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  • Bloods05
    Senior Player
    • Oct 2008
    • 1641

    General footy chat Polly Farmer

    Polly Farmer has died. Great footballer I was privileged to see many times.
    Last edited by liz; 14 August 2019, 08:53 PM. Reason: Removed blatant baiting
  • AnnieH
    RWOs Black Sheep
    • Aug 2006
    • 11332

    #2
    Sad.
    Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
    Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light.

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    • Blood Fever
      Veterans List
      • Apr 2007
      • 4044

      #3
      Originally posted by AnnieH
      Sad.
      Revolutionised the game. Probably the greatest indigenous player and that's saying something!

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      • Meg
        Go Swannies!
        Site Admin
        • Aug 2011
        • 4828

        #4
        Mike Pyke once told the story of how he was under instruction from Paul Roos always to handball when he had possession of the ball. But one time Mike couldn’t see a good handball option, and anyway Mike thought he could kick ok, so he took a shot at goal.

        In the subsequent break Roos screamed at him ‘Who do you think you are, Polly bloody Farmer?’.

        Mike said there was just one problem - he had no idea who Polly Farmer was [emoji1787].

        He subsequently learnt. A ruckman legend.

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        • bloodspirit
          Clubman
          • Apr 2015
          • 4448

          #5
          I miss Mike. A bit testy but a good one. No frills, all substance.
          All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated, and well supported in logic and argument than others. -Douglas Adams, author (11 Mar 1952-2001)

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          • stevoswan
            Veterans List
            • Sep 2014
            • 8548

            #6
            Polly.....what a legend of the game. Still one of the best hand ballers ever. He and Barry Cable....and Greg Williams. Polly was my Dad's hero (and he was a Swans fan). RIP....

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            • gazza
              Warming the Bench
              • Mar 2005
              • 329

              #7
              a true legend polly farmer. changed the game all by himself. sadly missed. a hero of mine
              forgotten 1996
              2005 a much sweeter memory,2012 even better

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              • bloodspirit
                Clubman
                • Apr 2015
                • 4448

                #8
                Before my time, but sounds like he was really something. I'm interested to know more about how come people didn't handball except in case of emergency and how he changed this.
                All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated, and well supported in logic and argument than others. -Douglas Adams, author (11 Mar 1952-2001)

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                • KSAS
                  Senior Player
                  • Mar 2018
                  • 1785

                  #9
                  Very sad to hear the passing of another VFL legend. Hope today's crop of AFL Journo's fully respect & understand how Polly revolutionised the game. Would've been something seeing he & John Nicholls matching it up in the ruck back in their hey days.

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                  • S.S. Bleeder
                    Senior Player
                    • Sep 2014
                    • 2165

                    #10
                    Originally posted by KSAS
                    Very sad to hear the passing of another VFL legend. Hope today's crop of AFL Journo's fully respect & understand how Polly revolutionised the game. Would've been something seeing he & John Nicholls matching it up in the ruck back in their hey days.
                    From memory Polly was only about 6'3" and Nicholls about 6'1". These days we have midfielders who are 6'5".
                    Last edited by liz; 14 August 2019, 08:55 PM. Reason: Deleted baiting response

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                    • S.S. Bleeder
                      Senior Player
                      • Sep 2014
                      • 2165

                      #11
                      That's better. This thread is no place for political point scoring. Polly was a great exponent of the handball who deserves to be recognised for how he changed our game (for better or for worse). Instead of hand balling only when he couldn't kick, he old handball as soon as he took possession, namely because his kicking was so poor. Others copied him and the game became more mobile.

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                      • Bloods05
                        Senior Player
                        • Oct 2008
                        • 1641

                        #12
                        Jeez.

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                        Originally posted by S.S. Bleeder
                        That's better. This thread is no place for political point scoring. Polly was a great exponent of the handball who deserves to be recognised for how he changed our game (for better or for worse). Instead of hand balling only when he couldn't kick, he old handball as soon as he took possession, namely because his kicking was so poor. Others copied him and the game became more mobile.
                        Political? Seriously?

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                        Originally posted by S.S. Bleeder
                        That's better. This thread is no place for political point scoring. Polly was a great exponent of the handball who deserves to be recognised for how he changed our game (for better or for worse). Instead of hand balling only when he couldn't kick, he old handball as soon as he took possession, namely because his kicking was so poor. Others copied him and the game became more mobile.
                        Polly's kicking was not at all poor. By the standards of the time he was quite a good kick. Remarkably, he made himself into a left-footer mid-career after injuring his right knee.

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                        • crackedactor
                          Regular in the Side
                          • May 2012
                          • 919

                          #13
                          Originally posted by bloodspirit
                          I miss Mike. A bit testy but a good one. No frills, all substance.
                          Mike could have been a great ruckman not just a good one if not for those damn dodgy knees. Polly Farmer was one of th best and changed the way handball was used. My father use to say if you beat him once in the ruck he would always find a way to beat you the second time around.


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                          • bloodspirit
                            Clubman
                            • Apr 2015
                            • 4448

                            #14
                            It must have been among the deleted posts but someone was saying that Newman was a disgrace for saying that he had taught Polly Farmer everything he knew. I'm not sure if he did make a quip to that effect but Newman has certainly also made measured but generous tribute to Farmer's greatness and to his own debt to Farmer both in football and in life: Sam Newman's beautiful tribute to Polly Farmer | AFL 360 - YouTube.
                            All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated, and well supported in logic and argument than others. -Douglas Adams, author (11 Mar 1952-2001)

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                            • 0918330512
                              Senior Player
                              • Sep 2011
                              • 1654

                              #15
                              Originally posted by bloodspirit
                              It must have been among the deleted posts but someone was saying that Newman was a disgrace for saying that he had taught Polly Farmer everything he knew. I'm not sure if he did make a quip to that effect but Newman has certainly also made measured but generous tribute to Farmer's greatness and to his own debt to Farmer both in football and in life: Sam Newman's beautiful tribute to Polly Farmer | AFL 360 - YouTube.
                              Yeah it was deleted and probably mis-quoted as this was reported ...
                              “Sam Newman, Farmer's ruck understudy for four years at Geelong and one of his greatest fans, once told the Geelong Advertiser: "Without speaking one word, he (Farmer) taught me everything I know. I watched how a man overcomes not the physical, not the mental, but the spiritual – that's the most important."”

                              Sam may (& does) say some silly things, however, he often shows reverence for yesteryears greats.

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