Roger Spaull begins his history of the Lexton Football League and the Lexton Football Club with an overview of the role of country footy as seen through the eyes of Richmond great, Jack Dyer, in an interview conducted by the club in 1971.
Almanac Footy History: The Lexton Football League and Lexton Football Club – Part 1
Finals Week 1 – Brisbane v Richmond: Captain’s call
John Green went into Richmond’s first final confident. After avidly following the glittering career of skipper Trent Cotchin, John was let down by Richmond’s loss to the Lions.
Almanac Footy History – Wilfred Smallhorn: The Remarkable Chicken
Adam Muyt recounts the wonderful story of Fitzroy FC legend, Wilfred ‘Chicken’ Smallhorn.
Almanac (Footy) Memoir: The day I met Captain Blood
Murray Walding comes from a Richmond family. This is his story of meeting Jack Dyer. [Brilliant atmospheric description – Ed]
Workplace Football: An introduction and overview
What modern Australian workplace would be without footy chat? But the Australian workplace has a connection to Aussie Rules that goes way back. Anna Pavlou introduces a fascinating look at the history of workplace football. Contains traces of Captain Blood. (A project generously supported by Peter Stirk – Ed)
Premiership Tiger Dreams of a 1967 Repeat
KB Hill looks back at the life and career of John Perry who played in Richmond’s 1967 Grand Final win. A fascinating overview of the player’s career, family connections to footy and some of the legends he played with and against.
Musings on History Part 2
Stainless Steele has lived a Tiger life, as has his family. He has written about with insight and perspective over the years here at the Almanac. It’s appropriate that his is our first Grand Final report from a Tiger.
37 Years Have Come to This.
Vaughan Menlove looks back on his lifetime as a Richmond supporter, but looks forward too, as he prepares for his first ever Grand Final.
Lou Richards’ Master Class At Melbourne High
Braham Dabscheck recalls the time Lou Richards and Jack Dyer were invited to give a talk at Melbourne High School. Easily the most engaging talk he ever heard as a student.
The Back To The Future Footy Panel
Lou Richards’ funeral yesterday was a beautiful tribute to a footy and media legend. We look back at a classic piece of humour from Phil Dimitriadis. Originally published five years ago.
In the testing ground with the centre half backs
Carolyn Spooner’s review of the champions of the footy spine has reached the heroic position of centre half back.
Round 19 – GWS v Richmond: The final insult
Paddy Grindlay begins reading “Finding Jack Dyer” but he’s nowhere to be found in Canberra
Almanac History: George Goninon and the “punt drop” kick
Jim Johnson creator of the Stab Punt presents research evidence of George Goninon’s use of a Drop Punt in his success at goal kicking.
Era, era on the wall, which was the greatest of them all?
Wondering how to get your footy fix until next April? In the first of a nine-part series, Jeff Dowsing has scoured the history books looking at Footy ‘then’ to understand footy ‘now’. While this series has a distinctly VFL focus, the question remains: has much really changed in footy?
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