The Saints players name was Fred "Flops" Phillips and apparently he was a legend for the Saints and the fans favourite back in the early 1930's. He was offered the playing/coach role at Hawthorn which at the time was only a very young club VFL wise. As we know, Hawthorn have the most disgu...

Does everyone give up?

Yes it is quite tough but its actually an amazing story.

Clues.

It happened in the 1930's.

The player made the top 100 St.Kilda players of all time as per the book written by Russell Holmseby in 1995.

Yes, he has certainly set a frenetic pace with the trivia.

Yes it was a VFL club and it is still here in the AFL today in its original format.



PS: Just raising my bat for a scrappy century, but they all count.

Hmmmmm, what can I come up with?

We once had a much loved player who left St.Kilda to become the coach of another team.

This gentleman caught an infection from the dye from the new teams footy jumper. Unfortunately he died before he even coached a game.

What was his name and what was the team.?

1942 rings a bell?

War Bonds Premiership(Just guessing now)?

I'm at the office so I can't look it up.

That jogs my memory a little.

I think there was a wartime lightning premiership played at the MCG which we won. We beat the tigers I think? The quarters went for about 5 minutes each.

Must be getting closer now.

I'll have a go.

I think we won a "Night Final" in about 1958.

It was called the "Lightening Premiership" and was played at the old Lake oval between the teams that missed the finals.

Am I close?

thanks mate

one Date: 20-Jul-1901 Venue: Brunswick St Fitzroy 0.1 1.4 2.7 2.7 19 Collingwood 0.1 1.4 3.6 3.6 24 2nd quarter Where did you get that info Jnr? My Great Grandfather may have played in that game. I know he played in the GF that year(kicked all Collingwoods goals and still didn't get in the best pla...