Best Player to Never Play AFL/VFL

[sdfc]

Probably one for the West Aussies and South Australians

From a WA point of view.

Stephen Michael. Quick, skilled, hard as nails and could play anywhere. Tassie medalist and all Australian captain, I've not seen a better player.

John Todd. Sandover at 17, then does his knee. All Australian pretty much on one leg.

Jack Clarke. Four carnivals, four all Australian guenseys.

Bill Walker - four Sandovers. Cable contemporary and reputedly just as good.

 

[TheUnicorn]

Me.

 

[My Tilly]

Barry Robran?

 

[Engimal v3]

TheUnicorn for mine

 

[aj1992]

Elmer_Judd .

Oh wait this isn't the bay

 

[Tonga Bob]

 

[mcfazza28]

Totally agree. I was only about 12 when I used to watch but I remember him as a harder and better version of Adam Goodes. Huge bumps and bash and crash. Super mobile, super hard and super skilled.

 

[terrybull]

Me.

Agree

Me is really good.

Or are you talking about me?

 

[DQ 4EVER]

The GOAT

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[HairyO]

We dont really know because none of them were ever tested.

 

[TheUnicorn]

Agree

Me is really good.

Or are you talking about me?

yes

 

[Tonga Bob]

Probably one for the West Aussies and South Australians

From a WA point of view.

Stephen Michael. Quick, skilled, hard as nails and could play anywhere. Tassie medalist and all Australian captain, I've not seen a better player.

John Todd. Sandover at 17, then does his knee. All Australian pretty much on one leg.

Jack Clarke. Four carnivals, four all Australian guenseys.

Bill Walker - four Sandovers. Cable contemporary and reputedly just as good.

Chuck in full forwards like George Doig & Bernie Naylor. And although I don’t know a lot about SA players from back in the day, sounds like Barrie Robram & Ken Farmer deserve to be in the conversation.

 

[Cyclops]

Pele.

TheUnicorn for mine

Fake news. Already plays AFL from what I hear.

 

[South of the Yarra]

Stephen Michael by the length of Flemington

 

[masai tu]

We dont really know because none of them were ever tested.

Tassie Medal, All Australian ?.

 

[Taper]

Russell Ebert?

 

[bradfisher14]

Saad Saad

 

[benji2]

Russell Ebert?

He did play in the VFL in 1979. Definitely Barrie Robran from a SA point of view, though Paul Bagshaw, Ken Farmer and Geof Motley wouldn’t have been too far behind


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[Gough]

He did play in the VFL in 1979. Definitely Barrie Robran from a SA point of view, though Paul Bagshaw, Ken Farmer and Geof Motley wouldn’t have been too far behind


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This guy.

 

[Spirit Level]

Mitch Marsh was a skilled footballer in high school.

Couple of World Cups later and you'd say he made the right choice

 

[MortlockWatcher]

Garry McIntosh and Stephen Michael.

 

[RonnieRaven]

My uncle passed down stories from his grandpa about the great Ken Farmer.

He should be acknowledged as the greatest goalkicker and have legend status not plugger.

224 games for north in the sanfl 1417 goals
He kicked 100+ goals 11 seasons in a row.

In 17 state games against the best in Australia he kicked 81 goals

 

[Tandy]

Mitch Marsh was a skilled footballer in high school.

Couple of World Cups later and you'd say he made the right choice

Sadly it can go the other way. Pat McKenna and will Sutherland

 

[NetworkNerd]

Chuck Norris imo

 

[mcfazza28]

My uncle passed down stories from his grandpa about the great Ken Farmer.

He should be acknowledged as the greatest goalkicker and have legend status not plugger.

224 games for north in the sanfl 1417 goals
He kicked 100+ goals 11 seasons in a row.

In 17 state games against the best in Australia he kicked 81 goals

This is the problem with the AFL running football with no Australian Football Council above it as the governing body. Generational greats feats aren’t rated as high as AFL players when they were.

For example: Peter Hudson, Farmer, Plugger (1360) then Austin Robertson from Subiaco (1272 goals).

I may have missed some.

Irrespective of leagues it was all league football. Peter Hudson had many more goals than plugger but many discounted as not AFL. But he is still recognised as played VFL.