Graham "Polly" Farmer starred at the Albury Sportsground in 1954 for East Perth against the Ovens and Murray

David Johnston
Updated August 15 2019 - 4:01pm, first published 3:00pm
CATCH-UP: Myrtleford's Mick Flecknoe, centre, pictured with Graham "Polly" Farmer, right, in the late 1970s. Flecknoe and Farmer played together for East Perth in the WAFL.
CATCH-UP: Myrtleford's Mick Flecknoe, centre, pictured with Graham "Polly" Farmer, right, in the late 1970s. Flecknoe and Farmer played together for East Perth in the WAFL.

AN estimated 6000 people who crammed into the Albury Sportsground on a mid-July day in 1954 were treated to a glimpse of a player who would become one of football's greatest ever.

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