John Longmire

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588 appearances 9 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 20 Aug

John Longmire’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Whateley · John Longmire | Pain, Perspective and Premierships (04.08.26) · 4 Aug 2026 podcast

Then I did it again in 96, the start of 96. voice-verified

And voice-verified

and came back and tried to play again within five months. voice-verified

I was a slow learner and didn't get to the wire. voice-verified

Many times when I pulled out of 96 out of the season and decided to keep working on my knee reconstruction, I was feeling a bit sorry for myself, but there was many times when you just – there's bigger things in the world, and that's happened to me a number of times when you've just got to take a deep breath and think this is only a game. voice-verified

You can't get too serious about it. voice-verified

Yes, I was in and out of the senior team for the last three years. voice-verified

I retired at 28 and my tournament game was the premiership in 1999 and after we won the flag, I carried on as though I won the Norm Smith medal. voice-verified

I had three possessions and two ineffective and I'm not sure that was the right thing to do, Gerard, but the relief was enormous and I was able to voice-verified

to retire with, um, with that hanging around my neck. voice-verified

And, um, and that sort of was, was, yeah, it was just pure relief, I guess, as much as, um, elation. voice-verified

Oh, I was, the last three years, because it was so hard on coming back from the injuries and having a number of, I just felt my football ability was slipping through my fingers. voice-verified

I peaked probably pretty early for a youngster and then I sort of was on the downhill run. voice-verified

So the last few years was a bit of a challenge for me, Gerard. voice-verified

So even though I was only young, I was just finding it hard to get up every week. voice-verified

And I had another career that was already, I was already along that path. voice-verified

So it was, in the end, it was a pretty easy decision for me. voice-verified

Yes, and I was lucky enough to work at IMG as a player manager and to work for one of the biggest sports marketing companies in the world was fantastic. voice-verified

So I was able to transition my way into that pretty well. voice-verified

And then football came knocking again. voice-verified

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