Hawthorn and North Melbourne met three times in the grand final in the late 1970s.

In the lead-up to the first of those meetings, in 1975, the Hawks learned they'd be without captain Peter Crimmins after the match committee opted to leave him out of the side as he battled testicular cancer.

Don Scott was in that meeting and, in this episode, explains what went down.

He also lifts the lid on John Kennedy's iconic "Don't Think, Do!" speech at half-time and why it didn't work.

The Hawthorn Team of the Century ruckman also shares his desire for the modern player to more accessible to the public and rips into the AFL's handling of grassroots football.

Join the three-time premiership Hawk and host Shane McInnes as they reflect on Hawthorn's first golden era on Footy: Then and Now. 
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