped up I just grabbed him in a bear hug and dragged him as quickly as I could into the mud and onto the embankment so that he wasn't going to go back under the water," Mr Greene told radio station 3AW.
"When I had a closer look I recognised that familiar moustache. My family have been Richmond members for a long, long time. My grandmother went for 40-odd years and missed about five games, so we're Richmond people through and through. I certainly recognised him straight away and told him he was in good hands and that was that."
Mr Greene said Crowe was still remarkably fit for a 75-year-old and kept hold of his bicycle in the water.
"Thankfully he had surfaced and his head had popped up and I was able to drag him through the mud and up to the edge of the embankment and we formed a human chain and dragged him out," Mr Greene said.
"He was a little bit shocked and bewildered, as you would be if you tumbled ... eight metres off your bike on a nice leisurely morning ride.
"Lucky he is so fit because I don't think he would have been able to drag himself to the surface of the water and get out if he wasn't so fit still."
Crowe's rescuers took him to a local business, where he was given coffee and kept warm while Mr Greene phoned Richmond CEO Brendon Gale.
Mr Greene than ran home and got his car before driving Crowe back to his Burwood home.
"The people that all helped out were fantastic as well. It wasn't just me," Mr Greene said.
Crowe galvanised the Richmond Football Club during the 1990 Save Our Skins campaign, which saved the club from financial ruin. He is also well known for missing the 1967 VFL Grand Final through suspension, after he was reported in the second semi-final for striking Carlton ruckman John Nicholls.
Crowe insists to this day that he didn't punch Nicholls, that he slapped at him and the slap missed.
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/lifelong-fan-pulls-flailing-tigers-great-from-yarra-20120918-2639g.html#ixzz26msNBQ6c
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Nev is a legend. Hope the ol duffer is ok.
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many ppl hate him though and would say different things regarding this
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many ppl hate him though and would say different things regarding this
For saving the club id doubt it :lol
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many ppl hate him though and would say different things regarding this
WGAF what they think - without him the club wouldn't exist.
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If he fell in the Yarra, still time!
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many ppl hate him though and would say different things regarding this
For saving the club id doubt it :lol
U have no idea.ho many.. Can tell u though there Re heaps...
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VIDEO: Neville Crowe rescued.
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/roar%20vision%20archive/tabid/11454/contentid/491202/default.aspx
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many ppl hate him though and would say different things regarding this
For saving the club id doubt it :lol
U have no idea.ho many.. Can tell u though there Re heaps...
Kb perhaps however the vast majority as evidenced on here are right behind him :clapping
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Kb perhaps however the vast majority as evidenced on here are right behind him :clapping
Certainly not KB, ancient history. Sorted out their differences a fair while back
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many ppl hate him though and would say different things regarding this
For saving the club id doubt it :lol
U have no idea.ho many.. Can tell u though there Re heaps...
And I can tell you there are heaps more supporters that think the opposite. He was instrumental in saving of our club in the same mould as Don Scott or Jim Stynes and his work continued long after he stepped down from the presidency. I was actively involved in an interstate supporters group a few years back and had the great fortune to interact with him on a number of occasions. As the club's liaison officer he was driven (tireless) in his efforts to work for the betterment of the club despite his increasing age and failing health. A better Richmond man you will never find.
:gotigers
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many ppl hate him though and would say different things regarding this
This post is a direct reflection on you as a person. Kind of ironic :P