Top 3 players ever from each club

[PowerfulPies2023]

In your era, In your opinion

Adelaide - Riccuito, McLeod, Modra
Brisbane - Voss, Neale, Akermanis
Carlton - Williams, Silvagni, Koutifides
Collingwood - Pendy, P.Daicos, Buckley
Essendon - Hird, Salmon, Lloyd
Fremantle - Fyfe, Pavlich, Farmer
Fitzroy - Roos, Osborne, Lynch
Geelong - Ablett Snr, Ablett Jnr, Dangerfield
Gold Coast - Rowell, Miller
GWS - Greene, Cameron Ward
Hawthorn - Dunstall, Hodge, Brereton
Melbourne - Gawn, Lyon, Jakovich
North - Carey, Longmire, Archer
Port - Tredrea, Wanganeen, Rosee
Richmond - Martin, Richardson, Cotchin
Saints - Lockett, Harvey, Riewoldt
Sydney - Kelly, Goodes, Franklin
Western - Grant, Bontempelli, Libertore Snr
West Coast - Judd, Matera, Cousins

 

[RUNVS]

From Sydney probably Skilton, Lockett, Franklin.

 

[PiCkLeJuiCe]

In your opinion

Adelaide - Riccuito, McLeod, Modra
Brisbane - Voss, Black, Akermanis
Carlton - Williams, Silvagni, Koutifides
Collingwood - Pendy, P.Daicos, Buckley
Essendon - Hird, Salmon, Mercuri
Fremantle - Fyfe, Pavlich, Farmer
Fitzroy - Roos, Osborne, Lynch
Geelong - Ablett Snr, Ablett Jnr, Dangerfield
Gold Coast - Rowell, Miller
GWS - Greene,
Hawthorn - Dunstall, Hodge, Brereton
Melbourne - Gawn, Lyon, Jakovich
North - Carey, Longmire, Archer
Port - Tredrea, Wanganeen, Rosee
Richmond - Martin, Richardson, Cotchin
Saints - Lockett, Harvey, Loewe
Sydney - Kelly, Goodes, Franklin
Western - Grant, Bontempelli, Libertore Snr
West Coast - Judd, Matera, Cousins

You do realise football was played before 1980's right?

 

[bobs head soup]

The Bulldogs recently named our all time best 25, with top 5 in order. Top 3 were;
1 - Whitten
2 - Bontempelli
3 - Grant

Hard to argue.

 

[PowerfulPies2023]

You do realise football was played before 1980's right?

Not in my era.



Best wishes.

 

[archereleven]

Mercuri??

 

[Colonial]

Giants- Greene, Ward, Taylor

I do think Callaghan & or Green could take a spot in the end.

 

[rye]

neale has gone past all at brisbane except arguably voss

 

[PowerfulPies2023]

neale has gone past all at brisbane except arguably voss

Yep.

 

[jwikked]

You do realise football was played before 1980's right?

You'd prefer people to pretend like they actually watched Jack Dyer play footy?

 

[PowerfulPies2023]

Michael Long and Boomer Harvey could have been in there. I didn't see enough of Long. Joel Selwood also.

 

[RUNVS]

You'd prefer people to pretend like they actually watched Jack Dyer play footy?

I did. He was very good at football. He knew how to kick and handball, he was able to put one foot in front of the other, and then the other in front of the original foot, even able to speed that up so he moved quicker, which greatly helped his ability to get the ball.

Watching him breathing in and out, which also helped with his moving around the field was quite a sight, sometimes he was near opposition players and they were in awe, and sometimes he was not near them and they were relieved because of his smell.

Some said at the time that he could drop the ball onto his foot and make the ball go as well as anyone.

 

[Chip Scab1]

Im your era, In your opinion

Adelaide - Riccuito, McLeod, Modra
Brisbane - Voss, Neale, Akermanis
Carlton - Williams, Silvagni, Koutifides
Collingwood - Pendy, P.Daicos, Buckley
Essendon - Hird, Salmon, Mercuri
Fremantle - Fyfe, Pavlich, Farmer
Fitzroy - Roos, Osborne, Lynch
Geelong - Ablett Snr, Ablett Jnr, Dangerfield
Gold Coast - Rowell, Miller
GWS - Greene,
Hawthorn - Dunstall, Hodge, Brereton
Melbourne - Gawn, Lyon, Jakovich
North - Carey, Longmire, Archer
Port - Tredrea, Wanganeen, Rosee
Richmond - Martin, Richardson, Cotchin
Saints - Lockett, Harvey, Loewe
Sydney - Kelly, Goodes, Franklin
Western - Grant, Bontempelli, Libertore Snr
West Coast - Judd, Matera, Cousins

Carey, Schwass, Harvey in my time. McKernan stiff, Jimmy Krak stiff.

All time; Carey, geez probably Cable, Boomer

 

[PiCkLeJuiCe]

You'd prefer people to pretend like they actually watched Jack Dyer play footy?

I remember that when we talk cricket and someone brings up Bradman.

 

[Colonial]

I remember that when we talk cricket and someone brings up Bradman.

