Club History Best player by number

[windyhill]

Hm..

Any takers on number 29? Mark Bolton, Dean Rioli, Alwyn Davey, Corey DellOllio in my time

Yoda !!! You're a bit off mate, bloody Bolton was 23 and Deano was 43

 

[Lord Nicholson]

Um #1 Michael Hibberd

Surely?

Not by a long shot.

 

[Lord Nicholson]

#24 ....should be McKenzie (too young to see play) but what about an old fave....Stephen Copping. Glue for hands.

Went with Jones because basically because it's hard to knock back a triple premiership player who occasionally had the burden of filling in for Coleman, but Smokin' Joe is another pretty significant contender for that spot.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

No. 7's got some pretty meritorious wearers.
Apart from Hutchy, Charlie Payne, Frank Dunell, Chris Daniher and Dean Solomon.

No. 8, Elton Plummer, Ron Evans, Des Tuddenham and, before Boris and Licka, Nobby Clarke.

I love that Alan Noonan, Garry Foulds, Gary O'Donnell and Mark McVeigh back onto each other with regards to games played.

Looking at AFL Tables, Geoff Blethyn came immediately after John Birt with No 11.

While No. 12's pretty bare with guns, there are some good names with George Bell, Barry Capuano, Graeme Schultz and Brian Walsh.
Stewart Crameri to me will always be No. 45.

 

[Lord Nicholson]

Stewart Crameri to me will always be No. 45.

Forgot about that.

 

[Howard Moon]

I'd give 41 to Brendan Lee. Thought he looked alright in his two games.

A damn sight better than Michael Quinn ever did.

how bout big dinosuar that was ryan o'connor? won a medal for best on ground in the state of origin!! for the ehh hmm allies

 

[Yoda_]

Yoda !!! You're a bit off mate, bloody Bolton was 23 and Deano was 43

the allegiance is fading away and I'm losing my mind with minimal sleep at the moment. How ever could I forget the ever talented #43 that was Dean Rioli!

Really puts things into perspective when you see Leroy Jetta has played 97 games whilst Mark Bolton played 124.

 

[Howard Moon]

to be fair Bolton had a period where he looked like being anything! he would tuck the ball under the arm and bohce down the wing like a boss, pluck marks, had it all.. then he tore a hammy and we never saw it again...

 

[windyhill]

Really puts things into perspective when you see Leroy Jetta has played 97 games whilst Mark Bolton played 124.

The Bolton amount never ceases to amaze, a real WTF moment.

 

[Howard Moon]

The Bolton amount never ceases to amaze, a real WTF moment.

i guess sheeds had a track record of 'triers' coming good eventually,

the likes of Walsh, Wallis and co maybe gave him a bit of bank credit to perservere with the Boltons and Johns types but you cant win them all...

 

[Doss]

Bolton was a strange footballer. I didn't mind him though.

 

[Pweter]

Bolton was a strange footballer. I didn't mind him though.

Anyone that makes Adam Goodes their bitch is ok by me.

When Bolton was shutting Goodes down, it should be remembered that Goodes was in his prime too.

 

[Lord Nicholson]

One of the nice things about the off-season is finding out all this historical stuff.

So it turns out we've actually got 2 Father/Son teams that both played in premierships for Essendon - The Somervilles and the Mays.

Also that a member of NM's 1977 premiership team, John Cassin, was the son of Jack, a dual premiership player for Essendon.

Which means there's something tying together all of our premiership sides.

97 -> 01: Collins, Anderson, Barry, etc.
01 -> 11/12: Billy Griffith
11/12 -> 23/24: Fred Baring
23/24 -> 49/50: Charlie May -> Wally May
42, 46 -> 49/50: Reynolds, Hutchison
49/50 -> 62, 65: Coleman as coach
62 -> 93: John Somerville -> Peter Somerville
84/85, 93, 00: Sheedy

Not to mention Allan Hird being a part of the '42 team. Thereby somehow proving the point that everyone else is shit.