In 73 and 74 he was the best player in the comp by a country mile. Won all the media awards and they gave his brownlows to Keith Greig.
The Truth started up a rival brownlow where votes are tallied for 16 rounds and then go into escrow for the last 6 weeks. They would have a function brownlow like at the end of the year to reveal the winner. In one year (74 I think) KB could not be beaten by rd 16. Absolute champ. Finals gun. Dusty is a freak but I'd like to see him equal KB's 21 goals in three finals at the age of 32 in 1980!
Yes, good posting, Chops. KB was an amazing player but this reminds me of some posts on Shai Bolton that I didn't get to contribute to. I think it was speculating on who Shai was like or resembled as a player with a big future.
So gives me a chance to say - Shai has the number, and he has the super-extended stride, great evasiveness and pace that remind me of KB. Obviously his whole career ahead of him and I'm not saying he will be as good. But the closest player I've seen yet in style to KB.
(Clearly the club noticed this when handing out numbers too. Even same height but Kevin much lighter). Shai a longer and better kick most likely though.