G Sims’s story at Northcote Park reads like a season-by-season accumulation of trust: earned on the field, reinforced off it. 107 games might look like a number — at Northcote Park it reads as commitment, the kind that shows up in tough stretches of the year. Winning 3 flags means doing the hard things repeatedly; G Sims was there for more than one climb, and more than one reset. The premiership years — 1977, 1978, and 1979 — mark some of the club’s standout eras. The club’s Best & Fairest record shows G Sims at the top in 1978 and 1979, which usually means doing the unglamorous work exceptionally well. The club tends to celebrate the visible heroes, but G Sims is also associated with the invisible glue — the habits and expectations that make teams function. G Sims’s record is a reminder that clubs are built by people who do the work when no one is watching. That’s why the name belongs on the honour roll. Every club has turning points; G Sims 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 Sims comes from how they carried responsibility in ordinary weeks. To this day, G Sims is cited as an example of what it means to represent Northcote Park properly. Plenty can be read in the statistics, but the respect attached to G Sims comes from how they carried responsibility in ordinary weeks.