Best Swans By Guernsey Number

[GotTheGoodes]

#13, honorary mention to Adam Schneider.

One of my absolute favs at the time... probably why I like Paps so much... Reminds me of The Schneiderman.

 

[GotTheGoodes]

Just noticed there's a guy who played one game for the Swans, with the same name as the guy who was CEO of the AFL for 11 years.

How could #46 go to anyone but Andy Demetriou?

I just vomitted in my mouth a little bit.

 

[connolly]

1 - Charlie Ricketts (Captain and Coach of our first Premiership in 1909, played 82 games. Herbie Matthews Sr and Barry Hall would have strong claims)
2 - Vic Belcher (Duel Premiership player for the Swans, TOTC member and Hall of Fame member - no one comes close to him in this number)
3 - Jarred McVeigh (Premiership Captain and over 100 games more than the next nearest player with claims Jack Austin. Healy also has claims)
4 - Tony Lockett (Weak field really, but a no brainer in the end. Billy Williams would be the other option)
5 - John Rantall (Club and AFL Hall of Fame member and TOTC member. No way can anyone put a case forward for anyone else)
6 - Jim Caldwell (Captain of the 1918 Premiership team and missed playing in the 1909 premiership though suspension, one of our best. Dunkley and Craig Bolton went close)
7 - Dennis Carroll (Club captain in the early 90's and TOTC member)
8 - Daryn Cresswell (TOTC member and best remembered for smacking his own dislocated knee back into place and kicking a goal after the siren to produce a #Go North!
9 - Len Thomas (Twice Best and Fairest winner and 1933 Premiership winner. One of 17 Swans to give his life at war)
10 - Bob Pratt (Club's all time leading goal kicker including a season with 150, an AFL Legend of the game)
11 - Peter Bedford (Brownlow Medal winner, 5 time Best and Fairest winner, Captain and 3 time leading goal kicker. TOTC and AFL/Club Hall of Fame member)
12 - Mark Tandy (1918 Premiership player, AFL Hall of Fame member, TOTC member)
13 - Rod Carter (Tilt, note how we have NEVER not had a poor Full Back since we have moved to Sydney. He started the mould and the others have followed)
14 - Bob Skilton (What more can you say?)
15 - Kieran Jack (2012 Premiership player, All Australian and Best & Fairest winner)
16 - Len Mortimer (7 time leading goal kicker for the club and 1909 Premiership winner)
17 - Tadhg Kennelly (Irish convert who became a key player in our 2005 Premiership win and then became the first person to win the GAA/AFL double)
18 - Paul Harrison (This number is really jinxed, best we never hand it out - its the who's who of never were and always injured)
19 - Michael O'Loughlin (First person to play 300 games for the Swans)
20 - Jim Cleary (Involved in many losing Grand Finals after joining the club in 1934, including most of the "fun" of the 1945 GF)
21 - Tony Morwood (Twice leading goal kicker and member of the TOTC)
22 - Dick Casey (Missed the 1909 Premiership because of injury but was a combative player who was once suspended for half a season)
23 - Ron Clegg (One of the best Key Positions players to play for the club. Could play at both ends of the ground. Too early to put Buddy in yet)
24 - Jude Bolton (Dual Premiership player with over 300 games, one of only 3 in history to do so. Looks like Jane, plays like Tarzan)
25 - Laurie Nash (Only had to ask him who the best ever player was, because he saw each morning in the mirror when shaving)
26 - Stephen Wright (Small terror of a player but he was respected by those who watched him)
27 - Jack Graham (Used the place kick, won the goal kicking once yet was known as a centre half back)
28 - Jared Crouch (Played 194 games in a row from debut including the 2005 Premiership win, great tagger - just ask Aker)
29 - David McLeish (Played over 200 games for the club during the 70's)
30 - Mark Bayes (TOTC member and one of the best kicks this club has ever seen)
31 - Brett Kirk (Led by example and took his 3rd opportunity with both hands and became one of our club greats and a 2005 Premiership play)
32 - Amon Buchanan (2005 Premiership player who will be remembered for kicking the all important winning goal)
33 - Greg Lambert (167 games in this number)
34 - Troy Luff (All you need is Luff)
35 - David Murphy (Wingman in the Swans TOTC)
37 - Adam Goodes (Club's all-time leader in games played and two time Brownlow Medal winner and 2005 and 2012 Premiership winner, plus other awards)
39 - Heath Grundy (Most games in this number, 2012 Premiership player and rock of the defence)

Just quietly in regard to Len Mortimer , the 1909 Swans Premiership was most probably a fixed game so maybe its not such a great achievement. Although the fix was in against Carlton so morally there is no problem.

 

[MC Bad Genius]

Just quietly in regard to Len Mortimer , the 1909 Swans Premiership was most probably a fixed game so maybe its not such a great achievement. Although the fix was in against Carlton so morally there is no problem.

Just googled to find out more and instead found the oldest surviving footage of Australian Rules football!!!

 

[Wolfgang West]

Just noticed there's a guy who played one game for the Swans, with the same name as the guy who was CEO of the AFL for 11 years.

How could #46 go to anyone but Andy Demetriou?

46. Stephen McBroom.

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

46. Stephen McBroom.

I’ll have to take your word for it.

 

[connolly]

Just googled to find out more and instead found the oldest surviving footage of Australian Rules football!!!

Carlton beat South very comfortably by 22 points in the Preliminary Final. Had Carlton finished the regular season on top of the ladder, that result would have seen the Blues win four flags in a row. But we had finished on top, and under VFL rules at the time, we had the right to challenge Carlton for the Premiership if we lost in the Preliminary Final. South and Carlton had won the same number of games in 1909 but the Bloods had a slightly better percentage by about 3%. In one of the proudest moments in the history of the club we .exercised the challenge under the rule. Carlton started raging favourites having beaten us convincingly the week before. In addition they had three premierships on the trot behind them. But of course the hand of God in the form of John Wren intervened and against the odds we beat them by two points in one of the great turn arounds in football form thereby winning our first premiership. Carlton even in those days apparently was a dog of a club. They sacked their premiership winning coach mid season in 1909 and paid their players a pittance even for the day. Five years later Carlton was hit by another fixing scandal when three of their disgracefully underpaid players (one a champion) were disqualified for five years for throwing matches. Never been any good.

 

[bedford]

Max Papley. He wore Number 11. Great player but cant dislodge Peter Bedford. And they were both wonderful cricketers also. As is Stuart Maxfield at 11.The great Ron Clegg played at Centre Half Forward and Centre Half Back, played as a 17 year old in the Bloodbath GF and won a Brownlow so is really stiff.

That's exactly why this doesn't work . There was a thread about 9 years ago which I might have started (guessing ) that gave a few good or great players for each number. Don't have time to go back that far. Always a good discussion point though.

 

[GotTheGoodes]

That's exactly why this doesn't work . There was a thread about 9 years ago which I might have started (guessing ) that gave a few good or great players for each number. Don't have time to go back that far. Always a good discussion point though.

A weekly Top 5 for a few numbers would be interesting.

E.g. week 1 is number 14.

So in order: Skilts, Kels, Bird etc etc

 

[bedford]

A weekly Top 5 for a few numbers would be interesting.

E.g. week 1 is number 14.

So in order: Skilts, Kels, Bird etc etc

E.G. number 1 first.