1982 Phantom Draft

[footyfan1978]

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 1982 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 mid 1980's and into the early 1990'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 1982:



1964 Born players (retrospective 1982 Draft)
Mitchell, David
Passmore, Michael
MacPherson, Stephen
Maloni, Peter
Allday, David
Rohde, Peter
Williamson, Graeme
Wynd, Jim
Zanotti, Mark
Bennett, James
Johns, Garry
Wallis, Stephen
Arceri, Mark
Abbott, Paul
Sartori, Peter
Fuller, Robert
Hannebery, Matt
Shaw, Neville
Morrissey, James
Negri, Romano
Motley, Peter
Yeats, Graeme
Jobling, Andrew
Czerkaski, Peter
Fairley, Ian
Hall, Tony
McMullin, Ian
Wrensted, Murray
Christian, Michael
Brereton, Dermott
Obst, Andrew
Larkin, Matthew
Brockhurst, Andrew
Rogers, Andrew
Dunstall, Jason
Gastev, John
Dwyer, Mark
McKenzie, Warren
Bews, Andrew
Couch, Paul
Misso, Enrico
Doyle, Cameron
Prosser, Robert
Hawke, Paul
Tilley, Paul
Earley, Paul
Lamb, Clayton
Ryan, Brendan
King, Sean
Crebbin, Tom
Adams, Peter
Mitchell, Russell
Osborne, Richard
Cooper, Jamie
Bartlett, Glen
Fisher, Ross
Brittain, Craig
Harding, Paul
Densley, Peter
Hyslop, Sandy
Herbert, Carl
Burke, Peter
Perkins, Mark
Baynes, Rhett
McGuinness, Tony
Keenan, Tony
Amoore, Geoff
Siddons, Jamie
Poole, Trevor
Ishchenko, Alex
Hutton, Brent
Murphy, Darren
Cameron, David
McBroom, Stephen
Da Rui, Steven
Williams, Mark
Wight, Sean
Dwyer, David
Dean, Warren
Foyster, Mark
Hutchinson, Bret
McGrath, Shane
Withers, Mark
Buttifant, David
Hart, David
Troy, Darren
Sarcevic, Ray
Cameron, Stuart
Campbell, Matthew
Dickson, Russell
Tunbridge, Brad
Bailey, Bret
Kotzur, Hilton
Whitzell, Mark
Darcy, Tim
Flintoff, David
Kennedy, Michael
Stretch, Steven
Keane, Gary
Hart, Darel
McIntosh, Garry (did not play VFL/AFL but clearly had quality enough to do so in the few state games and international games he played)



Previous Retro-Draft Polls
1975 retro-draft
1976 retro-draft
1977 retro-draft
1978 retro-draft
1979 retro-draft
1980 retro-draft
1981 retro-draft

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

Dunstall easily and probably in the top half a dozen players I've seen.

Peter Motley had the potential to be better again, albeit different players... such a tragedy.

 

[Ronnie Deulio]

What a tragedy for Motley, could've been anything!!

 

[Monkey King]

Agree with others who've posted. Dunstall in a canter, Motley one of football's greatest tragedies.

 

[bobs head soup]

Although Dunstall had better longevity and numbers, in my opinion Brereton was an even stronger contributor to Hawthorn's Premiership teams and was a more important and better allround player. He'd be the one I'd take at #1.