Verdun Howell Brownlow 1958

walski · Post: # 760623Post **walski** » Fri 19 Jun 2009 12:04am

Lucky I found some good info from hutchy finally.

Great for the club to buy his brownlow back. Gotta just give big thumbs up for the club/board reacquiring heritage like that....

Is the gentleman still alive??? Again great initiative by the club!!!

Enrico_Misso · Fri 19 Jun 2009 12:11am

Great news - well done to the board.

Any idea how much we paid ?

walski · Post: # 760630Post **walski** » Fri 19 Jun 2009 12:13am

Enrico_Misso wrote:Great news - well done to the board.

Any idea how much we paid ?

No figure was said...... in the segment..

Launcestonsaint · Fri 19 Jun 2009 12:29am

walski wrote:Lucky I found some good info from hutchy finally.

Great for the club to buy his brownlow back. Gotta just give big thumbs up for the club/board reacquiring heritage like that....

Is the gentleman still alive??? Again great initiative by the club!!!

Verdun is still alive in Western Australia.
A job well done by our club's board.
Thanks for the news, I went outside to get some wood in when Hutchy was on as I normally do & missed the announcement.

jonesy · Post: # 760641Post **jonesy** » Fri 19 Jun 2009 12:31am

Usually no one believes a word Hutchy says?

unless it's a good news story,then it's Gospel

ausfatcat · Post: # 760716Post **ausfatcat** » Fri 19 Jun 2009 11:11am

was looking for between 30,000 and 50,000 so somewhere around there.

GrumpyOne · Post: # 760720Post **GrumpyOne** » Fri 19 Jun 2009 11:17am

Was a bit miffed that Verdun was selling his Brownlow, but had the reasons explained to me in a pm, and understood the need.

Excellant effort by all concerned to bring this off. After all, Verdun was one off the players who took cents in the dollar owed so that we still have a club to support.

SENsei · Post: # 760735Post **SENsei** » Fri 19 Jun 2009 11:50am

GrumpyOne wrote:Was a bit miffed that Verdun was selling his Brownlow, but had the reasons explained to me in a pm, and understood the need.

Excellant effort by all concerned to bring this off. After all, Verdun was one off the players who took cents in the dollar owed so that we still have a club to support.

Has Verdun fallen on hard times?

ausfatcat · Post: # 760736Post **ausfatcat** » Fri 19 Jun 2009 11:51am

Was reported family financial problems along with potential big health bills.

Mr Magic · Post: # 760766Post **Mr Magic** » Fri 19 Jun 2009 1:51pm

Did Hutchy actually state that the sale has taken place?

mcadam05 · Post: # 760768Post **mcadam05** » Fri 19 Jun 2009 1:53pm

GrumpyOne wrote:
Excellant effort by all concerned to bring this off. After all, Verdun was one off the players who took cents in the dollar owed so that we still have a club to support.

He Was? are you sure. his last game was in 1968 how would the club owe him any money by the early 80s

Animal Enclosure · Fri 19 Jun 2009 1:59pm

jonesy wrote:Usually no one believes a word Hutchy says?

unless it's a good news story,then it's Gospel

Probably because he very rarely has a good news story. He's usually delving through rubbish bins & trawling up cr@p on people. Or just making it up.

Just because he reports a good story doesn't make him a decent bloke.

Mr Magic · Post: # 760771Post **Mr Magic** » Fri 19 Jun 2009 2:02pm

Animal Enclosure wrote:
jonesy wrote:Usually no one believes a word Hutchy says?

unless it's a good news story,then it's Gospel
Probably because he very rarely has a good news story. He's usually delving through rubbish bins & trawling up cr@p on people. Or just making it up.

Just because he reports a good story doesn't make him a decent bloke.

If he said that the deal has been done, then I reckon Hutchy is a bit like Carlscum's slogan on this story - premature.

jonesy · Post: # 760780Post **jonesy** » Fri 19 Jun 2009 2:37pm

Animal Enclosure wrote:
jonesy wrote:Usually no one believes a word Hutchy says?

unless it's a good news story,then it's Gospel
Probably because he very rarely has a good news story. He's usually delving through rubbish bins & trawling up cr@p on people. Or just making it up.

Just because he reports a good story doesn't make him a decent bloke.

Didn't say he was a decent bloke.
Just interesting if he had of stated something negative the thread would be full of "BS. The bald germ is lying again" ,"scum of the earth liar" ,etc etc

Mr Magic · Post: # 760792Post **Mr Magic** » Fri 19 Jun 2009 3:04pm

Another Saints item of interest in the same auction is written up here:-

http://www.fullstory.com.au/?levNp&FuUz&&NZT

GrumpyOne · Post: # 760799Post **GrumpyOne** » Fri 19 Jun 2009 3:31pm

Mr Magic wrote:Another Saints item of interest in the same auction is written up here:-

http://www.fullstory.com.au/?levNp&FuUz&&NZT

A word of caution..... the W E Green company is still producing reprints of the Grand Final Winners Posters.

If you intend bidding, make sure you are getting a 1966 issue one, not a later reprint.

