Bit of a quiet day today had me thinking who is the fastest winger ever to wear the green jersey?
Was it a young Arthur Duncan freshly out of his shower hair dripping wet flying down the slope full turbo on ?
Is it the Rocket Man Martin Boyle in the mood fully fit and flying?
Is it the Ibrox hatrick hero Ivan Sproule?
Or is it Ivan Sproule on a motorbike the enigma that was Alan OBrien?
( Who can forget his jet propelled debut at Stirling Albion that turned into a damp squib)
My early memories are of Alex Scott burning up the grass down the right wing but I suppose his better days were behind him by the time he joined our great club
Eric Stevenson ( The Rebel )?
Probably between Nijinsky and Starman
Any other candidates I might have missed out?
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14-02-2020 12:50 PM #1
Flying wingers: Nijinsky or starman?
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14-02-2020 12:53 PM #3
Sproule would be my choice.
Head down, scoot up the wing... sometimes had to pay at the Turnstyle to get back into the ground.
What a guy!
EDIT: Just found THIS tribute on YouTubeLast edited by Keith_M; 14-02-2020 at 12:56 PM.
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14-02-2020 12:55 PM #4
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Arthur Duncan for me, he was lightning fast.
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14-02-2020 01:03 PM #6
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Any other candidates? I realise that they were before your time but I think our two all-time highest scoring wingers deserve a shout.
For pace you can’t compare different eras but Arthur was the most consistently good over a long period and was still pretty quick when he moved to full-back.
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14-02-2020 01:05 PM #7
Arthur Duncan by some distance, pace, trickery, entertainment and goals, a very effective player who was a nightmare to play against as he didn't know what he was going to do himself sometimes.
I loved Sproule and am a huge fan of Boyle as well.
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14-02-2020 01:07 PM #8
I remember Arthur Duncan running so fast down the right wing, he couldn't stop and went over the wall.
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14-02-2020 01:13 PM #9
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George McNeill by far the fastest to ever play for Hibs!
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14-02-2020 01:14 PM #10This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I watch Boyle closely at games but I still keep going back to Arthur for sheer speed pretty sure he entered himself in the Powderhall Sprint on New Years Day
Wait one cotton picking minute I think I have just answered my own question:
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14-02-2020 01:17 PM #11
We need a Bryan Jacks Superstar challenge at the beginning of the season.
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14-02-2020 01:24 PM #12
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Can only really comment on 'fast' players I've actually seen so from around 1989-ish. Sproule is the fastest of the lot IMO. One player (along with SJM and SDG) I really wish had managed a goal v Hearts, he'd have loved that. Had a great finish on him too but maybe lacking the awareness, passing, and close control of Martin Boyle. O'Brien was a complete dud and was playing at several levels higher than he ever should have been; amazing he was pretty much a guaranteed starter for 2 successive seasons. One assist and zero goals his total contribution IIRC. Notable mentions also to Agathe and Rougier.
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14-02-2020 01:26 PM #13This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote"The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don't have it" - George Bernard Shaw.
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14-02-2020 01:26 PM #14
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There was a point on Wednesday when the Squirrel ran down the wing and the move didn't quite come off I turned to my old school friend of 50 or so years and said "Open the gates" we laughed.
If it had been almost 50 years ago and we were in our usual place on the terrace of the East instead of sitting in the West I would have probably shouted it!Space to let
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14-02-2020 01:52 PM #17This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The Hibs media should be creating some retro content here, it’d be great to see the players facing off.
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14-02-2020 02:02 PM #18
Michael Nelson.
Boyle from my memory but I didn't see as much of Sproule in his first spell for us, so it's bound to be a close one. Both great to watch, but Boyler is the better player IMO.
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14-02-2020 02:10 PM #19
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Between Sproule and Agathe for the players I've seen for Hibs. With Agathe it maybe wasn't until he went to Celtic that I realised just how ridiculously quick he was. The game against Juventus it seemed like the never knew who he was. Constantly bombing down their right. There was a point where the left winger. Presume it was Nedved and their left back doubled up on him so he just knocked it way past both and ran onto it.
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14-02-2020 02:12 PM #20
Ivan Sproule one of the fastest players I have ever seen full stop, never mind for us. Loved it when he used to get his head down and have a go.
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14-02-2020 02:20 PM #21
Sproule for me no question
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14-02-2020 02:23 PM #22
Those of a certain age will know Duncan was by far the quickest seen at er. His turn of pace from a standing start was unrivalled. Boyler second and Ivan just behind
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14-02-2020 02:26 PM #23
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Good Friday debate, I like it!
If you speak to anyone who trained or played with Arthur Duncan (and that includes one-time Hibs signing George McNeill - the world's fastest man for a while) they will say his speed was unbelievable. He would routinely win the 100 metre sprints Eddie Turnbull was so fond of and could basically burn off anyone else he played against.
I only saw Arthur in his twilight Hibs years myself, so in my own experience, I would say Sproule, Agathe and Boyle are among the quickest I've seen in a Hibs shirt. Durie was also really pacy in his Hibs days. Alan O'Brien was fast - just a shame he was sh*te the moment you put a ball at his feet!
Does anyone remember Mark Caughey, who we signed around 85/86 at the same time as Beastie McCluskey? He was meant to be a flying machine, but when he arrived he was as fast as a fortnight.
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I remember we got him a Sprint Coach shortly after we signed him from East Fife worked on his upper body strength and he was dynamite over 20 yards
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14-02-2020 02:42 PM #26
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Didn't see enough of Sproule to judge in comparison.
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Sproule for me as well.
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14-02-2020 03:00 PM #30
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If we’re all serious and take nostalgia/current favourite player aside its absolutely Sproule. Guy was a bang average footballer who was one of our most dangerous players cos he had world class level pace
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