Greatest player of all time?

[marcus]

Russell Ebert
(born June 22, 1949)
Russell is acknowledged as one of the greatest players in the long history of Australian rules football.

Born in Berri, South Australia, Ebert debuted for the Port Adelaide Magpies in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) as an 18 year old in 1968 and immediately made an impression, winning the club leading goalkicking in his debut season.

He followed that with a Magarey Medal (awarded to the fairest and most brilliant player in the SANFL) and club Best and Fairest double in 1971 and further honours over the proceeding decade and a half, including premierships in 1977, 1980 and 1981, Magarey Medals in 1974, 1976 and 1980 and club Best and Fairests in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977 and 1981.

Ebert is the only player in the SANFL to have won four Magarey Medals.

Victorian Football League clubs chased Ebert for a decade until North Melbourne finally won his signature and he spent a season with the Kangaroos in 1979 before returning to Port Adelaide, where his 392 games remains a club record.

Ebert captained Port Adelaide from 1974-1978 and 1983-1985, as well as captaining the South Australian side in 1975, 1977 and 1983. Upon his retirement in 1983, Ebert took over the coaching role at Port Adelaide until 1987 and then acted as coach of fellow SANFL side Woodville Football Club from 1988 to 1990.

Ebert's brother Craig also played for Port Adelaide and son Brett currently plays for Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League. Ebert was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996.

Ebert's playing career spanned a total of 451 senior games for Port Adelaide, North Melbourne and South Australian representative. This is estimated to be the seventh highest tally in top-level senior football.

Career highlights
Playing career: 1968-1985 (Games: 416 Goals: 310)

Port Adelaide (SANFL) 1968-1978, 1980-1985 (Games: 391 Goals: 295)
North Melbourne (VFL) 1979 (Games: 25 Goals: 15)

Player honors:
Magarey Medal 1971, 1974, 1976, 1980
Port Adelaide (SANFL) best and fairest 1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1981
Port Adelaide (SANFL) leading goalkicker 1968
Port Adelaide (SANFL) captain 1974-1978
Port Adelaide (SANFL) premierships 1977, 1980, 1981
South Australian representative (35 games 0 goals)

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Leigh Matthews

Birth March 1, 1952, Frankston, Victoria
Recruited from Chelsea Football Club
Debut 1969
Team(s) Hawthorn (1969 - 1985) 332 games, 915 goals

Coaching career
Team(s)
Collingwood (1986 - 1995) 224 games
Brisbane Lions (1999-pres) 215 games

Career highlights

Australian Football Hall of Fame: Legend (1996, inaugural), Player of the Century
AFL Team of the Century: Forward Pocket
VFLPA MVP Award: 1982
Award renamed in Matthews' honour: 2002
VFL Leading Goalkicker: 1975
All-Australian Team: 1972

Premierships (8)
as player: Hawthorn 1971, 1976, 1978, 1983
as captain: Hawthorn 1983
as coach: Collingwood 1990; Brisbane Lions 2001-03

Victorian Captain: 1980
Victorian Representative: 14 occasions
Hawthorn Team of the Century: Rover
Hawthorn Best and Fairest (8): 1971-72, 1974, 1976-78, 1980, 1982
Hawthorn Captain: 1981-1985
Hawthorn Leading Goalkicker (6): 1973, 1975, 1981-84

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Peter Hudson
Birth February 19, 1946
Recruited from New Norfolk, Tasmanian Football League

Playing career
Debut Round 2, April 22, 1967, Hawthorn vs. Carlton, at Princes Park
Team(s)
Hawthorn, VFL (1967-1974; 1977) 129 games, 727 goals
New Norfolk, TFL (1963-1966) 78 games, 378 goals
Glenorchy Football Club, TFL (1975-1976; 1978-1982) 81 games, 616 goals

Coaching career
Team(s) Glenorchy , TFL (1975-1976)
Hobart Football Club,TFL (1986-1987)

