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Yeah there's no debate on their standings at all. Two of the absolute best full forwards/players ever were Coleman and Hudson and their amazing records bare this out.
Older Pies fans will remember a fat, unfit Hudson with a bung knee coming back for a one off game in 1973 at VFL Park and him making our defenders look like mugs to the tune of 8 goals without breaking a sweat. The bloke was clearly a freak.
I'd throw Gary Ablett Snr up with these blokes too. He didn't play permanent full forward until 1993 when he was 31+ years old and kicked big centuries immediately. If he'd played his entire career there who knows how many goals he'd have kicked (as it was he's still the best footballer I've seen, an unbelievable talent).
Coleman kicked 12 on debut & went on to kick exactly 100 in his maiden season, from 21 games....He won the Club best & fairest that year in 1949 & led the Bombers all the way to the Premiership, kicking 6 in the Grand Final to bring up the tonne.
The following year, in 1950, he kicked 120 from 19 games.....Again taking them to the premiership....In 1951 he kicked 75 from 16, but missed the finals through injury, I think....Essendon lost the Grand Final by 11 points without him.
Can you imagine the hysteria if a player were to have an immediate impact like that in today's game?....That kind of impact is the stuff dreams & legends are made of.
As for Ablett.... just a freak of nature really. Couldn't hack city living, unfortunately for us....There's only 3 blokes who could play anywhere, to have kicked a 100.....Ablett, Jesaulenko & Blight....Lets see if Fyfe can do that.