Reveal The Player (Nicknames)

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Kookaburra = Alec Epis

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"is that you Tommy?"
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Mick wrote:Kookaburra = Alec Episode

Never shut up on the field
Too right!
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Mick wrote:"is that you Tommy?"
Tommy The Turk Lahif
Right again!!
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1. Tracker - Charles Forbes
2. Nipper - Ted Freyer
3. The Turk - Tommy Lahiff
4. Kookaburra - Alec Epis
5. Racehorse - Alan T Hird Snr
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Further clues....

1. Tracker - player of 1890's & 1900's (ruckman in our first premiership)
2. Nipper - player of the 1920's & 1930's (a goal kicking machine)
3. The Turk - Tommy Lahiff
4. Kookaburra - Alec Epis
5. Racehorse - player of the 1940's (think of a grandstand)
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BenDoolan wrote: 5. Racehorse - player of the 1940's (think of a grandstand)
Bill Ponsford?
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Allan T Hird = racehorse
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Ted Freyer = nipper
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Charlie Forbes = tracker
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^ Bang, bang, bang!
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Some more....a couple of simple ones amongst them.....

1. The General - James Hird
2. Nifty - Neville Fields
3. Bronco - Gary Grainger
4. Whimpy - Barry Grinter
5. Undies - Andrew Underwood
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BenDoolan wrote:Some more....a couple of simple ones amongst them.....

1. The General
2. Nifty
3. Bronco
4. Whimpy
5. Undies
The General isn't Sir James is it? I recall it being used by commentators in an ANZAC game.
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boncer34 wrote:
BenDoolan wrote:Some more....a couple of simple ones amongst them.....

1. The General
2. Nifty
3. Bronco
4. Whimpy
5. Undies
The General isn't Sir James is it? I recall it being used by commentators in an ANZAC game.
Yep, sure is Bonce. Well done!
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Nifty Neville Fields
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Having just read the Robert Shaw Same Olds article:

Gary Grainger = Bronco
Barry Grinter = Whimpy
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Mick wrote:Having just read the Robert Shaw Same Olds article:

Gary Grainger = Bronco
Barry Grinter = Whimpy
Ah bugger! Hoping that would have washed over :wink:
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Mick wrote:Nifty Neville Fields
Yep, that's the easy one...
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Would "Undies" be Andrew Underwood
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swoodley wrote:Would "Undies" be Andrew Underwood
That's a ripper get swoods! Well done.
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