1978 VFL Grand Final Mile race - run at half time.

[@Melbournelost66]

Fantastic! Peter Landy in the latest, sharpest gear. Great coverage of this. Crowd shots, and it was a dash rather than a sprint! I was there aged 12. 😊👍🏻

[@millencolin924]

So cool seeing uncut live old skool AFL footage. Takes you back!

[@airfarceone7016]

Great quality! Peter Landy at his finest.

[@jaycharger72]

You beauty St Kilda well done Doug

[@twentyrothmans7308]

4:12 with a footballer's body is amazing.

[@timn4481]

the final time cant be right...to do a 4 :12, the average lap time needs to be 63...but you can see that the first lap was 65, lap 2 was 70, lap 3 was 66...and the time stamp on the video was that it started at 3:38 and ended at 8:08. so its about a 4:30..still very decent but a long way off 4:12.

[@twentyrothmans7308]

@@timn4481 You're right. Make him run it again 🙂

[@heathermurfet9472]

About 4:30 which is pretty impressive. On lush grass as well. No wonder he streeted them. Not sure if many on an AFL list today could do that.

[@morganbullen9743]

The John Travolta white disco jacket was all the rage back in 1978!

[@timn4481]

FWIW the correct time is 4:30. lap times were 65, 70, 66, 69.

[@glassonion7582]

fantastic Rhett !

[@shaundgb7367]

It is certainly no Dandy Dollar Dash. I watched the 1978 Grand Final as a kid but do not remember such a race on then. I only remember the Grand Final Sprint, which I assume replaced this a year later.

[@andrewharris4268]

I was there and I have NO recollection of this event whatsoever.

[@heathermurfet9472]

Ha ha me too.

[@simonmeade6611]

Yeah me too. I was 12.

[@clarkemcclymont2879]

Lou Richards - iconic 👌

[@robertsands6348]

Good to St.Kilda win something on Grand Final day 😮

[@crashdavis721]

Was it Doug Booth that kicked the dog on the field down at Moorabbin one match day?

[@cckcollins3636]

Was indeed the old black dog he was no 20 then i beleive, shame we missed the actual presentation prob ch7 & ads

[@drkdowd]

Queen’s Birthday 1978 at VFL PARK in front of me and 78000 others- type ‘St Kilda's Doug Booth shockingly kicks a dog in the head’ into KZbin search.

[@quincywagstaff1243]

He was, but occurred at Waverley against Collingwood.

[@cckcollins3636]

Just search doug booth black dog

[@MrShadowman32au]

Photo finish 😊

[@colincolenso]

We should bring this back. Players nowadays are much fitter. I doubt the course was 1609m if that guy ran 4.12. Likely closer to 1500m. Blicavs would have beaten that guy by half a lap and he was around 3.55 for a mile at his best. I was a 4.30 runner for 1500m as a decathlete and could have beaten any of those runners by 4+ meters over 100m. Would be good to celebrate the strong endurance guys in the AFL, rather than just the sprint race.

[@timn4481]

the winner ran 4:30. look at the time stamp and listen to the lap time callouts. 65-70s per lap...can Blicavs really run a 3:55?!..thats elite even in track circles... AND.. what makes u so sure that cos you were running a 4:45/50 mile pace, that u could beat any of these guys by 4m over 100?..most AFL players excelled at track and many could've been elite track athletes but chose AFL.

[@crashdavis721]

@@timn4481 I reckon Cotterell would give Blicavs a decent race, kid was a gun middle distance runner

[@colincolenso]

@@timn4481 Thanks, that makes sense. Yes, Blicavs has run sub 3.40 1500m, probably around 4 mins now.

[@colincolenso]

@@timn4481 Blicavs almost made the olympic team in the 3k steeple. Was elite. Rare for a 6'5" guy.

[@colincolenso]

@@timn4481 FYI Stephen Bews, brother of Andrew (ex. Geelong Captain) ran a 4.12 in a decathlon against me, about 4 seconds off the Decathlon world record.

[@3072to4170]

Doug Booth kicked right away...