Fact Who did AFL players support as youngsters?

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He's my dad's cousin's son so I'm not sure if that is a type of cousin. His uncle (John Reeves' son) also played for North, so it would have been three generations.


If I know that relation well, Josh Caddy and yourself share great-grandparents.
 

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Ben Lennon - Carlton
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Travis Boak - Carlton
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Didn't Angus Brayshaw grow up supporting Freo? I know he's from Melbourne proper and there is some WA connection but surely they would all be North fans?
 

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I heard Ricky Olerenshaw and Scott West were neighbours
Olerenshaw mad Bulldogs fan with West an Essendon Supporter.
The recruiting zones were between both houses and olerenshaw went to Essendon and West to Bulldogs
 

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You cant half tell that most players when they were kids/teens were bandwagoner fans of a club when that club was winning flags.. Sam Jacobs is an SA lad yet barracked for Brisbane? haha Harry Taylor prob jumped on the Crows in 97/98
 
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Josh Dunkley - Sydney before going neutral.
Jacob Weitering - Melbourne.
Aaron Francis, Harry and Ben McKay and Riley Bonner - Essendon.
Darcy Tucker, Eric Hipwood and Rhys Mathieson - St Kilda.
Josh Schache - Norf.
Matthew Kennedy - Hawthorn.


Probably been mentioned but Doug Hawkins was a mad Norf fan whose idol was Keith Greig.
 
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Matt Eagles - Port
Hugh McCluggage - Geelong
Luke Hodge - Richmond
Dayne Beams - Essendon
Tom Rockliff - Richmond
Elliot Yeo - Fremantle
Sam Docherty - Carlton
Jared Polec - Port
Jack Crisp - Fremantle
Michael Rischitelli - Essendon
Alex Sexton - North
Sam Walsh - Lions
Jaidyn Stephenson - Lions
Riley Collier-Dawkins - Swans
Max King - Saints
Bailey Smith - Hawthorn

Jamie Stanton - Swans
Kaitlin Ashmore - Richmond
Nat Exon - Hawthorn
Gabby Collingwood - Lions
Jess Wuetschner - Port
Brittany Gibson - North
 
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This kid looks like Jack Higgins. He played for a team in the SMJFL (league is based at Moorabbin Oval) as a kid so it’s possible he went for St Kilda. Nothing solid online though.
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Jarrod Berry - Essendon
Thomas Berry - Geelong
Hugh McCluggage - Geelong
Dayne Beams - Essendon
Tom Rockliff - Richmond
Elliot Yeo - Fremantle
Sam Docherty - Carlton
Jared Polec - Port
Jack Crisp - Fremantle
Michael Rischitelli - Essendon
Alex Sexton - North
Sam Walsh - Lions
Jaidyn Stephenson - Lions
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Jamie Stanton - Swans
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Jack Crisp followed Freo? Isn't he Victorian? Weird.
 

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Nic Nat used to go for Collingwood because they played in the same strip as Swan Districts, not sure how much he actually "supported" them though.

Simon black was an Eagles fan and attended the 1994 grand Final.

Blaine Boekhorst was a St.Kilda supporter, although when he was a really little tacker he went for eagles (my dad and his dad are best mates, so i kind of grew up with him)

Alik Magin(Gold Coast) supported the Western Bulldogs and his older brother Rhys who played a handful of games for Essendon, supported the Dons avidly growing up. (i played in the same team as them in our teens)
 
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This kid looks like Jack Higgins. He played for a team in the SMJFL (league is based at Moorabbin Oval) as a kid so it’s possible he went for St Kilda. Nothing solid online though.
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Remember watching a vid where Higgins said he was St Kilda growing up.
Jack Crisp followed Freo? Isn't he Victorian? Weird.
He is Victorian. Used to live with one of Jack Crisp's cousin and he told me Jack was Fremantle growing up. Also said Jack didn't care which team he played for and only left so we could get Beams (which makes it hurt we didn't get him back when Beams went back to the dark side)
 

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Peter McKenna - Essendon
Bruce Doull - Collingwood (believed, not that he’d ever say anything)
Anthony Koutifidis - Collingwood and crazy about them
Dermott Bretton - Collingwood and always has a soft spot for them
Kevin Bartlett - Footscray went to their 1954 Flag win
Scott Pendlebury - Melbourne
Jeremy Howe - Collingwood
Will Hoskin-Elliott - Collingwood
Glen Archer - Collingwood crazy for them


James Morrissey of Hawthorn is a great tale. Barracked for Collingwood.
He was so devoted about the Magpies that when Hawthorn was playing at the same time as Collingwood (as they did in his time a lot more than today) he would look at the scoreboard to follow how Collingwood was going.
 
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Matt Eagles - Port
Hugh McCluggage - Geelong
Luke Hodge - Richmond
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Tom Rockliff - Richmond
Elliot Yeo - Fremantle
Sam Docherty - Carlton
Jared Polec - Port
Jack Crisp - Fremantle
Michael Rischitelli - Essendon
Alex Sexton - North
Sam Walsh - Lions
Jaidyn Stephenson - Lions
Riley Collier-Dawkins - Swans
Max King - Saints
Bailey Smith - Hawthorn

Jamie Stanton - Swans
Kaitlin Ashmore - Richmond
Nat Exon - Hawthorn
Gabby Collingwood - Lions
Jess Wuetschner - Port
Brittany Gibson - North

Harris Andrews - Essendon
Linc McCarthy - North Melbourne
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Our beloved All Australian, Premiership player Elliot Yeo... grew up supporting the Dockers..

“Freo were on the scene but they weren’t as strong with their communication as the Eagles were at the time and didn’t seem as interested as much as the Eagles,” Yeo, who grew up a Dockers supporter, said.
“I did think that the Eagles had a lot more upside for me and I could picture myself fitting in at the Eagles more than I could at Freo.

“I put aside all of being such a strong fan growing up as a kid and it was the best decision for me to play at the Eagles.”

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Nobody went for the Western Bulldogs, lol. Makes sense as the Western Suburbs of Melbourne is horrible for developing AFL quality talent.
 

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Nobody went for the Western Bulldogs, lol. Makes sense as the Western Suburbs of Melbourne is horrible for developing AFL quality talent.


Off the top of my head the following were all Dogs fans before they were players

Kevin Bartlett
Barry Hall
Brian Royal
Brad Johnson
Rohan Smith
Jordan Roughead
Patrick Lipinski
 
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