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I'm hoping there's some people who followed the Swans in the late 80s and have excellent memories, or at least someone who fancies themselves as a historian of the club.
Robert Teal was picked up by Sydney through the pre-season draft in 1989. On debut, at the age of 22, he had 21 possessions, three goals. His second game saw another two goals from 14 touches. 19 possessions in his third game, 18 in his fourth, just 5 in his fifth and back up to 18 in his sixth, and so on.
Now, statistically, he had one of the best debut seasons from any Sydney player I've recorded (and I have stats going back to 1989). Furthermore, this was at a time of huge transition at the club, and one would have thought a talented young player would be valuable.
Instead, he played just one game in 1990, and never played again!
Unfortunately, I can't remember what on earth happened. Was he like an earlier version of Bomford, getting plenty of the ball but doing little with it? DId injuries cut him down? Or was it something else altogether?
Robert Teal was picked up by Sydney through the pre-season draft in 1989. On debut, at the age of 22, he had 21 possessions, three goals. His second game saw another two goals from 14 touches. 19 possessions in his third game, 18 in his fourth, just 5 in his fifth and back up to 18 in his sixth, and so on.
Now, statistically, he had one of the best debut seasons from any Sydney player I've recorded (and I have stats going back to 1989). Furthermore, this was at a time of huge transition at the club, and one would have thought a talented young player would be valuable.
Instead, he played just one game in 1990, and never played again!
Unfortunately, I can't remember what on earth happened. Was he like an earlier version of Bomford, getting plenty of the ball but doing little with it? DId injuries cut him down? Or was it something else altogether?
Sounds like a similar ending to his career as Paul Bryce a few years later.
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