Allan Jeans 21/9/33- 12/7/11 RIP

bigcarl · Post: # 1104047Post **bigcarl** » Wed 13 Jul 2011 11:37am

sends a shiver down the spine

bigcarl · Post: # 1104048Post **bigcarl** » Wed 13 Jul 2011 11:37am

apologies. double post

St Lenny · Post: # 1104049Post **St Lenny** » Wed 13 Jul 2011 11:40am

A very sad day for St Kilda and Hawthorn. RIP Yabby and thankyou.

bergsone · Post: # 1104054Post **bergsone** » Wed 13 Jul 2011 11:54am

St Lenny wrote:A very sad day for St Kilda and Hawthorn. RIP Yabby and thankyou.

How did he get that name Yabby?

SaintDebi · Wed 13 Jul 2011 11:56am

Thank you Allan Jeans, And God bless.
RIP.

westy · Post: # 1104056Post **westy** » Wed 13 Jul 2011 12:02pm

Rest In Peace Yabby. Catch up with 'The Doc'

I Love Peter Kiel · Wed 13 Jul 2011 12:02pm

The club has lost its father figure. Jeansy! You beauty!

The Doc as well this year!

A really sad day.

yipper · Post: # 1104058Post **yipper** » Wed 13 Jul 2011 12:02pm

Fair dinkum sad day. What a football great this bloke was. Legend in every sense. Met him twice and spoke to him on the phone twice. Just in awe of him. Our greatest coach - and he was just as revered at the Hawks. He has mentored our coaches for years - including Rossy. RIP to a another magnificent Saint. Loved our club. we owe him our gratitude.

I Love Peter Kiel · Wed 13 Jul 2011 12:03pm

bigcarl wrote:

sends a shiver down the spine

Fantastic!

perfectionist · Wed 13 Jul 2011 12:18pm

bergsone wrote:...How did he get that name Yabby?

From the Weekly Times of 11/7/11:
Asked about his nickname of "Yabbie", Jeans said it was all to do with the locals at Tocumwal.
"My (older) brother Len was "Lobby", short for lobster. One of his mates reckoned I was just a little yabbie, so Yabbie I became."

dcstkfc · Post: # 1104065Post **dcstkfc** » Wed 13 Jul 2011 12:19pm

"25 minutes to make a name for yourself, like you've never made before."

RIP Allan. The man who ended the waiting.

perfectionist · Wed 13 Jul 2011 12:27pm

I Love Peter Kiel · Wed 13 Jul 2011 12:31pm

This obviously has the end of the '66 Grand Final but also some stuff afterwards that i hadn't seen.

dcstkfc · Post: # 1104071Post **dcstkfc** » Wed 13 Jul 2011 12:33pm

perfectionist wrote:

Spine-tingling 45 years on.

The emotion and relief after such a long drought is palpable.

B W and R all over · Wed 13 Jul 2011 12:44pm

My fondest memory of Allan has nothing to do with football.

He was delivering the eulogy at a funeral for a young man who had committed suicide. He used that moment to reach out to all the young people in the room about the need to speak to someone and to get help if they are feeling down and that it all might be too much.

Afterwards he spoke to plenty of young and old people about all aspects of life. He took a genuine interest in all of them and I'm sure they all benefitted from it.

The kid whose funeral it was happened to be Allan's own grandson. How anyone could possibly speak so eloquently and have so much compassion for strangers after their own grandchild had taken their own life is beyond me.

R.I.P Allan.

mr six o'clock · Wed 13 Jul 2011 12:57pm

A sad day for all football !
R.I.P

Saints Angel · Wed 13 Jul 2011 1:21pm

[quote="St George"]Just heard Allan Jean's pre 1989 Grand Final address to the Hawks team, played by Steve Price & Sam Newman on MTR - sensational!

Would be inpirational to play to the Saints before the West Coast game.[/quote]

I was thinking the same thing. We need to win on Saturday and to have the players hear one of Yabby's speeches can only drive them on to victory.

Would like to see the Saints do something for Alan Jeans besides wear black armbands. RIP Alan Jeans.

Saints Angel · Wed 13 Jul 2011 1:22pm

[quote="St George"]Just heard Allan Jean's pre 1989 Grand Final address to the Hawks team, played by Steve Price & Sam Newman on MTR - sensational!

Would be inpirational to play to the Saints before the West Coast game.[/quote]

I was thinking the same thing. We need to win on Saturday and to have the players hear one of Yabby's speeches can only drive them on to victory.

Would like to see the Saints do something for Alan Jeans besides wear black armbands. RIP Alan Jeans.

Thinline · Post: # 1104093Post **Thinline** » Wed 13 Jul 2011 1:40pm

If ever there was a moment to rise above the sordid nonsense that kickstarted this year and put aside the sloppy, tired play that's too iften become our 2011 trademark and make a proud statement, now is it. Never been one for 'do it for 'x'' type motivation, but this is different. This bloke is at the top of our tree. Historically vital and, as someone who had the pleasure of meeting him twice, a generous, decent and genuinely thoughtful bloke. RIP.

mordi · Post: # 1104104Post **mordi** » Wed 13 Jul 2011 2:22pm

I Love Peter Kiel wrote:This obviously has the end of the '66 Grand Final but also some stuff afterwards that i hadn't seen.

Is the 66 GF post game , lap of honour etc on the DVD ? Never seen this.....

matrix · Post: # 1104106Post **matrix** » Wed 13 Jul 2011 2:24pm

RIP yabby

some stirring words in that you tube link
if youve played footy and im guessing theres lots of us here that have at all levels...then that shouldve got you a little pumped and brought back some of your own memories from games, when it was all on the line.

it certainly did for me.

a legend of the game.

PakenhamSaint · Wed 13 Jul 2011 2:29pm

Farewell Yabby! He will be sadly missed.

stkildathunda · Wed 13 Jul 2011 2:34pm

dcstkfc wrote:"25 minutes to make a name for yourself, like you've never made before."

RIP Allan. The man who ended the waiting.

Grimfang · Post: # 1104128Post **Grimfang** » Wed 13 Jul 2011 3:03pm

RIP Yabby.

You will always hold a special place in the hearts of Saints fans.

kosifantutti23 · Wed 13 Jul 2011 4:29pm

RIP Yabby.