Having a “good football brain” can be the difference between a player enjoying a long and

From Preston Boys Club, Gooch was a ruckman/defender who played in the back pocket of the 1953 flag

Heading into the 1960 season, Thorold Merrett – the fleet-footed wingman once dubbed a

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

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

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

A forward recruited from Preston, Dunstan was an unreliable shot for goal. He later coached at

Praise for a Magpie player from a rival didn't come more hard-won than when it was delivered by

It isn't often that a footballer is likened to a 'fire-breathing dragon'. But that's the tag