All time greatest Saints players - by number
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As much as I love the G train, he was not a patch on john Macintosh. JM was an absolutely brilliant player who played wary 70s but was cut down after 50 or so games with. Knee injury ( in the days when it ended your career). He would have been our best player behind Ian Stewart at his time with us
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I'm told Bill Cubbins was easily the best number 11 ever for the saints. He played around the twenties was considered the best full back of the era, he won about 4 best and fairests, captained the club for several years and was captain/ coach at one stage.
I loved Burnsy as a player but I think he's gotta be demoted ( sadly)
I loved Burnsy as a player but I think he's gotta be demoted ( sadly)
And the president said " I did not have sex with that woman"
And our former president said " Football is like golf"
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I'm told Bill Cubbins was easily the best number 11 ever for the saints. He played around the twenties was considered the best full back of the era, he won about 4 best and fairests, captained the club for several years and was captain/ coach at one stage.
I loved Burnsy as a player but I think he's gotta be demoted ( sadly)
I loved Burnsy as a player but I think he's gotta be demoted ( sadly)
And the president said " I did not have sex with that woman"
And our former president said " Football is like golf"
Go Sainters !!!!!
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Go Sainters !!!!!
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so hundred goals in a season counts for nothing!!!supersaints wrote:As much as I love the G train, he was not a patch on john Macintosh. JM was an absolutely brilliant player who played wary 70s but was cut down after 50 or so games with. Knee injury ( in the days when it ended your career). He would have been our best player behind Ian Stewart at his time with us
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He was a brilliant player. Tall, fast, could find the footy and was a beautiful kick but only played 51 games for us. His son was not even half the player that JM was. THere's no doubt McIntosh was one of our best imports from the West.supersaints wrote:As much as I love the G train, he was not a patch on john Macintosh. JM was an absolutely brilliant player who played wary 70s but was cut down after 50 or so games with. Knee injury ( in the days when it ended your career). He would have been our best player behind Ian Stewart at his time with us
The G train played 145 games with us and kicked 390 goals. Before he came to us he was a wingman at the Drug Crazed Eagles. Tall, fast,could find the footy and was a beautiful kick.
Having seen both play I'd give The G Train the nod based on his superior career record and his outstanding mullet weighed against the balding superstar from the West's unrealised potential.
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BackFromUSA wrote:Glenn Elliott > Max Hudghton
In the stats rleague site it has both Glenn Elliott and his brother Rob Elliott wearing number 8 from 73-77 which of course could not happen
For some reason I thought Glenn wore number 5 or 6 during this period - however this also clashes with some other players (Barry Lawrence in 5 and Bob Murray / Mark Greene in 6
Can anyone clarify??
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Robbie wore number 13, Glenn was definitely 8.Devilhead wrote:BackFromUSA wrote:Glenn Elliott > Max Hudghton
In the stats rleague site it has both Glenn Elliott and his brother Rob Elliott wearing number 8 from 73-77 which of course could not happen
For some reason I thought Glenn wore number 5 or 6 during this period - however this also clashes with some other players (Barry Lawrence in 5 and Bob Murray / Mark Greene in 6
Can anyone clarify??
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Actually just read that somehwere - that said on the stats site they have down Phil Stevens wearing number 13 (though I am sure he was 19) and also a guy called Peter Bell wearing 13 from 75 to 77On the Bench wrote:Robbie wore number 13, Glenn was definitely 8.Devilhead wrote:BackFromUSA wrote:Glenn Elliott > Max Hudghton
In the stats rleague site it has both Glenn Elliott and his brother Rob Elliott wearing number 8 from 73-77 which of course could not happen
For some reason I thought Glenn wore number 5 or 6 during this period - however this also clashes with some other players (Barry Lawrence in 5 and Bob Murray / Mark Greene in 6
Can anyone clarify??
Anyone remember Peter Bell in the 70's - played 33 games and kicked 33 goals??
