Opinion Favourite player past and present from every team

doug85 · Friday at 9:57 PM

Yep, it’s the off season. But I thought I’d have some fun and post my favourite player of all time from every team. Feel free to post yours

1. Adelaide Crows - Darren Jarman
2. Brisbane Lions - Jason Akermanis
3. Carlton Blues - Brendan Fevola
4. Collingwood Magpies - Peter Daicos
5. Essendon Bombers - James Hird
6. Fremantle Dockers - Pav
7. Geelong Cats - Gary Ablett Snr
8. Gold Coast Suns - Gary Ablett Jr
9. GWS - Tony Greene
10. Hawthorn Hawks - Buddy Franklin
11. Melbourne - Allen Jackovich
12. North Melbourne - Wayne Carey
13. Port Adelaide - Zac Butters
14. Richmond Tigers - Dustin Martin
15. St Kilda Saints - Tony Lockett
16. Sydney Swans - Micky O
17. West Coast Eagles - Peter Matera
18. Western Bulldogs - Marcus Bomtempeli
19. Fitzroy - Doc Whieldon
20. Brisbane bears - Darryl White

Beerfish · Friday at 11:57 PM

doug85 said:
Port Adelaide - Zac Butters

Carn mate. Wangas and/or Dimma.

eth-dog · Saturday at 8:23 AM

Adelaide: McLeod past/Fogarty present
Brisbane: Brown past/Coleman present
Carlton: Judd past/Docherty present
Collimgwood: Clement past/Elliott present
Essendon: Hille past/Caldwell present
Fremantle: Pavlich past/Brayshaw present
Geelong: Hawkins past/Holmes present
Gold Coast: Lyons past/Rosas present
GWS: Davis past/Greene present
Hawthorne: Dew past/Mitch Lewis present
Melbourne: Viney/Viney
NM: Firrito past/Larkey present
PA: Lade past/Farrell present
Richmond: Cousins past/Short present
St. Kilda: Hayes past/Sinclair present
Sydney: Goodes past/Heeney present
West Coast: Cox past/Allen present
Western Bulldogs: West past/Richards present

DERO · Saturday at 8:43 AM

Adelaide: Andrew McLeod - silk
Brisbane: Joe Daniher - freak
Carlton: Eddie Betts - can't think of many better small forwards
Collingwood: Brodie Grundy - nice fella who can play
Essendon: Josh Green/ Zach Merrett
Fremantle: Spider Burton - genuine cult
Geelong: Ablett - saw him kick 14 one day at one end while Salmon kicked 8 at the other end
Gold Coast: Ablett jr - modern great
GWS: Hogan - nice redemption story
Hawthorn: hate all of them
Melbourne: Russell Robertson - speccy
North: George Wardlaw - combative
Port: Butters - hard as a cats head
Richmond: Richo - gun
St Kilda: Robert Harvey jumped off a table to snap a foot tendon
Sydney: Paul Roos
West Coast: early Chris Judd
Bulldogs: Doug Hawkins
Fitzroy: Paul Roos
Brisbane Bears: Roger Merrett

Happyskeret · Saturday at 11:02 AM

Adealaide: Tony Modra
Brisbane: Jason Akermanis
Carlton: Bruce Doull
Collingwood: Scott Pendlebury
Essendon Darren Bewick
Freo: David Mundy
Geelong: Mathew Scarlett
GC: Touk Miller
GWS: Sam Taylor
Hawthorn: Michael Tuck
Melbourne: Max Gawn
NM: Glenn Archer
Port: Gavin Wanganeen
Richmond: Jimmy Jess
St Kilda: Tony Lockett
Sydney: Paul Kelly
WC: Glenn Jackovich
WB: Chriss Grant
Fitzroy: Paul Roos
BB: Darryl White
University: Albert Hartkopf

doug85 · Saturday at 11:03 AM

Beerfish said:
Carn mate. Wangas and/or Dimma.

I also considered Xavier Duursma

jmoo wan · Sunday at 3:04 PM

Adelaide: Greg Anderson
Brisbane: Mal Michaels
Carlton: Glenn Manton
Collingwood: Blake Caracella
Essendon: James Hird
Fremantle: Adam McPhee
Geelong: James Kelly
Gold Coast: Peter Wright
GWS: Jonathan Giles
Hawthorn: Massimo D’Ambrosio
Melbourne: Jake Melksham
North: Todd Goldstein
Port: Gavin Wanganeen
Richmond: Bachar Houli
St Kilda: Brendan Goddard
Sydney: Derek Kickett
West Coast: Tim Watson
Bulldogs: Stewart Crameri
Fitzroy: Brian Brown
Brisbane Bears: Roger Merrett

BOMBERBLITZ · Sunday at 3:39 PM

jmoo wan said:
Adelaide: Greg Anderson
Brisbane: Mal Michaels
Carlton: Glenn Manton
Collingwood: Blake Caracella
Essendon: James Hird
Fremantle: Adam McPhee
Geelong: James Kelly
Gold Coast: Peter Wright
GWS: Jonathan Giles
Hawthorn: Massimo D’Ambrosio
Melbourne: Jake Melksham
North: Todd Goldstein
Port: Gavin Wanganeen
Richmond: Bachar Houli
St Kilda: Brendan Goddard
Sydney: Derek Kickett
West Coast: Tim Watson
Bulldogs: Stewart Crameri
Fitzroy: Brian Brown
Brisbane Bears: Roger Merrett

FTFY:

Essendon: Greg Anderson

windyhill · Sunday at 7:39 PM

Ess. Merv Neagle.

