Re: some help need ..... about collingwood and pointing the bone incident..

"LeTubs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> contributed the following:

>Hi All
>
>I vaguely remember that there was an incident there as an
>something about a collingwood and a some one pointing the
>bone at the club,  back in the late 80's or early 90's and there
> was a reversal. I am trying to dig up some trivia, on clubs supersitions
>curses and results (world wide.)
>I'm not sure if it was collingwood (but I'm sure it was)...
>Any help would be appreciated..
>
I believe it was part of the Nicky Winmar incident, (when he lifted his
St.Kilda jumper up during a game to point his skin out to the racist
Collingwood supporters who had been abusing him that day), where the
then Collingwood President McAllister (sp?) made some stupid racist
comment after it happened and then had to later grovel and back-pedal to
make up for his mistake.

I seem to remember a local Koori elder "pointing the bone" at the club
before some sort of deal was done with the apology and it was somehow
"withdrawn".

Of course, there still is the story about how Collingwood apparently
chopped down some sacred Koori trees to build their Social Club building
at Victoria Park in the late 1950's, and the subsequent "curse" for that
action has only seen them win ONE Grand Final in about 10 attempts since
that time.......

Try the aus.sport.aussie-rules newsgroup for more people to ask.

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Regards, David.

David Clayton, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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