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It's always interesting to see people's attachment to player numbers, as was raised in one of the 2009 number threads.

I thought it might be fun to see how many player names we can attach to the numbers, and have a bit of a historical roll call of PAFC players and the numbers they wore. Feel free to have a bit of a reminisce about your favourite players and their numbers. I recall a few of my school folders and pencil cases bearing the numbers 18 David Granger, 3 Stephen Clifford and 7(1) Russell Ebert. 5 Tim Evans and 27 Max James made their way on a few times too.

Once this is done the list can be moved to Club 1870 as a reference.

Here's the current list, and I've added a few names to get the ball rolling:

01 - Connor Rozee, Tom Jonas, Travis Boak, Domenic Cassisi, Warren Tredrea, Matt Primus, Gavin Wanganeen, Darryl Borlase, Tim Ginever, Greg Phillips, Russell Ebert, Brian Cunningham, Russell Johnston, John Cahill, Fos Williams, Bob Quinn, Denis Errey
02 - Sam Powell-Pepper, Kane Mitchell, Cameron Hitchcock, Darryl Wakelin, Josh Carr, Darrell Cahill, Tim Ginever, Scott Pedler, Maurie Allingham, Sid Ween, Tom Kelleway, Don Fletcher, Dick Russell, Tom Williams, Robert Fabian, Richard Hall
03 - Jackson Mead, Ryan Burton, Jake Neade, Campbell Heath, Steven Salopek, Shane Breuer, Brett Montgomery, Stephen 'Bomber' Clifford, Randall Gerlach, Andrew Obst, Gavin Wanganeen, Chris Dalkin, Gary Smallridge, Trevor Obst, Fabian Francis, Angelo ‘Ongie’ Congear, Peter Bampton, Carl Wightman, Lew Roberts, J Thiele, Brian Coldwell, Dean Trowse, Allan Blagrove
04 - Todd Marshall, Paddy Ryder, Brent Renouf, Daniel Motlop, Gavin Wanganeen, Chris Naish, Ivan Eckermann, Dwayne Russell, George Fiacchi, Ron Elleway, Rod Burton, ‘Bunny’ Skelley, Allen Greer, Kym Kelly, 'Bob' Marrett, S. Hosking
05 - Joe Berry, Dan Houston, Matthew Broadbent, Brendon Lade, Shane Bond, Tim Evans, Brian Leys, Bruce Abernethy, Bob Kingston, Bob McLean, Harold McDonald, Graham Mahney
06 - Kane Farrell, Steven Motlop, Angus Monfries, Danyle Pearce, Jarrad Schofield, Scott Cummings, Adam Thomson, Andy Porplycia, Phil Harrison, Lindsay McGie, Darren Mckay, Graham Cooper, Bro Dayman, Jack Dermody, Kevin Growden, Marx Kretschmer, Allan 'Bull' Reval
07 - Jase Burgoyne, Xavier Duursma, Brad Ebert, Peter Burgoyne, Brett Chalmers, John Rombotis, Russell Ebert, Steven Curtis, Roger Delaney, Chris Natt, Mark Dawson, Dave Gill, Billy Whicker, Peter Marrett, Allan Blagrove, John Dewhirst
08 - Josh Sinn, Hamish Hartlett, Shaun Burgoyne, Fabian Francis, Craig Ebert, Brian Cunningham, Brett Chalmers, Greg Anderson, Peter Crerar, Chris Natt, Steve Traynor, Ted Whelan
09 - Zak Butters, Robbie Gray, Jacob Surjan, Josh Carr, James Ezard, Anthony Williams, Milan Faletic, Brayden Lyle, Mark Williams, Robert Whatman, Michael O'Brien, Scott Spalding, Anthony Darcy, Peter Yeo, Samson Hosking, Harold Logan, Bob Meers, Cliff Keel, Ken Obst, J Skelly, James Sawford, Ian Hannaford, Bob Marrett, Richie Bray, Graham Virgo
10 - Travis Boak, Josh Francou, Stephen Williams, Bob Clayton, John Spry, Michael Errey, Ian Hannaford, Lloyd Zucker, M Shaw
