Club History Best player by number

[BrunoV]

#3 Henneman . The King would obviously get the gong
will add to this later

Paul Salmon?

 

[Ashton Agar]

Hirdy is arguably our third greatest player of all time........

 

[Ashton Agar]

Paul Salmon?

Reynolds would be our greatest of all time.

 

[windyhill]

Hirdy is arguably our third greatest player of all time........

TD is arguably our greatest Captain of all time.

 

[rines]

Sean Wellman ahead of Anthony Daniher for #6, just.

Yeah.. some numbers were really hard calls eh?!! Makes you proud to be Essendon though.. reading that list.. some bloody great names..

 

[rines]

TD is arguably our greatest Captain of all time.

Put it this way.. we should ensure that we keep the #5 for really special players...

 

[BrunoV]

So are we saying Hardwick's four years with #11 are enough?

More than Zaka's six years? Or Peverill's seven?

The difficulty with this, aside from the real stand out names, a lot of very good old time players will be lost in a debate like this. As in, obviously we remember Coleman and Hutchison from the 1940s, but who is to say there isn't a very good #12 who played in the 1940s and 1950s that we forget about simply because they've been largely lost in the passage of time?

4 years of Hardwick better than Zaharakis. Please.

 

[Ashton Agar]

TD is arguably our greatest Captain of all time.

Hirdy was a pretty darn good captain as well.

 

[BrunoV]

Reynolds would be our greatest of all time.

Forgot about Reynolds, had at lease seen Salmon play.

 

[Doss]

4 years of Hardwick better than Zaharakis. Please.

I don't have an opinion one way or another.

 

[monty1104]

4 years of Hardwick better than Zaharakis. Please.

It's irrelevant as John Birt would be ahead of both according to those who have seen him.

 

[DONatron]

#17

Judd Lallich, Jay Nash, Paul Thomas and Scott Camporeale

Fair to say this number ain't much chop.

 

[rines]

It's irrelevant as John Birt would be ahead of both according to those who have seen him.

Did you know him well?

 

[rines]

#17

Judd Lallich, Jay Nash, Paul Thomas.

Fair to say this number ain't much chop.

Yeah.. maybe time to retire it.. add Melksham to the list..

 

[DONatron]

Yeah.. maybe time to retire it.. add Melksham to the list..

Somehow Melksham looks amazing

 

[rines]

Somehow Melksham looks amazing

 

[monty1104]

#17

Judd Lallich, Jay Nash, Paul Thomas and Scott Camporeale

Fair to say this number ain't much chop.

Harold Lambert.

 

[monty1104]

Did you know him well?

Served with him in Nam*

*not really.

 

[Halftimehero]

#17

Judd Lallich, Jay Nash, Paul Thomas and Scott Camporeale

Fair to say this number ain't much chop.

Stephen Carey played in the 85 flag

 

[DONatron]

Stephen Carey played in the 85 flag

I only got bad memories of the #17, but I am aware of successful #17 players prior to the 90s and 2000s

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

#6 Neale Daniher first 66 games (Hird-like) were so good he rates above Anthony.

#19 Rate Hille above Somerville. Vaguely remember Robin Close as a little kid.

Also Foulds played in #38 and Neagle in #34 but not sure how long.

 

[Blind Turn]

I would definitely not have McPhee above Blake. Hawker I am not sure about, didn't see him play.

Hawker is the best of these 3 quite comfortably. He was a very classy, skilful player. His years between 81-87 were sublime. Made things look easy, had more time than most others around. Almost laconic in style with his socks rolled down and was probably in our best few kicks to a leading player in that era. Have a look at some of Aussie80s clips on YouTube for early 80s highlights and he pops up regularly in them.

 

[bacon buster]

Hawker is the best of these 3 quite comfortably. He was a very classy, skilful player. His years between 81-87 were sublime. Made things look easy, had more time than most others around. Almost laconic in style with his socks rolled down and was probably in our best few kicks to a leading player in that era. Have a look at some of Aussie80s clips on YouTube for early 80s highlights and he pops up regularly in them.

My dad always went on about him too. Shame he went to Carlton

 

[The Speaker]

Len Bowe and Norm McDonald would have a fair claim to the #4.

Col Hebbard probably would've too had he not returned to the Cardies after four years.

It's worthwhile looking on the AFL tables list for guys that have played 80+ games that you've never heard of, and then going to australianfootball.com to check their profile.

mods plz give this a 'Club History' thingy

 

[Howard Moon]

While comparing zaka and Hardwick for 11 throw Greg Anderson into that mix. And the mediocre 17s continue with keiran sporn!

Suprised zero love for number 4 Leon baker, one of the classiest players I saw. All too brief however.