Your Favourite All Time Tigers or Magpies Player

[InBenjiWeTrust]

elementary Dear Watson, BQ Marshall, daylight -> WJ Pearce

 

[innsaneink]

John Dorahy - man that guy was so evasive! I remember seeing him score a solo try from one end of the field to the other in driving rain at Lidcombe Oval one day, I think it was against Souths. Anyway doesn’t matter who, but he virtually side stepped every single player in the opposition team on his way to scoring - no one could lay a hand on him. As a kid, I thought he was magical! Sure could use a fullback like him in our team right now.

Didn't have to read far for my fave to be named.

Joe cool was as smooth as silk, so well balanced yet very quick, good defensively and a great goal kicker

 

[dazza65]

John Dorahy - man that guy was so evasive! I remember seeing him score a solo try from one end of the field to the other in driving rain at Lidcombe Oval one day, I think it was against Souths. Anyway doesn’t matter who, but he virtually side stepped every single player in the opposition team on his way to scoring - no one could lay a hand on him. As a kid, I thought he was magical! Sure could use a fullback like him in our team right now.

Didn't have to read far for my fave to be named.

Joe cool was as smooth as silk, so well balanced yet very quick, good defensively and a great goal kicker

And in the days where they all had “real jobs” I’m pretty sure Joe Cool was a butcher....! - had a shop in the back streets of lidcombe/ auburn from memory......

 

[GNR4LIFE]

No love for Les Boyd?

 

[stevied]

As a kid, Len Killeen, Joe Walsh, Keith Outten and Bob Smithies were my favourites. A bit later, Geoff Starling could have been anything but his career was cut very short by illness.
Loved Pringle, Hemsley, Roach and Pearce and Ellery. For the Wests Tigers, Benji would be my favourite I guess.

So you would have been watching the 69 win keenly. I was too young to watch but I do remember hearing of it vaguely on my dad's car radio.....

 

[stevied]

John Dorahy - man that guy was so evasive! I remember seeing him score a solo try from one end of the field to the other in driving rain at Lidcombe Oval one day, I think it was against Souths. Anyway doesn’t matter who, but he virtually side stepped every single player in the opposition team on his way to scoring - no one could lay a hand on him. As a kid, I thought he was magical! Sure could use a fullback like him in our team right now.

Didn't have to read far for my fave to be named.

Joe cool was as smooth as silk, so well balanced yet very quick, good defensively and a great goal kicker

And in the days where they all had “real jobs” I’m pretty sure Joe Cool was a butcher....! - had a shop in the back streets of lidcombe/ auburn from memory......

I do remember that!

 

[innsaneink]

John Dorahy - man that guy was so evasive! I remember seeing him score a solo try from one end of the field to the other in driving rain at Lidcombe Oval one day, I think it was against Souths. Anyway doesn’t matter who, but he virtually side stepped every single player in the opposition team on his way to scoring - no one could lay a hand on him. As a kid, I thought he was magical! Sure could use a fullback like him in our team right now.

Didn't have to read far for my fave to be named.

Joe cool was as smooth as silk, so well balanced yet very quick, good defensively and a great goal kicker

And in the days where they all had “real jobs” I’m pretty sure Joe Cool was a butcher....! - had a shop in the back streets of lidcombe/ auburn from memory......

Correct

 

[stevied]

It’s funny how a discussion topic heads off in all different directions. This one has become a sentimental journey for some.
Anyone remember Warren Boland’s playing days? I think he started at the Tigers then went to Wests. He was a reasonably fast, tough winger, if I recall, but only had a relatively short career. Finished up working for ABC radio calling the league. I thought he was very good in that role and, in my opinion, far more articulate and fluent than recent callers. What happened to him?

 

[Don Kershane]

Dennis Tutty and John Elford.

 

[stevied]

elementary Dear Watson, BQ Marshall, daylight -WJ Pearce

Ha ha, great minds think alike!

 

[Wounded_magpie]

I used to walk past Joe Cool’s butcher store on a regular basis hoping to catch a glimpse of him.
One day he was working on the front window display and smiled at me. I was ecstatic and still recall those days like it was yesterday.
I remember him badly breaking his ankle and being sidelined for a lengthy period, and his return game at a packed Lidcombe Oval

 

[Wounded_magpie]

It’s funny how a discussion topic heads off in all different directions. This one has become a sentimental journey for some.
Anyone remember Warren Boland’s playing days? I think he started at the Tigers then went to Wests. He was a reasonably fast, tough winger, if I recall, but only had a relatively short career. Finished up working for ABC radio calling the league. I thought he was very good in that role and, in my opinion, far more articulate and fluent than recent callers. What happened to him?