11 - Christian Moraes,Jeremy Finlayson, Tom Rockliff, Aaron Young, John Butcher, Damien Hardwick, Nathan Eagleton, Ryan Willits, Marlon Motlop, Scott Hodges, Kym Kinnear, Ross Haslam, Clarrie Maywald, Chris Johnston, Dave Boyd, Graham Virgo, Peter Mead, Doug Spiers
12 - Jack Lukosius, Trent McKenzie, Jackson Trengove, Nathan Lonie, Aaron Shattock, Che Cockatoo-Collins, Brent Heaver, Bruce Abernethy, John Harvey, Simon Tregenza, Richard Manouge, Max James, Ian Jackman, Greg Leal, Ashley McKay, Reg Schumann, Thomas Kellaway, Roy Dangerfield, S. Glastonbury, Ron Luke, Ray Whitaker, Brian Key, Richie Bray, Robert Elix
13 - Ivan Soldo, Orazio Fantasia, Wylie Buzza, Todd Marshall, Cam O'Shea, Mitchell Farmer, Ben Eckermann, Danny Morton, Chris Hall, Rohan Smith, Geoff Blethyn, Brad Gotch, Neville Phillips, Phil Robertson, Len Warren, Bob Philp, Eddie Woloczek, ‘Punch’ Mucklow, Ned Hender, Bill McFarlane, Roger Clift, Bob Philp, John McBain, Dean Trowse
14 - Miles Bergman, Billy Frampton, Paul Stewart, Stephen Paxman, Elijah Ware, Dennis Errey, Ian Verrier, Wayne Mahney, Andrew Mcleod, Greg Boyd, John Cahill, Denis Errey, Julian Burton, Harold Oliver, Jeff Mott, Bob Fabian, Peter Obst, Ronald Leaver
15 - Jacob Wehr, Willie Rioli, Karl Amon, Lewis Stevenson, David Rodan, Byron Pickett, David Hynes, Neville Thiele, Darryl Wakelin, Wes Fellowes, Ross Agius, Michael Wilson, Gary Tredrea, R. ‘Bob’ Johnson, Ken Tierney, Donald Fletcher
16 - Ollie Wines, Danyle Pearce, Warren Tredrea, Paul Belton, Kevin Beswick, Darryl Borlase, Ben Jacobs, Reg Beaufoy, Basil Bampton, Rex Johns, Malcolm Hewitson, Basil Jaggard
17 - Jack Whitlock, Tom Clurey. Robbie Gray, Stuart Dew, Peter Woite, Geof Motley, Martin Leslie, Paul Rizonico, Nigel Fiegert, Kym Curtis, Norman Davis
18 - Jason Horne-Francis, Zak Butters, Jimmy Toumpas, Kane Cornes, Mark Harwood, David Granger, Arlen Kennedy, Peter Broderick, Troy Bond, Paul Kemp, Colin Whitehead, Eric Freeman, Tom Garland, Marx Kretschmer, Norman Tull
19 - Mitch Georgiades, Jack Trengove, Matt White, Nick Salter, Matthew Bishop, Donald Dickie, Carl Fragomeni, Adrian Settre, Jon Simpson, Tim Ginever, Ray Huppatz, Mick Hamill, ‘Congie’ McLean, Lyle Dayman, Dean Trowse, Peter Obst, Graham Matters, Noel Clark
20 - Connor Rozee, Chad Wingard, Dean Brogan, Greg Phillips, Mark Lawson, Jon Evans, Des Drogemuller, Greg Natt, Troy Bond, Wayne Broadbridge, Neville Hayes, HV Pope,
21 - Aliir Aliir, Xavier Duursma, Jared Polec, Matt Thomas, Michael Wilson, Scott Bassett, David Brown, Craig Bradley, Mark Williams, Jeff Potter, Len Warren, ‘Bull’ Reval, Brick Hoffman, J Ashley, John Robinson
22 - Logan Evans, Charlie Dixon, Mason Shaw, Simon Phillips, Jay Nash, Hamish Hartlett, Josh Mahoney, Bowen Lockwood, Greg Phillips, Keith Spencer, John Abley, Greg Boyd, Tony Malakellis, Ben Harris, Milan Faletic, Bob Philp
23 - Will Brodie, Dylan Williams, Jack Watts, Matthew Lobbe, Brad Symes, Matthew Bode, Adam Morgan, Tony Giles, Mark Warton, Phil McGuinness, Don Thompson, Ray Whitaker, Harold Oliver
24 - Jordon Sweet, Kane Farrell, Jarman Impey, Nathan Blee, Michael Stevens, Damon White, Matthew Westhoff, Damian Squire, Bruce Nyland, Tony Hannan, Mark Tylor, Brenton Owens, Tony Martyn, Bryan Beinke, Graeme Robertson, Kevin Salvemini, Allen Greer
