Graham “Polly” Farmer was many things; a revolutionary innovator of handball skills, brilliant ruck and legend of the game…he also once made a claim that with hindsight can only be described as a howler. Warwick Nolan on when WA met Tasmania in 1970.
Almanac Footy History: 50 Years On – Hawthorn’s Nadir, May 1970
May 22, 2020 by 10 Comments
It’s a question that has bugged Warwick Nolan for 50 years! What on earth happened to Hawthorn in that 12 months between May 1970 and May 1971?
Almanac Footy History: 50 Years On – Richmond Little League 1967
October 21, 2017 by 9 Comments
Remember this from earlier in the year?
It will be precisely fifty years ago this Saturday to the day – May 13th – that the VFL Little League made its fourteen minute half time debut at VFL football grounds. Blair Campbell was coach, Warwick Nolan was in the yellow and black
Where are they now? Does anyone know?
50 Years On – The 1966 Footy Cards
September 23, 2016 by 7 Comments
Warwick Nolan discusses the 1966 Scanlen’s Footy Card series with a few interesting insights.
50 Years On – Brunswick Street Ground
August 19, 2016 by 5 Comments
Warwick Nolan takes us back to 1966, with a fantastic account of Fitzroy’s final ever VFL game at the Brunswick St Oval in the penultimate round of the season. A game Carl Ditterich will remember for all the wrong reasons. [50 year anniversary occasion will be marked at Brunswick Street Oval TOMORROW (Saturday), where Fitzroy play Old Scotch in a crucial VAFA Premier B clash – Ed].
Anzac Day 1966
April 25, 2016 by 12 Comments
Warwick Nolan recalls ANZAC Day 1966, when a 10 year old journeys to the MCG to watch his Saints do battle with Melbourne
1966 St.Kilda Premiership Reunion – 5 Years On
August 9, 2014 by 5 Comments
Warwick Nolan writes poignantly of the reunion of 1966 St Kilda premiership players that was held 5 years ago. A celebration of player’s achievements or fan’s memories? The toughest contests are not always on the field.
One Question for Max Papley
July 28, 2014 by 9 Comments
Daryl Baldock was a genius across many sports, not just footy. Warwick Nolan enquires if anyone has heard of Max Papley who partnered the great man to win a ‘double wicket’ cricket tournament in the 60’s.
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