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unusual facts about ruckman


Ruckman, West Virginia

Ruckman is located at the intersections of Ash Ruckman Road (WV Secondary Route 7/4) with J.C. Ruckman (WV Secondary Route 12/6) and Edgar Loy (WV Secondary Route 7/7) Roads south of Augusta and northeast of Kirby.


1971 VFA Grand Final

Ruckman Bernie McCarthy was the Bullants' best player, and Preston's final quarter fightback is largely credited to McCarthy's good ruckwork.

1975 WANFL season

Subiaco send Peter Burton out a winner, as the retiring ruckman dominates Swans’ danger players Sidebottom and Bob Beecroft.

Brent Renouf

Due to injuries to Max Bailey, Simon Taylor and Wayde Skipper, Renouf took the job as number one ruckman for the 2010 season.

Grand Island, Nebraska

A book, Night of the Twisters, by Ivy Ruckman, and movie were based on this event.

Kapunda Football Club

Jack Oatey Medallist and Central District Bulldogs premiership vice-captain and ruckman Jason McKenzie and former Port Adelaide Power and now Greater Western Sydney Football Club listed ruckman Jonathan Giles are also products of the Kapunda Football Club.

Peter Ruckman

A native of Wilmington, Delaware, Peter Ruckman is a son of Colonel John Hamilton Ruckman (1888–1966) and a grandson of General John Wilson Ruckman (1858–1921).

Ron Boucher

John Todd was appointed as the senior coach at Swan Districts in 1977 and enticed Boucher back to the club in 1978 to be developed further as a ruckman.

Shaun Rehn

Rehn currently enjoys coaching the Byron Bay magpies and in 2011 coached South Australia in the 2011 State of Origin Slowdown to a 17.10 (112) to 17.9 (111) victory over Victoria in a charity match at the Adelaide Oval for the Little Heroes Foundation and the Reach Foundation youth charities started by former Melbourne ruckman and 1991 Brownlow Meadallist Jim Stynes.

Tristen Walker

He was dropped soon after, before impressing in the latter stages of the season, winning a reprieve for the 2003 Grand Final due to the suspension of key forward Anthony Rocca for striking Port Adelaide ruckman Brendan Lade late in the first quarter of Collingwood's stunning 44-point defeat of the Power in the Preliminary Final a week earlier, Walker bypassing the more experienced Jarrod Molloy and Steve McKee to gain selection.


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