Same task as previously posted retro-drafts here for 1975 year and onwards.
Simply a fun task to look back in retrospect of all players that would have turned 18 in 1980 that ended up playing in the league then or later (some obviously earlier as there was no actual draft or restrictions of players under 18 not being able to play)
If you followed and watched the VFL in the 1980's you will have some memory of how good some of these footballers were.
Here is the retrospective draft pool of 18 year olds in year 1980:
1962 Born players (retrospective 1980 Draft)
Ellingworth, Roger 12/14/1962
Robertson, Shane 12/10/1962
Jenkin, Alan 12/10/1962
Curtain, Peter 12/5/1962
Tossol, Peter 11/21/1962
Leslie, Martin 11/17/1962
Howard, Glenn 11/17/1962
West, Bruce 11/15/1962
Riggs, Jon 11/14/1962
Beers, Tony 11/7/1962
Phillips, Brenton 11/5/1962
Coghlan, Frank 10/31/1962
Schulze, Michael 10/30/1962
Cordy, Graeme 10/23/1962
Exell, Gavin 10/16/1962
Henwood, Wayne 10/15/1962
Ford, Michael 10/11/1962
Hardie, Brad 10/10/1962
Kickett, Derek 10/6/1962
Holt, John 9/29/1962
Rolfe, Michael 9/14/1962
Stirling, David 9/10/1962
Winbanks, David 9/8/1962
Reynoldson, Steve 9/6/1962
Harris, Bernie 8/25/1962
Buckley, Mark 8/25/1962
Murphy, David 8/23/1962
Robertson, David 8/15/1962
Turner, Jamie 8/12/1962
Lisle, Mark 8/12/1962
Blees, Michael 8/6/1962
Fedke, Karl 7/28/1962
Park, Neil 7/23/1962
Shields, Russell 7/22/1962
Curran, Peter 7/15/1962
Cousins, Richard 7/13/1962
Boland, Glenn 7/4/1962
Dickson, Dale 7/3/1962
Gotch, Bradley 6/23/1962
Rhys-Jones, David 6/16/1962
Considine, Paul 6/11/1962
Greetham, Geoff 6/5/1962
Morris, Russell 6/1/1962
Lawson, Mark 5/31/1962
Cordner, David 5/25/1962
Ryan, Paul 5/23/1962
Smyth, Dale 5/18/1962
McCarthy, Stephen 5/18/1962
Abernethy, Bruce 5/10/1962
McDonald, Donald 5/10/1962
Johnson, Paul 4/29/1962
Dorotich, Jon 4/27/1962
McAsey, Chris 4/25/1962
Alvin, Tom 4/21/1962
Dale, Andrew 4/19/1962
Taylor, Brian 4/10/1962
Scott, Brett 4/10/1962
Antrobus, Tony 4/8/1962
Gamble, Mark 4/6/1962
OSullivan, Michael 4/5/1962
Honybun, David 4/3/1962
Richards, Russell 3/30/1962
Fielke, Grantley 3/18/1962
Flanigan, Darren 3/8/1962
Browning, Clinton 3/7/1962
Dalkin, Chris 3/3/1962
OKeeffe, David 2/20/1962
Symonds, Tony 2/15/1962
Walsh, Kevin 2/9/1962
Barwick, Doug 2/6/1962
Christensen, Ross 2/6/1962
Temay, Paul 2/4/1962
Sneddon, Lindsay 1/29/1962
Rance, Murray 1/25/1962
Russell, Mark 1/18/1962
Garton, Adam 1/17/1962
OConnell, Michael 1/17/1962
Miles, Geoff 1/10/1962
Gandini, Len 1/5/1962
Brown, Glen 1/3/1962
Kol, Michael 1/1/1962
Kol, Nigel 1/1/1962
Certainly a pool of players that does not excite as much as pool of players born a year earlier.
Hardest one so far I found to pick my number one pick to vote for in poll.
Hardie, Abernethy and Rhys-Jones probably the classiest of this batch with Hardie and Rhys-Jones very controversial characters in their day. Hardie won a Brownlow medal, Rhys-Jones a Norm Smith medal and Brian Taylor probably won a Coleman medal in his time too. Many of these players would experience the before , during and after of the league expanding from a 12 club VFL league to see South Melbourne move to Sydney, then West Coast and Brisbane start out in late 80's to see the league expand to 14 clubs and also change the name of league to AFL in 1990. By the time Bruce Abernethy finished his career Adelaide became a 15th club. Quite a time of massive change for the league in these players lifetime. When they started out their careers football matches in this league were played basically all on a Saturday afternoon, at same time in Melbourne. However, by the end of their careers football spread all over the weekend, including the start of regular night football on tv and in 5 different states.