Blind Turn · Sunday at 9:59 PM

ADE: D Jarman / (Meh)
Bris: Voss / Lohmann
Car: Bosustow / Curnow
Coll: P Daicos / Mihocek
Ess: S Madden / Durham
Fitz: Quinlan
Freo: Pav / Fyfe
Foot: Hawkins / Bont
Gee: Ablett Sr / Stewart
GC: Ablett Jr / Ballard
GWS: Folau / Idun
Haw: Matthews / (meh)
Melb: Flower / Gawn
Nth: Blight / LDU
Port: Wanganeen / Rozee
Rich: Richo / (meh)
Sth: Foschini / Heeney
Stk: Lockett / Tauru
WC: P Matera / Reid

Blind Turn · Sunday at 10:19 PM

Happyskeret said:
Adealaide: Tony Modra
Brisbane: Jason Akermanis
Carlton: Bruce Doull
Collingwood: Scott Pendlebury
Essendon Darren Bewick
Freo: David Mundy
Geelong: Mathew Scarlett
GC: Touk Miller
GWS: Sam Taylor
Hawthorn: Michael Tuck
Melbourne: Max Gawn
NM: Glenn Archer
Port: Gavin Wanganeen
Richmond: Jimmy Jess
St Kilda: Tony Lockett
Sydney: Paul Kelly
WC: Glenn Jackovich
WB: Chriss Grant
Fitzroy: Paul Roos
BB: Darryl White
University: Albert Hartkopf

Hartkopf was overrated and his hard ball gets, pressure acts, and kicking efficiency were poor. Roy Park, however, was a god.

Nicholas61 · Sunday at 10:20 PM

1. Adelaide Crows - Darren Jarman
2. Brisbane Lions - Jason Akermanis
3. Carlton Blues - Brett Ratten
4. Collingwood Magpies - Dennis Banks
5. Essendon Bombers - Leon Baker
6. Fremantle Dockers - Dale Kickett
7. Geelong Cats - Gary Ablett Snr
8. Gold Coast Suns - Gary Ablett Jr
9. GWS - Stephen Coniglio
10. Hawthorn Hawks - Jason Dunstall
11. Melbourne - Robbie Flower
12. North Melbourne - Mick Martyn (for the lols when he would come out on the angry pills)
13. Port Adelaide - Jay Schulze
14. Richmond Tigers - Jeff Hogg
15. St Kilda Saints - Robert Harvey
16. Sydney Swans - Ryan O'Keefe
17. West Coast Eagles - Dom Sheed (one kick was enough)
18. Western Bulldogs - Simon Beasley
19. Fitzroy - Paul Roos
20. Brisbane bears - John Gastev

Happyskeret · Sunday at 11:27 PM

Blind Turn said:
Hartkopf was overrated and his hard ball gets, pressure acts, and kicking efficiency were poor. Roy Park, however, was a god.

True but he was a bit of a show pony.

fairbump_playon · Sunday at 11:57 PM

jmoo wan said:
Adelaide: Greg Anderson
Brisbane: Mal Michaels
Carlton: Glenn Manton
Collingwood: Blake Caracella
Essendon: James Hird
Fremantle: Adam McPhee
Geelong: James Kelly
Gold Coast: Peter Wright
GWS: Jonathan Giles
Hawthorn: Massimo D’Ambrosio
Melbourne: Jake Melksham
North: Todd Goldstein
Port: Gavin Wanganeen
Richmond: Bachar Houli
St Kilda: Brendan Goddard
Sydney: Derek Kickett
West Coast: Tim Watson
Bulldogs: Stewart Crameri
Fitzroy: Brian Brown
Brisbane Bears: Roger Merrett

LOL .. did you have to look up Brian Brown? .

