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.

More and more I like this AGRO...........

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?

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.

Happy 70th birthday Bruce Doull