25 - Brandon Zerk-Thatcher, Sam Hayes, Logan Austin, Domenic Cassisi, Josh Carr, Russell Johnston, Geoff Phelps, Troy Olsen, Michael Tate, Glen Kelsh, Peter Mead, Wally Dittmar, AJ Maynard, Laurence Stevens, Peter Obst, Kevin Salmon
26 - Tom Cochrane, Lachlan Charleson, Riley Bonner, Andrew Moore, Nick Lower, Stuart Cochrane, Derek Murray, Bruce Light, Greg Anderson, Richard Foster, Peter Hofner, Brian Luke, Bruce Nyland
27 - Esava Ratugolea, Brynn Teakle, Joel Garner, Brett Eddy, Alipate Carlile, Jared Poulton, Tom Harley, Max James, Alan Gill, David Hutton, Kevin Salmon, Colin Parham, Bob Marrett, Brian Coldwell
28 - Willem Drew, Jay Schulz, Toby Thurstans, Stephen Daniels, Danny Hughes, Darren Smith, John Ede, Kym Curtis, Zane Separovich, Anthony Williams, Doug Spiers, Peter Obst, Basil Jaggard
29 - Tom Anastasopoulos, Scott Lycett, Jasper Pittard, Nathan Krakouer, Adam Kingsley, Paul Marrett, David Baker, Craig Lum, Robert Dolan, Robert West, Ben Harris
30 - Ollie Lord, Joe Atley, Sam Colquhoun, Troy Chaplin, Cain Ackland, Darryl Poole, Leon Milde, Ben Harris, Paul Stringer,Roger Kerr, Ian Bradmore, Peter Stephens, Reg Beaufoy
31 - Ewan Mackinlay, Christian Moraes, Frank Evans, Sam Skinner, Trent Burgoyne, Aidyn Johnson, Mitch Harvey, Mitchell Banner, Darren Pfeiffer, Barnaby French, Paul Geister Trevor Sorrell, Dexter Kennedy, Paul Williams, Jon Evans, David Harvey
32 - Harrison Ramm, Rory Atkins, Tom Scully, Sam Mayes, Dougal Howard, Jake Neade, John Butcher, Matthew Broadbent, Tom Carr, Paul Koulouriotis, Stephen Gilham, Craig Ebert, Steven Knight, Paul Northeast, Roger Delaney, Glen Elliot
33 - Darcy Byrne-Jones, Brett Ebert, Brenton Cole, Darren Mead, Colin Bald, Alan 'Bull' Reval
34 - Lachie Jones, Dylan Williams, Sam Mayes, Will Snelling, Jarrad Redden, Adam Cockshell, Brent Guerra, Nathan Steinberner, Nathan Buckley, Anthony Dutch
35 - Joe Richards, John McCarthy, Chad Cornes, Mark Conway, Russell Boyd, Andrew Obst
36 - Will Lorenz, Jase Burgoyne, Boyd Woodcock, Jack Hombsch, Michael Pettigrew, Nick Stevens, Stephen Carter, Shane Grimm, Shane Lawson
37 - Tom Cochrane, Tom McCallum, Taj Schofield, Jake Patmore, Jesse Russell, Kane Mitchell, Wade Thompson, Fabian DeLuca, Steve Brosnan, Allan Murray
38 - Dante Visentini, Peter Ladhams, Billy Frampton, Roger James, Ben Newton, Scott Harding, Jonathan Giles, Shane Crothers
39 - Hugh Jackson, Justin Westhoff, Adam Heuskes
40 - Benny Barrett, Kyle Marshall, Jarrod Lienert, Aaron Young, Paul Evans, Matt Westhoff, Glen Dawson, Spiro Malakellis
41 - Jed McEntee, Riley Grundy, Dom Barry, Brendon Ah Chee, Jason Davenport, Greg Bentley, Clive Waterhouse
42 - Jacob Moss, Quinton Narkle, Tom Jonas, Peter Walsh, Danny Meyer, Jaxon Crabb,
43 - Logan Evans, Trent Dumont, Dan Houston, Karl Amon, Daniel Stewart, Corey Ah Chee
44 - Corey, Durdin, Jackson Mead, Cameron Hewett, Tom Logan
45 - Xavier Walsh, Martin Frederick, Emmanuel Irra, Matthew Martin
46 - Sam Gray, Jesse Laurie, Fabian Francis
47 - Jarrad Irons, Cameron Cloke, Daryl Chenoweth
48 - Jake Pasini, Kai Pudney, Lindsay Thomas, Nathan Krakouer
50 - Tyson Goldsack, Cam Sutcliffe, Tony Bamford
56 - Warren Tredrea
 
