1977 Manly

SOO from 1980 is on Fox right now. Some manly greats like Wombat and Allan Thompson are playing ......
 
Alan Thompson is very dynamic in those 75-77 clips, playing at centre in lots of games. My strong memories of him playing are from the 80s when he was more a wily 5/8.
 
Alan Thompson is very dynamic in those 75-77 clips, playing at centre in lots of games. My strong memories of him playing are from the 80s when he was more a wily 5/8.
I recall his first games in first grade and some of them on the wing. Still remember and cheering him in the reserve grade GF in 1973.
 
I recall his first games in first grade and some of them on the wing. Still remember and cheering him in the reserve grade GF in 1973.
One of my favourites of that era. doesn't seem to get enough wraps. What ever happened to him?
 
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Thommo, Bozo and Max at the 87 Grand Final.
 
Reading the comments in Enablers v Match Winners and all of the love for Ian Martin, got me searching some games back then. Here are some great footage from 1977.

Manly V St George
This enabler concep and Ian Martin. We generally won the premiership with him in the team. 4 of them. The year he went to sawtell we weren't premiers. He came back and then we were premiers.
 
They both did at 1st grade level.

In 5/8 Alan's case, he was being undermined (sound familiar?) off-field.

Second rower Allan was a solid if uninspired coach who wasn't able to get enough out of his star-studded team.
Didn't Alan win the reserve grade premiership the year before in 88 and runners up in 87?
 
I reckon the ' original ' Terry Hill would've played a lot more 1st grade had he gone to Norths or somewhere.
 

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