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Almanac Teams: A Team of Footy Franks

July 6, 2019 by Phillip Dimitriadis 30 Comments

Phil Dimitriadis continues his run of Funny Teams, this time with a Team of Franks. What do you call a collection of Franks?

Filed Under: Fantasy Footy, Fantasy Teams, Funny Teams, General Footy Writing Tagged With: Frank 'Checker' Hughes, Frank Adams, Frank Anderson, Frank Aped, Frank Bizzotto, Frank Coghlan, Frank Considine, Frank Crapper, Frank Curico, Frank Davis, Frank Dimattina, Frank Dunell, Frank Giampaolo, Frank Gumbleton, Frank Johnson, Frank Kerr, Frank Maher, Frank Marchesani, Frank Mockridge, Frank Murphy, Frank Nash, Frank Pierce, Frank Raso, Frank Schwab, Frank Spokes, Frank Tuck, Frankenfurter

1973 – The VFL Around The Groundsmen

July 24, 2018 by Mark 'Swish' Schwerdt 17 Comments

Swish has come across this early 70s tribute to VFL around the grounds radio commentators and asks what it was like on your AM dial?

Filed Under: Football History, General Footy Writing, memoir, VFL Tagged With: Bill “Polly” Perkins, Bob Davis, Bruce Andrew, Don Williams, Doug Bigelow, Errol Hutchesson, Frank Considine, George Ferry, Gerald Bourke, Greg Brown, Hugh Mitchell, Ian Cleland, Ian Cooper, Jim Cleary, John Beckwith, John D’Arcy, Paddy Guinane, Peter Le Grand, Serio Silvagni, Ted Rippon, Tom Lahiff, Tony Banks, Tony Ongarello, Wes Gould

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