Small tattoos became more commonplace then the tattoo culture exploded, as it has throughout the Western world. Fitzroy players put a twist on the theme when they got commemorative tatts after the Roys' last game in 1996. In the '90s there was the fad of premiership tattoos over the ankle. Maui Tourism Maui Accommodation Maui Bed and Breakfast Maui Holiday Rentals Maui Holiday Packages Maui Flights Maui Restaurants Maui Attractions Maui Travel Forum Maui Photos Maui Map Maui Guide All Maui Hotels Maui Hotel Deals Last Minute Hotels in Maui Skip to main content. Tattooed players from the '80s include Les "Salty" Parish and Jamie Shaw (Fitzroy), Rod Waddell (Carlton, Geelong), Jody Arnol (St Kilda) and Daryl Cunningham, who played with St Kilda and Essendon.īombers teammate Tony Antrobus set a high-water mark for '80s tatts with his colourful array at Windy Hill at the end of the decade. "I didn't take much notice," he said, before adding: "Old Louie used to call me Moving Pictures." McGhie rarely played with a teammate who had tattoos during a career that spanned stints at Footscray, Richmond, Footscray again and South Melbourne before he retired in 1981.īut the numbers of tattooed players began to slowly rise after he hung up his boots. The odd spectator called him a lout but he shrugged it off. Coaches and teammates never mentioned them. McGhie said he was never discriminated against during his footy career because he had tattoos. "It wasn't a bad tattoo, actually," he said. His favourite was a "decent-sized" eagle on his right bicep. But young Robbie liked his initial experience and got a dozen more over the next couple of years, all of them between the shoulder and elbow. "But I ended up with 13!" His first was a python wrapped around a panther on his left bicep. different parts of the world These brightly colored fish are popular tattoo symbols 170. "He said, 'Don't go overboard,' " McGhie said. We have a variety of popular tattoo subjects and styles Jul 11. When he told his father, who served in the British navy, that he wanted to get a tattoo his father understood. He was knocking around with a bunch of sharpies who were older than him and he was influenced by their taste for tattoos. "You don't need them on every part of your body, do you?" McGhie's tattoo odyssey began when he was a 15-year-old at Tottenham Tech in the western suburbs. He sees no big deal in the fact that so many current players have tattoos – but he does think some of them have gone too far. McGhie took a minute out from his job at a roller shutters company in West Footscray last week to talk to The Sunday Age about tattoos from his era and the current one. His rough edges (and attacking flair) made him a hugely popular player with Richmond fans in one of the club's greatest eras. Besides tatts, McGhie had a sharpie haircut.
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