Previous Retro-Draft Polls
1975 retro-draft
1976 retro-draft
1977 retro-draft
1978 retro-draft
1979 retro-draft
Simply a fun task to look back in retrospect of all players that would have turned 18 in 1980 that ended up playing in the league then or later (some obviously earlier as there was no actual draft or restrictions of players under 18 not being able to play)
If you followed and watched the VFL in the 1980's you will have some memory of how good some of these footballers were.
Here is the retrospective draft pool of 18 year olds in year 1980:
1962 Born players (retrospective 1980 Draft)
Ellingworth, Roger 12/14/1962
Robertson, Shane 12/10/1962
Jenkin, Alan 12/10/1962
Curtain, Peter 12/5/1962
Tossol, Peter 11/21/1962
Leslie, Martin 11/17/1962
Howard, Glenn 11/17/1962
West, Bruce 11/15/1962
Riggs, Jon 11/14/1962
Beers, Tony 11/7/1962
Phillips, Brenton 11/5/1962
Coghlan, Frank 10/31/1962
Schulze, Michael 10/30/1962
Cordy, Graeme 10/23/1962
Exell, Gavin 10/16/1962
Henwood, Wayne 10/15/1962
Ford, Michael 10/11/1962
Hardie, Brad 10/10/1962
Kickett, Derek 10/6/1962
Holt, John 9/29/1962
Rolfe, Michael 9/14/1962
Stirling, David 9/10/1962
Winbanks, David 9/8/1962
Reynoldson, Steve 9/6/1962
Harris, Bernie 8/25/1962
Buckley, Mark 8/25/1962
Murphy, David 8/23/1962
Robertson, David 8/15/1962
Turner, Jamie 8/12/1962
Lisle, Mark 8/12/1962
Blees, Michael 8/6/1962
Fedke, Karl 7/28/1962
Park, Neil 7/23/1962
Shields, Russell 7/22/1962
Curran, Peter 7/15/1962
Cousins, Richard 7/13/1962
Boland, Glenn 7/4/1962
Dickson, Dale 7/3/1962
Gotch, Bradley 6/23/1962
Rhys-Jones, David 6/16/1962
Considine, Paul 6/11/1962
Greetham, Geoff 6/5/1962
Morris, Russell 6/1/1962
Lawson, Mark 5/31/1962
Cordner, David 5/25/1962
Ryan, Paul 5/23/1962
Smyth, Dale 5/18/1962
McCarthy, Stephen 5/18/1962
Abernethy, Bruce 5/10/1962
McDonald, Donald 5/10/1962
Johnson, Paul 4/29/1962
Dorotich, Jon 4/27/1962
McAsey, Chris 4/25/1962
Alvin, Tom 4/21/1962
Dale, Andrew 4/19/1962
Taylor, Brian 4/10/1962
Scott, Brett 4/10/1962
Antrobus, Tony 4/8/1962
Gamble, Mark 4/6/1962
OSullivan, Michael 4/5/1962
Honybun, David 4/3/1962
Richards, Russell 3/30/1962
Fielke, Grantley 3/18/1962
Flanigan, Darren 3/8/1962
Browning, Clinton 3/7/1962
Dalkin, Chris 3/3/1962
OKeeffe, David 2/20/1962
Symonds, Tony 2/15/1962
Walsh, Kevin 2/9/1962
Barwick, Doug 2/6/1962
Christensen, Ross 2/6/1962
Temay, Paul 2/4/1962
Sneddon, Lindsay 1/29/1962
Rance, Murray 1/25/1962
Russell, Mark 1/18/1962
Garton, Adam 1/17/1962
OConnell, Michael 1/17/1962
Miles, Geoff 1/10/1962
Gandini, Len 1/5/1962
Brown, Glen 1/3/1962
Kol, Michael 1/1/1962
Kol, Nigel 1/1/1962
Certainly a pool of players that does not excite as much as pool of players born a year earlier.
Hardest one so far I found to pick my number one pick to vote for in poll.
Hardie, Abernethy and Rhys-Jones probably the classiest of this batch with Hardie and Rhys-Jones very controversial characters in their day. Hardie won a Brownlow medal, Rhys-Jones a Norm Smith medal and Brian Taylor probably won a Coleman medal in his time too. Many of these players would experience the before , during and after of the league expanding from a 12 club VFL league to see South Melbourne move to Sydney, then West Coast and Brisbane start out in late 80's to see the league expand to 14 clubs and also change the name of league to AFL in 1990. By the time Bruce Abernethy finished his career Adelaide became a 15th club. Quite a time of massive change for the league in these players lifetime. When they started out their careers football matches in this league were played basically all on a Saturday afternoon, at same time in Melbourne. However, by the end of their careers football spread all over the weekend, including the start of regular night football on tv and in 5 different states.
Previous Retro-Draft Polls
1975 retro-draft
1976 retro-draft
1977 retro-draft
1978 retro-draft
1979 retro-draft
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