Resource Published Lists: Teams of the Year / Best Players of all time / Best Teams lists / Players of a season

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Thought we should start a thread where we dump all those lists made over the century in newspapers and from players publications where they list their 'best of' teams, or 'best players' of seasons or years. It can be anything from a newspapers best players from a particular year, to a former player's article on the best he saw....

To start off, here is Inside Footballs "Team of the Year" for each year from 1971 to 1982

 

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Here is Inside Football's Team of the Year - Season 1983

 

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"Pivot" in 1916 in The Leader published his Best Players of 1916 season. (1 player for each line)
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article89775485

 

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From memory the AFL Season Guide has a 'Best Teams' chapter I think of Sporting Life , All Aust etc.
If someone wants to take a shot of those and dump them all in the thread that would be great.

 

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The Herald instituted their own Best Player award from 1944 (after the Brownlow was not awarded).
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article247307507

The first 4 winners from 1944 - 1947 were:
1944 Norm Smith
1945 Des Fothergill
1946 Alan Ruthven
1947 Lou Richards

 

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The Herald Best Player 1944
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article246010230

 

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The Herald Best Player 1945
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article245660781

 

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The Herald Best Player 1946
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article245532597 (full list all the way to 1 vote)

 

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The Herald Best Player 1947
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article245084281 (entire list here)

 

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The Herald Best Player 1948
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243531241

 

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The Herald Best Player1949
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243676070

 

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Jason Dunstall's selection of the best Hawthorn players he played with from his 1998 autobiography The Goal King.

 

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John Platten's best ever Hawks team from his 1997 biography The Rat:

 

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John Nicholl's Best in 20 years from "Big Nick" 1977

B James, Southby, Schultz
HB Doull, Whitten, K.Murray
C Bourke, Stewart, Greig
HF Baldock, Hart, Jesalenko
F Barassi, Hudson, Aylett
Foll Farmer, Silvagni. Skilton
Res Clegg, Goggin
Coach N.Smith
Captain Barassi
Vc Whitten

 

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Peter Mc Kenna's "The team I'd hate to play against" (1972)
B Parkin Southby Schultz
HB B.Davis Peter Steward K. Murray
C Bourke I.Stewart Greening
HF Baldock Hart Jesaulenko
F Nicholls Hudson W.Richardson
F Farmer Thompson Skilton
Res Dempsey Goggin
Captain Nicholls
Coach Hafey

 

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The Greatest Team of All Time, as published in the Sunday Observer, July 17, 1983


Backs: Bernie Smith, David Dench, Gary Dempsey
Half-backs: Bruce Doull, Ted Whitten, Ron Clegg
Centre: Francis Bourke, Ian Stewart, Robert Flower
Half-forwards: Darrel Baldock, Laurie Nash, Alex Jesaulenko
Forwards: Haydn Bunton, John Coleman, Jack Dyer
Followers: Polly Farmer, Ron Barassi (captain)
Rover: Bob Skilton
Interchange: Leigh Matthews, Dick Reynolds
Emergency: Keith Greig

Coach: Norm Smith

 

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Ron Barassi's top 31 players (1962-1992), in ranking order:

31 Michael Tuck
30 Robert Flower
29 Keith Greig
28 Gerard Healy
27 John Rantall
26 Kevin Murray
25 Paul Roos (current player in 1992)
24 Kevin Bartlett
23 Wayne Schimmelbusch
22 Greg Williams (current player in 1992)
21 Peter Hudson
20 Doug Wade
19 Geoff Southby
18 Simon Madden (current player in 1992)
17 Peter Daicos (current player in 1992)
16 Ian Stewart
15 Francis Bourke
14 Darrel Baldock
13 Tony Lockett (current player in 1992)
12 Stephen Kernahan (current player in 1992)
11 Alex Jesaulenko.
10 Royce Hart
9 Malcolm Blight
8 Bob Skilton
7 Gary Ablett (current player in 1992)
6 Barry Cable
5 Bruce Doull
4 Polly Farmer
3 Ted Whitten
2 John Nicholls
1 Leigh Matthews


This was part of a video Barassi released for sale during 1992. At the end of the video, Barassi also makes a best-of-team from his 31 players:

BACKS: Murray, Southby, Bourke
HALF BACKS: Rantall, Whitten, Doull
CENTRE: Ablett, Stewart, Schimmelbusch
HALF FORWARDS: Jesaulenko, Hart, Blight
FORWARDS: Farmer, Lockett, Skilton
FOLLOWERS: Nicholls, Matthews, Cable
INTERCHANGE: Kernahan, Greig, Daicos, Tuck

CAPTAIN: John Nicholls
COACH: Norm Smith

 

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Collingwood's 125 "Champions of Collingwood."

From 2017.

