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A very happy 90th to Ken Hopper today.

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From the Blueseum:

Career : 1945 – 1946
Debut : Round 1, 1945 vs Melbourne, aged 20 years, 317 days
Carlton Player No. 601
Games : 17
Goals : 8
Last Game : Round 14, 1946 vs Hawthorn, aged 22 years, 48 days
Guernsey No. 2
Height : 183 cm (6 ft. 0 in.)
Weight : 76 kg (12 stone)
DOB : 8 June, 1924

Ken Hopper was a clever half-forward flanker from Pascoe Vale who seemed destined for a good career at Carlton when he played another 13 matches in succession after his debut in 1945. But from then on, he found it increasingly difficult to hold his place in a rapidly improving Carlton combination. In 1947, he crossed to Hawthorn, where he gave the Hawks excellent service for five years.

Ken grew up in Melbourne’s northern suburbs (born in South Melbourne) and developed his football ability at Pascoe Vale.

When Hopper wore guernsey number 2 for the first time that afternoon at Princes Park, he lined up on a half-forward flank, beside Alex Way and Charlie McInnes – team-mates who were both destined for glory as late inclusions in Carlton’s Grand Final team. It wasn’t an auspicious start for Hopper – the Blues lost to the Demons by 21 points – but at least he held his place in the seniors over succeeding weeks. By July, he had stretched his career to an unbroken sequence of 14 matches – only to be eventually omitted after a narrow 3-point loss to Essendon in round 14.

Ken wasn’t selected again for five weeks. When he was, he spent most of the afternoon sitting on the bench, watching the Blues maintain their late-season momentum by crushing a hapless Geelong by 94 points at Princes Park in round 19. Left out again the next week, he could only watch on as the Bob Chitty-inspired Carlton juggernaut powered its way to the 1945 flag.

Although Hopper did not play in that momentous Grand Final for Carlton, he was part of a celebratory tour to Sydney and Canberra by a party of Carlton players and officials in the following year. Some 63 years later, his snapshot photos of the tour were shared with the Carlton Football Club, and the gallery can be accessed below.

Ken played only twice more for the Blues in 1946, and in 1947 transferred to Hawthorn. At Glenferrie Oval, the struggling Hawks gave Hopper considerably more opportunity, and he quickly developed into a true utility who could play anywhere. From 1947 to 1951, he racked up 66 matches for the Hawks, kicked 9 goals, and was one of their most popular and respected players throughout his stay.

Happy 60th birthday to Michael Jez today.

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From the Blueseum:

Career : 1979 – 1980
Debut : Round 20, 1979 vs Footscray, aged 25 years, 71 days
Carlton Player No. 880
Games : 2
Goals : 0
Last Game : Round 2, 1980 vs Geelong, aged 25 years, 304 days
Guernsey Nos. 13 and 9
Height : 187 cm (6 ft. 1 in.)
Weight : 80 kg (12 stone, 8 lbs.)
DOB : June 7, 1954

East Fremantle wingman Michael “Mick” Jez caught the eye of VFL talent scouts with a string of impressive WAFL games in 1978 – a run of consistently good form that culminated in his selection in the WA State of Origin team that convincingly beat South Australia at Football Park in July of that year.

Football folklore has it that Fitzroy pounced on Jez first; signing him on a VFL Form Four, which allowed him to play four senior games without entering into a binding contract with the Lions. But when word reached the Brunswick St. Oval that Mick was an equally keen player on the nightclub scene as he was on the football field, the Lions had a rethink and cancelled their offer.

Carlton was next in line, and Jez joined a playing group at Princes Park that was simply exceptional. Over the next four years, the Blues would win three Premierships; only missing out on the fourth in 1980 because of off-field dramas. So Jez was forced to wait until round 20, 1979 before he got his first shot at senior football, on a miserably cold and wet day at Waverley Park. Wearing guernsey number 13, he warmed the interchange bench that afternoon alongside Jim Buckley, helping the Blues to a convincing 6-goal win over Footscray.

Eight months later, under a new coach; ‘Percy’ Jones, and carrying guernsey number 9, Mick played his second and last senior match for Carlton when he was called into the team as a late replacement against Geelong in round 2, 1980. Big defender Val Perovic had been ruled out by a troublesome thigh injury on the morning of the match, and Jez took his place on the bench alongside rover Vin Catoggio. Carlton trailed a spirited Geelong by 19 points at half-time, but overhauled the Cats in the last term and won a terrific game by 5 points. Jez was then omitted the following week, and after languishing in the Reserves team for most of the season, requested a clearance to St Kilda.

