Re: Reveal The Player (Nicknames)
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 8:32 pm
Kookaburra = Alec Epis
Never shut up on the field
Never shut up on the field
"is that you Tommy?"
Tommy The Turk Lahif
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Re: Reveal The Player (Nicknames)
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 8:35 pm
Re: Reveal The Player (Nicknames)
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 9:19 pm
Too right!Mick wrote:Kookaburra = Alec Episode
Never shut up on the field
Re: Reveal The Player (Nicknames)
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 9:20 pm
Right again!!Mick wrote:"is that you Tommy?"
Tommy The Turk Lahif
Re: Reveal The Player (Nicknames)
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 9:22 pm
1. Tracker - Charles Forbes
2. Nipper - Ted Freyer
3. The Turk - Tommy Lahiff
4. Kookaburra - Alec Epis
5. Racehorse - Alan T Hird Snr
2. Nipper - Ted Freyer
3. The Turk - Tommy Lahiff
4. Kookaburra - Alec Epis
5. Racehorse - Alan T Hird Snr
Re: Reveal The Player (Nicknames)
Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 8:20 pm
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)
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)
Re: Reveal The Player (Nicknames)
Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 8:26 pm
Bill Ponsford?BenDoolan wrote: 5. Racehorse - player of the 1940's (think of a grandstand)
Re: Reveal The Player (Nicknames)
Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 8:29 pm
Allan T Hird = racehorse
Re: Reveal The Player (Nicknames)
Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 8:31 pm
Ted Freyer = nipper
Re: Reveal The Player (Nicknames)
Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 8:33 pm
Charlie Forbes = tracker
Re: Reveal The Player (Nicknames)
Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 9:54 pm
^ Bang, bang, bang!
Re: Reveal The Player (Nicknames)
Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 9:53 am
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
1. The General - James Hird
2. Nifty - Neville Fields
3. Bronco - Gary Grainger
4. Whimpy - Barry Grinter
5. Undies - Andrew Underwood
Re: Reveal The Player (Nicknames)
Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 10:02 am
The General isn't Sir James is it? I recall it being used by commentators in an ANZAC game.BenDoolan wrote:Some more....a couple of simple ones amongst them.....
1. The General
2. Nifty
3. Bronco
4. Whimpy
5. Undies
Re: Reveal The Player (Nicknames)
Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 10:08 am
Yep, sure is Bonce. Well done!boncer34 wrote:The General isn't Sir James is it? I recall it being used by commentators in an ANZAC game.BenDoolan wrote:Some more....a couple of simple ones amongst them.....
1. The General
2. Nifty
3. Bronco
4. Whimpy
5. Undies
Re: Reveal The Player (Nicknames)
Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 12:38 pm
Nifty Neville Fields
Re: Reveal The Player (Nicknames)
Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 12:42 pm
Having just read the Robert Shaw Same Olds article:
Gary Grainger = Bronco
Barry Grinter = Whimpy
Gary Grainger = Bronco
Barry Grinter = Whimpy
Re: Reveal The Player (Nicknames)
Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 1:30 pm
Ah bugger! Hoping that would have washed overMick wrote:Having just read the Robert Shaw Same Olds article:
Gary Grainger = Bronco
Barry Grinter = Whimpy
Re: Reveal The Player (Nicknames)
Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 1:30 pm
Yep, that's the easy one...Mick wrote:Nifty Neville Fields
Re: Reveal The Player (Nicknames)
Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 1:37 pm
Would "Undies" be Andrew Underwood
Re: Reveal The Player (Nicknames)
Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 1:38 pm
That's a ripper get swoods! Well done.swoodley wrote:Would "Undies" be Andrew Underwood