Suspensions or injuries to key players on the eve of the finals have provided football with some of

A Preston Boys' Club product, Tebble was a defender who played in the back pocket or at centre half

Ex-Bentleigh

In April of 1950, Collingwood new boy Bill Welsh was pictured in the Argus newspaper being fitted

Ex-Collingwood

Ex-Parkside Amateurs

Another of the Rose family to play senior football with the Magpies, he was a follower in the 1953

Not too many footballers can claim to have played their one and only senior VFL/AFL match before

Ex-Preston.

The smallest player of his era, and certainly one of the lightest of any era, Collingwood recruited

Given that he spent more than 30 years in a variety of roles at Victoria Park, it's almost

Sometimes, in football as in life, familiarity can breed contempt. And it’s not until somebody else