Career highlights
Hawthorn "Best and Fairest" 1968, 1970
Hawthorn leading goalkicker 1967-1971, 1977
Hawthorn premiership player 1971
VFL leading goalkicker 1968, 1970, 1971
Represented Victoria 10 times
All-Australian 1966, 1969
Represented Australia in "The Galahs" Australian Football World Tour 1968
William Leitch medal in 1978 and 1979 while at Glenorchy
Premiership coach (& player) Glenorchy, TFL 1975
Inducted as a Member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame in May 1996
Elevated to "Legend" status (15th legend) in 1999
Tasmanian Team of the Century

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Haydn William Bunton
(5 July 1911 – September 5, 1955)

He is regarded by some historians and long-term observers of Australian rules as its greatest-ever player.

Major achievements

The first and one of only four players to win three Brownlow Medals, for the "best and fairest" player in the Victorian Football League (VFL): 1931, 1932 and 1935

Won a Brownlow in his first season

The first and one of only five players to win three Sandover Medals in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL) — an award almost as prestigious as the Brownlow at the time — 1938, 1939 and 1941

The only player to have received three Brownlows and three Sandovers

[carmi99]

Did i read correctly that Ebert played 25 games in the VFL, and you have a poll as him being one of the greatest 4 players in the history of the game?

Only saw Mathews play so it would be

Mathews>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Ebert.

[Troy Wingate]

Ebert

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The rest.

[gandaal]

Leigh Matthews
vs
Wayne Carey
vs
Gary Ablett (snr)

That's the poll you were looking for.

[Snuka]

Did i read correctly that Ebert played 25 games in the VFL, and you have a poll as him being one of the greatest 4 players in the history of the game?

Only saw Mathews play so it would be

Mathews>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Ebert.

Wait...your telling us that you never saw Ebert play yet you put him that far behind Matthews. Seems like you not really qualified to make that sort of judgement.

[dobbo_18]

Originally Posted by Troy Wingate
Ebert

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The rest.
You're not biased at all.

Should be more than 4 players to choose from as well.

[delirious1]

Matthews>Ebert>Bunton>Hudson

[don vito of fitzroy]

1. Lethal
2. Huddo
3. Bunton
4. Ebert

[Roo-Boy]

Wayne Carey for sure
You forgot Wayne Carey

[thebigboy]

Had Coleman's career not been ended so early he would be the greatest ever player by a mile

[delirious1]

Had Coleman's career not been ended so early he would be the greatest ever player by a mile
If Dunstall didnt do his Knee three times he would of been better then plugger.
Your a moron mate, No what If questions please.
People are also under-rating Ebert. True Champion

[Tarkyn_24]

Hard to split Lethal and Ebert, went Lethal because he has backed it up witha very impressive coaching career. Even if he hadn't, still would've voted him by a whisker.

Though if Jason Cloke was in the poll, all that would change.

[ALM_30]

Wait...your telling us that you never saw Ebert play yet you put him that far behind Matthews. Seems like you not really qualified to make that sort of judgement.

Ebert was another one of those chumps who dominated his state league, but when it came to playing against the big guns in Victoria he was nothing but a blow-in. I.e Brian Peake too.

He and Hudson shouldn't even be in this poll, Ebert never succeeded playing 'proper' football and Hudson despite and outstanding goals for average, would be lucky to sneak in the Top 5 'FF's' of all time.

[Willow_2000]

Bugger i cant vote. Ben Cousins' name isnt up there.:D

[c0ze]

None of the above.

[delirious1]

Ebert was another one of those chumps who dominated his state league, but when it came to playing against the big guns in Victoria he was nothing but a blow-in. I.e Brian Peake too.

BWAHAH
Do you think the VFL was far superior to the SANFL in the 80's? what are you, 14?
Also calling Brian Peake nothing but a blow in exemplifies your stupidity

[Tarkyn_24]

None of the above.
I agree. WTF is Jase Cloke doing, not being up there?

[Bring-Back-Powell]

I agree. WTF is Jase Cloke doing, not being up there?
Or Brent Grgic :o

[Tarkyn_24]

Or Brent Grgic :o
I agree with everything in that post... except the sig. :thumbsd: