Most of the nicknames got here from the early days when the membership was often called South Melbourne and performed at Albert Park. They relocated to Sydney in 1982.
40. ‘Doc’: As a seven-yea- previous boy Roderick Leffanue (1930) helped a boy who fell off a prepare – thus the nickname Doc. Played at Carlton additionally.
39. ‘Ned’: Edwin John Alley (1902) got here from Footscray Juniors.
38. ‘Bubs’: One of the foremost gamers of his technology, Alex Kerr gave nice service to South Melbourne in 74 VFL video games between 1906 and 1911, throughout which era he booted 57 targets.
37. ‘Ron’: It was not his unimaginative nickname that caught my eye, however his unpronounceable actual identify: Quirinis Johannes Tenabel (1965).
36. ‘Sugar’: George Stephen Sparrow (1898) performed barely extra video games for South Melbourne (Sydney) than he did for St Kilda. After retiring, Sparrow turned to teaching and was appointed senior coach of St Kilda in 1913.
He coached the membership to its first-ever grand last: the Saints had defeated minor premiers Fitzroy within the decider, however underneath the foundations on the time, Fitzroy had an computerized proper of problem, and so they received the grand last the next week.
35. ‘Farmer’: John Trethowan (1955). A useful ruckman from Rockbank.
34. ‘George’: Patrick Michael Gilbert Curran (1906).
33. ‘Dinny’: Denis McKay (1897) has the excellence of kicking South Melbourne’s first VFL objective, which got here late within the second quarter of their opening spherical loss to Melbourne. In Round 7, towards Fitzroy, he kicked two targets in a recreation which completed within the VFL’s first-ever draw.
32. ‘Sonna’” Regarded as among the finest and most constant defenders of his period, William D. Thomas (1905) gave sterling service to two league golf equipment over the course of a profession that noticed him play in extra of 200 top-level video games.
31. ‘Napper’: Mick Tandy’s (1911) quiet and easy-going nature led to Roy Cazaly calling him ‘Napper’ – the inglorious nickname apparently arose due to his alleged propensity for ‘switching off’ throughout video games.
30. ‘Brum’: Daniel Joseph O’Meara (1933).
29. ‘Frosty’: An unobtrusive again pocket and half again, Daniel McPherson’s (1994) coach Rodney Eade stated typically you didn’t even discover he was there.
28. ‘Paddy’: A top-flight rover, Jack Hassett’s (1902) profession was spiced with controversy.
27. ‘Buns’: William Fraser (1897) was already a veteran when the VFL began in 1897.
26. ‘Skeeter’. Fred Fleiter (1919). His immortality is assured by the truth that he first coined the phrase, (*21*) when telling his teammate that he had the opposition blocked off and the best way was clear for Cazaly to make a leap.
25. ‘Joker’: James Alexander Cameron (1903) performed in lots of roles throughout his league profession. He typically appeared as a defender and follower, however was a half ahead flanker in South Melbourne’s 1909 premiership crew. He additionally performed within the 1907 VFL grand last, which South Melbourne misplaced.
24. ‘Tiger’: Roy R Bence (1922) was nicknamed ‘Tiger’ due to his ferocity in attacking the ball.
23. (*40*): A distinct twist to this widespread nickname: Gilbert V. Beard received it due to his surname, not his hair color!
22. ‘Torch’: Jeff McGee (1967) is among the widespread ABC ‘Coodabeens’.
21. ‘Moppa’: Stephen McBroom. Once once more, the surname says all of it.