Carlton let him go, but Jez couldn’t impress the Saints enough to be given another senior game. At the end of 1980, his brief sojourn in the VFL came to end when he bid farewell to St Kilda and returned to WA.

Happy 70 birthday to John Kemp today.

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From the Blueseum:

Career : 1965 – 1966
Debut : Round 1, 1965 vs Hawthorn, aged 20 years, 315 days
Carlton Player No. 770
Games : 6
Goals : 0
Last Game : Round 14, 1966 vs Fitzroy, aged 22 years, 53 days
Guernsey No. 7 (1965 – 1966).
Height : 180 cm (5 ft. 11 in.)
Weight : 76 kg (12 stone, 0 lbs.)
DOB : 6 June, 1944

Easily picked out on the football field because of his shock of bright red hair, Johnny Kemp was a versatile contributor at Under 19 and Reserve grade for the Blues at the dawn of the Barassi era. Wearing guernsey number 7, he played six matches in two seasons on Carlton’s senior list in 1965-66, only to find the intensity required too hard to maintain.

Born on D Day – June 6, 1944 – Kemp began his junior football at Pascoe Vale before joining Carlton’s Under 19 squad in 1962. In September of the following year, played across half-back as the young Blues destroyed Essendon by 38 points to win that season’s Under 19 Grand Final.

A consistent year of Reserves football in ’64 earned John his promotion to the senior team at last in round 1, 1965 – a pivotal moment in the history of the Carlton Football Club, because it marked the debut of former Melbourne champion Ron Barassi as captain-coach of the Blues. On that eagerly-anticipated Saturday afternoon, a ground-record 36,000 spectators packed into Hawthorn’s Glenferrie Oval to see the Baggers upset their hosts by 37 points. Kemp spent most of the match on the bench as 19th man, as he did the following week, when Carlton was narrowly beaten by Geelong at Princes Park.

After waiting almost a year for another opportunity, Johnny was selected for four successive matches between rounds 11 and 14, 1966. He was tried in a variety of roles at half-forward and half-back, but just couldn’t cement his spot in the side and was omitted for the remainder of the season.

At the end of that year, Barassi pruned his playing list with a heavy hand, and Kemp was among those who were told that their services were no longer required.

Kemp wore guernsey No. 42 in 1964 whilst playing with Carlton’s reserves team.

Happy 90th birthday to Frank Bateman today.

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From the Blueseum:

Career : 1949 – 1950
Debut : Round 17, 1949 vs Geelong, aged 25 years, 67 days
Carlton Player No. 634
Games : 16
Goals : 13
Last Game : Round 17, 1950 vs Footscray, aged 26 years, 73 days
Guernsey No. 29
Height : 183 cm (6 feet)
Weight : 86 kg (13 stone, 9 lbs.)
DOB : 6 June, 1924

Frank Bateman was a robust follower-forward from Leongatha who experienced the thrill of playing in the 1949 Grand Final for Carlton in just his fifth senior match. He showed enough promise to be urged to continue, but his form tailed off in his second season, and his career petered out after just over a year of VFL football.

Bateman got his first opportunity at senior level in round 17, 1949, when the Blues travelled to Geelong to take on the Cats at Kardinia Park in a crunch game. Carlton was entrenched in third place on the ladder, while Geelong were sixth – but still very much in contention. The absence through injury of Carlton’s front-line tap ruckmen; ‘Chooka’ Howell and Ken Hands, created the opportunity for a couple of lesser lights in Bateman and Bernie Baxter to show their wares, and both contributed in a slashing 43-point win by the Blues.

Bateman stood up under real physical pressure, while Bernie and his brother Ken went on a goal-kicking rampage, ending up with nine majors between them. Bernie drifted across from the pocket and sent through a good goal, while Ken marked everything that came his way and kicked the other eight!

It was Frank’s turn to get among the goals the following week, when he booted the first two majors of his career in a 21-point victory over St Kilda at Princes Park. On the same day, Ken Hands returned to the team, joining with Bateman and Herb Turner in a first ruck combination that would lead the Blues into battle throughout our finals campaign.

Although a shock loss to North Melbourne at Arden Street wasn’t the ideal way to finish off the 1949 home and away season, Carlton struck back and knocked over the Shinboners in the second Semi Final. That meant that, after only four senior games for the Blues, Bateman was in line to play his next match in a VFL Grand Final against Essendon. The only question was; would Carlton’s selectors keep him in the team now that Howell and Hands were fit again?

