Re: All time greatest Hull FC team No.s 2 & 5 - The Wingers : Thu Jan 22, 2015 3:00 am  

Erik the not red wrote:

One real blast from the past who is before just about before everybody's time is Billy Stone, good enough to tour Down Under and score 149 tries for the club in the 1920's - on this information alone he must have been useful.

Billy Stone played with Billy Batten as his centre for a few years in the early 20's and was a goalkicker too. The first Challenge Cup final my dad went to was in 1922 at Headingley, when Hull lost 10-9 to Rochdale Hornets. Hull scored in the final minutes in the corner and Biily Stone missed the conversion. He went to another 3 CC finals and never saw them win. I have been to 4(including 2 of his) and never seen them win either.

Re: All time greatest Hull FC team No.s 2 & 5 - The Wingers : Thu Jan 22, 2015 5:53 am  

For me Sullivan was the best closely followed by Taffy but if it hadn't have been for broken legs I really believe that Kevin James would have gone on to great things. Difficult isn't it when you've watched for a while. I forgot to mention Fili Seru and Patrick Solliel. There I mentioned them Ha

Re: All time greatest Hull FC team No.s 2 & 5 - The Wingers : Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:09 am  

If you look through our long history then Ivor Watts with over 400 appearances and 200 tries has to be in contention as our second highest try scorer. Often overlooked for some reason he was at the Club for over 39 years, still holds the record for most tries in Derby's and had 15 years playing first team rugby for the Club when if he was fit he was an automatic choice. Lovely bloke too. Wilf Rosenberg was the most exciting winger I saw, but I just wish I had seen Bruce Ryan! Clive is the obvious top choice Though.

Re: All time greatest Hull FC team No.s 2 & 5 - The Wingers : Thu Jan 22, 2015 11:25 am  

My immediate thoughts were Clive Sullivan and Dane O'Hara and then after reading other posters favourites made me think back to my early days as a supporter when Keith Bowman and little Ivor Watts were on the wings . Two very contrasting types of players. Keith big and strong and Ivor with his mazey runs. When I first saw Van Volanhovan(can't spell ) of Saints I wished we had a winger with that shear pace and then came Clive . Been my all time favourite ever since. What a nice guy as well. We went to see him at work and asked if he could ask the team to sign my lads birthday card. Not a problem. The following week we had the card back signed by all the players and coaches. Super guy.
There are lots of candidates for the other wing but I'm sticking with Dane O'Hara. I think that team with the Kiwis in it was our most exciting team to watch.

Re: All time greatest Hull FC team No.s 2 & 5 - The Wingers : Thu Jan 22, 2015 12:52 pm  

Its got to be Super Alf and Howard Firth

Re: All time greatest Hull FC team No.s 2 & 5 - The Wingers : Thu Jan 22, 2015 1:21 pm  

Keep the names coming folks, looks like it's going to be a hard task selecting the 8 nominees, let alone the final 2

Don't forget to vote on the fullback thread if you haven't already

Re: All time greatest Hull FC team No.s 2 & 5 - The Wingers : Thu Jan 22, 2015 2:36 pm  

Surprised no one has mentioned Tevita. I know he played for us at the lower level, but it was fun while it lasted.

Re: All time greatest Hull FC team No.s 2 & 5 - The Wingers : Thu Jan 22, 2015 4:05 pm  

El Masa Loco wrote:

For me Sullivan was the best closely followed by Taffy but if it hadn't have been for broken legs I really believe that Kevin James would have gone on to great things. Difficult isn't it when you've watched for a while. I forgot to mention Fili Seru and Patrick Solliel. There I mentioned them Ha

Kevin James snapped his Achilles 3 times,that ended his FC career.

Re: All time greatest Hull FC team No.s 2 & 5 - The Wingers : Thu Jan 22, 2015 4:29 pm  

Smiggs wrote:

Surprised no one has mentioned Tevita. I know he played for us at the lower level, but it was fun while it lasted.

Mainly played centre while at Hull.

Re: All time greatest Hull FC team No.s 2 & 5 - The Wingers : Thu Jan 22, 2015 4:30 pm  

Mrs Barista wrote:

Sterling was my favourite. That try away at Doncaster was sensational.

Super winger, who only started playing league when he was about 30 and became one of the best wingers in SL. If he signed for Hull or another RL team when he was 18, god knows how good he could have been.

We certainly made a big mistake not keeping him.