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I didn't forget anyone, but I don't want to take all the good players! (Someone will notice soon enough I left 11 free ;))

I might have to throw a few more 'little knowns' up there sometime too.
 

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Milan"Spoofa" Faletic !

Brenton (who) Cole on your list before Mark Williams "21"??? Kym Kinnear "11", Andy Porplycia "6", Tony Giles "23", Carl Fragomeni "19", Danny Hughes "28"
 
Let me see, I am not 100% certain on these my memory is a little hazy but I am sure I will be corrected if wrong.

17- Paul Rizonico
4- George Fiachi
12- Simon Tregenza
9- Mark Williams
28- Darren Smith (about as maligned as Toby at times too).
7- Roger Delaney
5- Brian Leys
19- Adrian Settre
5- Bruce Abernethy (I know he is listed above as another number but my memory has him at 5, did he change after his AFL career?)
13- Rohan Smith


Some great names there. You could pretty much guess my age by the era of players I have picked, lol.
 
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Milan"Spoofa" Faletic !

Brenton (who) Cole on your list before Mark Williams "21"??? Kym Kinnear "11", Andy Porplycia "6", Tony Giles "23", Carl Fragomeni "19", Danny Hughes "28"
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As I said, the point wasn't for me to try to reel off all of the players who have worn whatever number, it's to give people the opportunity to name players and their numbers and maybe have a reminisce about them.

I mentioned Brenton Cole as I was fairly sure he wouldn't be remembered by too many people (like Paul Dutch 34, Peter Broderick and Arlen Kennedy 18). The players you've mentioned - well as you see, someone was able to name them.

hereselmo, yes Abba wore 12 when he started out and 5 when he came back from Collingwood. Same as Mark Williams who wore 21 and 9.
 
2 - Tim Ginever
3 - Andrew Obst
6 - Phil Harrison
11 - Scott Hodges
13 - Rohan Smith
16 - Darryl Borlase
25 - David Hynes
26 - Richard Foster
32 - Paul Northeast
33 - Darren Mead
 
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1 - Russell Johnston
20 - Greg Phillips (when he came back from Collingwood)
22 - Greg Boyd (why Greg Phillips had to wear 20)
25 - Russell Johnston
26 - Greg Anderson
35 - Russell Boyd
36 - Stephen Carter

Geoff Phelps wore 25 Macca, Hynesy wore 15.
 

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Robert Whatman was a 9 iirc.
Peter Hofner - 26
Robert "Sticks" Dolan - 29
Trevor Sorrell - 31
Craig Ebert - 32
Nathan Buckley - 34 (anyone remember him?)
 
yeah i was pretty sure hodges wore 11, we were once told (not sure if this was true) that scotty worked for the council and on his fluoro safety vest he even had the number 11 on it. Well one day there were council workers in our street and sure enough there was a man with a fluoro 11 on his vest, me and my mate both die hard port supporters went up for an autograph only to find out it wasn't him and that most of the council workers had 11 on the back of their vests. We were devastated as we loved scotty. Luckily in my early 20's I worked with a guy who was good mates with him and scotty would pop in from time to time, great bloke.
 
Here's an obscure one. Robert Whatman 1975-76 wore no.9. He was an early favourite as I wore 9 for my school team, come from NSW so tucked the ball Rugby League style under his arm when he ran, I copied that, he was a speedster and he did drop kicks , which I liked to do.

Are we going to add the AFL ones eg Mark Harwood 18, Stephen Paxman 14 etc.
 

