Did You Know? A Former Richmond Secretary Helped Take Checker Hughes to Melbourne
Percy Page’s Richmond story did not end when he left the secretaryship. After moving into Melbourne’s administration, he helped persuade Richmond’s 1932 premiership coach Checker Hughes to cross clubs.
Melbourne would later credit the Page–Hughes partnership with helping reshape the club, while Hughes went on to coach four Melbourne premierships. That makes Page’s near-disappearance from the Richmond story even stranger: the same man who helped bring a new finals system into the VFL also helped another club acquire one of Richmond’s greatest football brains.
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