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 Post subject: Re: Bruce Doull No4?
PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 11:14 pm 
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frank dardew wrote:
Agree also with Agro Doully owned Royce Hart who was a brilliant player
I always put it down to the fact that Bruce could match him in the air get the spoil in but was cat like in his recovery and would mop up the spilled ball whilst Hart was wondering how he didnt take the mark

Bruce was really the first attacking hbf who was the harbinger for the modern hbf who sets up the play and is the springboard into attack

Going on a little further it was sublime to see both Jezza and doull on the hbf - :clap:


And McKay (and later big Val) as attacking CHB. Those 70s teams were unbelievable.


David McKay was the best consistent mark of a ball that I have ever seen. What a pair of hands!
The best one-off mark I ever saw, though, was by John Gould (I'm pretty sure it was an interstate game and he was playing CHB for Vic, of course). The ball was kicked high and long in the direction of Gould right on the half time siren, and I remember with one straight arm raised almost vertically above his head he marked it. What was so good about it was that he just plucked it out of the air as he had just begun walking off the field, like someone casually catching a tennis ball thrown at them in one easy grab or a fielder catching a baseball with a glove. The ball just flew into his hand and it stayed there. I remember the crowd roared in amazement as Gould just kept the ball aloft with that straight arm for a good five seconds or more before dropping it on the turf and continuing to walk off the field. I never forgot it although it happened some 40 odd years ago.


In fact, Goold was the most consistent spectacular one-handed mark I've ever seen. He seemed to take one every couple of weeks. And I don't mean ones like Fev did where he'd hold off the full-back and take a one-hander on his chest. No, Ragsy used to take finger-tip one-handers. I remember one where he rode a guy, had knees in his back, and plucked a one-hander. Awesome athlete. Represented the country in 3 sports too.

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moshe25 wrote:
More and more I like this AGRO...........




More and more I grew to like and will continue to like this Moshe25.



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 Post subject: Re: Bruce Doull No4?
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Agree Agro thanks for bringing this thread back a few old stagers here :thumbsup: reminiscing about the good old days and the Blues champs and champion teams from a bygone era


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 Post subject: Re: Bruce Doull No4?
PostPosted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 3:53 pm 
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I enjoyed reading this thread again.

October 7 1972

Ragsy

Nichols

Champions on every line

RIP Moshe :clap: :clap: :clap: :thanks:

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Wow, what a great read, born in 67 so my memories started around 1977, sure remember 1979.

Thanks guys, reading about the 70's and the mighty blues brings a tear to my eye, especially Moshe's input, pure gold.


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 Post subject: Re: Bruce Doull No4?
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As a 9 year old child I wrote to the club complaining about them giving John Goold's number to the relatively untried Bruce Doull on the basis that he hadn't earned the right to step into the great man's guernsey number. Seems my fervent opposition to recruiting Patrick Cripps with pick 13 may not have been the first time I marginally underestimated a player's potential.


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 Post subject: Re: Bruce Doull No4?
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Dunno if this is the best place to post this, but it's been really nice seeing people re-reading some of Moshe's posts.

Sad, of course, but also very heart warming.

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blueslander wrote:
What an amazing story, do you happen to know how many games/seasons he played in the number 4 jumper?

My memory of Bruce Doull dates back to the mid-70's, at that stage he had the reputation of being super cool, does anyone know roughly when he became regarded as a legend of the game, was there any one incident that stands out above another?
Not that many. It was his first season on the senior list. He didn't even have a proper bald patch, let alone the headband.


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 Post subject: Re: Bruce Doull No4?
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Played quite a few reserved matches before establishing himself if irr


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 Post subject: Re: Bruce Doull No4?
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ianh wrote:
As a 9 year old child I wrote to the club complaining about them giving John Goold's number to the relatively untried Bruce Doull on the basis that he hadn't earned the right to step into the great man's guernsey number. Seems my fervent opposition to recruiting Patrick Cripps with pick 13 may not have been the first time I marginally underestimated a player's potential.


What a great story :thumbsup:

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Doull
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 Post subject: Re: Bruce Doull No4?
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Happy 70th birthday Bruce Doull

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 Post subject: Re: Bruce Doull No4?
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CK95 wrote:
Happy 70th birthday Bruce Doull



Yippee

Its Inernational Doull Day or Flying Doormat Day

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