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01 - Warren Tredrea, Matt Primus, Gavin Wanganeen, Darryl Borlase, Tim Ginever, Greg Phillips, Russell Ebert, Brian Cunningham, Russell Johnston, John Cahill, Fos Williams
02 - Josh Carr, Darrell Cahill, Tim Ginever, Scott Pedler
03 - Steven Salopek, Stephen 'Bomber' Clifford, Randall Gerlach, Andrew Obst, Gavin Wanganeen, Chris Dalkin
04 - Daniel Motlop, Ivan Eckermann, Dwayne Russell, George Fiacchi, Ron Elleway
05 - Brendon Lade, Tim Evans, Brian Leys, Bruce Abernethy, Bob Kingston
06 - Danyle Pearce, Andy Porplycia, Phil Harrison, Lindsay McGie, Darren Mckay
07 - Peter Burgoyne, Russell Ebert, Steven Curtis, Roger Delaney
08 - Shaun Burgoyne, Craig Ebert, Brian Cunningham, Brett Chalmers, Greg Anderson
09 - Jacob Surjan, Josh Carr, Anthony Williams, Milan Faletic, Mark Williams, Robert Whatman, Michael O'Brien, Scott Spalding, Anthony Darcy
10 - Travis Boak, Stephen Williams, Bob Clayton, John Spry, Michael Errey
11 - Marlon Motlop, Scott Hodges, Kym Kinnear, Ross Haslam
12 - Jackson Trengove, Bruce Abernethy, John Harvey, Simon Tregenza
13 - Mitchell Farmer, Rohan Smith, Geoff Blethyn
14 - Paul Stewart, Dennis Errey, Ian Verrier, Wayne Mahney, Andrew Mcleod
15 - David Rodan, David Hynes, Neville Thiele, Darryl Wakelin
16 - Warren Tredrea, Paul Belton, Kevin Beswick, Darryl Borlase
17 - Robert Gray, Peter Woite, Geof Motley, Martin Leslie, Paul Rizonico, Nigel Fiegert
18 - Kane Cornes, David Granger, Arlen Kennedy, Peter Broderick
19 - Nick Salter, Carl Fragomeni, Adrian Settre, John Simpson
20 - Dean Brogan, Wayne Broadbridge, Greg Phillips
21 - Matt Thomas, David Brown, Craig Bradley, Jeff Potter, Len Warren
22 - Hamish Hartlett, Greg Phillips, Keith Spencer, Greg Boyd, Tony Malakellis
23 - Matthew Lobbe, Tony Giles
24 - Matthew Westhoff, Bruce Nyland, Tony Hannan, Mark Tylor, Brenton Owens
25 - Domenic Cassisi, Russell Johnston, Geoff Phelps, Troy Olsen
26 - Nick Lower, Bruce Light, Greg Anderson, Richard Foster, Peter Hofner
27 - Alipate Carlile, Max James, Alan Gill, David Hutton
28 - Toby Thurstans, Danny Hughes, Darren Smith, John Ede, Kym Curtis
29 - Nathan Krakouer, Paul Marrett, David Baker, Craig Lum, Robert Dolan, Robert West
30 - Troy Chaplin, Leon Milde, Ben Harris, Roger Kerr, Paul Stringer, Darryl Poole
31 - Mitchell Banner, Trevor Sorrell, Dexter Kennedy, Paul Williams
32 - Matthew Broadbent, Craig Ebert, Steven Knight, Paul Northeast, Roger Delaney
33 - Brett Ebert, Brenton Cole, Darren Mead
34 - Jarrad Redden, Nathan Buckley, Paul Dutch
35 - Chad Cornes, Russell Boyd
36 - Michael Pettigrew, Stephen Carter
37 - Wade Thompson
38 - Jonathan Giles, Shane Crothers
39 - Justin Westhoff
40 - Glen Dawson, Spiro Malakellis
41 - Jason Davenport, Clive Waterhouse
42 - Danny Meyer
43 - Daniel Stewart
44 - Tom Logan
45 - Matthew Martin
46 - Jesse Laurie, Fabian Francis
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Hey Ford, I'm certain Wanga's wore #4, not #3. That's why Motlop wanted it so badly.

#2 - Daryl Wakelin
#6 - (how soon we forget) Tomilf
#10 - Josh Francou
#11 - Damien Hardwick
#15 - Byron "Choppy" Pickett
#13 - Ben Eckermann
#17 - someone mentioned stuey, right?
#21 - You might wanna slip Wilbur in there ;)

....and I think I'm done
 
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Wangas wore 3 when he played for Port in the SANFL in 1990. Took it over from Andrew Obst.

I'll get into the Power numbers too, was more interested first up in getting back into history a bit to get some depth.
 
I've gone thru our preimership sides and picked up the following players are missing from the current list, using memory, old budgets and books and confirming some stuff on Mark's database at TPFP.

1977 OK

1979
Mark Dawson 7
Kym Curtis 17 he wore 28 in 1978 and earlier years which is in the list
Ian Bradmore 30

1980
Ross Agius 15
Bradmore 30
Chris Natt 8 He wore 7 between 72 and 78. That photo of Davies mark in the 76 GF on Natt's shoulders is etched in my brain with his knee above the 7.

1981
Tony Marytn 24

1988 OK

1989 OK

1990
Ben Harris 29, he had 30 before he went to Brissy ie 82-86, wore 22 in 91

1992 OK

1994 Ok

1995
Michael Wilson 15

1996
Wilson 15
Francis changed to 3
Brian Beinkie 24
Phil McGuiness 23
Warren Tredrea 56
David Bamford 50

Some others
Gary Tredrea 15
John Cahill 14
Bob Quinn 1
Trevor Bubbles Obst 3
Neville Phillips 13
John Evans wore 31 when Sorell was in Tassie in 75-76.Then wore 20
Rod Burton 4
 

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