Collingwood topped Richmond legend ‘Captain Blood' Jack Dyer's hate list (H-Sun)

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Collingwood topped Richmond legend ‘Captain Blood' Jack Dyer's hate list

    Daryl Timms
    From: Herald Sun
    April 17, 2013

LEGENDARY Richmond player Jack 'Captain Blood' Dyer hated Collingwood like no other Tiger.

Dyer was the most famous and feared Tiger of them all.His hatred for Collingwood was genuine.

"It is a blind, unreasoning hatred, but not really difficult to understand,'' he wrote in his book - Captain Blood - in 1965.

"You hate a mean man, grasping man, a man who wants everything and gives nothing. That's Collingwood. They are a law unto themselves.

"If they win they gloat. If they lose they sulk.''

Dyer said the Magpies did have some qualities, but it didn't compensate for their mean, nasty and petty weaknesses.

It was with a certain amount malice that he recalled an incident in 1936 when Collingwood's gentleman star, full forward Gordon "Nuts" Coventry, appeared on the ground with heavy bandages on the back of his neck to conceal "large, angry boils."

Tiger fullback Joe Murdoch wasn't fussy about the way he beat an opponent and at the first opportunity he punched at the ball, missed and hit Coventry on the boils.

Dyer said with the first punch he'd seen Coventry throw, Murdoch went down for the count and "Nuts'' was reported.

The Magpies needed Coventry for the finals and a club official offered Murdoch 100 pounds - a huge sum at the time - to tell the truth at the tribunal that he had deliberately hit him on the boils.

"Murdoch flatly refused,'' Dyer said.

"He hated Collingwood as much as I did."

Coventry was suspended for eight game and missed Collingwood's premiership.

Dyer, captain coach from 1941-49 and coach in 1950-52, said Collingwood would turn off the hot water in the visitors' rooms if the Magpies lost.

He said when Collingwood offered the opposition a beer after the game it would be warm and the players wouldn't drink it because they were were scared about what was in the glass.

Dyer, who later became a legendary media commentator, died in 2003.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/teams/collingwood-topped-richmond-legend-captain-blood-jack-dyers-hate-list/story-e6frf9mx-1226621941269

[Smokey]

 

Gotta luv the Blood!   

[WilliamPowell]

That's why Number 17 means so much to so many 

But I'll leave it at that 

[smasha]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOwSUb-5Q0k

[Mopsy]

You could even buy a Garden Gnome of him

[WilliamPowell]

Have to say his auto-biography (which is where the quotes in the article come I think) is bloody good read 

[Judge Roughneck]

That's why Number 17 means so much to so many 

But I'll leave it at that 

Why is it a 9 year not 90 year tradition then 

[YellowandBlackBlood]

I can still remember him on World of Sport saying he hated Collingwood so much he refused to watch black and white movies!!!! Lol!

[WilliamPowell]

That's why Number 17 means so much to so many 

But I'll leave it at that 

Why is it a 9 year not 90 year tradition then 

Gee I dont' know maybe becasue the concept was only thought of and bought in 9 years ago.   

Anything you want to do to make or create a tradition has to have a start date doesn't it? 

I asked this once before and no one bothered to answer.

Lets's take 2 "traditions"

First one the Green Jacket at Augusta is a good one seeing it's topical this week, it's been around for 70+ odd years but it had to start somewhere. So at what point from when it started did it become tradition? After 1yr, 5, 10, 20?  We (the public) accept its "tradition" because it is what we've always known but it had to have a starting point

2nd one presentation of the Baggy Green Caps to Aussie Test players. This is considered a tradition but the "ceremonial" presentation by a former test great has only been happening in the last 5-8 years. Is this tradtion? And if it is when did it become one? Why are more accepting of that seeing it's only be going on for short time less & than the RFC Capt wearing no. 17?

I have no problem with people saying the Captain of the RFC shouldn't have to wear number 17, clearly my view is very different. But to use the excuse that it really isn't a "tradition" because it's only been around for a short time and therefore isn't a "tradition" is flawed IMHO

[gerkin greg]

it's not a tradition, pretty sure the captain wears #9

move on

[tigs2011]

Cricket is boring. Are we ever going to win something? Didn't even know that was a tradition. 

[one-eyed]

https://twitter.com/Richmond_FC/status/324330937120858113/photo/1

[WilliamPowell]

it's not a tradition, pretty sure the captain wears #9

move on

I just can't 













Obviously

[mat073]

I want to forget the last 9 years...pretty excited about the next 9

[WilliamPowell]

I want to forget the last 9 years...pretty excited about the next 9

Why alot of good things have happened in that time?

Look at the calibre of player we have drafted over the last 9 years

Deledio
Cotchin
Martin
Reiwoldt
 
Just to name 4, want to forget the last 9 years, then we don't have them