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Lawrence Angwin - The kid could have been anything. Had more natural talent in his little finger than 80% of footballers in the AFL. I still remember one passage of play against the Eagles @ Subiaco. Such a pity and a waste


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Rhino?


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Stephen Oliver
Warren Ralph
David Honeybun
Ross Ditchburn
Peter Motley (absolute tragedy)


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Ruckus wrote:
Good thread!

First to spring to mind was Andrew Phillips, a blooming career all too obviously cut short by injury. It was a joy to watch him rise through the ranks, and such a pity that he didn't have the chance to really show the footy world just how good he was.



Agreed, great thread and Phillips is most definitely the one that got away in terms of injury. This bloke could have been anything!

Adrian Whitehead was the next Robert Harvey IMO the way he moved and had beautiful disposal.

Justin Davies could have been a star under the right tutelage.

Karl Norman had soooo much talent, God knows how we lost him. This guy was the next big thing IMO. The worst thing we ever did to our club was bringing in that nob Angwin cause he took Norman down with him.


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cj69 wrote:
Stephen Oliver
Warren Ralph
David Honeybun
Ross Ditchburn
Peter Motley (absolute tragedy)


Ross Ditchburn was a fav player of mine and he made it....his father became ill and he returned home to help him out on the farm.
He wasnt given the flick due to not making it...
If I wanted someone to kick straight to save my life I would have chosen Ross Ditchburn.....

Peter Motley doesnt deserve to be in the " not making it bracket".....he never got a chance...as you said absolute tragedy
...he would have made it and probably won a brownlow he was that good.

Allan Montgomery came over with Ross Ditchburn from WA and started well in the preseason but never kicked on........cant remember what happened to him though....maybe someone else can ?

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I was a fan of James Cook for most of his career. A young full forward who could kick a bag wearing navy blue seemed like a dream come true duing a era when every other club seemed to have a dominant full forward.


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grrofunger wrote:
jonathon "kenny" mccormick - used to call him kenny cos he had a bit of ken from street fighter 2 about him

and karl norman - i really wish he wasnt a mental patient - he oozed talent


This guy should be playing AFL now. If there was ever an example of one guy carrying an entire team it was Hopper doing this last year for Wangaratta Magpies in the O & M where they won the premiership and he won the league B & F. Hopper McCormick = courage/skill/fantastic footballer.

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I was a fan of James Cook for most of his career. A young full forward who could kick a bag wearing navy blue seemed like a dream come true duing a era when every other club seemed to have a dominant full forward.


Off the field James Cook was lazy. He was a lazy trainer and drank lots of p*ss and ate sh*t food. He showed Carlton fans what could have been.

Think he is playing in QLD now.

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Hopper McCormick = courage/skill/fantastic footballer.


Everything but the skill IMO.


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eric pascoe (for all those over 40). Had the height, the physique, the endeavour but sadly lacked talent


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Seen a lot of footballers come through the doors at CFC,and i can say without any hesitation that Stephen Oliver was easilly the most gifted player that never made it.But that was his choice unfortunately.A brilliant and gifted footballer that just didnt want to be here.If he had of stuck around he would have been spoken of in the same revered manner as the likes of Big Nick,Jezza,Sticks etc.A truly magnificent footballer.

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I think Simon Verbeek would be one that falls into the category of giving it his best shot but just falling short of the mark in the AFL. I first saw Simon playing for Oakleigh in the VFA. Was a gun player at that level. Was BOG in the 2nd Division grand final in 1988 playing CHF. Came over to the Blues in 1989 and did very well early on but couldn't go on with it.


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I was a fan of James Cook for most of his career. A young full forward who could kick a bag wearing navy blue seemed like a dream come true duing a era when every other club seemed to have a dominant full forward.


I was at one of his first games against North where he took an absolute specky and thought man, this kid is going to be huge....


Two of my favourites were Warren McKenzie and Darren Ogier.


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Karl Norman. After seeing him in play in a game against the Cats in '04 I thought he could be anything.


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Steve Da Rui. Was a big lad and had a great touch of ongrel in him.


Yeah, I'll second that AIRCAV.
No one enjoyed running through opponents more than Da Rui. :-D
I enjoyed watching him play.

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Here is one from left field - from the early 90's - Paul McMaster - good size chf - only played ressies - He wore the number 42 i believe. I think he then went on to play for sandy in the vfl.


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Another player - probabaly late 80's - was jeremy smith - dont know why we got rid of him in the end - seemed like we showed patience with him and then he got a game in the one's - played ok and then was delisted. very strange.


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Hey, i remember a Mrs Jean Cook. Something to do with the Carlton Supprters Club when i was a nipper in the cheer squad many years ago?


http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php? ... +Jean+Cook

Good memory 7dominator.


There have been a few mentions of James Cook. No doubt many had him slated for a big Carlton career but at the bottom of his Blueseum biography may be a sign of why he didn't make it:

http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=James+Cook

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In a television interview in July 2006, Carlton's Coach of the Century, David Parkin, was asked who was the most difficult player he had encountered. Without hesitation, he replied; 'James Cook - on a coachability scale of one to a hundred, I'd give him a two.' Which pretty well sums up James' football career.


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