Best Aboriginal player of all time?

[R Chee Manning]

As a Swans fan there are many indigenous players from my club who have been absolute superstars...

BUT...

Probably the best indigenous player I have ever seen is Michael Long.

I remember being at the MCG in 1999 for a Swans v Dons game... 50K at the ground...

And whenever Michael Long touched the ball there was an 'uplift' throughout the MCG as the crowd raised to sit on the edge of their seats.

He was skilled, fast, and explosive.

And much loved...

 

[Dixie Normous]

Polly Farmer
Stephen Michael
Andrew McLeod

 

[R Chee Manning]

Polly Farmer
Stephen Michael
Andrew McLeod

Yeah all good...

And I think Graham probably even more so... he was a trailblazer... incredibly gifted... as all three

 

[Luv_our_club]

In the last 40 years, only one indigenous player has consistently been in the top 5 dominant players of the league for over a decade (very few players have).

Buddy Franklin.

 

[R Chee Manning]

In the last 40 years, only one has consistently been in the top 5 dominant players of the league for over a decade (very few players have).

Buddy Franklin.

While at first I though your comment was in jest... on closer inspection...

I'll admit, you could be right.

 

[Power Raid]

franklin
mcleod
wanganeen
Michael
farmer

(in no order)

 

[R Chee Manning]

franklin


Michael


(in no order)

Mal Michael?

 

[Snooza 100]

Sydney Stack.

On HUAWEI KII-L22 using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[undefined]

Bud Franklin
Rioli (any)
Austin Wonaeamirri
Graham Farmer
Andrew McLeod

 

[Topkent]

Mal Michael?

Stephen.
Didn't play in Victoria, others could tell the story better than me but i reckon he's well known as probably the best talent never to play in Victoria.

 

[Slartibartfast]

Syd Jackson

 

[Burzum]

franklin
mcleod
wanganeen
Michael
farmer

(in no order)

Goodes?

 

[LordLucifer]

Polly

Daylight

The Rest

 

[The Final Word]

The bloke who won two Brownlows went alright.

 

[Topkent]

'Best aboriginal player I've seen' seeing as the majority of posters weren't cognitive in the 80s or early 90s.

Buddy Franklin has been so good he's probably underrated sometimes. He's genuinely talked about as the best player in the game for the last 10-15 years. No other indigenous player gets close to that.. not many any colour players get close to that.

 

[BF Tiger]

Relton Roberts went ok.

 

[Goggin Our Best]

Farmer and Cable - toss a coin

 

[ABSOLUTE MADMAN]

As a Swans fan there are many indigenous players from my club who have been absolute superstars...

BUT...

Probably the best indigenous player I have ever seen is Michael Long.

I remember being at the MCG in 1999 for a Swans v Dons game... 50K at the ground...

And whenever Michael Long touched the ball there was an 'uplift' throughout the MCG as the crowd raised to sit on the edge of their seats.

He was skilled, fast, and explosive.

And much loved...

OP is taking the piss surely. I do not know how someone could make an argument for GOAT of any category based on a game they attended in 1999.

Though it was mainly due to injuries curtailing him, Long's football career outside of the 1993 and 1995 seasons was not as good as the hype around him would suggest.

EDIT: The game OP attended.
https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1999/051619990905.html

 

[Topkent]

Polly Farmers 9 BNFs and 6 premierships is pretty good though lol.

 

[BF Tiger]

Mal Michael?

I don’t think Mal Michael was indigenous.

 

[Topkent]

I don’t think Mal Michael was indigenous.

Papa New Guinea.

 

[sdfc]

Stephen Michael. Never saw Polly.

 

[Power Raid]

Mal Michael?

stephen

 

[little hawk gmf]

I never saw Polly Farmer, so the clear best that I have seen is Barry Cable. FWIW I think Michael Long was actually over rated over his career and he was more of a Sheedy sales pitch. S. Burgoyne a far better player than Long.

 

[Power Raid]

Stephen Michael. Never saw Polly.

Jeff would also be rated higher if it wasn't for his temperamental footy