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FATHERS. SONS. FOOTBALL
There are a surprising number of AFL footballers following in their father’s footsteps – sometimes with the same club, sometimes with a different club. Hird, Lloyd, Fletcher, Fraser, Silvagni, Richardson, Bourke and Darcy have all been household names throughout generations, and there are numerous others. ‘Fathers and Sons’ will be the theme for the second Dick Reynolds Club Luncheon for 2002, to be held at the Grand Hyatt next Tuesday 25 June.
There are a surprising number of AFL footballers following in their father’s footsteps – sometimes with the same club, sometimes with a different club. Hird, Lloyd, Fletcher, Fraser, Silvagni, Richardson, Bourke and Darcy have all been household names throughout generations, and there are numerous others. ‘Fathers and Sons’ will be the theme for the second Dick Reynolds Club Luncheon for 2002, to be held at the Grand Hyatt next Tuesday 25 June.
Luckily for Essendon Football Club, John Lloyd only played 49 games for Carlton and not 50. If he had, Essendon champion Matthew Lloyd could easily be running around in a Carlton guernsey because he would have been drafted under the father-son rule. You will meet the Lloyd duo and former Bomber captain Ken Fraser and son Mark along with compere Tim Watson and many other past Essendon players.
Today is your last chance to purchase tickets to this premier event. To book your seat call Client Services on (03) 9230 0390 or go to the Events page on the BomberLand website.
Date: Tuesday 25 June 2002 Venue: Grand Hyatt Time: 12pm for 12.15pm Cost: DRC members $75, Non-members $85
Eleven players from the Essendon side that defeated Hawthorn last weekend will line-up in the Bombers’ VFL side this weekend. The group includes vice-captain Mark Mercuri and experienced campaigners Steven Alessio and Justin Blumfield. The Essendon side will take on the Box Hill Hawks with every one of the 18 players named to start having played senior football. Mercuri has been named on a half back flank, Blumfield on a half forward flank and Alessio at full forward. The full side is attached.