The answer was yes. Frank’s dream came true after the following Thursday night’s hectic training session at Princes Park when he was told that he had retained his place alongside Hands in the ruck, allowing ‘Chooka’ Howell to go to centre half-forward.

Sadly, all those preparations came to nothing on Grand Final day. In front of 90,000 spectators at the MCG, Essendon thrashed Carlton by 73 points in a one-sided affair – highlighted by the duel between Essendon’s blossoming champion full-forward John Coleman, and Carlton’s great full-back Ollie Grieve. Coleman kicked the six goals he needed to take his season’s tally to 100, but few who were there would agree that he got the better of Grieve in a classic football duel.

In his second year, Bateman got off to a slow start when he sat on the reserve bench as 20th man in Carlton’s first two games. He then kicked four goals from a forward pocket when Carlton beat Richmond by 11 points in round 4 at Princes Park. Next, he was tried in a number of other positions – including full-forward – without fully grasping his chances, and by late in the season he was back in a dressing gown on the wrong side of the boundary line.

Although he didn’t know it at the time, Frank appeared in his last senior match for Carlton as 19th man against Footscray the Western Oval in round 17, 1950. On a typically cold and windy day, the Bulldogs used their home-ground advantage well, and beat the Blues by 13 points. Bateman was then left out of the team for the last game of the season, before fronting up again at Princes Park in 1951.

Frank never did manage to break back into the seniors after that, but at least he represented the Reserves for much of the year, and gained some small revenge when Carlton beat Essendon in a hard-fought 1951 Reserves Premiership. Wearing guernsey number 38, Bateman occupied the bench as 20th man yet again on that satisfying afternoon, when the Blues’ Twos toppled the Bombers’ Reserves by 12 points.

Bateman’s last season at the Blues was in 1952, he headed off to VFA Club Preston the following season.

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Words cannot convey how important Wes Lofts was to the Carlton Football Club in a period where the club was rebuilding into a powerhouse again after a long time away.

Our deep condolences go out to the Lofts family and the larger Carlton family who have all been influenced by the powerful and intelligent presence of Wesley Victor Lofts.

http://blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Wes+Lofts

Happy 70th birthday to Kevin Hall.

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From the Blueseum:

Playing Career : 1963-1973
Debut: Round 12, 1963 Aged 19 years 66 days
756th Carlton Player 
Games : 169
Goals : 51
Last Game: Grand Final, 1973 Aged 29 years 130 days
Guernsey No. 3
Height : 188 cm (6′ 2″)
Weight : 89 kg (14.00)
DOB : May 21, 1944
Premiership Player 1968, 1970, 1972
Carlton Hall of Fame (1999)

Kevin “Racehorse” Hall was a solid, reliable, often inspirational member of three Premiership teams for the Blues, and later, a valuable and long-serving committee and board member.

He was a somewhat reluctant recruit when he arrived at Princes Park in the summer of 1962, because until then he had wanted to play for Footscray. Although he was a Carlton local (from West Preston YCW) the Bulldogs chased hard after the strapping 19 year-old, 191 cm, 83 kg centre half-forward and the Blues were lucky to hold him. Hall’s cousin was Bernie Lee who played 95 games for the Bulldogs from 1957 to 1963.

His form in the 1963 pre-season practice matches was impressive, so Carlton assigned him guernsey number 3 and he made his senior debut that year as a forward. Later he was tried in defence, and found his niche on a half-back flank. Tall, very quick for his size and a strong mark, he proved to be a wonderful big occasion player. By 1968 the stands and the fences at Princes Park were echoing to the roar of “Go, Racehorse!” as Kevin went for one of his regular downfield dashes. In September of that year, Hall was a one of the unsung heroes in the Blues’ fighting three point Grand Final victory over Essendon – a low-scoring, dour struggle in which the Bomber half-forward line had little influence.

Two years later, he was involved in a sensation on the eve of the 1970 Grand Final when coach Ron Barassi dropped established full-back Wes Lofts from the team and sent Kevin to shadow Collingwood spearhead Peter McKenna. By half-time the move appeared to have backfired; Collingwood led by 44 points, and McKenna had booted five goals. But like each and every one of his team-mates, Hall lifted in the second half as Carlton shattered Collingwood to win by 10 points on perhaps the greatest day in the club’s history.

