The late Geoff McMonnies (Wayne Campbell's cousin) played ressies and U19s for Richmond in the mid-late 1970s. A sad story. He was killed in the Kerang train crash along with one of his daughters while another was severely and criticially injured
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Lost to us, the last full-back to use the drop kickMartin Flanagan | November 14, 2009
GEOFF McMonnies was a remarkable ordinary man. His nickname was Spud. He was a farmer at Wemen, outside Robinvale on the Murray River, where he grew up. The house he built for his wife and four daughters on the block is cool and spacious and quietly modern. It's empty now.
Spud was killed in the Kerang train accident 2½ years ago. So was his third daughter, Rose, 17, while his fourth daughter, Sharise, 14, had her face broken in 22 places and her pelvis cleaved apart. ''Before the accident, I would have said we were a perfectly happy family,'' says Spud's wife Julie, an assistant principal at Robinvale High School. ''It's as if all our bad luck came at once.''
Spud, who was killed two weeks after his 50th birthday, was involved with the Robinvale Football Club from the ages of 16 to 38. He played in two senior premierships, 1974 (when he was 17) and 1979.
In between, he played for Richmond under 19s and reserves. He finished his days in the Robinvale reserves. He played all over the ground, but is remembered as the last Robinvale full-back - and possibly the last full-back in Victoria - to use the drop kick when kicking in after a behind.
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