The man who is responsible for drawing the VFL/AFL Premiership Poster (and former cartoonist at the now defunct Herald Newspaper) has passed away at 85.

Hope he has drawn a Number 17 and filed it away for use in the very near future.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/ ... 62,00.html


A winning Grand Final Day was not complete without picking up about a dozen or so posters outside the MCG (I have done that a few times ).

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"Hence you will not say that Greeks fight like heroes but that heroes fight like Greeks"?

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His 8 Carlton posters still hold pride of place in my Study and always will..........RIP.

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No ones listening till you make a mistake.

A one-man institution.

Will be sadly missed - RIP.

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Richard Pratt - A Carlton legend.

hopefully he taught someone else to draw those posters

a #17 is a must !!

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*(grow - fun - gah)

Yeah but whatabout your whataboutism.

The posters and the company is now owned by someone else and still trade under the name WEG. They have a shop is Kilsyth and have been producing the posters for many years so #17 won't be an issue.

Have an artist proof copy of our first in 1906 which hangs in the study. Looks Magic!

Legend and he did it all for charity!!

Many years ago I won a raffle at a work do where the prize was a GF style pic of yours truly by the great man himself. I still have it somewhere.

RIP

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RIP WEG

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There's so much I could say...

Yes, RIP.

The great thing about the Carlton premiership poster is we have never had to put up with a stupid anonymous Hawk, Swan Cat or Eagle taking up the entire poster.

Weg was forced to include a caricature of our captains on each of ours and they make the posters much more charming and personal than for any of the other teams. The only other charicature I can remember on any of the post 1954 posters was I think a small Sheedy riding atop a bomber Dr Strangelove style for the 2000 premiership.

One of the great institutions of the game though, the WEG poster.

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I always felt his 1987 Premiership Poster was pretty disappointing. It was the first year after he had "retired" from "The Herald" - and the actual WEG Poster was sponsored by someone else - and it was 'top & tailed' with their sponsorship logos.

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"Hence you will not say that Greeks fight like heroes but that heroes fight like Greeks"?

Winston Churchill

Not exactly right Jars.....I have all of the original posters; and the only Carlton posters depicting a Captain are .......

1968.....Barassi.....1979.....Jezza....1982.....Fitzpatrick; and 1995 Sticks Kernahan.....all of the rest are unfortunately just anonymous caricatures.

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No probs warby, wish I had all the posters!

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Jars....I've still got his address and Home 'phone number; as we met him once just briefly; and he seemed genuinely thrilled that I had the whole 8 Carlton set; and I was also going to ask him why he didn't stick to the Captain format......but now....alas....I'll never know......

As John Kennedy famously said...."Don't think.....Do"

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I'm double glazed.

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"Hence you will not say that Greeks fight like heroes but that heroes fight like Greeks"?

Winston Churchill

Actually I always thought the Swan in the 2005 one was meant to look like Barry Hall...but maybe that was just me.

Anyway sad news this, legend. RIP WEG.

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