He and Salmon were my two faves as a kid. Killed me when we let him go to Brisbane over something piddly like $50k.
Do tell
Popular legend says the flying Dutchman used to chain the durries in the rooms at half timeâŚ
Wast Stanton also fond of a long lollie?
Speaking talls, you forgot to mention the CHB from 1993 who played in the back to back premierships. A certain Mark Harvey.
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Very remiss of me 
Incidentally, just yesterday I saw footage of Harves decking a Carlton player, whose name escapes me(edit: Glascott), in 1985 - Harves looks like a schoolkid and heâs just flattened this bloke without a hint of remorse.
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I always loved Harves beating Earl Spalding.
The height difference was ridiculous.
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Was that at Oak Park High?
yep!
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While fair, Harvest was in no way a âtallâ in that side, even though he was a serious marking threat.
Our sides for the last 20 years have lacked smalls and mids who were marking threats.
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I remember the Merrett âhit manâ accusation. For the latter half of that season my dad and I had noticed that if a pack formed that had Rodger the Dodger present there was always an opposition player left lying on the ground. But I did think it overshadowed just how good a player he was.
I remember in 83 the joy and relief of beating Carlton in the elimination final at Waverley. Then we just seemed to steamroll along.
84 and 85 you just showed up expecting to win. Not only was the team full of talent but it was a strong, tough side. Even after Ron Andrews left you had people like Duckworth, Steve Carey and Roger Merrett.
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Wasnât Roger M nicknamed the Disciple after Ronny.
More 70âs but played a few games in the 80âs, Dennis Scanlon was a tall, and a huge recruit from Tassie.
Never lived up to the lofty heights expected, although Trevor Barker found him useful for that Mark of The Year at Windy Hill in 79.
My brother was insistent that Carey was the true identity of the so-called âhit manâ, despite the fact that big Roger was always assumed to be the perpetrator.
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I might be wrong, but I thought that Dennis Scanlon was some kind of cancer researcher or similar. Not your typical Plumber footballer from those daysâŚ.
Might explain the very few games he played under Sheeds- although l have a recollection he may have copped a knee injury somewhere along the line.
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Yes he worked as a research assistant in medical research at University of Melbourne. Struggling to remember exactly what he did - maybe what is now called proteomics. I met him there probably in early '80s. Nice bloke.
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Might have got a knee injury carrying Trevor Barker on his shouldersâŚ
He was a thug, who only hit blokes from behind or smaller than him. He was worse at Brisbane than when at the Bombers. Robert Walls was the only player who was a worse thug.
Merretts hands were like glue. He would just pluck them. And watching Madden Rick was poetry he was just bloody fluent
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Slightly tangential question - where does Dean Wallis fit in that spectrum? Mostly what Iâve seen of him is his 93 and 00 grand finals, when he went out of his way to terrorise opponents. Was that par for the course, or just in grannies?
Also, I gather Merrett was a pretty top class player. Did Wallis have much going for him outside his role as an enforcer?