George Harris passes away

DownUnderChick · **Posted:** Tue Nov 27, 2007 7:38 pm

To the mods, as a sign of respect can you change the Chris Judd in our profiles to George Harris for the rest of this week please?

Kouta · **Posted:** Tue Nov 27, 2007 7:50 pm

Just an out and out legend - George Harris: Photo Gallery.

Vale George Harris.

MIL · **Joined:** Sat Jul 01, 2006 9:43 pm **Posts:** 4745

Rest easy George. A true Blue legend. The 17th is not far away.....

sandramd · **Posted:** Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:00 pm

Condolences Harris family. RIP

George Harris put the arrogance into Carlton and made us all believers maybe we need a Harris cup against Collingwood in memory of the great man.

1979 Norm Smith medal · **Posted:** Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:03 pm

Warby wrote:

Vale George....I was lucky to meet you and talk with you a few times...

..a true visionary before your time, and you were the catalyst for our

great Club's revival, and the establishment of the CFC as a Super

Power......an absolute legend sadly missed.

Great photo, Warby.

It is important to be reminded of what he gave to this club - and what he gave was premierships.

You will not be forgotten, George. Thanks for giving so much time, effort, concern and love to the Carlton Football Club.

AGRO · **Posted:** Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:57 pm

DownUnderChick wrote:

To the mods, as a sign of respect can you change the Chris Judd in our profiles to George Harris for the rest of this week please?

I think that would be an appropriate mark of respect.

People of my generation remember the the 6 flags (8 Grand Final appearances) in 15 years (1968 to 1982) with great fondness and it was largely built on the back of George Harris's vision & legacy. :-D

Navy One · **Posted:** Tue Nov 27, 2007 10:00 pm

George, you kick started a great Carlton dynasty and you left us just when we're about to begin another. Deep down you must have known that we're in good hands.

R.I.P. George and condolences to the Harris family

zoneman · **Joined:** Fri May 20, 2005 12:03 pm **Posts:** 765

A great article by Ron Reed. Make no mistake, George Harris was a great man.
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,22833650%255E19762,00.html

DownUnderChick · **Posted:** Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:44 am

To the mods - a big thank you.

camel · **Posted:** Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:57 am

DownUnderChick wrote:

To the mods - a big thank you.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Big_T · **Posted:** Thu Nov 29, 2007 12:09 am

camelboy wrote:

DownUnderChick wrote:

To the mods - a big thank you.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Great work DUC and Mods... We will all wear the name with honour and pride...

Car17on · **Posted:** Fri Nov 30, 2007 8:49 pm

my two cents wrote:

jimmae wrote:

Noted him as an absentee for the last fortnight or so (I'm assuming it was the man himself who held the George Harris forum account).

And Santa Claus is for real too...

I was thinking the same thing, and remembered the couple of banters back and forth during game-day discussions

RIP (the real) George .. and condolences to the extended Harris clan

DocSherrin III · **Joined:** Tue Mar 29, 2005 2:09 pm **Posts:** 17229

A pretty good turnout for George's funeral this afternoon which began with Sinatra's "My Way" blaring out from the speakers...pretty much summed the man up right there I reckon... Good to see many old stalwarts in attendance - namely Barassi, Collo, Lofts and Jimmy Buckley (some pretty tough Carlton men in that lot). Some nice reflections from family members and tributes from Mike Williamson, Barass, Dennis Munari and Ian Collins. George did one final lap of honour around the ground before the rain came.

At the end of the Service booklet there was an interesting story...

After putting up his age to enlist in the army, George sailed with Joe (brother) from Perth to Singapore in 1940. There they met up with their father Joe Senior who had been put in charge of the armed truck division and who requested that his sons join him in that division. Later they were all taken with other prisoners of the Japanese, to work on the railway at Changi - for the next 3 and a half years. Miraculously, they all returned from the war together.

Keith, Joe and eventually George all suffered from the same disease Mylodysplasia - which has been attributed to the wood from the ship on which they sailed from Australia.

DownUnderChick · **Posted:** Mon Dec 03, 2007 3:35 pm

Thanks for that Dr.

Was there any media in attendance?

What about currentl players?

Warby · **Posted:** Mon Dec 03, 2007 3:49 pm

Thanks for the report mate.... :wink:

DocSherrin III · **Joined:** Tue Mar 29, 2005 2:09 pm **Posts:** 17229

Great job by Tony De Bolfo on writing this up.

http://carltonfc.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/4311/Default.aspx?newsId=53996

DownUnderChick · **Posted:** Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:24 am

Thanks for the Dr.

Nice that Jarrad was there - no doubt representing Vin.

Synbad · **Posted:** Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:47 am

I reckon each and every player on our list should have gone to the funeral.
All are at a great club because of the great man!!!

DocSherrin III · **Joined:** Tue Mar 29, 2005 2:09 pm **Posts:** 17229

Quote:

I reckon each and every player on our list should have gone to the funeral.
All are at a great club because of the great man!!!

Synners - I think with regards to the players that were there they probably put their hands up to attend. Hats off to Jarrad, Brendan and Andrew for doing so along with some recently retired boys. But funerals are a funny thing, and most of our guys are very young and would only be turning up because they were told to and it wouldn't mean much...much better to have a round of golf with the past players than to make small talk at a funeral...and the round of golf will be happening in the new year.

AGRO · **Posted:** Tue Dec 04, 2007 1:49 pm

Dr.SHERRIN wrote:

Quote:

I reckon each and every player on our list should have gone to the funeral.
All are at a great club because of the great man!!!

Synners - I think with regards to the players that were there they probably put their hands up to attend. Hats off to Jarrad, Brendan and Andrew for doing so along with some recently retired boys. But funerals are a funny thing, and most of our guys are very young and would only be turning up because they were told to and it wouldn't mean much...much better to have a round of golf with the past players than to make small talk at a funeral...and the round of golf will be happening in the new year.

Would have meant as much as Nick Reiwoldt being a pall bearer at Graeme Kennedy's funeral.

It was good that Jarrad attended as his father was recruited to Carlton under George's Presidency.

With regard to yonng players not knowing much about club history - part of their development program should involve teaching them about club history etc - in much the same way young children should get taught proper Australian History (themes please spare me :roll:

) and Civics.

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