TOM LAHIFF was persuaded to transfer to the club after being spotted playing for Brighton seconds. He never looked back and went on to carve out a special place for himself in the club's history. A fiesty, aggressive and classy rover he was always in the thick of the action. Also dangerous around the goals and a fine leader. Called upon to take charge of the team on the eve of the 1941 final series after Frank Kelly, the captain & coach resigned, in dramatic circumstances. He managed to play for three VFL clubs in between a long career with the club. Famously arrested and marched around the boundary at Coburg while non playing coach in 1962 and went on to become something of a cult figure commentating on football on the radio.
Record: (1930-45); 178 games
captain & coach 1938, 39, 41 (pt.) & 45;
coach 1946 & 62
best & fairest 1934 & 40
premierships 1940 & 41.
Details supplied by Terry Keenan, author of 'A Taste of Port'
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