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    Polly Farmer

    Polly Farmer has died. Great footballer I was privileged to see many times.
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    Sad.
    Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
    Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AnnieH View Post
    Sad.
    Revolutionised the game. Probably the greatest indigenous player and that's saying something!

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    Mike Pyke once told the story of how he was under instruction from Paul Roos always to handball when he had possession of the ball. But one time Mike couldn’t see a good handball option, and anyway Mike thought he could kick ok, so he took a shot at goal.

    In the subsequent break Roos screamed at him ‘Who do you think you are, Polly bloody Farmer?’.

    Mike said there was just one problem - he had no idea who Polly Farmer was .

    He subsequently learnt. A ruckman legend.

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    I miss Mike. A bit testy but a good one. No frills, all substance.

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    Polly.....what a legend of the game. Still one of the best hand ballers ever. He and Barry Cable....and Greg Williams. Polly was my Dad's hero (and he was a Swans fan). RIP....

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    a true legend polly farmer. changed the game all by himself. sadly missed. a hero of mine
    forgotten 1996
    2005 a much sweeter memory,2012 even better

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    Before my time, but sounds like he was really something. I'm interested to know more about how come people didn't handball except in case of emergency and how he changed this.

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    Very sad to hear the passing of another VFL legend. Hope today's crop of AFL Journo's fully respect & understand how Polly revolutionised the game. Would've been something seeing he & John Nicholls matching it up in the ruck back in their hey days.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KSAS View Post
    Very sad to hear the passing of another VFL legend. Hope today's crop of AFL Journo's fully respect & understand how Polly revolutionised the game. Would've been something seeing he & John Nicholls matching it up in the ruck back in their hey days.
    From memory Polly was only about 6'3" and Nicholls about 6'1". These days we have midfielders who are 6'5".
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    That's better. This thread is no place for political point scoring. Polly was a great exponent of the handball who deserves to be recognised for how he changed our game (for better or for worse). Instead of hand balling only when he couldn't kick, he old handball as soon as he took possession, namely because his kicking was so poor. Others copied him and the game became more mobile.

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    Jeez.

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    Quote Originally Posted by S.S. Bleeder View Post
    That's better. This thread is no place for political point scoring. Polly was a great exponent of the handball who deserves to be recognised for how he changed our game (for better or for worse). Instead of hand balling only when he couldn't kick, he old handball as soon as he took possession, namely because his kicking was so poor. Others copied him and the game became more mobile.
    Political? Seriously?

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    Quote Originally Posted by S.S. Bleeder View Post
    That's better. This thread is no place for political point scoring. Polly was a great exponent of the handball who deserves to be recognised for how he changed our game (for better or for worse). Instead of hand balling only when he couldn't kick, he old handball as soon as he took possession, namely because his kicking was so poor. Others copied him and the game became more mobile.
    Polly's kicking was not at all poor. By the standards of the time he was quite a good kick. Remarkably, he made himself into a left-footer mid-career after injuring his right knee.

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