Football banners
Andrew tate | June 15, 2008
... throughout the 1970s and early '80s, banners got larger and more elaborate. Cheer-squad members began vying for ground passes and more people were needed to hold up the poles and ropes to stabilise them.
The zenith came in 1983, with Richmond's monstrosity for Kevin Bartlett's record-breaking 403rd and last game — the record measurements of 14 metres high by 45 metres wide.
Ultimately, safety concerns reined in the behemoths, with the league enforcing size restrictions after a few poles broke, endangering the players, not to mention the cheer squad.
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Still, the inevitable change from the VFL to the national AFL didn't pass without the odd swipe at the game's powerbrokers. Witness this classic — along with dollar-sign logo — from the ever-reliable Tigers cheer squad in 1989.
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PROBABLY the most revered banners down the years have been those that farewell the great and good of the game. Often poetic, always emotional, these are the ones that recall a career or a life well spent in football. Richmond's effort to farewell Jack Dyer comes to mind.
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