Geoff Quick's Best Of: His Era
B: Paul Dedrick Michael Wass Peter Lawlor
HB: Rob Crow Peter Gittos John Glanvill
C: Ken Baldwin Jim Cullen Geoff Quick
HF: Scott Eddy Julian Vise Neville Pollard
F: Peter Haley Tony Smith Stuart Roe
Ruck: David Henderson
Ruck Rover: Don Whitten
Rover: Phil Nicholson
Interchange: John Jones, Darren Reynolds
Jim Cullen's Best Of: 1957-1967
B: Terry Hewitt Keith Thompson/John Dagger Ken Blight/Stew Scott
HB: Doug Harris/John Glanvill Lindsay McPherson Peter Lawlor
C: Ken Baldwin Jim Cullen Ivan Bryant
HF: Bill Freestone/Peter Glanvill Julian Vise Jeff Harris
F: Graeme Sebastian Sid Stewart Peter Haley
Ruck: Lance Lane
Ruck Rover: Don Whitten
Rover: John Jones
19th: Col Morris 20th: Jeff Beasley
Emergencies: Hugh Bondarenko. Graeme Johnson, Des Watt, Reg Randall, Vin Blattman, Trevor Hore.
Dave Farrell's Best Of: 2000-2016
B: Nathan Tresize Scott Baldwin Dave Farrell
HB: Leon Higgins Anthony Mellington Michael Hare
C: Matt Robertson Matt Wooden Lucas White
HF: Ben Phelan Colin Sandbrook Cameron Cramp
F: Sam Boake Glen Dundovic Fabian Carelli
Ruck: Darren Atkinson
Ruck Rover: Sean Logie
Rover: Lee Warnett
Interchange: Matt Gilmour, Josh Noonan
TEAM OF 125 YEARS—WHAT DO YOU THINK?
The club was toying with the idea of selecting a best team of the past 125 years but it was decided that the time available to pick the team was too short to give it due diligence. How about some of these players for consideration (some named in 2 positions) if a team were to be picked.
FB--Mick Wass, Gary Neville, Keith Thompson, Tom Menhennitt, Jim Coulter
BP--Terry Hewitt, Mark O'Hora, Darren Reynolds, Greg Kirkman, Eric Pinnuck, Vin Blattman
CHB--Peter Lawlor, Bruce Thomson, Keven Haynes, Peter Gittos, Humphrey Hearn, Matt McClelland, Lindsay McPherson, Anthony Mellington, Les MacFarland, George Duncan, Eric Brown
HBF-- Rob Crow, Neville Pollard, John Glanvill. John Dagger, Peter Hartshorne, David Farrell, Scott Baldwin
C--Jim Cullen, Phil Nicholson, Neville Pollard, Ron Watt, Tony Hughes, Geoff Quick, Bert Warner, Lee Warnett
W-- Jeff Harris, Tony Smith, Geoff Quick, Ken Baldwin, Bert Warner, Ivan Bryan, Paul Dedrick, Glenn Parker
CHF--Rob Crow, Julian Vise, Mark Savage, Clive Smith, Geoff Edwards, Fred DeAbel
HFF-- Geoff Quick, Col Sanbrook, Leon Higgins, Cameron Crampe, Sean Logie, Peter Glanvill, Clarrie Hearn
FF-- Jack Stein, Jeff Beasley, Darren Brookes, Tony Smith, Frank Scanlon, John Cullen
FP—Ernest Fuller, Des Watt
Ruck--Bert DeAbel, Clem Carr, Lance Lane, Stuart Scott, Craig Symons, Graeme Sebastian, David Henderson, Mark Phelan, Darren Atkinson
RR: Don Whitten, Stuart Roe, Lucas White, Rob Crow, Syd Stewart, Matt Gilmour
Rover --Ron Haley, John Jones , Bruce Day, Rob Hutson, Peter Haley, Owen Lawlor, Matt Wooden, Bobby Hutson
Others who come to mind from the pre-WW2 years are the Sandy boys, Tom Lawlor, Perc Jeffers, Percy Bolman, (not sure what position they played)
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For interest Kevin Carr, who has watched the Bloods for close to 70 years has picked his Best ever Tocumwal team --picked circa 2000.
B: Keith Thompson, Tom Menhennitt, Matt McClelland
HB: Peter Hartshorne, Peter Gittos, Jeff Harris
C: Bert Warner, Jim Cullen, Tony Smith
HF: Leon Higgins, Clive Smith, Julian Vise
F: Nugget Fuller, Jack Stein, Bruce Day
Rucks: Bert DeAbel , Don Whitten
Rover: Ron Haley
19th: Syd Stewart
20th: Alan Jeans
Emerg: Geoff Quick, Ivan Bryan, Pat Carr, Rob Crow, Max Jeffers, John Dagger, Les Mansell
Kevin also added:
Best kick--Tom Menhennitt
Best mark: Jim Cullen
Toughest player seen: Bert DeAbel
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TOCUMWAL FOOTBALL CLUB
Team of the 1st 25 years(1891-1915)
B. Dave Hillson(Capt) Humphrey Hearn Norm Brown
HB Bob Brebner Con Egan George Duncan
C. Bernie DeOlivera Les MacFarland Clarrie Bond
HF. Whelan W (Bill) Mitty Billy Cottle
F. George Hillson Mick McConnaughty Freeman
Rucks. Joe O’Connor , Harry Mansell
Rover. Bobby Hutson
Selection based purely on match reports in the newspapers of the time