GrumpyOne · Post: # 760800Post **GrumpyOne** » Fri 19 Jun 2009 3:34pm

mcadam05 wrote:
GrumpyOne wrote:
Excellant effort by all concerned to bring this off. After all, Verdun was one off the players who took cents in the dollar owed so that we still have a club to support.

He Was? are you sure. his last game was in 1968 how would the club owe him any money by the early 80s

Not 100% sure as I can't find my copy of "The Point of it All" to confirm. Perhaps someone could look it up for us?

mcadam05 · Post: # 760818Post **mcadam05** » Fri 19 Jun 2009 4:14pm

GrumpyOne wrote:
mcadam05 wrote:
GrumpyOne wrote:
Excellant effort by all concerned to bring this off. After all, Verdun was one off the players who took cents in the dollar owed so that we still have a club to support.

He Was? are you sure. his last game was in 1968 how would the club owe him any money by the early 80s
Not 100% sure as I can't find my copy of "The Point of it All" to confirm. Perhaps someone could look it up for us?

he did go too Richmond too coach there 2nds, maybe he did some coaching for us too

its funny if the club did buy it theres still no mention of it on leskis site
or the clubs

HarveysDeciple · Fri 19 Jun 2009 4:19pm

mcadam05 wrote:
GrumpyOne wrote:
mcadam05 wrote:
GrumpyOne wrote:
Excellant effort by all concerned to bring this off. After all, Verdun was one off the players who took cents in the dollar owed so that we still have a club to support.

He Was? are you sure. his last game was in 1968 how would the club owe him any money by the early 80s
Not 100% sure as I can't find my copy of "The Point of it All" to confirm. Perhaps someone could look it up for us?
he did go too Richmond too coach there 2nds, maybe he did some coaching for us too

its funny if the club did buy it theres still no mention of it on leskis site
or the clubs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdun_Howell

Just checked here and it only says he coached Richmond's twos.

Im sure the Point of it All would be a touch more accurate but it doesn't appear he coached us at any level.

Mr Magic · Post: # 760822Post **Mr Magic** » Fri 19 Jun 2009 4:23pm

mcadam05 wrote:
GrumpyOne wrote:
mcadam05 wrote:
GrumpyOne wrote:
Excellant effort by all concerned to bring this off. After all, Verdun was one off the players who took cents in the dollar owed so that we still have a club to support.

He Was? are you sure. his last game was in 1968 how would the club owe him any money by the early 80s
Not 100% sure as I can't find my copy of "The Point of it All" to confirm. Perhaps someone could look it up for us?
he did go too Richmond too coach there 2nds, maybe he did some coaching for us too

its funny if the club did buy it theres still no mention of it on leskis site
or the clubs

Hence my post earlier about Hutchy being premature.

If there is a deal I hope he hasn't stuffed it up in some way by announcing it too early?

stinger · Post: # 760871Post **stinger** » Fri 19 Jun 2009 6:03pm

Animal Enclosure wrote:
jonesy wrote:Usually no one believes a word Hutchy says?

unless it's a good news story,then it's Gospel
Probably because he very rarely has a good news story. He's usually delving through rubbish bins & trawling up cr@p on people. Or just making it up.

Just because he reports a good story doesn't make him a decent bloke.

got that right...the guy's a piece of crap.....

(some posters get offended......along with their children it would seem if i say turd......)

...but if anyone was to buy the medal....the club would be my preferred destination......

perfectionist · Fri 19 Jun 2009 6:46pm

GrumpyOne wrote:..Not 100% sure as I can't find my copy of "The Point of it All" to confirm. ..

What? Almost speechless!

It makes no mention of it, as only a half a dozen of the major creditors are mentioned from the players and coaches who were owed $470,797. So it could be, perhaps from a provident fund. It would not have been much by 1984.

bobmurray · Post: # 760916Post **bobmurray** » Fri 19 Jun 2009 8:19pm

Animal Enclosure wrote:
jonesy wrote:Usually no one believes a word Hutchy says?

unless it's a good news story,then it's Gospel
Probably because he very rarely has a good news story. He's usually delving through rubbish bins & trawling up cr@p on people. Or just making it up.

Just because he reports a good story doesn't make him a decent bloke.

Did you here the audience calling Hutchy a hack ,and other things,during his segment,he's as popular as constipation...

st_Trav_ofWA · Sat 20 Jun 2009 12:56pm

Verdun is very much alive

and i can confirm that hutchy is right our CEO mike Nettelfold is very keen on St Kilda keeping our herritage so the club (much to the joy of Verdun) is going to be purchasing the medal off him ..... Verdun is going to be our very special guest at the Western Saints Pre Game function befor the Westcoast game so i urge all Western Saints or saints from Everywhere else comming over for this game to contact us at westernsaints@saints.com.au to get your tickets to meet the great man and be part of what will be a great day

perfectionist · Sat 20 Jun 2009 1:30pm

I think he was the last fullback to win the Brownlow. Reason he won? He took heaps of contested marks and was a beautiful kick.

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