From ‘40s to noughties

BEACONSFIELD Football Club’s annual pastplayers’ day on Saturday was dedicated to recognising the contribution of players from the club’s seven decades of history.
Club historian Lawrie Canning put together much memorabilia for the afternoon using old records and with the assistance of recordings by club stalwarts including Jim Parkes and Garry Allison.
Highlights from each decade were recalled with members from each present.
Beaconsfield separated from Officer in the 1940s and became its own entity.
Club icon Alex Robson was present and recognised as the legend from the 1940s.
The 1950s brought the club’s first premiership in 1953 and members present from that decade included Alf Brown, Colin Bailey and former longtime secretary Frank Holohan.
Bailey was nominated as the man of the 1950s.
Other club greats to be recognised included Garry Manning (1960s), Brendan Miney (1970s) and fivetime bestandfairest winner Peter Smith (1980s).
The 1990s were dominated by the Cashman clan and they were named the family of the decade.
Another club icon, Alf Brown, was named the man of the noughties.
Brown, who is nearing 83, has been a continued inspiration throughout the life of the club and makes the regular drive from Seaford to watch the Eagles play.