Opinion Best ever Players in Jumper Numbers

[freddy mercury]

Think another Brownlow medallist with sleeve tats has that covered.

Ah

 

[Plugger46]

Think another Brownlow medallist with sleeve tats has that covered.

Ahhh yeah...
No room for Dusty
unless he goes North and changes numbers

 

[Hinkley29]

Blicavs has to have 46 sewn up

 

[gouki88]

Blicavs has to have 46 sewn up

It's not even close. The next two best are both gangly science experiments - Big O and Coxzilla.

 

[Doss]

Chris Mew wore 46 for 77 of his 230 games.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Brian Cordy has No. 49 sewn up.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

No. 51 is Michael McLean's to lose.

 

[Lingsface]

#44 Tom Stewart is pushing selection if Enright doesn’t already have it.

#9 Lachie Neale

9

Lachie Neale

Age

30

Ht

178cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

27.0

5star

K

11.5

4star

HB

15.5

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

3.7

5star

CL

5.9

5star

D

28.3

5star

K

13.9

5star

HB

14.4

5star

M

4.6

4star

T

4.0

5star

CL

5.9

5star

D

12.0

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

7.4

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

1.0

3star

CL

0.4

3star

making ground on Cousins.

#23 Franklin - goodbye McLeod as hard as that is to say!

#20 - Simon Black/Dean Cox

Dean Cox

Age

42

Ht

203cm

Wt

107kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.9

4star

K

8.9

3star

HB

6.9

4star

M

5.3

5star

T

1.5

3star

G

0.6

4star

No current season stats available

D

13.0

4star

K

5.8

3star

HB

7.2

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

1.4

4star

G

0.0

1star

#17 - Josh Kennedy - I know Dyer was amazing though what’s the thoughts on this?

#11- Max Gawn

11

Max Gawn

Age

32

Ht

209cm

Wt

110kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.1

4star

K

7.4

3star

HB

6.7

4star

CL

2.8

4star

HO

35.3

5star

D

18.5

4star

K

11.5

4star

HB

7.0

4star

CL

3.5

4star

HO

29.2

5star

D

8.4

3star

K

3.6

2star

HB

4.8

4star

CL

1.0

3star

HO

15.6

5star

 

[gouki88]

#44 Tom Stewart is pushing selection if Enright doesn’t already have it.

#9 Lachie Neale making ground on Cousins.

#23 Franklin - goodbye McLeod as hard as that is to say!

#20 - Simon Black/Dean Cox

#17 - Josh Kennedy - I know Dyer was amazing though what’s the thoughts on this?

#11- Max Gawn

I think #17 belongs to Michael Tuck for me. Gawn ahead of Bruce Doull for #11 is another I'm not sure about.

Platten is a better #44 than both Stewart & Enright.

 

[gandaal]

#44 Tom Stewart is pushing selection if Enright doesn’t already have it.

#9 Lachie Neale making ground on Cousins.

#23 Franklin - goodbye McLeod as hard as that is to say!

#20 - Simon Black/Dean Cox

#17 - Josh Kennedy - I know Dyer was amazing though what’s the thoughts on this?

#11- Max Gawn

No to every single one.

 

[gouki88]

No to every single one.

#23 is pretty inarguable. Can't think of much argument for #20 either

 

[gandaal]

#23 is pretty inarguable. Can't think of much argument for #20 either

Yes, I stand corrected. Franklin is obvious.

Wayne was great but Cox was arguably the greatest ruck of all time.

 

[Lingsface]

I think #17 belongs to Michael Tuck for me. Gawn ahead of Bruce Doull for #11 is another I'm not sure about.

Platten is a better #44 than both Stewart & Enright.

I don’t agree but I can see your point being valid it’s very hard to split all those players.

 

[Simon_Says]

Tulip for #2

 

[HairyO]

I think #17 belongs to Michael Tuck for me. Gawn ahead of Bruce Doull for #11 is another I'm not sure about.

Platten is a better #44 than both Stewart & Enright.

Gary Buckenarra won 4 flags with #11.

Tuck won 7 with #17.

Brereton won 5 with #23.

So it comes down to what measure you use. Because Lake won 3 in a row inlcuding a Norm Smith with #17. But only played 3 seasons with that number.

Buddy clearly the better player, Brereton clearly the better career.

Noone comes close to Tuck for success.

But then, if its about success you'd just have a bunch of Hawthorn players from the late 70s to the early 90s, then more in the late 00s to mid 2010s.

Though do you pick the guy who won a couple of Brownlows and no flags over a guy who won 5 flags? E.g. Neale vs Dipper.

Maybe things change for Neale on Saturday.

 

[Harrison Bergeron]

Three consecutive seasons with 60+ goals probably gives him the nod over Ryan Turnbull, but geeze it looks like he's going out with a whimper rather than a bang.

The bloke that got Norm Smith votes in his first game and has two flags goes alright.

 

[gouki88]

The bloke that got Norm Smith votes in his first game and has two flags goes alright.

Can't tell if serious

 

[Harrison Bergeron]

Can't tell if serious

There's like a grand total of 3 average blokes to choose from mate relax and enjoy the flag our old VFL coach won for you with our IP.

 

[Cyclops]

Not sure if its been mentioned but I think the Pies pre WWII used to give the captain #1 and then the jumpers went alphabetically so they changed almost every year.

The Collier and Coventry brothers have claims to be our GOATs but they cover a span of numbers. Maybe 3 of the 4 wore number 7 at some stage.

 

[TiggyTig]

Couple of interesting ones coming up when their careers end:
#4 - Dusty v Plugger
#23 - Buddy v McLeod

Up there with the Whitten/Matthews/Reynolds debate.

Royce still has claims id imagine

 

[uranium_death]

Dustin Martin doesn't compare to Lockett. Lockett won a Brownlow at full forward when nobody else ever had, or has since.
Matthews has number 3 sewn up
44 is tough as Platten and Enright were both great in their respective roles. Platten is the bravest player for his size I've ever seen, Enright was super consistent, and I won't sell Justin Madden short for being a very intelligent footballer

Garry Hocking should not be forgotten as a champion in #32.

There a huge element of opinion all of this though

At number 8, I would have perhaps Darren Bewick ahead of Phil Krakouer as per OP