No Carey in the AFL Hall of Fame…….Yet
Surely no one really expected Wayne Carey to be inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame this year did they? It was a huge talking point leading up to the AFL’s night of nights last night but really he was never going to be inducted. He will have to bide his time as Gary Ablett has done.
There were however 8 inductees into the AFL Hall of Fame last night and all of them certainly deserve their position. They were:
Kevin Sheedy - Coached Essendon 635 times, 1981-2007 (386 wins, 242 losses, 7 draws), Essendon premierships 1984, 1985, 1993, 2000. Played 251 games, kicking 91 goals for Richmond, 1967-1979, Richmond premierships 1969, 1973, 1974
Geoff Motely - Premierships 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965 Port Adelaide best-and-fairest 1958, 1959, 1963, 1965, Port Adelaide captain 1959-1966. SA state representative 28 times.
Noel Teasdale - Played 178 games, kicking 71 goals for North Melbourne, 1956-1967 North Melbourne pre-season premierships 1965, 1966 North Melbourne best-and-fairest 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, Brownlow medallist 1965.
Des Tuddenham - Played 251 games, kicking 317 goals for Collingwood and Essendon, 1962-1977. Collingwood captain 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1976 Essendon captain 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975
Gavin Brown - Collingwood premiership 1990, Collingwood best and fairest 1989, 1994, 1997, Collingwood captain 1994-1998, E J. Whitten medallist 1989, 1997.
Glen Jacovich - Played 276 games, kicking 60 goals for West Coast, 1991-2004, West Coast premierships 1992, 1994, West Coast best-and-fairest 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000.
Garry Hocking - Played 274 games, kicking 243 goals for Geelong, 1987-2001, Geelong best-and-fairest 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, Victorian state representative eight times All-Australian 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, Geelong captain 1995, 1999
Tom McArthur - Umpired a national record 502 senior games over four decades from 1959-1985, Officiated in 14 senior QAFL grand finals, Officiated in 10 Queensland state representative matches
A great achievement to all of the above! Alex Jesaulenko was one of the original inductees in 1996 and he became the 22nd man to receive legend status last night
Given that Sheedy was only now eligible to enter the Hall of Fame (had to be out of senior coaching), could he possibly be the first man to be promoted to legend status the year after being inducted? I can think of no other man who deserves the “legend” moniker more.
Well said Wounded Tiger
Are they adding no bodies now??
Gavin Brown? Noel Teasdale? and umpires???
Its fast becoming a joke
I agree with the umpire, I have never heard of him, but Gavin Brown and Noel Teasdale are worthy inductees I reckon.