Graham Moss

You know, it might be here, it might be there.

Who's going to take it over? And then suddenly, bang, Ross Glendinning and Graham Moss are interviewing players, including myself and Robbie Wiley and others.

And very soon, the club was announced.

The West Coast Eagles are joining the VFL.

I never had my first game until I was 20 when Dennis Marshall took over at Glenwood.

And it was about the third game into the season and they put five of us up, Graham Moss, Bruce Pepper-Ursel, Johnny Bridgewood and the Reynolds brothers and myself.

They all went on to great careers and long careers as mine wasn't quite that long.

But I guess when we had a new coach come in when Marshall left and I was playing cricket and it got to a point I didn't know the pre-season games because I was playing cricket and Verdon Howe just sat me down and said, you behind the eight ball? And yeah, I made up my mind then it was probably just worry about

nothing happened.

Graham Moss is insured for half a million dollars against death or total disability.

Yes.

And if Moss is injured tomorrow and misses any matches over the next two years because of that injury, he will receive $1,000 for each match he's sidelined.

Derek Kickett won it in 92.

So the question is, are they going to award the Leon Larkin medal this year? I don't know.

From what I know, I think they, was it Graham Moss medal that they might've given for WA games in the nineties, which were not against Victoria.

They were just against anyone.

And being, you know, 25 years on, it's a good chance to reflect on, on that list and what's happened since and, and, and what changes we could potentially make to that.

So for those who, who aren't familiar, the list from one to 25 are Dick Reynolds, John Coleman, James Hird, Bill Hutchison, Simon Madden, Tim Watson, Ken Fraser, Jack Clarke, Albert Thurgood, Tom Fitzmaurice, Terry Daniher, Wally Buttsworth, Reg Burgess, Bill Busbridge, Barry Davis, Keith Forbes, Graham Moss, Mark Harvey, Gavin Wanganeen, Mark Thompson, John Birt, Matthew Lloyd, Michael Long, Fred Bering, and then Harold Lambert rounded out the 25.

So an absolute star-studded list there, really comparable to the top 25 players from any c- club in the competition's history.

Absolutely.

You know, do you take the leadership into account? Obviously, the way he led the club through the saga was unparalleled.

It certainly endeared him to fans.

Does that make us overrate the impact? Um, before I get your take, you know, y- you sort of then start looking at the, the players like a, a Graham Moss or a Gavin Wanganeen, players who, you know, had shorter careers th- than Joe, but at least at Essendon, also Brownlow Medalists in that time, and, and that's sort of the, the, the spots that I'm looking at at the moment when it comes to Joe.

What's your opinion?