AFL Tasmania has announced the most memorable games of Tasmanian football as nominated by all Tasmania's longstanding senior football clubs, football associations or the Hall of Fame selection committee and is pleased to advise that the game between Tasmania and Victoria in 1960 at York Park has been selected for induction into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame in 2005.
The game is famous as being the first victory by a Tasmanian team against the might of Victoria in interstate football and was watched by a then record Tasmanian football crowd of 15600 at York Park in Launceston on 13 June 2005.
The game also featured many champions of Tasmanian and Victorian football, including: All Australians - Don Gale, Barry Strange, Bob Withers, Stuart Spencer and Frank Johnson; and VFL Premiership players - Hugh Mitchell, John Birt, Ken Fraser, John Winneke, Murray Weideman, Athol Webb, Verdun Howell, Billy Goggin, John Peck and Geoff Case.
The official induction of the `Game' will take place on 15 July at the Hall of Fame gala function at Wrest Point Casino.
The following Tasmanian players who participated in the game were in attendance at media activities statewide:
South - John Hawksley, Colin Moore, Burnie Payne.
North-west - Brian Loring, Garth Smith, George Mason.
North - Bob Withers.
The captain of the Tasmanian team, Stuart Spencer, who was this week inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame, spoke about the victory against Victoria as one of the greatest moments of his career. Mr Spencer said: "The Tasmania v Victoria game in 1960 was one of the greatest highlights if not the greatest of my career. It was a special moment to lead my adopted state of Tasmania to such an important victory and the memory lives with me."
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Last Modified on 08/06/2005 11:58