Ask around the club about G Douglas and you’ll hear a mix of hard numbers and even harder-to-measure influence. 198 appearances tells you G Douglas was trusted — and kept repaying that trust with clean decisions and a fierce second effort. G Douglas was part of a flag-winning group — a year when everything clicked and the club’s belief turned into proof. The premiership years — 1985 — mark some of the club’s standout eras. Best & Fairest in 1982 and 1983 says plenty: coaches noticed, teammates noticed, and opposition certainly did — week after week. People remember G Douglas for the small, repeatable plays: the shepherd that frees a runner, the chase that forces an error, the voice that resets structure. Taken together — games played, roles held, and the seasons shared — G Douglas represents what an honour roll is meant to capture: contribution that lasts beyond the final siren. It’s the sort of legacy that gets passed on in training drills, in committee rooms, and in the stories told after games. It’s the sort of legacy that gets passed on in training drills, in committee rooms, and in the stories told after games. It’s the sort of legacy that gets passed on in training drills, in committee rooms, and in the stories told after games. Every club has turning points; G Douglas was involved in enough of them to be remembered long after the seasons rolled on. Plenty can be read in the statistics, but the respect attached to G Douglas comes from how they carried responsibility in ordinary weeks. That balance — competitiveness with care for people — is why G Douglas is still spoken about with warmth.