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‘The Grand Old Football Warrior……’ by KB Hill

October 3, 2019 by Almanac Admin 1 Comment

James Edward Flynn was a triple premiership winning player for Carlton just over one hundred years ago. KB Hill tells Flynn’s story – as only KB can.

Filed Under: Almanac History, Carlton Blues, Collingwood Magpies, Essendon Bombers, Football History, Geelong Cats, K B Hill, Old Footballers, People and Memories, RIchmond, VFL Tagged With: Alex Lang, Canterbury, Carlton, Collingwood, Devenish, Doug Gillespie, Douglas Fraser, Essendon, Fred Elliott, Geelong, George Bruce, George Topping, Gordon Green, Henry Young, Jack Worrall, James Edward Flynn, Joe McShane, Pat Flynn, Richmond, St James Hotel, The Argus

Almanac Teams – A Festival of Freds

April 16, 2019 by Phillip Dimitriadis 19 Comments

Fabulous Phil Dimitriadis has come up with a festival of Freds in this cracking team of Freds.

Filed Under: Funny Teams, General Footy Writing Tagged With: "Book of VFL Finals" Graeme Atkinson, Fred Baring, Fred Burge, Fred Cook, Fred Elliott, Fred Fair-weather, Fred Fanning, Fred Fitzgibbon, Fred Flanagan, Fred Froude, Fred Gallagher, Fred Goldsmith, Fred Green, Fred Heifner, Fred Hughson, Fred leach, Fred Metcalf, Fred Phillips, Fred Rooney, Fred Sawyer, Fred Smallhorn, Fred Stafford, Fred Swift, Fred Wain, Fred Way, Fred Wooller, Freddy Fender

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