If your club were to retire one guernsey number, which would it be?
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Never heard of #1 at Hawthorn or #19 at Adelaide being retired.
I assume the reason it isn't done in football is that numbers rarely exceed 50 (unlike baseball or basketball), so you'd run out of numbers pretty soon if it was in vogue.
I assume the reason it isn't done in football is that numbers rarely exceed 50 (unlike baseball or basketball), so you'd run out of numbers pretty soon if it was in vogue.
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In hawthorns case we would retire number 36 to give the poor guy a chance
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Don't like the idea of retiring numbers.
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Trevor Barker's #1 and Robert Harvey's #35 would be the top candidates IMO.
Spider Everitt wore the number 1 for the Hawks not that long ago - don't remember it being retired as such either. Mark Stevens wore 19 at Adelaide until 2005, again, I haven't heard of it being retired.
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Why? As others have said, Trevor Barker's number is probably more meaningful. Harvey is now an assistant coach at another club.
#1 at Hawthorn is retired (since maybe 2011 or 2012?) when we decided to make the fans #1. Yes, it's a massive wank
If one had to be retired, I'd have no doubt it'd be #1
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None at Geelong - retiring a number permanently is silly IMO. A short term retirement, I can live with, but....
Ah ok - in that case, it matches the last bloke to wear it.
Max Bailey was the last to wear it....
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Sure it's not to honour Ray Jencke?
Really? I remember he changed at some point, but thought it was another high number. In that case, I retract my statement
Nope. Personally, i don't agree with it, but meh. Minor article here.
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-ne...-tells-fans-they-are-no-1-20110306-1bjld.html
Simba Moyo
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Brisbane retired #20 last season to honour Simon Black's career and are doing the same with #16 for Jonathon Brown.
Only for one season though, Josh Watts was presented with #20 after he was drafted.
Only for one season though, Josh Watts was presented with #20 after he was drafted.
Not AFL but funny enough to mention.....
About 25 years ag there was a massive guy who was the standard 'country full-foward' playing for Panton Hill. He was big enough that the number '158' in normal sized numbers fitted perfectly across his shoulders.
I doubt that jumper was ever used again when he finished.......
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I wonder what the highest number ever worn in the VFL/AFL is...anyone?
I think I saw a 77 in the late 80's, but given my age at the time I could easily be wrong.
I think I saw a 77 in the late 80's, but given my age at the time I could easily be wrong.
Weighed in at 158 kgs possibly?
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cant do that just as the saints finally have some father sons coming through with peckett's 15 boys...
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If you retired a jumper number after a great has worn it, there'll hardly be anything under 30 available to wear in 100 years time! Silly concept in my books.
You only retire jumper numbers out of respect for greats of the club who may have passed on whilst representing the club. Darren Millane for Collingwood is obviously the example. Or in another sporting sense, you wouldn't want to see someone else wearing Phil Hughes number again, if they had allocated numbers in cricket like they do in the AFL.
You only retire jumper numbers out of respect for greats of the club who may have passed on whilst representing the club. Darren Millane for Collingwood is obviously the example. Or in another sporting sense, you wouldn't want to see someone else wearing Phil Hughes number again, if they had allocated numbers in cricket like they do in the AFL.
Damn good thought. Except with the amount he was scoffing at quarter/half/three qurater ime he would've needed a 159, 160 and 161 for the other three quarters.
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