Kim Hagdorn's best-ever Eagles:
Half-Forwards: Daniel Kerr, Josh Kennedy, Chris Lewis.
Forwards: Phil Matera, Peter Sumich, Brett Heady.
Ruck: Dean Cox, Chris Judd, Ben Cousins.
Interchange: Matt Priddis, Andrew Embley, Michael Gardiner, Dwayne Lamb.
Near misses: Mark LeCras, Don Pyke, Drew Banfield.
Brett Heady was a classy half forward and had a terrific year in 1991, but he wasn't better than Mark LeCras. People tend to romanticise the ex-premiership stars. LeCras kicked a stack of goals for some shitty Eagles teams during his peak years as a forward target. He made the All Australian team in 2010 (robbed in 2009). Heady was never All Australian.
LeCras has been an underrated gun player. More consistent and more durable than Heady was.
He also has more strings to his bow. He can play midfield, half forward or full forward.
Heady
20yo, 1990, 20 games, 374 disp (18.7), 24 goals (1.20)
21yo, 1991, 26 games, 450 disp (17.3),
47 goals (1.81)
22yo, 1992, 11 games, 164 disp (14.9), 20 goals (1.82)
23yo, 1993, 19 games, 282 disp (14.8), 24 goals (1.26)
24yo, 1994, 21 games, 233 disp (11.1),
44 goals (2.10)
25yo, 1995, 15 games, 160 disp (10.7),
30 goals (2.00)
26yo, 1996,
_7 games, 109 disp (15.6),
_4 goals (0.57)
27yo, 1997, 21 games, 370 disp (17.6), 23 goals (1.10)
28yo, 1998, 15 games, 188 disp (12.5), 21 goals (1.40)
29yo, 1999, _1 game, ___1 disp _(1.0), _0 goals (0.00)
Total:
____156 games, 2331 disp (14.9), 237 goals (1.52)
LeCras
18yo, 2005, _2 games, _13 disp _(6.5), _2 goals (1.00)
19yo, 2006, _4 games, _35 disp _(8.8), _5 goals (1.25)
20yo, 2007, 19 games, 179 disp
_(9.4),
36 goals (1.89)
21yo, 2008, 11 games, 115 disp (10.5), 23 goals (2.09)
22yo, 2009, 21 games, 292 disp (13.9),
58 goals (2.76)
23yo, 2010, 21 games, 286 disp (13.6),
63 goals (3.00)
24yo, 2011, 22 games, 358 disp (16.3),
47 goals (2.14)
25yo, 2013, 15 games, 237 disp (15.8),
30 goals (2.00)
26yo, 2014, 15 games, 272 disp (18.1),
30 goals (2.00)
27yo, 2015, 24 games, 440 disp (18.3),
45 goals (1.88)
28yo, 2016, 16 games, 262 disp (16.4),
28 goals (1.75)
Total:
____170 games, 2489 disp (14.6), 367 goals (2.16)