Author Topic: Old Footballers - Whatever happened to ...  (Read 296621 times)

Offline one-eyed

  • Administrator
  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 95065
    • One-Eyed Richmond
Re: Old Footballers - Whatever happened to ...
« Reply #600 on: December 07, 2016, 03:48:19 AM »
Not only will North Ballarat go on in the VFL next year, but so will great ruckman Orren Stephenson. Big O has signed a new deal for 2017.

Chat around that Andrew Moore is heading to Box Hill Hawks, boosting the midfield. Played 55 AFL games for Port Adelaide, 5 for Richmond.

https://twitter.com/PaulAmy

Offline Yeahright

  • Moderator
  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 9393
Re: Old Footballers - Whatever happened to ...
« Reply #601 on: December 07, 2016, 05:45:01 AM »
Tbh I don't think we gave Moore a fair chance. He was really starting to show something

Offline WilliamPowell

  • Administrator
  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 38758
  • Better to ignore a fool than encourage one
    • One Eyed Richmond
Re: Old Footballers - Whatever happened to ...
« Reply #602 on: December 07, 2016, 06:55:49 AM »
Tbh I don't think we gave Moore a fair chance. He was really starting to show something

Yes he was

that he wasn't up to a consistent AFL standard  :rollin
"Oh yes I am a dreamer, I still see us flying high!"

from the song "Don't Walk Away" by Pat Benatar 1988 (Wide Awake In Dreamland)

Online Chuck17

  • The Shaun Grugg of OER
  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 13114
Re: Old Footballers - Whatever happened to ...
« Reply #603 on: December 07, 2016, 09:04:13 AM »
Thought he did Ok as a ruck

Offline Diocletian

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 17605
  • Proud Gang of Four member #albomustgo
Re: Old Footballers - Whatever happened to ...
« Reply #604 on: December 07, 2016, 12:39:27 PM »
Tbh I don't think we gave Moore a fair chance. He was really starting to show something

Yes he was

that he wasn't up to a consistent AFL standard  :rollin

Was barely up to VFL level.....

Thought he did Ok as a ruck

...yet still an upgrade on Hamspud...
"Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire." 

- Gustav Mahler


FJ is the only one that makes sense.

Offline one-eyed

  • Administrator
  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 95065
    • One-Eyed Richmond
Re: Old Footballers - Whatever happened to ...
« Reply #605 on: January 09, 2017, 04:24:47 AM »
Where are they now? What the retired, delisted AFL players from 2016 have planned for 2017

Ben Waterworth,
FOX SPORTS
January 9, 2017


RICHMOND

Troy Chaplin (retired) — Assistant coach at Melbourne (AFL)

Adam Marcon (delisted) — Williamstown (VFL)

Liam McBean (delisted) — Glenelg (SANFL)

Reece McKenzie (retired) — TBC, but last year was weighing up whether to play in either the VFL or VAFA

Andrew Moore (delisted) — Box Hill Hawks (VFL)

Chris Yarran (delisted) — TBC, but has returned home to WA and reportedly discussed a playing return with Swan Districts (WAFL)

Ex-Tigers delisted/retired other AFL clubs

Tom Derickx (retired) — No football plans for 2017, will pursue music career full-time with some part-time modelling.

Jay Schulz (delisted) — St Kevin’s (VAFA)

Robin Nahas (delisted) — Port Melbourne (VFL)

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/afl/where-are-they-now-what-the-retired-delisted-afl-players-from-2016-have-planned-for-2017/news-story/364339b4215d0e1d1ed5ee1903cce96f

Offline Yeahright

  • Moderator
  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 9393
Re: Old Footballers - Whatever happened to ...
« Reply #606 on: January 12, 2017, 01:41:26 PM »
Tom Derickx (retired) — No football plans for 2017, will pursue music career full-time with some part-time modelling.


WTF :lol :lol

Online Chuck17

  • The Shaun Grugg of OER
  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 13114
Re: Old Footballers - Whatever happened to ...
« Reply #607 on: January 12, 2017, 02:45:56 PM »
Tom Derickx (retired) — No football plans for 2017, will pursue music career full-time with some part-time modelling.


WTF :lol :lol

Yeah what a crack up and some flogs were spruiking how well Sydney did in getting this dud and how we ever let him go.

Offline one-eyed

  • Administrator
  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 95065
    • One-Eyed Richmond
Re: Old Footballers - Whatever happened to ...
« Reply #608 on: January 19, 2017, 03:41:19 AM »
Wodonga identity Jack Eames has died, aged 94

David Johnston
Border Mail
18 Jan 2017, 5 p.m.


