Jimmy and Phil Krakouer

[LB2Snake]

Funny how Kevin Sheedy discovered indigenous players a year after Phillip tore them apart one Friday night at the MCG.

“The squeaky wheel gets the oil“ should be on K Sheedy’s tombstone when the time comes.

 

[Mav]

Funny how Kevin Sheedy discovered indigenous players a year after Phillip tore them apart one Friday night at the MCG.

Watch the start of the 1981 WAFL grand final. One of the best games I’ve ever been too (Tigers supporter). Jimmy and Phil standing up to guys a foot taller than them, never backing down.

Maurice Rioli and Stephen Michael playing for South’s. Krakouers for Claremont. Michael was close to the best player I ever saw. He was amazing.

But yep, Sheedy discovered indigenous players!

 

[Del191229]

Watch the start of the 1981 WAFL grand final. One of the best games I’ve ever been too (Tigers supporter). Jimmy and Phil standing up to guys a foot taller than them, never backing down.

Maurice Rioli and Stephen Michael playing for South’s. Krakouers for Claremont. Michael was close to the best player I ever saw. He was amazing.

But yep, Sheedy discovered indigenous players!

Funny how the 84/85 flag sides were lily white hey

 

[D23D]

Here’s a recent article on Jimmy:

Almanac Footy: Jim Krakouer – the magic

www.footyalmanac.com.au

 

[Snake_Baker]

The great man (other persons have been cropped out of this image for the safety of the viewer)

 

[Bend_It_Like_Brown]

 

[RHLK]

Pull up a chair - when the WAFL was chockers with great players:

 

[Devil Fish]

LOVED Jim & Phil. Fell in love with NMFC around the time these guys burst on the scene. Todays kids have got Mahony, Turner & Spicer to fall in love with.........

 

[ferball]

Shocking news today.

Jimmy's boy Andrew, who never played with us but I still kept an eye on, has just died. He was only 42.

 

[ferball]

Thoughts are with Jimmy and his family right now.

 

[Lavy_Panther]

Shocking news. Always seemed like a gentle soul during his appearance on the Marngrook and Yokayi footy shows. RIP.

 

[muttley45]

Very sad to hear this news, Vale Andrew, i actually met him many moons ago, absolute gentleman, RIP

 

[Topparoo]

Putrid news way too young. Loved Jimmy and Phil so much my two favourite shinboners. They have known some hard times the Krakouers.

 

[hilly]

Such sad news.

 

[giantroo]

 

[Gumble Frankieton]

That’s a really well written article by Jonathan Horn.

I liked this bit about Jim:

“Jim was completely different. He had clean hands, watchful eyes, sharp elbows, and a lot of history. John Kennedy, who’d seen and coached most of the greats, said he was one of the best ball handlers he’d ever seen. But if you tugged his jumper, if you went after his brother and if you racially vilified him, he would punch you, and he would punch you hard.”

 

[Masked Avenger]

Jimmy was a star.

No doubt in my mind he was the Club's best player in the 80's.

I saw virtually all his games.

He was genuinely tough, very skilful and despite the physical attention he copped virtually every week, he never cowered. Not once.

He gave so much pleasure to North supporters - as did his brother.

More than sad about the path he chose after football but he paid a huge price for that.

Just my opinion, but of all the North players that debuted after him, only Carey and Harvey were better footballers.

Tough time for his family.

 

[Topparoo]

They were both superstars. I would put him ahead of boomer, no disrespect to boomer but that's how good Jim was. They were both so clean with the ball, no fumbling just pure class. Phil was the more exciting of the two but Jim did everything so cleanly that it almost was unnoticed, a bit like Sheezel today. Boy were they tough, Jim in particular was tough in a tough man's era of VFL football.

 

[Frank Thring]

Such sad news to hear. Thoughts go out to Andrew's family, in particular Jimmy who was my idol.