Kevin won his third Premiership medal when another gallant Carlton team demolished hot favourites Richmond in the 1972 Grand Final. Playing their fourth cut-throat match in as many weeks, the bruised and battered Blues met Richmond on a fine, clear day at the MCG. Richmond were at full strength and refreshed after a weeks rest, but it was Carlton who triumphed again; kicking 28 goals to Richmond’s 22 to snatch another glorious flag victory. Among the changes that unsettled the Tigers early was the switch of captain-coach John Nichollsto full-forward, and Hall from defence onto the ball as a ruck-rover.

Kevin played his 169th and last game for Carlton in the 1973 Grand Final. Still smarting from their defeat in ’72, Richmond were hell-bent on revenge and got it. Hall, full-back Geoff Southby and Nicholls were all knocked senseless in the first half, and the Blues never recovered. Hall managed two goals to take his career tally to 51, then announced his retirement after the game. His departure from the team was done with dignity and with a minimum of fanfare; which pretty much sums up the way Kevin played his football.

In 1978 Kevin Hall was appointed to Carlton’s match committee, and over the next twenty-five years or so served the Club in a variety of positions, including a period on the Board of Directors. In 1999 his contribution was recognised in the most appropriate of ways, when he was elected to the Carlton Hall of Fame.

Hall wore No.53 when he played reserve grade football for Carlton in 1963.

Horrie Bullen

Jim Clark

Lance Collins

The AFL has committed to funding an unlimited number of brain scans for retired footballers as the code ramps up its response to one of the most troubling issues in world sport – concussion.

In a joint research project that the AFL Players Association’s boss is calling  “world leading”, former players and their partners will be surveyed about memory and mental health problems that have struck in football retirement.

The concussion research is a multi-million dollar joint project of the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health – the largest brain research group in the Southern Hemisphere – the AFL and the AFLPA.

With a pilot testing phase involving around 12 former players now concluded, the AFLPA is set to target every one of the more than 5600 former AFL/VFL players and enlist them to participate in an initial survey.

Retired footballers deemed to be showing signs of brain trauma will be offered a second, more extensive, assessment and referred to the Florey Institute for brain scans on the advice of experts.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/retired-footballers-to-get-free-brain-scans-20140517-zrftd.html#ixzz32MDAnqtF

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/retired-footballers-to-get-free-brain-scans-20140517-zrftd.html

Happy 60th birthday to Vin Catoggio.

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From the Blueseum:

Career : 1973-1976, 1978-1980
Debut : Round 7, 1973 vs Collingwood, aged 19 years, 6 days
Carlton Player No. 839
Games : 71
Goals : 97
Last game : Qualifying Final, 1980 vs Richmond, aged 26 years, 116 days
Guernsey No. 4 (1973 – 1976) and (1978 – 1980).
Height : 178 cm (5 ft. 10 in.)
Weight : 77 kg (12 stone, 3 lbs.)
DOB : 13 May, 1954

Vincenzo “the Cat” Catoggio was a pacy, skilful, lightly-framed rover from Princes Hill. Also later called “Spinner” for his elusiveness, he won the Morrish Medal as Best & Fairest in the VFL Under 19 competition while playing for Carlton in 1972, then followed up by winning the Gardiner Medal for the Reserves competition in 1973. During that same year, he made his debut off the reserves bench for the senior team in Carlton’s big win over Collingwood in round 7. After just one more appearance (again, as a reserve) in round 8, the 19 year-old played out the rest of the year in the lower grade – until he was a shock selection in the Blues’starting line-up against Richmond in the 1973 Grand Final.

Carlton was defending their title hard-won in a boilover the previous season against the Tigers, who were hell-bent on revenge. In typical fashion they targeted a number of key Carlton stars that day and set about knocking them out of the game. By half-time, Blues captain-coach John Nicholls, along with key defenders Geoff Southby and Kevin Hall were all concussed. Several others, including Catoggio, were still on their feet, but hurt. Richmond dominated the second half to win by 30 points, and Vinny did not see out the game.

Afterward, Catoggio was branded as one of the scapegoats for a defeat that burned deep. In a newspaper article published years later, one of his team-mates on that day, Brent Crosswell, wrote;
”when Vinny came into the rooms after that game, he was pale and upset. He made straight for the showers because his statistics read three kicks and five handballs. It was sad to see his solitary form sitting in the bath, his arms resting on his knees, his head down, his eyes full of tears. That Grand Final failure was the worst experience of Vinny’s life. It coloured the rest of his sporting career. In fact, he didn’t play a senior game in 1974. He was, in his own words, ‘never in contention.’ Throughout his football career he sought absolution and an opportunity to atone for his failure, but he didn’t get another chance because ’73 was his last Grand Final.”

