Dirtiest act on the footy field?

[Ford Fairlane]

Was that the one where he broke Stephen Barratt's leg?

There was also the one that ended Twiggy Caldwell's career the year before.

I suspect it might have been the right hook that busted Peter Maynard's eardrum. The ump was right there and Cornes was pointing madly at the collapsing Maynard to get the ump's attention.

I think it was the week before in the 1982 second-semi, Greg Turbill planted an elbow flush into Marty Leslie's face and broke his cheekbone. Right in front of the umpire, but he suffered momentary blindness at that moment too. Legend has it Leslie only realised his cheekbone was broken when he tried to put his mouthguard back in and it wouldn't fit.

 

[sjt1]

Dog act.

Says plenty about the character of a bloke who king hits a player 10 goals up in the last quarter of a GF. Gutless.

If I was computer literate I'd put Schuberts King hit on Gowans 15 seconds earlier on here. The reason James only got 3 games! Says plenty about the character of a bloke who king hits a player nowhere near the ball in the last quarter of a GF, splitting his mouth open, when their teams 10 goals down. It was just lucky "Soders" caught Schuberts cowardly act on a camera that can capture actions behind the play.
If Schubert didn't cop what he dished out he would have got off scott free.
There would have been no Gowans punch if it weren't for Schuberts actions. Would you cop someone cowardly hitting you behind play ?

 

[PrideOf]

Scott Salisbury kinghitting Richard Champion right in front of me during the Escort/FAI Cup Final in 1990(?), opening him up and producing more claret than Wolf Blass' bib.

But as karma would have it, the little shit went on to be a moneybags architect didn't he.

Love the reaction Salisbury gets from the Port faithful. If he'd been in prison bars, he'd be hailed as living the creed.

 

[tribey]

Love the reaction Salisbury gets from the Port faithful. If he'd been in prison bars, he'd be hailed as living the creed.

If he'd been in the prisonbars he might've been lucky enough to have, say, half as many premiership medals as Paul Northeast.

 

[SPOFFORTH]

If he'd been in the prisonbars he might've been lucky enough to have, say, half as many premiership medals as Paul Northeast.

all australian, salisbury x2, northa a big fat 0,

 

[tribey]

all australian, salisbury x2, northa a big fat 0,

Paul Northeast: 8
Glenelg: 6

 

[Freomaniac]

Cornes was lucky Dave didn't land this one properly.

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Well, that was a nasty hit on Cornes

 

[JPetro83]

steven sims in the 91 grand final
granger
and yeah that one up the top is a flipping cowardly dog act aswell

Sims was never remorseful after his behavior that day. Its what he is remembered for.. mention 1991 SANFL GF and his name is front of mind.

 

[Freomaniac]

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Paul Northeast: 8
Glenelg: 6

Well it's Glenelg : 7 now

 

[Robranisgod]

Stephen Copping on Roger Carlaw in the 1986 Grand Final was up there with Sims, Granger and Gowans and yet never gets mentioned. How the goal umpire missed it was extraordinary. David Wildy certainly saw it.

 

[Freomaniac]

Was that the one where he broke Stephen Barratt's leg?

There was also the one that ended Twiggy Caldwell's career the year before.



I have the vid of that right here on my hard drive. Might have to put it back up on you tube at some point.

Yep that 1982 preliminary final was when Steve Barratts leg was broken

 

[Robranisgod]

Probably the worst incident I ever saw was when Keith Spencer broke Bohdan Jaworskyj's in the middle of Alberton Oval in July, 1972. It would have been horrific if it had been anyone, but Jaworskyj was such a fair ball player who didn't deserve treatment like that. One of Jaworsky's teeth end up embedded in Spencer's elbow such was the impact of the hit. Spencer escaped with only about a 5 week suspension. Many players of that era consider Spencer the dirtiest player from their time in the game. In my time he is probably second only to Granger.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Seen a few over the years, but I'd opt for Kerley's felling of Nygaard in 1969. Totally unnecessary, and I heard if the impact was an inch or two closer it could have killed him. I used to be a Kerley fan until that day.

 

[killer]

....He was then kicked by a girl carrying blue and red streamers
and punched in the jaw by a middle aged man