Stocklands Gowanbrae village attracts VFL veterans
The male residents at Gowanbrae (VIC) organise a monthly Friday barbeque. With four former VFL players as residents (1962-65 Essendon premiership star Darryl Gerlach, 135-game North Melbourne player Daryl O'Brien, Essendon player and former Coburg...
The male residents at Gowanbrae (VIC) organise a monthly Friday barbeque. With four former VFL players as residents (1962-65 Essendon premiership star Darryl Gerlach, 135-game North Melbourne player Daryl O'Brien, Essendon player and former Coburg captain John Welsh, and Pat Fitzgerald, who played for Footscray), they attracted 130 people to lunch when joined by guests such as former Essendon captain Ken Fraser, former captain and North Melbourne premiership player Barry Davis, Ken Fletcher, a former Essendon captain and father of current player Dustin, and 1959 Bombers' best and fairest winner Hugh Mitchell.
