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| Author: | Keith Urban [ Mon Mar 21, 2005 2:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | What's happened to WES LOFTS? |
I'm just wondering if anyone can tell me what has happened to Wes Lofts? We all hear about big Jack, but Wes - who served the club for a long time just doesn't get a mention...so what's he up to these days? |
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| Author: | darknavy [ Mon Mar 21, 2005 2:52 pm ] |
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He was a stunt trainer for the axe swinging sequences in The Lord of the Rings |
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| Author: | The Tyrant [ Mon Mar 21, 2005 3:12 pm ] |
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He's Captain Carlton |
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| Author: | Electric Blue [ Mon Mar 21, 2005 3:20 pm ] |
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See pointless thread for the answer. |
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| Author: | Keith Urban [ Tue Mar 29, 2005 9:56 am ] |
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Sorry - was after an actual answer here. You might not like the guy, but he did a great deal for the Blues including being a premiership player so lets not forget the good things people do. Someone must know where he is and what he's up to ...does he attend any games ever? |
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| Author: | St Fidelius [ Tue Mar 29, 2005 10:00 am ] |
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Is this the same Wes Lofts??? http://www.apra.gov.au/media-releases/01_39.cfm |
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| Author: | BlueBern [ Tue Mar 29, 2005 12:25 pm ] |
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Mmmm...and Geoff Leek was an Essendon* player from the 60s. |
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| Author: | Warby [ Tue Mar 29, 2005 4:21 pm ] |
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I did business with Wes Lofts in the late 60's thru the 70's when he traded as Wes Lofts Packaging Supplies in West Melbourne....a successful business at the time.... Geoff Leek was a salesman for him in those days. |
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| Author: | The Castlemaine Kid [ Tue Mar 29, 2005 6:40 pm ] |
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Other than quiting the darts, Wes hasn't changed much. He is still very much a Carlton man and attends the majority of Melbounre based games, a lot of the time with Jack and the other old boys. Still lives in town and maintains a very keen interest in the blues on field performance. |
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| Author: | AGRO [ Tue Mar 29, 2005 9:15 pm ] |
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If you look at the Grand Finals of 81 & 82 the person sitting next to David Parkin in the coaches box is Wes Lofts (actually I think its the only person sitting in the coaches box with him). Wes had a greatly exaggerated reputation as a "tough player" in the 60's. But he basically ran the football dept in the 80s and whilst an Elliott man in the main had the club's interests at heart. |
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| Author: | molsey [ Tue Mar 29, 2005 10:36 pm ] |
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Met Wes a few years ago as a tutor to his son. Son was a big lump of a guy. |
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| Author: | blueman [ Wed Mar 30, 2005 7:00 am ] |
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The Wes Lofts in that APRA post is the Carlton Wes Lofts. I do recall that Wes did have some legal problems to do with a superannuation fund and the use of super fund assets a few years back. Was in the news at the time. |
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