Daniel Chick and The Mother of All Smothers
I read a football book earlier this year about the history of the AFL. I think it was a Graeme Bond book. While there were plenty of interesting stats and stories there was one thing that is now very newsworthy.
They had a story about the "merger game", Hawthorn vs Melbourne in 1996. Most people remember Dunstall getting to 100 goals, Langford celebrating while showing the crowd the Hawthorn jumper and Nick Holland dominating with marks all over the ground. But the book also mentioned something that was repeated by Chick last weekend, a smother. Towards the end of the game a Melbourne player was kicking for goal but Chick smothered it and the ball then went down the ground for Hawthorn to escape with a 1 point win.
So Chick was changing games with a smother at the end of his career and 10 years earlier he was doing the same thing.
If any Hawthorn, or Melbourne, fans have some memories of the end of this game then post a comment. Or if there are any other Chick smothers of importance as well from other games too.
August 31, 1996.
Round 22.
Hawthorn 15-12-102
Melbourne 15-11-101
Chick's stats: 5 kicks, 4 handballs, 1 mark, 5 tackles (and at least 1 smother)
They had a story about the "merger game", Hawthorn vs Melbourne in 1996. Most people remember Dunstall getting to 100 goals, Langford celebrating while showing the crowd the Hawthorn jumper and Nick Holland dominating with marks all over the ground. But the book also mentioned something that was repeated by Chick last weekend, a smother. Towards the end of the game a Melbourne player was kicking for goal but Chick smothered it and the ball then went down the ground for Hawthorn to escape with a 1 point win.
So Chick was changing games with a smother at the end of his career and 10 years earlier he was doing the same thing.
If any Hawthorn, or Melbourne, fans have some memories of the end of this game then post a comment. Or if there are any other Chick smothers of importance as well from other games too.
August 31, 1996.
Round 22.
Hawthorn 15-12-102
Melbourne 15-11-101
Chick's stats: 5 kicks, 4 handballs, 1 mark, 5 tackles (and at least 1 smother)
