Greek Team of the Century
The Greek Team of the Century was a representative team chosen in 2004 in the sport of Australian rules football.[1]
Anthony Koutoufides and Peter Daicos were named vice-captains, Lou Richards was captain. The criterion for selection was that any Greek blood whatsoever constituted eligibility for the team. The farthest blood line was from Russell Morris, whose fourth great grandfather was Greek.[2]
The Squad
Australian Football League historian, Col Hutchinson supplied the selectors with a list of 28 players with which to pick the final team.
| B: | George Lakes | Ang Christou | |
| HB: | Angelo Lekkas | Russell Morris | Vasil Varlamos |
| C: | Andrew Demetriou | Anthony Koutoufides | |
| HF: | Daniel Metropolis | Athos Hyrousolakis | |
| F: | Spiro Kourkoumelis | Peter Daicos (Vice-captain) | Jason Traianidis |
| Foll: | Steve Malaxos | Lou Richards (Captain) | John Georgiou |
| Int: | Luke Beveridge | Peter Kanis | Zino Tsataris |
| Chris Pavlou | |||
| Coach: | Ron Richards | ||
Players named in no particular position:
- John Rombotis
- Chris Pavlou
- Charlie Pannam Snr.
- Charlie Pannam Jnr.
- Zeno Tzatzaris
- Alby Pannam
- Alex Marcou
- Spiro Malakellis
- Arthur Karanicolas
- Con Gorozidis
- Gary Frangalas
See also
References
- ^ Greek Team of the Century Archived 7 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Louie captains the centurions". Neos Kosmos. 6 September 2004. Archived from the original on 8 September 2004. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
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