The Mosquito

Tonight the Front Bar got me thinking…

Why is our mascot a Mosquito? I’ve never actually had the thought to myself but after tonight I really can’t work out why!

It’s not a bomber plane clearly. Has no relation to a bomber apart from the fact they can both fly.

Can someone please enlighten me???

Found this on the net:
Essendon captured the 1923 and 1924 VFL Premierships partly due to a group of players nicknamed the ‘Mosquito Fleet’, all between 160 to 167 cm tall.

The players are:
Charlie Hardy
George Shorten
Jack Garden
Jimmy Sullivan
Vince Irwin
Frank Maher

The modern Essendon team mascot is called ‘Skeeta’ and is named after the fleet.

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I think Essendon won a few flags in the 1920’s with a group of rovers called the mosquito fleet

We were playing the long game.

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OP should be banned

Got me all excited about Irving being announced.

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It’s approaching the 100 year anniversary of the original Mosquito Fleet, hopefully history repeats with our current group.

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Also we should be glad they weren’t nicknamed the Midget Brigade given what time frame they played in.

Not just from the posts in this thread, but I am saddened by how little EFC history EFC fans know without recourse to the “net”.

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Ahem kidlets … too much playstation not enough airfix model glue sniffing

Mosquito is indeed a bomber.

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Best Long we’ve had on the list for 18 years

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