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I apologise if this has been done in recent times, but I thought this would be for fun, and interesting.

Wondering two things:
1. Which team did Crows players (past or present) support before joining the Crows?

2. Players at other clubs that supported the Crows pre-recruitment.

I'll start by listing some of the ones (I think) I know.

EDIT - Will update the list below as posted
Crows Players
Sam Jacobs - Brisbane
Brad Symes - Adelaide
Brent Reilly - North Melbourne
Brad Crouch - North Melbourne
Shaun McKernan - North Melbourne
Matthew Jaensch - Essendon
Rory Sloane - St. Kilda
Patrick Dangerfield - Geelong
Daniel Talia - Carlton
Brodie Smith - Port Adelaide
Scott Thompson - Port Adelaide
Jared Petrenko - Port Adelaide
Johncock - Adelaide
Nathan Van Berlo - WCE
Bernie Vince - Hawthorn
Andy Otten - Hawthorn
Hendo - Geelong
Porplyzia - Hawks

Players from other teams who supported Adelaide
Andrew Mackie (Geel)
Matthew Pavlich (Freo)
Angus Monfries (Essendon)
Chad Wingard (Port)
Eddie Betts (Carlton)
Hamish Hartlett (Port)

I'm unsure (or have forgotten) of any others. Please post!
 
Didn't Brodie Smith go for Port Adelaide


and Taylor Walker go for Crows.
 

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Chad Wingard supported Adelaide I believe.

I think you're right there. A friend of mine from Murray Bridge reckons he knows his parents, who are apparently the biggest one-eyed Crows supporters going around. How depressing it must be to have a son playing for Port.

I might get an updated list happening in the OP (for those interested).
 
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I think you're right there. A friend of mine from Murray Bridge reckons he knows his parents, who are apparently the biggest one-eyed Crows supporters going around.

Correct on all accounts.

And according to Dwayne Russell in the showdown pretty much half our side were Port fans.
 
As said above Walker was a Crows fan.

Pretty sure Gibbs was a Crows man before Carlton took him.

Wasn't one of Cooney & Griffen a Crows boy? Or is that wishful thinking?

Still love the story of when Tex got drafted. When he told his Gran he had been picked up by the Crows, she told him off for telling fibs!! :D
 
On a few of the ones in here - Gibbs was a North Melbourne fan. I'm pretty sure Johncock was a Crow although it's easy to assume otherwise because of his various links with Port. Shaun Burgoyne the same story I think. And I'm sure I read somewhere soon after he was drafted that Talia was a Carlton fan.

Others I know for sure:
Van Berlo went for WCE
Vince and Otten were Hawks fans
 

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There's a bit of misinformation in this thread.

Sam Jacobs - Adelaide

Sam Jacobs was a Brisbane fan. Although he does claim Adelaide were his second team.

Talia - Western Bulldogs........ didn't his grandad play there?

Talia was a Carlton fan, although you are correct his grandfather did play for Footscray.

Also - Stiffy Johncock was a port fan as well.

Not a chance. Johncock was a massive Crows fan.

Pretty sure Gibbs was a Crows man before Carlton took him.

Wasn't one of Cooney & Griffen a Crows boy? Or is that wishful thinking?

Gibbs - North Melb
Cooney - not sure
Griffen - Definitely Crows

A few others I can add:

Matt Jaensch - Essendon
Ricky Henderson - Geelong
Hamish Hartlett - Adelaide
 
Johncock supported the Crows!

A really interesting story having grown up in pretty much the Port Adelaide system (Mallee Park - Port Magpies) but always supporting Crows unlike his cousins Peter and Shaun Burgoyne
 
Johncock supported the Crows!

A really interesting story having grown up in pretty much the Port Adelaide system (Mallee Park - Port Magpies) but always supporting Crows unlike his cousins Peter and Shaun Burgoyne

Don't you really mean his brother Shaun and cousin Peter. :p:eek:
 

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Think I heard in the commentary on Saturday that Harry Taylor is a Crows man despite coming from WA.
 
Jetta from Essendon, pretty sure its Leroy? was an avid Crows man prior to being drafted, even though he was from WA
 

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