1969 VFL skilled demonstration film at Victoria Park featuring league stars McKenna, Jezza, Wade, Keddie, Bryant and Big Nic. Footage from the VFL Marking Time video.
1969 VFL skilled demonstration film at Victoria Park featuring league stars McKenna, Jezza, Wade, Keddie, Bryant and Big Nic. Footage from the VFL Marking Time video.
Great stuff mate👍👍👍 Peter McKenna my first Magpies hero. Funny story-mum at that time didn't know too much about footy, but we were Collingwood fans so she had me in a Collingwood jumper in 1968 with Macca's number 6....because I was 6 years old 🤣🤣🤣
Saw Wadey kick a torp from the boundary line about 60 out down at Kardinia Pk late sixties..I was sitting on my old mans shoulders....went straight through the guts and been obsessed with the Cats ever since. Thanks Dougy.
Wonderful clip! My two favourite players, Billy Goggin and Wadey! Plus the best exponent of the drop punt ever in Peter McKenna, and all the other stars!
No elephant juice back in the day, these guys were just BIG, elite sportsmen. Nice to see an original Fitzroy jumper. Many years ago I was travelling overseas and met another Australian in a bar. First thing he said, after recognising my accent, was, 'What footy team do you support? ' Straight away I said you're from Melbourne aren't you? 😅👍🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Weren't they really flat punts? I thought he had accuracy problems early on from set shots and spoke to Huddo who only kicked flat punts and Huddo advised Wade do the same, he took the advice and the rest was history.
@AIJimmybad Very interesting to hear. A flat-punt spun the opposite way to a drop-punt and wasn't that easy to control, with most of them veering off the the right. A lot of Wade's (and Huddo's) kicks looked to be floaters, but Wade was renowned for his Torps.
@@hanajinks1044 I'm no expert, I had a quick look for the interview I read with Wade where he spoke about this, whilst looking for that I saw another discussion on the flat punt that referenced Wade and Hudson and somebody said 'A flat punt is essentially a torp without the spin' . So maybe both things are true.
@AIJimmybad Hmmm, maybe. Peter Knights was the last guy l can remember that regularly kick flat-punts - big long ones to get it as far away from defence as possible. And also David McKay of Carlton kicked a lot of flat-punts when having shots from a long way out, and they spun the opposite way to a drop-punt. I've seen both the Huddo and Wade floaters on old Clips and I've never really known exactly what to make of them. Sure seemed effective though.
I never knew about any kicking conversation between Huddo and Doug Wade, but I did used to copy Hudson's kicking style and found it incredibly effective when it comes to accuracy. The ball looks ugly as anything in the air but because more of your foot connects with more of the ball, it stays true "as long as you follow through"! I could never get a torpedo punt right until I saw Wade on The Front Bar, and he basically gave away his secret. Hold the ball as if you're going to kick a Huddo-style flat punt, then as you're releasing it, just give it a little twist. It's already spinning at you connect with it. I tried it the next day and kicked perfect torps every time! So maybe that convo did take place and Doug just put his own twist on it, literally...
I use to work at Northland and saw him there often. He was a gentleman, and had a smile or hello to anyone who engaged with him, being a cat’s supporter I remember the dread I had watching him destroy us at KP on many occasions,but his skills were pure magic and wished his stripe ran horizontally 😊
What do they say , Lead , like you have em all , coz BIG NICK is the Leader of all men ,is the only footballer ive seen at least 50 times , and never beaten , never , he is the perfect footballer , GO BLUES RARARA
I gotta say , at Princes Park one moody day , cold , Overcast , Peter McKenna , got the ball about 35 meters out , but 50° angle , got the ball , got tackled , swung around 360° , and torpedo punt at the exact right moment , one of the best goals i ever seen , The whole CARLTON ARMY went berserk , he looked good in NAVY BLUE , GO BLUES RARARA
@@Ducatirati I am a Carlton supporter myself but lived up the street from the great man Peter Mckenna in Heidelberg West and his Mum was in the office at my high school Latrobe in the 70's. He sometimes came to pick her up and all the young girlies would try and get his autograph. He was a superstar, I was supposed to go to Big Nicks last game in 1974 with my Dad but Harris announced his retirement after R17 against South. I saw him play against Richmond at the G earlier in that year. I remember standing on beer cans to watch the game.Big Nick another legend of the game.
@iankearns774 HA The Beer cans , yeah , gosh , you could knocked me over with a wet fish when I read that , the Beer cans , In 1968 , at the GF , I'm 10 yo , snuck into the G them days and Moorabbin boy , so 35 Min on train , but that game Carlton kicked 7. 14 .56 and I'm tip toes on tinnies, so no squash cans then , and I couldn't make out the Essendon score , apart from Ess 8 @@@@ and I'm looking and all of a sudden Every BLUE went mental , the first time a team , kicking less goals win a GF , I literally love George Harris , and Jezza thought a lot of him , anyway , Cans Charlie Chans amazing wow ,cheers ian GO BLUES RARARA
Definitely wrong there mate, they would have grown taller, trained differently and still would have made it. Ability, reading the play and hand/eye coordination still would have been there. Jesaulenko would have still been a superstar. Big Nick would have been 6 ft 8 instead of 6 ft 2.