In his playing days, Warren Boland was working for 2SM - that was when 2SM was one of Sydney’s most popular radio stations
I still hear him occasionally on the radio today - I think he calls footy in Queensland

 

[yeti]

As a kid, Len Killeen, Joe Walsh, Keith Outten and Bob Smithies were my favourites. A bit later, Geoff Starling could have been anything but his career was cut very short by illness.
Loved Pringle, Hemsley, Roach and Pearce and Ellery. For the Wests Tigers, Benji would be my favourite I guess.

So you would have been watching the 69 win keenly. I was too young to watch but I do remember hearing of it vaguely on my dad's car radio.....

Alas, I didn't actually watch the game! Mum and dad took us on our first trip to the Snowy Mountains. Had a great time, but missed the game!

 

[Masterton]

I used to walk past Joe Cool’s butcher store on a regular basis hoping to catch a glimpse of him.
One day he was working on the front window display and smiled at me. I was ecstatic and still recall those days like it was yesterday.

"Going down Coles to get the snags?"
"Nah, think I'll drive 30 k to a good butcher."

 

[Masterton]

It’s funny how a discussion topic heads off in all different directions. This one has become a sentimental journey for some.
Anyone remember Warren Boland’s playing days? I think he started at the Tigers then went to Wests. He was a reasonably fast, tough winger, if I recall, but only had a relatively short career. Finished up working for ABC radio calling the league. I thought he was very good in that role and, in my opinion, far more articulate and fluent than recent callers. What happened to him?

In his playing days, Warren Boland was working for 2SM - that was when 2SM was one of Sydney’s most popular radio stations
I still hear him occasionally on the radio today - I think he calls footy in Queensland

In the 80s, the Magpies didn't get much time on commercial telly, but we had a good run on the ABC with Boland, Beetson and Peard.

 

[Spud_Murphy]

It’s funny how a discussion topic heads off in all different directions. This one has become a sentimental journey for some.
Anyone remember Warren Boland’s playing days? I think he started at the Tigers then went to Wests. He was a reasonably fast, tough winger, if I recall, but only had a relatively short career. Finished up working for ABC radio calling the league. I thought he was very good in that role and, in my opinion, far more articulate and fluent than recent callers. What happened to him?

I do remember Boland, he was a pretty good winger. Wasn't he our captain at one stage?

 

[bbobb]

No love for Les Boyd?

Yep here! My absolute favourite to watch as kid. Legs like tree trunks but had amazing pace and very hard to tackle. I think he was the first of the modern day back rowers and in his own way changed the game. Great front in defender as well.

He was areal firebrand when he first arrived at West’s and I remember watching him at Lidcombe Oval and teams Would try to bait him and he’d do something silly and get sent off. Masters arrived and settled him and he went on to play for NSW and Australia.

Obviously known for the origin incident with Brohman but I found him to be a lovely guy off the field.

My saddest Wests supporter days were losing Les and Joe Cool to Manly and Teddy to the Chooks.

 

[stevied]

It’s funny how a discussion topic heads off in all different directions. This one has become a sentimental journey for some.
Anyone remember Warren Boland’s playing days? I think he started at the Tigers then went to Wests. He was a reasonably fast, tough winger, if I recall, but only had a relatively short career. Finished up working for ABC radio calling the league. I thought he was very good in that role and, in my opinion, far more articulate and fluent than recent callers. What happened to him?

In his playing days, Warren Boland was working for 2SM - that was when 2SM was one of Sydney’s most popular radio stations
I still hear him occasionally on the radio today - I think he calls footy in Queensland

Very interesting. So it wasn't ABC but 2SM he was on? I used to listen to 2SM all the time.....for the music. I used to collect the Top 40 charts they put out!

 

[stevied]

It’s funny how a discussion topic heads off in all different directions. This one has become a sentimental journey for some.
Anyone remember Warren Boland’s playing days? I think he started at the Tigers then went to Wests. He was a reasonably fast, tough winger, if I recall, but only had a relatively short career. Finished up working for ABC radio calling the league. I thought he was very good in that role and, in my opinion, far more articulate and fluent than recent callers. What happened to him?

I do remember Boland, he was a pretty good winger. Wasn't he our captain at one stage?

Yes, for Wests.

 

[Spud_Murphy]

No love for Les Boyd?

Yep here! My absolute favourite to watch as kid. Legs like tree trunks but had amazing pace and very hard to tackle. I think he was the first of the modern day back rowers and in his own way changed the game. Great front in defender as well.

He was areal firebrand when he first arrived at West’s and I remember watching him at Lidcombe Oval and teams Would try to bait him and he’d do something silly and get sent off. Masters arrived and settled him and he went on to play for NSW and Australia.

Obviously known for the origin incident with Brohman but I found him to be a lovely guy off the field.

**> My saddest Wests supporter days were losing Les and Joe Cool to Manly** and Teddy to the Chooks.


Yeah that was a really low point losing those two and hooker Ray Brown also, all at the same time, to the bloody silverttails of all teams! Roy obviously didn't instill enough hate for Manly into them as we all thought he did. Either that or money just talked ?