Retired Numbers

[raskolnikov]

In the NFL the numbers of club champions are retired after the player retires. Which numbers from your club would be retired if this was practiced in the AFL? For Essendon 5 (Hird), 10 (Coleman) and 31 (Fletcher).

 

[Delisted]

36 for the hawks

 

[Fabab]

Its AFL not NFL or NBA , why the need to want to copy every little thing other sports do?

 

[Rotayjay]

Off the top of my head, for the Crows it would be

32 (Mark Ricciuto

Mark Ricciuto

Age

49

Ht

184cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.1

5star

K

12.8

5star

HB

8.3

5star

M

4.4

4star

T

1.7

4star

G

0.9

4star

No current season stats available

D

16.2

4star

K

9.6

4star

HB

6.6

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.0

4star

G

0.2

3star

),
23 (Andrew McLeod

Andrew Mcleod

Age

48

Ht

181cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.8

5star

K

13.1

5star

HB

6.7

4star

M

3.1

3star

T

2.2

4star

No current season stats available

D

10.8

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

1.0

1star

T

1.6

4star

),
26 (Mark Bickley

Mark Bickley

Age

55

Ht

178cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.4

5star

K

11.7

4star

HB

7.8

5star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.7

4star

No current season stats available

D

21.2

5star

K

11.0

4star

HB

10.2

5star

M

3.2

4star

T

3.8

5star

),
9 (Tyson Edwards

Tyson Edwards

Age

48

Ht

178cm

Wt

81kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.0

5star

K

11.7

4star

HB

7.3

5star

M

4.5

4star

T

2.6

4star

CL

2.1

4star

No current season stats available

D

13.6

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

5.6

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

0.6

3star

/Rory Sloane

9

Rory Sloane

Age

35

Ht

183cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

23.7

5star

K

11.7

4star

HB

11.9

5star

M

3.5

4star

T

6.6

5star

CL

5.7

5star

D

15.3

4star

K

7.3

3star

HB

8.0

4star

M

1.3

1star

T

3.3

4star

CL

4.2

5star

D

22.2

5star

K

8.6

4star

HB

13.6

5star

M

3.2

4star

T

6.0

5star

CL

4.6

5star

),
34 (Ben Hart

Ben Hart

Age

50

Ht

190cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.0

4star

K

10.2

4star

HB

3.8

3star

M

3.8

4star

T

1.6

4star

No current season stats available

D

14.0

4star

K

9.6

4star

HB

4.4

4star

M

2.2

3star

T

0.8

3star

)
36 (Simon Goodwin

Simon Goodwin

Age

48

Ht

185cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

20.9

5star

K

12.1

4star

HB

8.8

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.5

4star

No current season stats available

D

9.4

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

2.2

2star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.2

4star

)
3 (Darren Jarman)
13 (Taylor Walker

13

Taylor Walker

Age

35

Ht

192cm

Wt

102kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.0

3star

K

9.0

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

5.7

5star

T

1.6

4star

G

2.3

5star

No current season stats available

D

8.0

2star

K

6.4

3star

HB

1.6

2star

M

4.2

4star

T

1.6

4star

G

1.6

5star

if and when he retires soon)

You could make a case for a bunch of others, but those guys are our most significant long-serving players who retired from the Crows (Tony Modra #6 and Eddie Betts #18 are absolute champions but finished their careers elsewhere - does that count?)

 

[BF Tiger]

I’m not sure that any Richmond numbers are retired and I’d be happy for it to stay that way.

 

[BF Tiger]

Off the top of my head, for the Crows it would be

32 (Mark Ricciuto),
23 (Andrew McLeod),
26 (Mark Bickley),
9 (Tyson Edwards/Rory Sloane),
34 (Ben Hart)
36 (Simon Goodwin)
3 (Darren Jarman)
13 (Taylor Walker if and when he retires soon)

Where does it end? That would be the Crows retiring a number every 3 to 4 years. It wouldn’t be long before Crows are regularly wearing numbers in the 50s and 60s.

 

[Rotayjay]

Where does it end? That would be the Crows retiring a number every 3 to 4 years. It wouldn’t be long before Crows are regularly wearing numbers in the 50s and 60s.

If you use a high threshold of only the very greatest players to have pulled on the club jumper, I'd go with Mark Ricciuto and Andrew McLeod - can't split them.

 

[Kappa]

Its AFL not NFL or NBA , why the need to want to copy every little thing other sports do?

I don't think he's suggesting we do it in the AFL..?

 

[deck]

42 Darren Millane for Collingwood is retired.

 

[Fabab]

I don't think he's suggesting we do it in the AFL..?

Our tradition is passing on jumper numbers to promising kids etc.

 

[raskolnikov]

Our tradition is passing on jumper numbers to promising kids etc.

Gee you'd be fun at parties. It's not a suggestion that we do it. It's a hypothetical.

 

[kickazz]

Ted Whitten once said that Gary Ablett Snr, in the discussion for GOAT, was the second best player to wear number 5 for Geelong.

So 5 for the cats surely. Probably 14 too.

 

[Fabab]

Gee you'd be fun at parties. It's not a suggestion that we do it. It's a hypothetical.

Maybe not as much fun as you and your enthralling cross fit stories.

 

[bradfisher14]

Carlton wouldn’t have any numbers left.

 

[raskolnikov]

No. 4 for Richmond would be retired.

 

[JPetro83]

The Crows should retire number 6.. everyone who has worn that after Modra has failed in it.

 

[NeutralFan]

I do think there are overseas trends we can implement but this one I don't agree with. Numbers 50+ are pretty ugly imo.
For retired greats like Dusty and Hawkins, I think it's fair to rest 4 and 26 for 2-3 years as tribute but continue the jumper number legacy afterwards.

 

[ioppolo]

Once Harley Reid finishes his 16th season at West Coast, #9. Ben Cousins, Nic Naitanui & Harley Reid from 1995-2040.

 

[benji2]

35 for Port has been retired since 2012 when John McCarthy was killed that off-season


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[threenewpadlocks]

I like our cultural element of handing over numbers to players to carry on a tradition rather than retiring it. It also represents "no player is bigger than the club" or that there can't be a future champion better. You can still recognise player greats and their numbers through this.

 

[liz]

The Swans tend to rest numbers for a year or two after ‘champions’ retire. Number 14 after Paul Kelly retired, before being given to Craig Bird

Craig Bird

Age

36

Ht

180cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.3

4star

K

8.8

3star

HB

8.6

5star

M

2.6

3star

T

4.2

5star

CL

2.9

4star

No current season stats available

D

11.2

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

4.4

4star

M

3.4

4star

T

2.0

4star

. 12 after JPK retired before being given to Gus Sheldrick. 23 is currently unused.

The longest temporary retirement was to number 37. A big fuss was made of giving it to Elijah Taylor. That didn’t work out well. The following season it was quietly allocated to Corey Warner.