No 1 Draft picks

[Just do something]

I just need an answer to something which has confused me today. On Mark Dorans show and his quiz he asked the question who are the 5 sides who have never had a NO 1 draft pick.

Now Geelong wasnt one of them but im sure we havent. The only one i can think of is Steven Hooper. Is this correct.

 

[shake_and_bake]

yep hooper was a number 1 pick to us...great one to

 

[Just do something]

Cheers S&B.

 

[hamG]

In our defense with didn't finish last for that pick and the two guys we trade to Brisbane for it were no good either.

 

[steviej]

Adelaide, Essendon, Collingwood, Kangaroos and Port Adelaide.

Off an AFL Insider web site, found on Google

 

[Cohzee]

What year was this? What was wrong with Hooper?

 

[vinum coupe]

What year was this? What was wrong with Hooper?

Hooping cough

 

[Barabbas]

Wasn't it the year Freo entered so he was esseantially pick 15 or something?

 

[AFC1990]

Adelaide, Essendon, Collingwood, Kangaroos and Port Adelaide.

Off an AFL Insider web site, found on Google

Delete Collingwood from this list. Josh Fraser 1999 no.1

 

[catempire]

Check out info on Hooper's draft here.

If you think the draft is a lottery now days, check out how things were back then!

 

[Barabbas]

Here is it, there was a predraft in 1990, 13 picks went before him despite being number 1.

The real question is who the hell is Paul Mifka?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_AFL_Draft

1 Paul Mifka Brisbane West Coast 0 2 Danny Noonan Brisbane Clarence 55 3 Roger Smith Brisbane Southern Districts 0 4 Shane Strempel Brisbane Swan Districts 3 5 Darryl White Brisbane Pioneer 268 6 Ben Aulich Sydney Belconnen 0 7 Justin Clarkson Sydney Melbourne 3 8 Jason Love Sydney North Melbourne 23 9 Darren Morgan Sydney Geelong 0 10 Robert Neill Sydney Eastlake 21 11 Brad Sparks Sydney Melbourne 0 12 Glen Jakovich West Coast South Fremantle 276 13 Mitchell White West Coast Subiaco 151

 

[Barabbas]

Check out info on Hooper's draft here.

If you think the draft is a lottery now days, check out how things were back then!

Beat me to it Catempire.

 

[TurboHead]

James Hird went pick 79?? WTF!!!

 

[Pie Legend]

James Hird went pick 79?? WTF!!!

I might be wrong, but he went so low cause he played Div 3 colts, so there wasn't much attention on him

May be thinking of someone else completely though..

 

[hamG]

James Hird went pick 79?? WTF!!!

You seriously did not know this? Everyone knows this.

He played for a Canberra team, no scout in their right mind bothered with that market.

 

[Cohzee]

Back on topic, how did Hooper go pick one if he was pick 14?

 

[hamG]

Back on topic, how did Hooper go pick one if he was pick 14?

Looks like there was a draft for the expansion teams, a whole round of priority picks you could say. Hooper was the 1st pick in the open draft.

 

[SmothOperRaider]

Back on topic, how did Hooper go pick one if he was pick 14?

I've heard on that quiz before that the Cats & the Crows were the only teams to have never had a top 5 pick, so IMHO calling Hooper a #1 pick is BS.

 

[Fuzzyash]

Stephen Hooper was the Matthew Spencer of the 1990's

 

[Fuzzyash]

... although he did kick 10 goals in the reserves one day at KP, IIRC

 

[thejester]

Stephen Hooper was the Matthew Spencer of the 1990's

That's a massive wrap.

 

[Belisarius]

Blight said at the time - demanded at the time - a key ruckman - so Geelong drafted Hooper (who was the biggest and most likely potential ruckman). Looked good a few times but in the end failed to live up to expectations.

 

[Lemieux8]

James Hird went pick 79?? WTF!!!

Played in a first grade premiership here at age 15 or 16. Seems strange that everyone somehow overlooked him, as blokes like Ben Aulich and Robert Neill got picked up by Sydney.

I got my name on the same u13s trophy as him about 10 years later Can't believe I was never drafted.