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[cogdog]

hey caveman
can u giv any info on the player allan mannix
my dad said he was an alright player in the 70's and he was a nice bloke when he met him
when he was in little league they played table tennis together hahahaha

[Caveman]

Well welcome aboard cogdog- Alan Mannix as a player was before my time so I can't provide a first hand personal account, sadly he played in an era that never produced a final for him- arriving after 1961 and departing before 1974.


However he did play in a night Premiership for Footscray- that is some consolation that the blokes of the late 1960's did see some tangible success. However Alan was there in 1967 and also kicked a goal in that Grand Final victory over South Melbourne.

Pleased to learn that Alan Mannix was kind to your father when your dad represented the Footscray little league in the early 1970's.

[Caveman]

Here is the 1967 Night Premiership team that Alan Mannix was a member of -

Backline: Delmenico, Reilly Greenwood
Half Backs: Jillard, Cook, McGowan
Centreline:Chalmers, Bryant, Thorpe
Half Forwards: Mannix, Whitten, McKenzie
Forwards: Dempsey, Merrington, Bisset
Followers: Schultz, Marsh
Rover: Spargo
Reserves: J.McGhie, Cook

Goals: Merrington 5, Whitten 4, McKenzie 3, Bryant, Mannix Spargo

Best:(according to 'Unleashed') Jillard, Marsh, McKenzie, Schultz, Bisset, Merrington

Final score of:

Footscray 15.11.101
South Melbourne 8.8.56