JACK Eames, a World War II veteran, Richmond player (1946), and Wodonga Bulldogs' star footballer, has died, aged 94.

One of the city's most well-known identities, Eames rose to the rank of sergeant after joining the Army Ordnance Corp in 1941 and served in New Guinea where he is credited with helping establish three spare parts units.

He was discharged in 1946 and immediately joined VFL club Richmond despite still being based on the Border.

Eames played 14 senior matches for the Tigers and famously hopped aboard the Spirit Of Progress train each Saturday morning to travel to Melbourne and play.

Often there would be no seats available on the train and he was forced to stand until spots became available at Seymour.

One of his fondest memories at Richmond was playing in a drought-breaking win against Collingwood at Victoria Park under legendary coach Jack Dyer.

Even though he played only one season for Richmond, Eames kept close contact with the club and is credited with helping the Tigers recruit John Perry, Geoff Strang, Barry Richardson and Kevin Smith from the Ovens and Murray area.

http://www.bordermail.com.au/story/4410997/gentleman-jack-passes-on/

R.I.P.


Offline one-eyed

  • Administrator
  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 95065
    • One-Eyed Richmond
Re: Old Footballers - Whatever happened to ...
« Reply #610 on: February 22, 2017, 01:56:43 AM »
Cheltenham coach Des Ryan has brought in his brother and fellow ex-Tiger Stevie as an assistant coach.

Stevie Ryan coached St Bedes Mentone Tigers to the VAFA Premier B grand final last year but was surprisingly let go.

Young and vibrant, Cheltenham finished with seven wins, 10 losses and one draw last season under Ryan.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/localfooty/sfl/mclaren-mctaggart-matheson-cheltenhams-triple-m-of-recruits/news-story/8ec407652b665a70b9a9d017d147f43a

Offline one-eyed

  • Administrator
  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 95065
    • One-Eyed Richmond
Re: Old Footballers - Whatever happened to ...
« Reply #611 on: March 01, 2017, 07:06:32 PM »
RIP.

-------------------------

Coastal sporting great Ray Stokes died over the weekend at the age of 92.

The all-round talents of Stokes, 92, seemingly knew no bounds, captaining Tasmania in both football and cricket.

His deeds with the Sherrin saw him wear the yellow and black of Richmond 93 times from 1946-51, playing alongside his brother Jervis at times, impressing those in at Punt Road so much he was described by the great Jack Dyer as “the best thing to cross the Bass Strait”.

Stokes and Dyer were not only teammates, but good friends.

Brendon Gale, himself an example of a Coaster to succeed for the Tigers on field who is now the club’s chief executive, the connection runs much deeper than just football, having known him since the mid-1980s as a neighbour in Burnie.

“He was older than my father, but I knew just by the way that my father (Don) spoke about him that he was just a highly respected figure in sport generally,’’ Gale said.

“It wasn’t until I got to Richmond (Gale played 244 games for the Tigers between 1990-2001) that I realised how highly respected he was here, as the guys who played around that time held him in such a high regard as he was so tough and talented.

“He was a very humble person, disciplined and well organised person.

“He was always in really good condition and was a fitness fanatic, and he’d always be out walking or running most mornings or playing golf.

“He was a real product of his generation, pretty hard, frugal, personally disciplined and full of integrity.”

http://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/4494695/gale-pays-tribute-to-sporting-great-stokes/

Offline one-eyed

  • Administrator
  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 95065
    • One-Eyed Richmond
Re: Old Footballers - Whatever happened to ...
« Reply #612 on: March 05, 2017, 04:12:31 AM »
Ex-Tigers Brian Leys (senior coach), Duncan Kellaway (Richmond), James Thiessen (Richmond and Adelaide) and Simon Dennis (Richmond) have all joined the coaching staff at Glenunga Football Club in the SA Amateur Football League (this year to be known as the Adelaide Footy League).

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/expert-opinion/michelangelo-rucci/how-a-group-of-afl-heroes-are-back-at-the-grassroots-making-other-dreams-come-true/news-story/c4e89e6c8a0cd28bfe2bf892e15c6b86

Offline one-eyed

  • Administrator
  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 95065
    • One-Eyed Richmond

Offline one-eyed

  • Administrator
  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 95065
    • One-Eyed Richmond
Re: Old Footballers - Whatever happened to ...
« Reply #614 on: June 15, 2017, 05:00:27 PM »
NT Police to pay more than $500,000 to former Richmond player Neville Roberts after wrongfully axing housing deal on the Tiwi Islands.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-15/nt-police-compensate-former-afl-player-for-tiwi-islands-housing/8619264