Driven by his demons, Vinny worked hard to atone, stringing together some handy games in 1975. By then a more mature 21, he was still just 178 cm tall and 77 kg wringing wet. Yet what he lacked in bulk, he made up for with skill. Quick on his feet, always well balanced and frustratingly elusive, he became a cult figure at Princes Park, especially with our female fans. They loved Vinny’s impish smile, his dancing feet, and his trendy afro hairstyle.

By 1976 however, change was in the air. In its wisdom, Carlton’s match committee ‘leased’ Catoggio to WA club Subiaco for two seasons, and urged him to treat the move as an opportunity to work on deficiencies in his game – specifically his goal-kicking. It was a huge wrench for a young man from a close-knit Italian family. Yet to his credit, Vinny embraced the struggling Maroons and gave them whole-hearted service. Former Hawthorn Premiership player Brian Douge was appointed coach of Subiaco in 1977 and Catoggio was one of the chief beneficiaries.

When he arrived back home to rejoin Carlton in 1978, Vinny was confident that the responsibility Douge had demanded from him at Subiaco had made him a better player, and his performances thereafter added weight to that claim. The Navy Blues were on the verge of a golden era; a time that would bring three Grand Final victories in four years, thanks in no small way to the emergence of our legendary mosquito fleet of Rod Ashman, Trevor Keogh, Alex Marcou and Jim Buckley. While Vinny’s opportunities were limited from that time on and he became a regular bench-warmer, he still managed 52 games in three seasons, and produced an impressive return of 94 goals – including two hauls of six, and three bags of five.

In his last season of 1980, Catoggio sat on the pine ten times in his 20 matches, including another bitter defeat by Richmond in the Qualifying Final. Although he gave his all and contributed two of Carlton’s ten goals in that 42-point loss, he was omitted from the side the following week in favour of Jim Buckley, and never played senior football at Princes Park again. In 1981, Catoggio and fellow Blue Michael Young were cleared to Melbourne as part of the complicated Greg Wells transfer deal. After 71 games and 97 goals in navy blue guernsey number 4, Vinnie managed nine more games with the Demons in 1981 -82, and another eight when he transferred north to Sydney in 1983.

After his retirement from the VFL, Catoggio would play with VFA Clubs Prahran and Brunswick.

Catoggio would wore No. 49 when he played with the Carlton reserves team in 1972.

Jack Bennett

Geoff Brokenshire

Vin Brown

Great to hear the WOOF echo around the environs of Princes Park one more time.

Happy 70th birthday to Bill Barrot.

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From the Blueseum:

Career : 1971
Debut : Round 9, 1971 vs Hawthorn, aged 27 years, 23 days
Carlton Player No. 827
Games : 12
Goals : 10
Last Game : Round 22, 1971 vs Collingwood, aged 27 years, 114 days
Guernsey No. 24
Height : 180 cm (5 ft. 11 in.)
Weight : 81.5 kg (12 stone, 12 lbs.) 
DOB : 6 May, 1944

Billy Barrot was a champion centreman at Richmond for ten seasons from 1961 to 1970. In 120 games for the yellow & black, he kicked 91 goals. As well, he played in two Premiership teams, won Richmond’s Best & Fairest, and represented Victoria on 11 occasions.

Originally from Jordanville in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Barrot was an explosive player, with outstanding stamina and endurance, but he was also notoriously difficult to coach. His time at Richmond, while very successful, was anything but harmonious. At the end of the 1970 season Richmond stunned the football world by announcing that they had agreed to swap Barrot – the star of their 1969 Premiership win over Carlton – to St Kilda, in return for the Saints’ dual Brownlow medallist Ian Stewart.

It was an epic blunder by St Kilda. Barrot played well in his debut match, kicking four goals. But in his second game, he was dragged at half time – and promptly walked out on the Saints. Meanwhile, Stewart was starring for Richmond, on the way to his third Brownlow.

With memories of the ’69 Grand Final all too fresh, Carlton offered the 27 year-old Barrot another chance, which he accepted. Coach Ron Barassi said later that Barrot’s arrival had lifted the Blues, however all that fell apart in the last match of the season – Round 22, 1971.

