Met the great man at his Gerringong Pub today for the first time. What a gentleman! Thanks for all the great memories over the years Mick.
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"Ken Thornett
Great attacker in an otherwise average baseline at the time. Better defender and team player than Hayne.
Inspired those around him and didn't collect any wooden spoons for the club like jarryd did. "
Great attacker in an otherwise average baseline at the time. Better defender and team player than Hayne.
Inspired those around him and didn't collect any wooden spoons for the club like jarryd did. "
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"I do have a job, did all my work had time off during the day and had this made up last night and just uploaded it.
All a bit of fun."
All a bit of fun."
"Time to get a job mate, you have too much time on your hands."
"Actually, my grandpa looked after the prisoners of war. He was very kind to the German soldiers and would give them extras when he wasn't required to, and help them with whatever they needed. "
"My late grandpa used to tell me wild stories about steam trains and playing card games when he was a prisoner of war. He also refused to eat potatoes because of the Ruskies. "
"My grandpa told me about jaryd hayne & the Hindmarsh brothers "
"Dad would always say Taylor would tackle a steam train."
"My dad told me all about both Ken and Dick Thornett. My dad nearly supported St. George since he loved Reg Gasnier, he was born and raised in Guilford so he decided to support Parra as they were local but also what helped his decision was Ken…"
"Dad always told me the Thornett brothers were unbelievable so Ken for sure and Paul Taylor and of course Jarred "
"My grandfather said Thornett was selected at fullback ahead of Langlands for Australia. That should tell you everything you need to know about how good he was."
"Paul taylor. Great defender very underated. But would have to say thornett. Didn't johnny raper put him on his shoulders after a game? Just searched it raper and langlands carried him off on their shoulders"
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This man "THE CROW" is my all time fav EEL. When I played rep league as a youngster I tried to mould my gam and goal kicking around him
Very classy player and man 👏🏻👏🏻👊😎
Theres the carlo kiss of death right there.
Mick, please be safe in the next few days/weeks.
😆😆😆 far out lol
Bit overrated though, wouldnt want him kicking a goal to save your life.
Wouldnt want him coaching to save your life either
i was just throwing out a few crumbs HKF, looking for a nibble
Nice one Garry, good to see you got out ok, rumoured to be a few bodies buried under the Gerringong.
Your opionion mate. To be honest It was mentioned by the rep coach back in 84 when I played school rep footy that I played a bit similar to the crow. My all time fav and always will be
There is a reason he is the first "Champion" of Parramatta. Played in all of our Grand Final wins. One of the all time greats and worthy of Immortal status. I laugh at anyone who knocks him as a goal kicker. He held the all time ARL/NRL point scoring record for years kicking leather balls from sand mounds. More importantly, a champion human being. Great photo Garry.
Also needs to be remembered he didn't start playing NSWRL until he was 26 so his total points scored could have been higher if he started earlier.
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