Current Cats in GFC Hall of Fame

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Scanning through the Hall of Fame list I can see Ablett, Chapman, Enright, Ling, Bartel, Corey and Harley are all in it. I am going to guess because this has to do with individual awards that offer automatic inclusion to the HOF, e.g. Harley a premiership captain, Enright has a B&F in a Premiership year, Ablett and Bartel both have Brownlows, Chapman a Smithy, etc etc.

Is this correct?

Also how do Corey and Ling fit in?
 

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Don't think it comes as an automatic thing, I think they have been inducted (allowable under the club Hall of Fame, unlike the league version).
Is this a suit and tie, night of nights kind of thing or do we just edit a table on the internet?
 

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Okay.

I find it interesting that you can make the Hall of Fame when you are still playing. Like if a player got up, shafted the club and walked out or something they are still in it. Seems premature.
 

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This year it was a combined Season Launch & Hall of Fame Dinner in early March. :thumbsu:
Has been for the last couple of years; from memory, catergories include League Awards (Coleman, Brownlow, etc.), x amount of top 3 :confused: finishes in B&F, years service as well....ie. Wocjinski got his HOF for 10 years service to the club....theres others, the crieria has extended itself and evolved...
 

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May as well chuck Selwood in their now. He's as big a lock as any of your playing list who isn't already in there. Absolute freakshow that kid!
 

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I find it interesting that you can make the Hall of Fame when you are still playing. Like if a player got up, shafted the club and walked out or something they are still in it. Seems premature.
I sort of agree with you. Certainly players should be earmarked during their career, but perhaps induction happens post-career?
 

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I sort of agree with you. Certainly players should be earmarked during their career, but perhaps induction happens post-career?
yep, it's a strange one. on the other hand, a lot of hall of fame worthy players finish their careers and go on to work at other clubs, so you can't exactly induct then while they're plotting to beat you, or you can wait 20-odd years until they've finished working in the AFL system and a lot of fans have forgotten how good they are.

and who knows. hall of fame membership might be a subtle way of tying players to the club
 

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yep, it's a strange one. on the other hand, a lot of hall of fame worthy players finish their careers and go on to work at other clubs, so you can't exactly induct then while they're plotting to beat you, or you can wait 20-odd years until they've finished working in the AFL system and a lot of fans have forgotten how good they are.

and who knows. hall of fame membership might be a subtle way of tying players to the club
Steven King is in the HOF, riddle me THAT! :eek: Of course he was a Carji winner and he did 10 years hard time at the club so rock n' roll i guess. Bet he still hugs his premiership medallion every night before he goes to sleep to numb the pain of playing for the Greatest Team Ever (To Win Nothing).

Just on league awards getting a HOF inclusion, Norm Smiths mustn't count? I didn't see Steve Johnson's name on the list.
 
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