Bruce Andrew
George Angus
Denis Banks
Ricky Barham
Jack Beveridge
Percy Bowyer
Marcus Boyall
Gavin Brown
Nathan Buckley
Scott Burns
Phil Carman
George Clayden
James Clement
David Cloke
Travis Cloke
Albert Collier
Harry Collier
Dick Condon
Gordon Coventry
Syd Coventry
Gavin Crosisca
Harry Curtis
Peter Daicos
Leon Davis
Charlie Dibbs
Alan Didak
Alf Dummett
Ross Dunne
Jack Finck
Len Fitzgerald
Des Fothergill
Tony Francis
Ray Gabelich
John Greening
Jack Hamilton
Barry Harrison
Des Healey
Gordon Hocking
Les Hughes
Graeme Jenkin
Ben Johnson
Ron Kingston
Rene Kink
Phonse Kyne
Fred Leach
Dick Lee
Bill Libbis
Paul Licuria
Peter Lucas
Con McCarthy
Mick McGuane
Jock McHale
Peter McKenna
Stan Magro
Phil Manassa
Neil Mann
Nick Maxwell
Thorold Merrett
Darren Millane
Dan Minogue
Damian Monkhorst
Jack Monohan
Peter Moore
Shane Morwood
Frank Murphy
Len Murphy
Alby Pannam
Charlie Pannam Senior
Charlie Pannam Junior
Scott Pendlebury
Bill Picken
Ted Potter
Simon Prestigiacomo
Barry Price
Bill Proudfoot
Ron Reeves
Jack Regan
Lou Richards
Ron Richards
Max Richardson
Wayne Richardson
Anthony Rocca
Saverio Rocca
Bob Rose
Kevin Rose
Percy Rowe
Ted Rowell
Harold Rumney
Bob Rush
Scott Russell
Harry Saunders
Malcolm Seddon
Bill Serong
Jim Sharp
Heath Shaw
Ray Shaw
Tony Shaw
Steele Sidebottom
Keith Stackpole
Bill Strickland
Harry Sullivan
Dane Swan
Chris Tarrant
Brian Taylor
Len Thompson
Ron Todd
Frank Tuck
Des Tuddenham
Lardie Tulloch
Ken Turner
Bill Twomey Senior
Bill Twomey Junior
Mick Twomey
Charlie Tyson
Charlie Utting
Terry Waters
Ron Wearmouth
Murray Weideman
Marcus Whelan
Mark Williams
Paul Williams
Ernie Wilson
Percy Wilson
Bervin Woods
Graham Wright

- Collingwood's website.

 

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North Melbourne's all time top 150 names.

From 2019.

 

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Melbourne's 150 "Heroes."

From 2008.

Jim Abernethy
Frank Adams
Bill Allen
Stan Alves
Sydney Anderson
Tony Anderson
Lance Arnold
Ron Baggott
Harold Ball
Ron Barassi
Gary Barker
Percy Beames
John Beckwith
George Bickford
Ray Biffin
Barry Bourke
Harry Brereton
Cameron Bruce
Keith Carroll
Geoff Case
Jack Collins
Chris Connolly
Bob Corbett
Denis Cordner
Don Cordner
Ted Cordner
Vin Coutie
Harry Coy
Jimmy Davidson
Frank Davis
Ross Dillon
Carl Ditterich
Brian Dixon
Len Dockett
Adrian Dullard
Hugh Dunbar
Richard Emselle
Fred Fanning
Jeff Farmer
Matthew Febey
Steven Febey
Dick Fenton-Smith
Rowley Fischer
Robert Flower
Laurie Flower
Maurie Gibb
Peter Giles
Terry G. Gleeson
Brad Green
Rodney Grinter
George Haines
Gary Hardeman
Henry Harrison
Gerard Healy
Greg Healy
Dick Hingston
Paul Hopgood
Danny Hughes
Anthony Ingerson
Eddie Jackson
Tassie Johnson
Trevor Johnson
Bob Johnson Jr
Bob Johnson Sr
Alan Johnson
Travis Johnstone
Gordon Jones
Les Jones
Bryan Kenneally
Allan La Fontaine
Clyde Laidlaw
Frank Langley
John Leith
Andrew Leoncelli
Charlie Lilley
Wally Lock
Harry Long
John Lord
Anthony Lovell
Brett Lovett
Glenn Lovett
Garry Lyon
Hassa Mann
George Margitich
Peter Marquis
Bernie Massey
Anthony McDonald
James McDonald
Fred McGinis
Jp 'Shane' McGrath
Bob McKenzie
Ian McLean
Col McLean
Noel McMahen
Ken Melville
Laurie Mithen
Peter Moore
Jack Mueller
David Neitz
Stephen Newport
Jack O'Keefe
Andrew Obst
Gordon Ogden
Greg Parke
Am 'Joe' Pearce
Jack Purse
Ian Ridley
Guy Rigoni
Frank Roberts
Russell Robertson
Alby Rodda
Brian 'Doc' Roet
Peter Rohde
Alan Rowarth
David Schwarz
Norm Smith
Steven Smtih
Earl Spalding
Stuart Spencer
Charlie Streeter
Steven Stretch
Jim Stynes
Tony Sullivan
Dick Taylor
Ted Thomas
Ian Thorogood
Stephen Tingay
John Townsend
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott
Geoff Tunbridge
Bill Tymms
Barrie Vagg
Frank 'Pop' Vine
Todd Viney
Ivor Warne-smith
Ray Wartman
Athol Webb
Greg Wells
Jeff White
Sean Wight
Don Williams
Brian Wilson
Stan Wittman
Shane Woewodin
Graeme Yeats
Charlie Young
Adem Yze

 

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North Melbourne's all time top 150 names.

From 2019.

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Cheers.

 

[worbod]

From memory the AFL Season Guide has a 'Best Teams' chapter I think of Sporting Life , All Aust etc.
If someone wants to take a shot of those and dump them all in the thread that would be great.

 

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From the book "Australian Rules 100 Greatest Players" (1977).