All Time Fantasy Draft: AFL

[The return]

oh then i pick..

lenny hayes as a unique ;P

[RiOtChEsS]

B: Brian Lake, Matthew Pavlich, Luke Hodge
HB: Brendon Goddard, Glen Jackovich, Sam Fisher
C: Adam Goodes, Michael Voss, Scott Pendlebury
HF: Steve Johnson, Matthew Richardson, Lance Franklin
FF: Matthew Lloyd, Tony Lockett, Darren Jarman
Followers: Aaron Sandilands, Nicholas Naitanui, Mark Ricciuto
Bench Andrew McLeod, Paul Chapman, Cyril Rioli, Joel Selwood
EMG Dale Thomas, _______, _______

side is subject to shuffling naturally ;)

[c4v3m4n]

For my first emergency pick, I choose...

..."Soapy".

He's the one on the left....



Harry "Soapy" Vallence is arguably the greatest full-forward ever to play for Carlton; and one of the greatest full-forwards of all time. In a senior career that spanned 21 years (Carlton 1926-1936, 1938; Williamstown (VFA) 1937, 1939-1942; Brighton (VFA) 1945-1946) he played over 250 games (actual number unkown) and kicked 1166 goals!

When he joined Carlton in 1926, the coaches had a hard time deciding where best to play him, throwing him into all different positions around the ground. After three years, they finally decided to put his incredible overhead marking talents to good use, playing him at full-forward. The rest the say, is history. :)

In an era dominated by great full-forwards like Coventry, Pratt, Mohr and Moriarty, he only ever once won the Coleman Medal (prior to 1955 it was just known as the Leading Goalkicker Award), but he managed a staggering 8 leading goalkicking awards at Carlton. His representative chances were very slim too, playing only 4 games, yet amazingly kicking 17 goals.

In 1937, he had a failing out with Carlton and was selected by Williamstown in the VFA as their captain-coach. After heaving negatiations, he was lured back to Carlton in 1938, where he went on to win a premiership with Blues. Amazingly, he left Carlton again in 1939, again playing for Williamstown. In the first season back, he kicked 133 goals (including 18 goals in a match!) and helped Williamstown to a premiership. He played at Williamstown up until 1942 when the league was stopped due to the war.

After the war ended, he decided to move to Brighton to become their captain-coach. In his final game in 1946, at the age of 41, he played one of his best ever games, kicking 11 goals!  :o :o

His career achievements:

• 250+ games (Carlton 204, Williamstown and Brighton unknown)
• 1166 career goals (Carlton 722, Williamstown 337, Brighton 88, Victoria 19)
• VFL Leading Goalkicker 1931
• Carlton Leading Goalkicker 1929, 1931, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938
• Carlton premiership 1938
• Williamstown Leading Goalkicker 1939, 1940, 1941
• Williamstown premiership 1939
• Victorian represenative (4 games, 17 goals)
• Member of Carlton "Team of the Century" and the AFL Hall of Fame

Welcome aboard Soapy. Another '1000+ goals' goalkicker to the team. Incredibly surprised he hadn't gone already... ???

c4v3m4n's Titans currently look like this:

FB:  Bernie Smith, Jack Regan, Vic Thorp
HB: Ron Clegg, Ted Whitten, Geof Motley
C:  Robert Flower, William Truscott, John Halbert
HF:  Dermott Brereton, Royce Hart, Stephen Kernahan
FF:  Bernie Naylor, Austin Robertson Jnr, George Doig
Followers:  Gary Dempsey, Jack Dyer, Len Fitzgerald

I/C:   Jim Stynes, Bernie Quinlan, Charlie Sutton, Jack Sheedy

EMG:   Harry Vallence, ______, _______

[AFEV]

Incredibly surprised you just picked an 8th tall forward :o :o :o

[c4v3m4n]

Incredibly surprised you just picked an 8th tall forward :o :o :o

Sid, are you really?  ;)

[Boomz]

Incredibly surprised you just picked an 8th tall forward :o :o :o

Sid, are you really?  ;)

It kills your team :-X Wouldn't work.

[AFEV]

Incredibly surprised you just picked an 8th tall forward :o :o :o

Sid, are you really?  ;)

Yes :P

[c4v3m4n]

Incredibly surprised you just picked an 8th tall forward :o :o :o

Sid, are you really?  ;)

Yes :P

Really really?

[RiOtChEsS]

Incredibly surprised you just picked an 8th tall forward :o :o :o

Sid, are you really?  ;)

Yes :P

Really really?

if the ball hits the ground ur in trouble...

[c4v3m4n]

Incredibly surprised you just picked an 8th tall forward :o :o :o

Sid, are you really?  ;)

Yes :P

Really really?

if the ball hits the ground ur in trouble...

Everyone has their own strategy, this is part of mine. It will become apparent soon enough.  8)

[AFEV]

LE is skipped, BB will also be skipped soon.

[elephants]

Picking emergencies?
I'll go with Peter Sumich then.

[bomberboy0618]

I dunno. I will pick van de haar.

[Boomz]

I'll take one of the stars of the TFL... Burnie Payne.

Speedy rover who won 2 William Leitch medals playing for Hobart throughout the 60's.

FB: Ivor Warne-Smith, Kelvin Moore, Ian Mckay
HB: Snowy Hamilton, Paul Roos, Denis Marshall
C: Lindsay Head, Russell Ebert, Jack E. Clarke
HF:Des Fothergill, Barrie Robran, Syd Jackson
FF: Jack Titus, Ken Farmer, George Moloney
Foll: Polly Farmer, Haydn Bunton Sr, Bob Rose
Interchange: Len Thompson, Neil Kerley, Mel Whinnen, Syd Barker

EMG: Burnie Payne, ____, ____

[Cookie Monster]

Dan Minogue (Collingwood/Richmond/Hawthorn)

4/9/1891-27/7/1961

Inducted: 1996

Courageous centre half-back. A broken collarbone in the first minute of the 1911 Grand Final didn’t stop him playing out the entire match.

Playing career: 1911-1926 (Coll 1911-1916, Rich 1920-1925, Haw 1926)

Games: 180 (Coll 85, Rich 94, Haw 1) Goals: 77 (Coll 37, Rich 38, Haw 2)

Player honors: Rich capt-coach 1920-1925; Rich premierships 1920-1921; Rich Best & Fairest 1920.

Coaching record: Richmond 1920-1925 (105 games, 59 wins, 45 losses, 1 draw); Hawthorn 1926-1927 (36 games, 4 wins, 31 losses, 1 draw); Carlton 1929-1934 (117 games, 85 wins, 32 losses), St Kilda 1935-1938 (54 games, 30 wins, 24 losses), Fitzroy 1940-1942 (51 matches, 25 wins, 26 losses).