Bill Wedding
of Norwood wins a ruck tap against West Adelaide in the so called 'Turkish
Bath' grand final of 1961.
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Morningside's
Rick Newman takes a one hander in 1988. |
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High
flying action from the 1993 SANFL grand final between Norwood and the
Eagles.
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Chris
Mitchell (WA) appears to have the sit against VFL opponents John Newman
(no. 17) and Peter Walker (no. 2). |
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Sturt's
Rick Davies marks against South Adelaide in 1977. |
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Zac
Creed of Kedron 'has the sit' against Coorparoo.
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Pittman
of Norwood contests with Redden of North Adelaide.
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Warwick Capper
marks for Southport against Morningside. |
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Kilda's 'blond bombshell' Carl Ditterich gets high off the ground to mark
against Carlton.
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A hotly
contested mark from a game between Port Adelaide and Glenelg at Football
Park in 1994.
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Footscray's
Merv Hobbs takes one of the most famous grabs of the 1960s in the 1961
preliminary final clash against Melbourne.
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East Perth's Tierney takes a
screamer against East Fremantle. |
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Jack Clarke
(East Fremantle) has front position in this ruck contest with Perth's Tom
Davis. |
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Wayne Johnston
of Carlton looks set to mark against Hawthorn. |
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Adelaide's
Shaun Rehn uses a team mate as a convenient step ladder. |
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Norwood's
Bruce Winter takes a spectacular grab against his former club, Sturt. |
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This
enormous goal line pile up was not enough to prevent Collingwood
registering full points against essendon in this early '60s encounter.
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East Fremantle
champion Con Regan takes a typically resolute mark. |
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aerial action from the 1964 SANFL grand final, which produced the most
recent of South Adelaide's 11 premierships. |
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Warwick
Capper, this time for Sydney, takes a trademark grab against Hawthorn. |
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Geoff Kingston
of West Torrens takes a superb grab against North Adelaide in the 1963
SANFL preliminary final. |
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Peter Hudson
(TFL) shows perfect anticipation to take a strong grab from behind in a
1978 intra-state clash against the NTFA. |
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North
Melbourne's John Dugdale takes a classical high mark against St Kilda. |
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West
Adelaide's Neil Kerley, at rear, is seemingly well placed to mark against
Port Adelaide. |
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Ralph Rogerson
of East Perth effects a classic spoil against South Fremantle, whose Stan
Badham (lower right) is about to feel the full, 90kg weight of Ray
Giblett. |
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High flying
goal mouth action between West Adelaide and Sturt at Richmond Oval in
1994. |
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John
Gerovich marks for South Fremantle in a 1950s Freo Derby. |
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South
Australia's Graham Molloy marks strongly over team mate Peter Darley in
the match against Tasmania at the 1969 Adelaide Carnival. Molloy
tied with Western Australia's Peter Eakins for the 1969 Tassie Medal. |
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The great
Polly Farmer is all calm assurance as he marks comfortably against
Hawthorn in the 1963 VFL grand final. |
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Richard
Cochrane (Central District) marks against Norwood in 1977. |
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Fletcher of
Essendon marks against Geelong in the late '60s. |
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Western Derby action: Fremantle's Scott Chisholm floats over the pack to
take a screamer. |
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Despite barely
getting his feet off the ground, South Adelaide's Peter Darley is in the
perfect position to mark in this game against Port Adelaide. |
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Action from a
1969 clash between Subiaco and West Perth: Subiaco's Peter Burton (left)
contests a hit-out with the Cardinals' Brian Sampson. |
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High
flying action from Sandgate versus Windsor-Zillmere in 1987. |
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Alberton Oval,
1968, and Sturt's Weir and Murphy successfully prevent Port Adelaide's
Spencer from marking. |
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Collingwood's
David Cloke contests a hit out with Jim Jess of Richmond during the 1985
season. |
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Sam Wood of
the East Coast Eagles marks strongly against North Shore. |
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West Adelaide
spearhead Roger Luders takes a spectacular grab against Woodville. |
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North Hobart's
Ross Collins is set to take a 'one hander' against Sandy Bay in this TFL
action shot from the late '70s. |
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Mayne's Scott
Cooper marks well against Southport in May 1990. |
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Perched atop
his Norwood opponent's shoulders, Neville Roberts of West Torrens takes a
screamer at Football Park in 1977. |
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Matthew
Richardson takes a ride courtesy of Mick Martyn of the Kangaroos. |
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Champion North
Melbourne wingman Keith Greig is about to mark against Hawthorn in the
1975 VFL grand final. |
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West Perth
captain-coach Graham 'Polly' Farmer marks in typical masterful style
against his former team, East Perth, in the 1969 WANFL grand final. |
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Rugged aerial
action from the 1973 VFL grand final between the two 'power sides' of the
day, Richmond and Carlton. |
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North
Melbourne in the 'box seat' against soon-to-be-extinct opposition in
Fitzroy. |
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Footy in the
national capital in 1921, three years before a formal competition was
established there. |
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Western
Suburbs and Newtown do battle in the Sydney competition during the early
1930s. |
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High flying
action from one of the most famous matches of all time, the 1970 VFL grand
final between Carlton and Collingwood. |
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A typically
dynamic Barrie Robran mark, taken against South Adelaide at Adelaide Oval,
with Don Lindner in the role of step ladder. |
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Sandy Bay
ruck-rover Michael Seddon gets high above the pack in this game against
New Norfolk from 1978. |
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Brett Chalmers
of Port Adelaide soars high off the ground to mark against Woodville-West
Torrens at Football Park in 1992.
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Richmond's
Neville Crowe and Terry Gleeson of Melbourne contest a hit-out during a
match at the MCG in the early 1960s. |
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Great timing
ensures that Geelong's Tim Evans gets his hands to the ball ahead of team
mate Doug Wade and Collingwood's Peter McKenna - action from the 1972 VFL
season.
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Football Alice
Springs style from the 1954 season. |
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North
Launceston's Alec Downes marks brilliantly over Terry Freeman of Longford
during the opening round of the 1978 NTFA season. |
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A routine
Graham Cornes grab, taken against Sturt. |
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West Perth's
champion ruckman Brian Foley manages to find space to mark easily. |
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North
Melbourne's John Jenkins was too good for his South Melbourne opponent
Neville Forge on this occasion. |
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