How true is this?

Submitted by Wally from Wil… on

Why aren't Fred Cook & Gerry Callahan, and most probably others, in the Hall of Fame?

Answer: because they didn't play in the VFL/AFL (although Fred did play a few games for Footscray before his heart problems)

Frank Johnson is the only VFA player that has made it to my knowledge, surely there must be some that are worthy, or am I bashing my head against a brick wall?

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/playing-the-hall-of-fame-game-201…

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billythekid Wed, 10 Jun 2015 - 13:26

Wally from Williamstown wrote:

This was interesting reading also, I have a good friend from Willi in his late 70's now who can remember Todd playing for Willi & claims he was every bit as good as his record suggests

http://boylesfootballphotos.net.au/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=27

When the VFA resumed competition in 1945, Todd moved to full-forward. He kicked a VFA-record 188 goals in the 1945 season, which still stands today,[8] and scored twenty in one match against Oakleigh. Altogether for Williamstown, Todd played 141 matches for 672 goals, in the process playing in premiership sides in 1945 and 1949, by which time he was captain-coach. In all, his career at Collingwood and Williamstown produced 999 goals from 217 games.

My late father saw him play in his last years at Williamstown 1946 - 49 after he returned from WW2 and started following Sandringham who just happend to win the 1946 flag and reckons he was still able to take a big grab and was brilliant on a lead.

vfa Wed, 10 Jun 2015 - 16:14

Ron Todd, Soapy Vallance, Jack Titus, Des Fothergill and Keith Miller to name a few. There were some very big names in VFA back then.

billythekid Wed, 10 Jun 2015 - 20:52

vfa you missed out on two of the biggest VFL stars that crossed over to the VFA without a

permit in that era the Great Laurie Nash at Camberwell the other was goal kicking machine Bob Pratt at Coburg.

vfa Wed, 10 Jun 2015 - 22:06

Todd vallance titus fothergill miller nash and pratt very impressive list billy. What an era for stars in vfa.

billythekid Thu, 11 Jun 2015 - 07:27

vfa wrote:

Todd vallance titus fothergill miller nash and pratt very impressive list billy. What an era for stars in vfa.

Im pretty certain where where a lot more very good ex VFL players in the VFA at that time and that led to the 1939 GF record crowd at the MCG of 48,238
The other time the VFA had 41,000 at the G was for the visit of the American"Great white Fleet" that visited Melbourne in 1908 and a lot of the sailors attended the GF The other times the VFA had 40,000 was at the Junction Oval in 1949 and 1953 GFs

In the CH 10 direct TV against the gate era the biggest crowd was the 1976 GF 32,176 Dandenong v Port at the Junction Oval Not likely to see a crowd that size again.

Heath_eld Sat, 13 Jun 2015 - 12:40

billythekid wrote:

vfa wrote:

Todd vallance titus fothergill miller nash and pratt very impressive list billy. What an era for stars in vfa.

Im pretty certain where where a lot more very good ex VFL players in the VFA at that time and that led to the 1939 GF record crowd at the MCG of 48,238

The other time the VFA had 41,000 at the G was for the visit of the American"Great white Fleet" that visited Melbourne in 1908 and a lot of the sailors attended the GF The other times the VFA had 40,000 was at the Junction Oval in 1949 and 1953 GFs

In the CH 10 direct TV against the gate era the biggest crowd was the 1976 GF 32,176 Dandenong v Port at the Junction Oval Not likely to see a crowd that size again.

Probably not to see VFA clubs - but I think Footscray last year showed that there is an appetite for suburban football if people identify with it.

Wally from Wil… Topic starter Sat, 13 Jun 2015 - 17:06

Probably not to see VFA clubs - but I think Footscray last year showed that there is an appetite for suburban football if people identify with it.

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Except the Bulldogs seem to be alienating some of their fans, sadly ...