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Yeah I remember Peter Bell.Devilhead wrote:Actually just read that somehwere - that said on the stats site they have down Phil Stevens wearing number 13 (though I am sure he was 19) and also a guy called Peter Bell wearing 13 from 75 to 77On the Bench wrote:Robbie wore number 13, Glenn was definitely 8.Devilhead wrote:BackFromUSA wrote:Glenn Elliott > Max Hudghton
In the stats rleague site it has both Glenn Elliott and his brother Rob Elliott wearing number 8 from 73-77 which of course could not happen
For some reason I thought Glenn wore number 5 or 6 during this period - however this also clashes with some other players (Barry Lawrence in 5 and Bob Murray / Mark Greene in 6
Can anyone clarify??
Anyone remember Peter Bell in the 70's - played 33 games and kicked 33 goals??
Bit of a rangy half forward type with the non descript haircut and moustache combo that was popular in the day - Robbie Elliott being another example of that look
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Templeton was unstoppable that day, although by the end of it the umps were awarding him marks for simply getting a hand on the ball.bergholt wrote:i never knew about that one. templeton 15.9! and who was ian dunstan for the dogs - had 36 possessions and kicked 7.3?Devilhead wrote:From the famous yet horrifying Western Oval '78 match
The Saints actually started to walk off the ground early thinking the siren had gone, but unfortuantely there was still a bit more pain to endure.
Horrible day.
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HardSaint wrote:not a bad reserves sideDevilhead wrote:
G Elliott - 8 & R. Elliott - 13
From the famous yet horrifying Western Oval '78 match
Butterss and Thomas hatching plans and dreams in the 2s
Back in those days, the footy record used to name players who were injured/unavailable in the reserves for some strange reason.
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Having perused the Coghlan post (and me being Bill Cannon) surely 24 is the greatest - (he played 1 game, but what a blinder - kicked 2 points (I'm sure it was 3 last time I looked - maybe give it another couple of days and your pick will be correct).
Anyone who gets to pull on a Saints jumper (and plays, I mean), is a champ.
Love 'em all.
Having perused the Coghlan post (and me being Bill Cannon) surely 24 is the greatest - (he played 1 game, but what a blinder - kicked 2 points (I'm sure it was 3 last time I looked - maybe give it another couple of days and your pick will be correct).
Anyone who gets to pull on a Saints jumper (and plays, I mean), is a champ.
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And neither did Bobby Skilton see much of him play that day Ecca shirt fronted SkiltsBernard Shakey wrote:Scary? You obviously never saw Eric Guy play.Con Gorozidis wrote:What number was russel jeffrey? 36 maybe ? Get him in.
Gun player and arguably the toughest saint ever. He was just a scary unit.
What abour rod keogh ?
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Yep Eric was the toughest Sainter I have ever seen............... none of the behind the ball stuff from Eric. He would just run in a straight line, with a very low centre of gravity for a big man, with those bandy legs pumping hard and it was look out anyone who got in the way of him and the ball.
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It was like lambs to the slaughter for "The Tank". He would be minding his man on the half back flank and one of those flashy players aka Laurie Kerr would start running and bouncing the ball along the wing and Eric would take off, leave his opponent and run in a direct line for the on-coming player. It was as if Guy had a magnet under his guernsey, they would make no attempt to run around him, the idiots would run straight into him. Then out would come the stretcher. Ho Hum!! It was noticeable that the opposing team never had the courage to remonstrate with Eric though. They would usually try and take Neil Roberts out in retaliation.borderbarry wrote:Anyone remember that Carlton game, when a Carlton player was taking a long run with many bounces down the field, and Eric shirtfronted him. You could see it coming when they were 30 yards apart. The poor bloke was stretchered off. and he was really black and blue. Was it Laurie Kerr?
Guy was a bricklayer by trade and was built like the proverbial brick dunny sh1t house. Those bandy legs couldnt stop a pig running through them. And the thatch of straw blonde hair that would flop up and down when he run with that funny gait he had was a sight to be seen
A comment Allan Jeans made about Eric has always remained with me. Jeans said, "Eric is as tough as a St Kilda boarding house steak". And for those who can recall the boarding houses around St Kilda in them there days they weren't salubrious places that served high cuisine by any stretch of the imagination.