#32 Will Hoskin-Elliott

skaman · Post by **skaman** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 8:20 pm

Hate to compare to a scum team, but kinda reminds me of a Ken Hunter

robevpau1 · Post by **robevpau1** » Sat Oct 22, 2016 11:52 am

Hoskin-Elliott's great-great-grandfather Charlie Norris played in a premiership with Collingwood ....

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-04-23/a-giant-mystery

Piesnchess · Post by **Piesnchess** » Sat Oct 22, 2016 12:13 pm

Very interesting, actually, I thought players with hyphenated names only went to the Toffy Deeeeeees !

ronrat · Post by **ronrat** » Sat Oct 22, 2016 12:27 pm

So Chuck Norris is a Pies man. Good stuff.

Skids · Post by **Skids** » Sat Oct 22, 2016 1:16 pm

Piesnchess wrote:Very interesting, actually, I thought players with hyphenated names only went to the Toffy Deeeeeees !

Yes, the old hyphenated surname..... is there a bigger statement of wankness??

Piesnchess · Post by **Piesnchess** » Sat Oct 22, 2016 1:18 pm

Skids wrote:
Piesnchess wrote:Very interesting, actually, I thought players with hyphenated names only went to the Toffy Deeeeeees !
Yes, the old hyphenated surname..... is there a bigger statement of wankness??

or snobbery.

skaman · Post by **skaman** » Sat Oct 22, 2016 1:39 pm

Agreed..akin to having shared facebook names with your partner

Post by **stoliboy** » Sat Oct 22, 2016 4:01 pm

robevpau1 · Post by **robevpau1** » Sat Oct 22, 2016 4:16 pm

stoliboy wrote:Double

What a close resemblance!

AN_Inkling · Post by **AN_Inkling** » Sat Oct 22, 2016 4:41 pm

Yeah, definite likeness.

Culprit · Post by **Culprit** » Sat Oct 22, 2016 5:09 pm

Hyphenated names usually get the nickname Two Dads.

themonk · Post by **themonk** » Sat Oct 22, 2016 5:25 pm

robevpau1 wrote:Hoskin-Elliott's great-great-grandfather Charlie Norris played in a premiership with Collingwood ....

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-04-23/a-giant-mystery

This could be really special, exciting much

Dr Pie · Post by **Dr Pie** » Sat Oct 22, 2016 6:02 pm

If Les Norris/John William Elliott was the cab driver at the gunfight at Barkly Street then he was involved in one of the great mysteries of early twentieth century Melbourne. The official story was that Squizzy Taylor and Snowy Cutmore shot each other. However there is a persistent rumour that a third gunman shot both men, was seen running from the house, but was under police protection and was the beneficiary of a cover up.

Frank Hardy retold the story in "Power Without Glory" He claimed that "Snoopy Tanner" (who was based on Squizzy Taylor) had threatened "John West" (John Wren) after they fell out over a crooked deal and that West paid a third party to kill Tanner. This is of course denied by the Wren family and Hardy never produced evidence to link Wren with Taylor's death.

However the third gunman theory may be true even if Hardy's connection to Wren is not. Clyde Palmer, a well known sports and crime journalist in the 20s and 30s, (and the father of football writer Scott Palmer), arrived at Barkly St following a tip-off and claimed to have seen the third gunman escaping. He could not get this report published in the daily papers but he stuck to this story all his life and Scotty referred to it when the ABC television series based on Hardy's book was shown in the seventies.

So as well as getting a talented footballer, The Pies may have acquired a bloke with links to one of the great Melbourne stories.

Mossi · Post by **Mossi** » Sat Oct 22, 2016 6:06 pm

Culprit wrote:Hyphenated names usually get the nickname Two Dads.

"Norris" sounds good to me!

5150 · Post by **5150** » Sat Oct 22, 2016 6:47 pm

What number did two dads great great grand dad wear?

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#32 Will Hoskin-Elliott

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