We have just recently discovered that the teacher who has taught my daughter in two years and my son in another year is Merv Keane's sister. My daughter did a project about the differences between the 1970's and today, and one of the areas was how footy had changed. We used the 1973 Premiership photo on the slideshow as one of the photos. When I asked my daughter how the presentation went, she said "Miss Keane looked at the footy Premiership photo and casually said that her brother Merv would be in that photo!" My daughter asked me if that meant Miss Keane knew someone famous, and I said yes, definitely famous in our household! His sister is unassuming just like Merv was as a player!
I was explaining to the kids what a great player Merv was. A Triple-Premiership player, Tigers Hall-of-Fame member, Tigers Team of the Century, 238 games. I remember Merv from the mid-70's onwards and recall him as an ultra-dependable half-back who was tough and rarely beaten. Great decision maker and kick of the footy, never flustered - cool, calm and collected. I remember his two thumping goals in the 1980 Grand Final. One of them to the City end seemed to go forever! He had 27 possessions and two goals in the Grand Final - not a bad day against the Pies!
The range of legends he played with was just amazing - a who's who of Tigers champs. My closest current day player to Merv I could come up with was Corey Enright from the Cats. I was wondering what memories fellow PRE's had of Merv.
I was explaining to the kids what a great player Merv was. A Triple-Premiership player, Tigers Hall-of-Fame member, Tigers Team of the Century, 238 games. I remember Merv from the mid-70's onwards and recall him as an ultra-dependable half-back who was tough and rarely beaten. Great decision maker and kick of the footy, never flustered - cool, calm and collected. I remember his two thumping goals in the 1980 Grand Final. One of them to the City end seemed to go forever! He had 27 possessions and two goals in the Grand Final - not a bad day against the Pies!
The range of legends he played with was just amazing - a who's who of Tigers champs. My closest current day player to Merv I could come up with was Corey Enright from the Cats. I was wondering what memories fellow PRE's had of Merv.