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1970s VFL Trivia Quiz

The 1970s began the era of mega game plans. Fast, skilful, high-scoring games were common, so it was a very exciting time to watch football, even if every player in the league had the same hairdo!

A multiple-choice quiz by zoomba23. Estimated time: 8 mins.

Author
zoomba23

Time
8 mins

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Multiple Choice

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380,792

Updated
Dec 03 21

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10

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Question 1 of 10

1. It's the last quarter of the 1971 Grand Final between Hawthorn and St Kilda. Hawthorn's Peter Hudson has 150 goals for the season, three goals in this match, equalling Bob Pratt's record. He has three chances to break the record outright, but somehow didn't manage it. Which of these did *not* happen in the tense last quarter to Hudson? Hint

He hit the post from a 65 metre torpedo

He kicked the ball out on the full from 20 metres out

He kicked into the man on the mark from 20 metres out

He appeared to kick a goal, but the ball was recalled to another Hawthorn player

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Question 2 of 10

2. The 1970 Grand Final between Carlton and Collingwood is certainly one of the most famous Grand Finals, involving the "mark of the century" and Carlton's comeback after being down by 44 points at half-time. However, despite Collingwood being the victim in this match, they had done something similar to what Carlton did in this game earlier in the season by coming back after being down by a seemingly unassailable margin against St Kilda. What margin were Collingwood down by at half-time in this Round 10 match? Hint

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Question 3 of 10

3. I played two games for Hawthorn, both of them in 1975, both against North Melbourne. I kicked a third of the team's goals in the semi-final, my first game, but in the Grand Final, my second and final game, I failed to record a stat, was taken off, and never played again. Who am I?

Answer: ( Two words, or just surname ... you don't need a hint )

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Question 4 of 10

4. In Round 6, 1977 at Princes Park, Hawthorn mauled St Kilda by 88 points, having an absolutely astonishing 66 scoring shots to St Kilda's 23. What was Hawthorn's final score? Hint

25.41.191

23.43.181

27.39.201

24.42.186

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Question 5 of 10

5. In the classic drawn Grand Final of 1977 that finished 76-76 between North Melbourne and Collingwood, both teams were very inaccurate. Collingwood finished with 10 goals 16 behinds, and North finished with 9.22. North's Arnold Briedis was the worst offender, kicking 0 goals and how many behinds? Hint

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Question 6 of 10

6. All four of these players who played in the 70s were born overseas. Three of them were born in Germany. Which one of these was *not* born in Germany? Hint

Harry Frei

Alex Ruscuklic

Val Perovic

Bohdan Jaworskyj

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Question 7 of 10

7. North Melbourne's superstar Malcolm Blight was known for many things, including possessing a lethal right-foot kick. This came in especially handy in Round 10 of 1976 against Carlton at Princes Park. After trailing by over three goals in the last quarter, Blight kicked three goals in this quarter, including a monster 85 metre torpedo after the siren that sailed through post-high. How many points did this enable North to win by? Hint

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Question 8 of 10

8. The 1969 season began a sequence of Grand Finals, through to the 1982 Grand Final, that saw only six teams participate - North Melbourne, Collingwood, Richmond, Carlton, St Kilda and Hawthorn. Who was in the most Grand Finals in that time and how many were they in? (including replays there were 15 grand finals played) Hint

Hawthorn - 8

Carlton - 7

Richmond - 9

Collingwood -6

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Question 9 of 10

9. These days if someone kicks 100 goals in a season, they're guaranteed to finish as the league's leading goalkicker. That's not how it was back in 1972, with Essendon's bespectacled Geoff Blethyn coming runner-up to Collingwood's Peter McKenna, who had 130 goals. How many goals did Blethyn have that season, including finals? Hint

107

119

105

102

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Question 10 of 10

10. In 1973, the centre diamond was introduced to reduce congestion in the centre of the ground, allowing only four players from each team inside it at centre bounces. How many years did the centre diamond last, before it was changed to the centre square?

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: He hit the post from a 65 metre torpedo

Hudson was desperately unlucky to not break the record, most likely still dazed after being belted earlier by St Kilda strongman 'Cowboy' Neale. Despite Hudson's troubles, Hawthorn won the match 82-75 after trailing by 20 points at three quarter time, with relatively unknown forward Bob Keddie kicking 4 goals in the last quarter.

Answer: 52

Collingwood proved that they were also capable of a remarkable comeback, kicking 12 goals in the second half to St Kilda's 4 to win 14.23.107 to 15.10.100. This set a new record for the biggest margin overcome from a half-time deficit. At one stage in the second quarter, Collingwood were trailing by 60 pts.

Answer: Michael Cooke

Cooke caused a sensation when he kicked 4 goals in his first game, but that was where it ended when the extra pressure of the Grand Final got to him, and his career ended right there. Bevan played 20 games for Hawthorn, kicking 37 goals from 1973-1975, Murphy played 14 games from 1975-77, kicking 15 goals, and Welsh played 79 games for the club, kicking 9 goals from 1973-1979.

4. In Round 6, 1977 at Princes Park, Hawthorn mauled St Kilda by 88 points, having an absolutely astonishing 66 scoring shots to St Kilda's 23. What was Hawthorn's final score?

Answer: 25.41.191

Kicking a mind-boggling 41 behinds in their record-breaking 191-103 win it was, despite the total, one of the most inaccurate performances seen by any team ever, with an average of 6.25 goals and 10.25 behinds per quarter. Five Hawthorn players kicked at least four behinds, with Kelvin Matthews kicking the most with six.

Answer: 7

Briedis certainly had a bad case of the yips, kicking an atrocious 0 goals 7 behinds, almost a third of North's total behinds for the match. He did a lot better in the replay though, kicking 5 goals to be North's best in the 151-124 demolition of Collingwood.

6. All four of these players who played in the 70s were born overseas. Three of them were born in Germany. Which one of these was *not* born in Germany?

Answer: Val Perovic

Val Perovic was born in Croatia and played 174 games for Carlton. Of the three Germans, Alex Ruscuklic, who played with Fitzroy for the majority of his career from 1966-1974, as well as 9 games with Carlton, played the most games. He played 108 games with Fitzroy, kicking 189 goals, and played 9 games for 20 goals with Carlton. Bohdan Jaworskyj played 67 games with Hawthorn, including the 1975 Grand Final loss to North Melbourne. Footscray's Harry Frei only played 6 games in 1973, but later became a medium pace bowler for Queensland.

Answer: 5

Blight finished with 5 goals, but this moment especially has gone down in football folklore as one of the most improbable kicks, as it was a set shot from the centre square, and will always be remembered as one of North's best wins ever. North won 11.15.81 to Carlton's 11.10.76.

Answer: Carlton - 7

Carlton made 7 Grand Finals in those 14 years, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1979, 1981 and 1982, winning 5 of them. North, Collingwood and Richmond each made 6 Grand Finals in that time, with Richmond winning the most out of those teams, triumphing in 4. Hawthorn played in 4 Grand Finals, winning 3, and St Kilda only played in 1, which they lost (1971 vs. Hawthorn).

Answer: 107

Blethyn kicked 105 goals to the end of the regular season, and then kicked 2 goals in Essendon's 53 point elimination final loss to St Kilda. Normally this total would've been plenty, but when full forwards still kicked the vast majority of their team's goals, it wasn't enough.

Answer: 2

The glory of the centre diamond didn't last long, being replaced in 1975 by the centre square, as it seemed more sensible to put a square in the middle of the ground.

Source: Author zoomba23

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