Carolyn Spooner continues her creative take on footy playing positions. This time Carolyn looks at some of the small forwards and resting rovers who have made their mark on the position, and she identifies the appropriate apparel each should wear.
Almanac (Creative) Footy: In the lockers with the small forward pockets
September 25, 2024 by 3 Comments
Almanac (Footy) History: Jack Cooper – Courageous Fitzroy footballer and Anzac soldier
April 25, 2024 by 2 Comments
At a time of remembrance for soldiers who served and gave their lives in The Great War, Roger Spaull pays tribute to Jack Cooper, champion footballer of the Fitzroy Football Club. In this moving and in-depth account of a footballer and soldier, Roger paints a picture of a man who served his club, and his country, and made the supreme sacrifice on the Menin Road, Passchendaele .
Almanac Local History – Cazaly Rests in Coburg Cemetery
February 15, 2024 by 1 Comment
Allan Barden continues his series on the resting place of sports luminaries in Coburg Cemetery. Today’s focus is the Cazaly family.
Almanac Footy History: Why Not Tom Leahy?
May 8, 2023 by 10 Comments
Michael Sexton suggests there is a compelling case for the induction of former South Australian champion Tom Leahy into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
St. Kilda’s most successful team between 1897 and 1964
May 13, 2020 by 7 Comments
Many great players represented the Saints between 1897 and 1964. Here Mark Tenny looks through teams and players of those years to find the best team of the period. [Many sliding doors – Ed].
Almanac Teams – Exceptional Elevens
May 29, 2018 by 14 Comments
He’s back! After a tsunami of Almanac Teams concepts, Phil Dimitriadis has continued on his numbers theme – this time going up to eleven.
Almanac Football: AFLX – Something old, nothing new?
February 16, 2018 by 2 Comments
Some of the rules of the new AFLX competition are not as ground-breaking as they may first appear, as Robert Allen muses.
Almanac Book Extract – Cazaly: Reappraising the Legend
September 18, 2017 by 3 Comments
Cazaly: The Legend is the first biography to examine the life and times of champion footballer Roy Cazaly. In this extract from his new book, Robert Allen recalls what Cazaly’s contemporaries said of his prowess, reveals the process of selecting the inaugural Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees in 1996 and discusses the challenges of identifying and ranking great players from across different eras.
Almanac Footy History: Cazaly (a new biography)
August 3, 2017 by 2 Comments
Robert Allen’s book – thoroughly researched – is being launched on Aug 16. Here’s a little about it.
Kicking The Stigma Project: Tasmania
May 8, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Stepping out onto the field, Jackson Clark encountered a few players who openly talked about their mental health issues. It is a promising show for the future generations where this stigma is removed once and for all.
George Ronald Cole – Footballer Senator
February 1, 2017 by 1 Comment
Never heard of George Cole? Well, he was a school teaching, grassroots footballer of outstanding ability well known throughout Tasmania who later become a Federal Politician. His remarkable story is told here.
Round 6 – Collingwood v Geelong: Roy Blicavs and Skeeter Stanley wind back the clock
May 14, 2015 by 11 Comments
John Harms went to the footy on Friday night out of habit, wondering if the marriage was over. He left feeling a new sparkle in the relationship. Roy Blicavs and Skeeter Stanley and their link with a glorious past, and a manic first half, turned it all around.
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