1978 - and an even bigger set of cards. We're up to 168 cards - WOW!! I had to buy these in boxes, not packets. When are you too old to buy and collect footy cards? Hmmm - never! My brother bought me a box of 1978 footy cards for my birthday but he left them on a tram! For a whole day that tram travelled around Melbourne and my box of footy cards sat patiently up on the rack - touched by no one. Finally, that night after a big day of work and study, my brother went down to the depot to ask about the cards. 'What number tram, mate?' They went out into the sheds, located a No 109 tram, hopped aboard and there was my box of cards - still there!! This guy here is Simon Madden - he's played the most games for Essendon - I'm not sure how many - let me know if you know!! I remember getting 21 Barry Rounds that year!!

 


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