This is a look back at players born in 1980 that played in senior AFL system.
It does not mean they were part of the draft pool in the year of actual 1998 but it does mean that under current AFL conditions since 2009 all the eligible types that turned 18 in that year of 1998 are included if they made their debut at some point.
I did a series of retrospective draft pools last year that I posted here starting with players turning 18 during the year 1975 and each subsequent year the next batch of 18 year olds. This is just a fun task to look back in the time that I been watching football in this league and wondering the quality of players that can be found retrospectively, as if drafts were done the same as they've been done since 2009, which is to have no players younger than 18 at end of that year able to be drafted.
If you watched football at least from this period feel free to add your own thoughts on players you felt would have been number 1 in the 1998 retro-draft and the following years.
This particular one of players born in 1980 for a retro-draft of 1998 has some serious competition for which player should be number one in a draft of these players. Players such as Jude Bolton, Adam Goodes, Luke Power and Lenny Hayes to name just a few of the worthy candidates to be considered for number one pick from this retrospective draft pool. There are a few others too that not out of place to consider.
Here is the retrospective draft pool of 18 year olds in year 1998:
1980 Born players (retrospective 1998 Draft)
Golding, Matthew
Henneman, Aaron
Hayden, Roger
Baynes, Dale
Watt, Shannon
Ramanauskas, Adam
Hall, Ken
Stevens, Michael
Bradshaw, Darren
Hall, Ray
Ladhams, Chris
Carroll, Nathan
Godfrey, Simon
Broadbridge, Troy
Tarrant, Chris
Wojcinski, David
Cox, Adrian
Prendergast, Ian
Rusca, Shannon
Thurstans, Toby
Gallagher, David
O'Brien, Michael
Begley, James
Scotland, Heath
Johnstone, Travis
Stenglein, Tyson
Taylor, Garth
Jacobs, Danny
Jacotine, Craig
Oborne, Brad
Hill, Andrew
Baird, John
Alvey, Mark
Shirley, Robert
Picioane, Lance
Street, Peter
Davis, Chad
Antonowicz, David
Bolton, Craig
Massie, Kris
Knobel, Trent
Baker, Steven
Woolnough, Marc
Wulf, Daniel
Backwell, Brett
Clarke, David
Vardy, Royce
Shattock, Aaron
Carr, Josh
Vance, Murray
Rode, Steven
Moyle, Brett
Davis, Nick
Murray, Derek
Bolton, Jude
Grover, Antoni
Croad, Trent
Milne, Stephen
James, Heath
Smith, Lindsay
Fosdike, Nic
O'Brien, Danny
Ottens, Brad
White, James
Schell, Daniel
Hayes, Lenny
Solomon, Dean
Power, Luke
Goodes, Adam
Bennett, Scott
Stevens, Nick
Holland, Brodie
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
1982 retro-draft
1983 retro-draft
1984 retro-draft
1985 retro-draft
1986 retro-draft
1987 retro-draft
1988 retro-draft
1989 retro-draft
1990 retro-draft
1991 retro-draft
1992 retro-draft
1993 retro-draft
1994 retro-draft
1995 retro-draft
1996 retro-draft
1997 retro-draft
It does not mean they were part of the draft pool in the year of actual 1998 but it does mean that under current AFL conditions since 2009 all the eligible types that turned 18 in that year of 1998 are included if they made their debut at some point.
I did a series of retrospective draft pools last year that I posted here starting with players turning 18 during the year 1975 and each subsequent year the next batch of 18 year olds. This is just a fun task to look back in the time that I been watching football in this league and wondering the quality of players that can be found retrospectively, as if drafts were done the same as they've been done since 2009, which is to have no players younger than 18 at end of that year able to be drafted.
If you watched football at least from this period feel free to add your own thoughts on players you felt would have been number 1 in the 1998 retro-draft and the following years.
This particular one of players born in 1980 for a retro-draft of 1998 has some serious competition for which player should be number one in a draft of these players. Players such as Jude Bolton, Adam Goodes, Luke Power and Lenny Hayes to name just a few of the worthy candidates to be considered for number one pick from this retrospective draft pool. There are a few others too that not out of place to consider.
Here is the retrospective draft pool of 18 year olds in year 1998:
1980 Born players (retrospective 1998 Draft)
Golding, Matthew
Henneman, Aaron
Hayden, Roger
Baynes, Dale
Watt, Shannon
Ramanauskas, Adam
Hall, Ken
Stevens, Michael
Bradshaw, Darren
Hall, Ray
Ladhams, Chris
Carroll, Nathan
Godfrey, Simon
Broadbridge, Troy
Tarrant, Chris
Wojcinski, David
Cox, Adrian
Prendergast, Ian
Rusca, Shannon
Thurstans, Toby
Gallagher, David
O'Brien, Michael
Begley, James
Scotland, Heath
Johnstone, Travis
Stenglein, Tyson
Taylor, Garth
Jacobs, Danny
Jacotine, Craig
Oborne, Brad
Hill, Andrew
Baird, John
Alvey, Mark
Shirley, Robert
Picioane, Lance
Street, Peter
Davis, Chad
Antonowicz, David
Bolton, Craig
Massie, Kris
Knobel, Trent
Baker, Steven
Woolnough, Marc
Wulf, Daniel
Backwell, Brett
Clarke, David
Vardy, Royce
Shattock, Aaron
Carr, Josh
Vance, Murray
Rode, Steven
Moyle, Brett
Davis, Nick
Murray, Derek
Bolton, Jude
Grover, Antoni
Croad, Trent
Milne, Stephen
James, Heath
Smith, Lindsay
Fosdike, Nic
O'Brien, Danny
Ottens, Brad
White, James
Schell, Daniel
Hayes, Lenny
Solomon, Dean
Power, Luke
Goodes, Adam
Bennett, Scott
Stevens, Nick
Holland, Brodie
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
1982 retro-draft
1983 retro-draft
1984 retro-draft
1985 retro-draft
1986 retro-draft
1987 retro-draft
1988 retro-draft
1989 retro-draft
1990 retro-draft
1991 retro-draft
1992 retro-draft
1993 retro-draft
1994 retro-draft
1995 retro-draft
1996 retro-draft
1997 retro-draft
