Hawthorn fan Grant Fraser enjoyed his club’s glory days of not too many years ago but he also remembers the days of the Hawks’ quintessential icon, Peter Crimmins.
In a recent contribution on the MCC blog Balcony Banter, Grant explained the centrality of Crimmins to all that is great about the Hawks.
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As a stranger to VFL I asked Dad in the mid 1960’s why Hawthorn were always so bad. He gave a sociological explanation about them coming from the leafy wealthy eastern suburbs of Melbourne, and therefore not tough enough to be a “real football club”. Little did we know!
It was always Crimmins and Matthews as the roving (ask your grandparents) pair. The Legend always played second feature in the double bill.