AFL Tasmania has announced the elevation of 2 inductees to ‘Legend’ status in the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame.
Peter ‘Percy’ Jones and Michael Roach join 38 other ‘Legends’ of Tasmanian football in the Hall of Fame.
Peter Jones is known universally in football as ‘Percy’. A giant ruckman of his era at 198cm and more than 100kg he was recruited by Carlton from North Hobart in late 1965 and proceeded to play 249 senior games for the Blues including 4 premierships. With his final game being the 1979 grand final when Carlton defeated Collingwood.
Michael Roach is best remembered for his long, accurate kicking for goal, strong marking and his reign as the best forward in Australian football in the early 1980s. The second of a quartet of key forwards recruited by Richmond from Tasmania, preceded by Royce Hart and followed by Matthew Richardson and Jack Riewoldt, Roach was an enormously popular player whose career was interrupted by injury but still saw him ranked amongst the great forwards from the Tigers. He achieved many honours in the game and became one of the first players from Tasmania to play 200 games at the highest level.
The new Legends will be officially elevated to Legend status on the 5th July at the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame gala function along with Tasmania’s new Icons for 2013.
Last Modified on 01/07/2013 16:16