Apples and oranges. Bradman stats, and the rest of the world agreeing, make him an untouchable. On top of that he played internationals against quality.
You are talking a time when it was part time suburban comp.

 

[PiCkLeJuiCe]

Apples and oranges. Bradman stats, and the rest of the world agreeing, make him an untouchable. On top of that he played internationals against quality.
You are talking a time when it was part time suburban comp.

Funny how prestigious awards are named after these "part time suburban" hacks - Coleman Medal, Matthews Trophy, Norm Smith Medal,

 

[Colonial]

Funny how prestigious awards are named after these "part time suburban" hacks - Coleman Medal, Matthews Trophy, Norm Smith Medal,

Rose coloured glasses.

That and no one called them hacks.
Also what’s with the italics? They were part timers in a suburban comp.

 

[PiCkLeJuiCe]

Rose coloured glasses.

That and no one called them hacks.
Also what’s with the italics? They were part timers in a suburban comp.

You've said Bradman is untouchable, part of the reason being he played internationally against quality. You do realise international cricket meant playing 3 - 4 matches a year. Bradman was a part time cricketer as were his team mates and opposition.

I know the OP changed it to "In your era", but before that, anyone who didn't have Matthews as the best Hawthorn player ever has no idea.

 

[Wallaby]

Bartlett
Martin
Richardson

 

[Colonial]

You've said Bradman is untouchable, part of the reason being he played internationally against quality. You do realise international cricket meant playing 3 - 4 matches a year. Bradman was a part time cricketer as were his team mates and opposition.

Yet still did it.

I know the OP changed it to "In your era", but before that, anyone who didn't have Matthews as the best Hawthorn player ever has no idea.

Not saying he shouldn’t be but just because someone doesn’t agree with you doesn’t mean they have no idea, especially when it’s a rather large and expansive topic.

 

[Andyy]

My era/opinion (born 1988 so 90's mostly no memory).

Dusty
Richardson
Riewoldt

And special mentions to Cotchin and Rance

 

[WilloTree]

You've said Bradman is untouchable, part of the reason being he played internationally against quality. You do realise international cricket meant playing 3 - 4 matches a year. Bradman was a part time cricketer as were his team mates and opposition.

I know the OP changed it to "In your era", but before that, anyone who didn't have Matthews as the best Hawthorn player ever has no idea.

Bit of a grey area there. It's not really apples to apples.

You're right saying the cricketers were part time in the sense they all had other jobs. But, it Bradman played an 'away' game he'd travel by sea for a couple of weeks just to get to the right country where his only responsibility was to play cricket and represent Australia. A tour took months.

Bit different to catching a tram from Punt Rd to Junction. The VFL was absolutely a part time suburban competition in every manner.

 

[UltraEgo]

Adelaide: McLeod, Ricciuto, Modra
Brisbane: Voss, Akermanis, Black
Carlton: Koutoufides, Silvagni, Williams
Collingwood: Pendlebury, Buckley, P Daicos
Essendon: Hird, Lloyd, Fletcher
Fremantle: Pavlich, Fyfe, Sandilands
Geelong: Ablett Jnr, Ablett Snr, Dangerfield
Gold Coast: Ablett Jnr, Rowell, Miller
GWS: Greene, Cameron, Ward
Hawthorn: Franklin, Dunstall, Hodge
Melbourne: Gawn, N Jones, Lyon
North Melbourne: Harvey, Archer, Carey
Port Adelaide: Tredrea, Wanganeen, C Cornes
Richmond: Richardson, Martin, Campbell
St Kilda: Lockett, Riewoldt, Harvey
Sydney: Franklin, Lockett, Goodes
Western Bulldogs: Grant, [PLAYERCARD]Brad Johnson[/PLAYERCARD], Bontempelli
West Coast: Cousins, Judd, [PLAYERCARD]Peter Matera[/PLAYERCARD]

 

[Colonial]

GWS: Greene, Cameron, Ward

Who?

 

[Woolly Mammoth]

(To make it more interesting, I decided to employ a rule of no double ups, i.e Lockett at Saints and Swans)

Adelaide - McGuinness, Modra, Jarman
Brisbane - Voss, Black, Akermanis
Carlton - Williams, Bradley, Koutifides
Collingwood - P.Daicos, G.Brown, Buckley
Essendon - Long, Hird, Mercuri
Fremantle - Bell(), Pavlich, Fyfe
Fitzroy - Roos, Wheildon, Brad Boyd
Geelong - Ablett Snr, Couch, Ablett Jnr
Gold Coast - Rowell, Miller, Anderson
GWS - Greene, Cameron, Whitfield
Hawthorn - Platten, Dunstall, Franklin
Melbourne - Lyon, T.Viney, Neitz
North - Carey, Schwass, McKernan
Port - Wanganeen, Tredrea, Boak
Richmond - Knights, Richardson, Martin
Saints - Lockett, Harvey, Riewoldt
Sydney - Kelly, Goodes, Kennedy
Western Bulldogs - Grant, S.West, Bont
West Coast - Mainwaring, Matera, Judd