Strange player number behaviour

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Mitch Lewis.

From No. 8 this season to No. 2 for 2020 at Hawthorn.

He's gone from

Mitchell (5) + Lewis (3) = 8

to

Mitchell (5) - Lewis (3) = 2

 

[Procrastinator35]

He's gone from

Mitchell (5) + Lewis (3) = 8

to

Mitchell (5) - Lewis (3) = 2

Your math is impeccable.

 

[ioppolo]

Has there ever been a first yr player score a single digit number
( start up clubs excluded )

Dom Sheed, Chris Judd, Mitch Brown, Liam Ryan, Nic Naitanui, Andrew Gaff. Just off the top of my head for West Coast this millenium.

 

[adammania9]

Jamie Elliott is part of the club of wearing 3 numbers at the same club. He wore #35 in his first season at Collingwood before upgrading to #19 for the next few before getting bumped up again to #5 which he sits at now.

 

[Van_Dyke]

Has there ever been a first yr player score a single digit number
( start up clubs excluded )

Off the top of my head Brayshaw, Logue, Cerra and Haselby all did

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Off the top of my head Brayshaw, Logue, Cerra and Haselby all did

Likewise Darcy, Pitt and Morabito.

 

[Windy Don]

Any knowledge of players returning to their original club and getting the same number they had when they were previously there?

This season was obviously Eddie Betts, but has it happened in the past?

Chris Heffernan
26 at Essendon (1997-2002)
1 at Melbourne (2003-2005)
26 at Essendon (2006-2007)

 

[Derby103]

Any knowledge of players returning to their original club and getting the same number they had when they were previously there?

This season was obviously Eddie Betts, but has it happened in the past?

Snake wore 29 at North from 1971 to 1975, 29 at Geelong in 1975, then 29 at North again from 1977 to 1979.

 

[clivenator26]

Any knowledge of players returning to their original club and getting the same number they had when they were previously there?

This season was obviously Eddie Betts, but has it happened in the past?

Peter Bell at Freo, 1995 wore #32
Peter Bell at North, 96-00 wore #26
Back to Freo he got #32 from 01-08

You could argue Heath Black was the same. Started at Freo in #21 then went to #7 before leaving for St Kilda.

Came back to Freo and had #21 to finish off.

 

[frggr]

Has there ever been a first yr player score a single digit number
( start up clubs excluded )

Think Nakia Cockatoo stepped straight into a #5.

Hasn't stayed in it long enough to get dirty, unfortunately

 

[zepender]

Bumping this thread after thinking about Jarryd Blair's position. He's just won a premiership in a fairly undesirable number, and a few decent numbers are becoming available including some worn by some highly regarded teammates (eg O'Bree and Lockyer). The lure of a change must be pretty strong.

It got me thinking - who was the last premiership player to change his number?

Liam Baker the most recent one this year - 48 -> 7

 

[zepender]

I'll be interested to see with the midseason top-off drafts if we start getting 50+ numbers again (Marlion Pickett got 50, for example - John Noble at Collingwood had 49).

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Liam Baker the most recent one this year - 48 -> 7

And Soldo 47 to 20.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Bumping this to ask a question I asked on the main board:

Bradley Hill and Blake Acres not only swapped teams in a trade, they’ve also swapped jumper numbers. Hill got Acres’ number 8 at St Kilda and Acres is in Hill’s 9 at Freo.

Has that happened previously? I’m sure it must have, but nothing is coming to mind.

A three-way swap looking very likely this year. Nathan Kreuger took Max Lynch's 15 at Collingwood, Jon Ceglar took Kreuger's 15 at Geelong, and while Lynch's jumper at Hawthorn is yet to be announced, Ceglar's 18 looks like the best chance.