As Ian Collins remembered; “at half time against Collingwood, Barrot told Barassi he wasn’t going to play for him any more. Barassi said ‘thats good – give us your jumper,’ and that was the end of Billy with Carlton. We were six goals down and we went back and won the game. It was hard on the player, but the other seventeen reacted to it positively – which is what Barass wanted.” (History shows that Bryan Quirk did a ‘Teddy Hopkins‘ when he replaced Barrot in this game…but we digress).

Barrot’s 12 games and 10 goals for Carlton in guernsey number 24 gave him career totals of 134 and 105 respectively. Although he left the game somewhat prematurely, his list of achievements was the envy of many others with much longer careers. After being delisted by the Blues, Barrot trained with North Melbourne in 1972, but wasn’t retained. He then headed to VFA club Oakleigh (where he later coached), and SA club West Torrens in 1973.

“The clash of the Old Foes” event at Visy Park yesterday was unfortunately impacted by Melbourne’s nasty weather.  The crowd was well below expectation so our fundraising targets for the two charities, Peter Mac and EJ Whitten Foundation will not be able to be met.

However, we would like to extend a big thanks to all those supporters of both clubs who braved the nasty elements to attend and see some great past players strutting thier stuff on field again.   Congratulations to the Collingwood team for their narrow win.

The pre-match lunch and aftermatch funtions were a great success, with excellent contributions from, Wayne Johnston, David Parkin, Mick Erwin (Collingwood coach), Peter Mckenna, Andrew Dawson.

 A highlight were the presentations by Professor Michael Henderson of Peter McCallum and Ken Sheldon, who opened up his heart with a stirring account of the incredible cancer jouney he and his family have gone through with his daughter, Melissa.

Extra Donations to the Charities

We encourage any Carlton supporters who were not able to attend yesterday but want to donate to either or both charities, Peter McCallum Cancer Foundation and EJ Whitten Foundation, you can make a donation through their respective websites.

http://foundation.petermac.org/

http://www.ejwhittenfoundation.com.au/

We would like thank the following people and organisation for thier generous assistance in the organisation and running of the event.

Volunteers & Sponsors

• All the supporters who braved the nasty Melbourne weather to attend the game.
• The Carlton & Collingwood Past Players participating
• The Auskick players and organisers from both teams
• Mick Erwin & David Parkin, Coaches
• Game sponsor, Vince & Patrick Lamanna from LaManna (For the Love of Food) – Essendon Fields
• Col Kinnear, Organiser of the Carlton Team, the special pre-match lunch and MC of the lunch.
• Carlton & Collingwood Volunteer trainers and support staff
• Volunteer Match Doctors, John Bartlett (Coll) & Cameron Norsworthy (Carlt)
• Collingwood Past Players Group, particularly Mark Orval & Keith Burns
• SOC Members -Ian Collins, John Warden, Dennis Munari, Alex Marcou, Geoff Southby, Jamie Sanderson, David McKay, David Rhys-Jones, Jason Reddick
• Martin Shannon,  Facilities & Event Manager of CFC
• Shane O’Sullivan, CFC Football Dept
• Mandy Hunter – CFC- Lunch Coordinator
• Antonietta Makulski and Cheryl Couvalias, from the CFC
• Special Luncheon Guests and attendees
• Professor Michael Henderson from Peter McCallum Cancer Foundation
• Ted Whitten, CEO of the EJ Whitten Foundation
• John Crooks & CUB for donation of beer and auction item
• The Carlton Footy Club, Marketing & Events Dept
• The Collingwood Footy Club
• Tony de Bolfo – Event Announcer
• Andrew Dawson, Lunch Auctioneer
• Doug Stevenson and the Carlton Shop
• Damien Kammermann and the Carlton Cafe
• All the supporters in attendance today
• The Melbourne Media- Print, Radio, TV and Online for their support in promoting the event

Happy 40th birthday to Peter Green.

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From the Blueseum:

Career: 1994
Debut and only Game: Round 10, 1994 vs Footscray, aged 20 years, 25 days
998th Carlton Player
Goals: Nil
Guernsey No. 37 (1994)
Height: 186cm
Weight: 86kg
DOB: 3 May, 1974

Peter Green was recruited from Sydney who recruited him from Barellan NSW, which is east of Griffith in the Riverina. Green was a mid-sized defensive utility who played the solitary game with Carlton.

The game in question was the Round 10 game versus the Bulldogs at Princes Park, 1994 that Carlton won by 12 points. Green was brought on to the field in the second quarter, and missed a tackle (from memory), and was taken off after only a few minutes. After some strong performances in the seconds, Green was only afforded a short ‘time in the sun’ at senior level.