I barrack for the tiges because of Jack Dyer. Jack was Pops cousin and also good mate. Jack was always at family funerals when I was a kid and I remember him as this jovial giant who everybody loved. Jack was a regular visitor to Gordon until Pop died in the early 70s. For that reason most 2nd gen people from Gordon barrack for Richmond as well, big catholic town big Tigers town.
I have 1 uncle who has always barracked for Carlton. The rest of the Family could never work it out, Dad used to joke that he got kicked by a horse when he was a baby. I used to ask him and pester him about it when I was a kid. Dad also has pestered him for years about it, 60 odd years, and he's always avoided it or laughed it off. Kev is going downhill a bit so he finally came clean and told Dad why he barracks for Carlton. When Kev was a kid Jack Dyer as a treat took him and another uncle, Vince, down to the footy. The boys got taken into the rooms and met all the Tigers of the day, he remembers them all, including Bill Morris, Kev is 85 and he was little. That day we played Carlton, who beat us by 10 goals, Kev thought, 'I'm barracking for the winners'. Ungrateful little bastard. ;D