Lou Richard's number?

JB19 · Joined: 20 May 2002 Location: Melb

I was hoping someone out there may help me out, does anyone know what number Lou Richards wore while playing for the Pies.

Thanks.

MAGPIRA · Joined: 08 May 2001

not too sure about when he first started but later I am pretty sure that he wore number 1 but I could be wrong!

BJ · Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2002 12:40 pm

Lou started with No 21 1946 - 1949. He switched to No 2 in 1950 and when he became skipper, he went to No 1 1953-55

BJ

MAGPIRA · Joined: 08 May 2001

LOL BJ~! Thanks at least I got one of em right!

Sly · Joined: 24 Dec 1999 Location: Australia

Actually, for a while it was tradition that the Captain wore Number 1.

S.
The Last Remaining Bad Guy.
The Incandescent One.

The Collingwood Rant.
The AFL Rant!
The AFL Ranting Board.
Don�t believe the Facts until you�ve read the Rants!

London Dave · Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2002 1:26 pm

I think players numbers changed quite a bit in those years...Capt, vc and dvc got 1, 2, 3 and the rest were done alphabetically..that system was still going in some form up to the late 60's at least...was a pain changing your number verey year as we seemed to have a diff captasin every couple of years. Don't know when the practice officially stopped, but Ray shaw was the first skipper I can recall who kept his 'old' number, though I stand to be corrected on that one. The old CFC website had a list of who wore what number down the years, but that section was 'lost' in the telstra changeover...

Bones · Joined: 04 Sep 1999 Location: western victoria

Speaking of numbers. Does anyone know the REAL reason why all players were forced by the VFL to wear different numbers for the 1958 GF...

Think only one player wore his number that day, Gabba..

Dr Alf Andrews · Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2002 6:34 pm

The REAL reason?

Not sure.

But the official reason, as far as I'm aware, was that one of the local newspapers, possibly The Sun, published the numbers the day before. The VFL was worried that this would result in reduced sales of the Footy Record, so they forced the teams to change their numbers. The only reason Ray Gabelich got to wear his usual number was because he was so big that they couldn't find another jumper big enough for him.

In those days the Footy Record wasn't much more than just a list of players and their numbers. People generally only bought it for that reason.

floreat pica
**************
My Ph.D. thesis, "Football: the People's Game?" is now available for viewing and/or downloading at http://alf.magpies.net