Just watched Marngrook Footy Show and found out that Dane Rampe's father is from Estonia. Who knew?
Any other players with unusual ancestry that we know of?
Just watched Marngrook Footy Show and found out that Dane Rampe's father is from Estonia. Who knew?
Any other players with unusual ancestry that we know of?
I never understood why commentators never ever mentioned it, but apparently Mike Pyke is Canadian.
But seriously, Malceski has Macedonian heritage, Veszpremi Hungarian, the two Everitts are Latvian and TDL was famously called the Burmese kitten for good reason.
Boy oh boy (as Brian Taylor would say) how could I have forgotten all of the above.
His paternal grandparents came from Mauritius, according to Wikipedia, so that checks out. Here's a useful page for researching the current squad.
Ronke is a Germanic surname. Most of the rest of the current players sound pretty Anglo/Irish!
I believe Aliir Aliir came from Kenya with South Sudanese parents.
Buddy Franklin is from another planet.
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