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All roads lead to McHale?

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You ought to get out more David! 8)

Seriously, that's an amazing feat of forensic research mate.
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Yes, and yet, yet, the **** still, still wont erect a statue outside the MCG to the greatest of all Coaches, Jock McHale, got one there for friggin Hungfry Bartlett for Chrissakes, but none for Jock. what a disgrace, cannot understand that, just like the bloody Team of last Century , not one Magpie in the side, not one.
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….and for his services to CUB!
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I love a deep dive. It's like a bloodstock pedigree.

When Collingwood won the 1953 Premiership to end a premiership drought of 17 years, McHale was overwhelmed with emotion. The next day he suffered a heart attack, and he died on 4 October at his home in Coburg.
Noted Collingwood benefactor John Wren suffered a heart attack while watching the same grand final match, and he died on 26 October 1953.
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Very nice work David, can you make it work for Chris Fagan who never playerd VFL/AFL or Brendan Bolton?
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Nice work, David, I'm surprised Kevin Bacon wasn't linked in there somehow :)
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stui magpie wrote:Very nice work David, can you make it work for Chris Fagan who never playerd VFL/AFL or Brendan Bolton?
Not sure, though I'm encouraged by the fact that I managed to link John Cahill (who only ever played SANFL, almost entirely for one coach) back.

I guess I'd need their TFL player stats and then honour boards for the club/s in question. I used AFL Tables for most of this, so it certainly gets a lot harder once you move away from the VFL/AFL!
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Dan Minogue certainly got around.
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Nice work. What about all the other current AFL coaches? Is there a link there for all of them?
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