Squeaky · 2024-11-25T17:10:57+1100

1. Adelaide Crows - Modra / Rankine
2. Brisbane Lions - Mal Michael / Clugga
3. Carlton Blues - SOS, McKay / No one now...
4. Collingwood Magpies - Daicos / Elliott
5. Essendon Bombers - Mercuri, Misiti / Duz
6. Fremantle Dockers - Pav / Luke Ryan
7. Geelong Cats - Yablett / No one now...
8. Gold Coast Suns - Uwland
9. GWS - Greene / Hogan
10. Hawthorn Hawks - Crawford / Ginnivan
11. Melbourne - Ox / May, Lever
12. North Melbourne - Carey, Steve McCann / Ziebell, Cunnington
13. Port Adelaide - Wangas / No one really...
14. Richmond Tigers - Richo / Baker
15. St Kilda Saints - Lockett / Marshall
16. Sydney Swans - Capper / Gulden
17. West Coast Eagles - Matera / Harley Reid
18. Western Bulldogs - Justin Charles / No one now...
19. Fitzroy - Doc Wheildon
20. Brisbane bears - Wiz

monty1104 · 2024-11-25T18:07:16+1100

Adelaide: Tony Modra
Brisbane: Darryl White
Carlton: Glenn Manton
Collingwood: Scott Pendlebury
Essendon: Steve Alessio
Fremantle: Byron Schammer
Geelong: Jimmy Bartel
Gold Coast: Karmichael Hunt
GWS: Israel Folau
Hawthorne: Paul Salmon
Melbourne: Steven Tingay
North Melbourne: Leigh Colbert
PA: Gavin Wanganeen
Richmond: Joel Bowden
St. Kilda: Aussie Jones
Sydney: Paul Kelly
West Coast: Andrew Embley
Western Bulldogs: Danny Southern

Pweter · 2024-11-25T21:27:15+1100

Adelaide: Sean Rehn
Brisbane Bears: Roger Merrett
Brisbane Lions: Simon Black
Carlton: Craig Bradley
Collingwood: Peter Daicos
Essendon: Simon Madden
Fitzroy: Paul Roos
Fremantle: Nat Fyfe
Geelong: Gary Ablett Sr
Gold Coast: Touk Miller
GWS: Callan Ward
Hawthorne: John Platten
Melbourne: Alan Jakovich
North Melbourne: Wayne Carey
Port Adelaide: Gavin Wanganeen
Richmond: Nick Daffy
St. Kilda: Tony Lockett
Sydney: Paul Kelly
West Coast: Peter Matera
Western Bulldogs: Chris Grant

I'm a bit young to really recall players from South, can vaguely remember them in the league but not to the extent of learning their players before they went North.

RedmanWasHere · 2024-11-25T21:43:42+1100

Adelaide: Jason Porplyzia into Darcy Fogarty.
Brisbane: Daniel Bradshaw into Brandon Starcevich.
Carlton: Craig Bradley into Charlie Curnow.
Collingwood: Paul Licuria into Steele Sidebottom.
Essendon: Mark Mercuri into Zac Merrett.
Footscray: Matty Boyd into Bont.
Fremantle: Paul Hasleby into Jye Amiss.
Geelong: Paul Chapman into Mitchell Duncan.
Gold Coast: Cheating this but Jack Lukosius into Touk Miller.
GWS: ? into Sam Taylor. %
Hawthorn: Luke Hodge into Lloyd Meek.*
Melbourne: Adem Yze into Fritta.
North Melbourne: Glenn Archer into the Warlord.$
Port Adelaide: Gavin Wanganeen into Mitch Georgiades.
Richmond: Mark Coughlan into Nick Vlastuin.
St Kilda: Robert Harvey into Cooper Sharman.
Sydney: Plugger into Tom McCartin.
West Coast: Juddy into Jake Waterman.

% Once he retires, Lachie Whitfield will be that player.
* Before my time and never have seen highlights but Leon Rice solely based on cousinship.
$ Honourable mention to an old yearmate into Aaron Mullett.

Haggas · 2024-11-25T22:09:32+1100

Adelaide: Tony Modra into Jordan Dawson
Brisbane: Michael Voss into Will Ashcroft
Carlton: Greg Williams into Sam Walsh
Collingwood: Nathan Buckley into Scott Pendlebury
Essendon: Joe Misiti into Jye Caldwell
Footscray: Danny Southern into Tom Liberatore
Fremantle: Matthew Pavlich into Caleb Serong
Geelong: Gary Ablett Snr into Jeremy Cameron
Gold Coast: Gary Ablett Jnr into Matt Rowell
GWS: Chad Cornes into Tom Green
Hawthorn: Stewie Dew into Will Day
Melbourne: Brad Green into Clayton Oliver
North Melbourne: Byron Pickett into George Wardlaw
Port Adelaide: Byron Pickett into Zak Butters
Richmond: Matthew Richardson into Kane McAuliffe
St Kilda: Robert Harvey into Mateas Phillipou
Sydney: Paul Kelly into Nick Blakey
West Coast: Ben Cousins into Harley Reid

Pweter · 2024-11-25T22:59:00+1100

RedmanWasHere said:
Adelaide: Jason Porplyzia into Darcy Fogarty.
Brisbane: Daniel Bradshaw into Brandon Starcevich.
Carlton: Craig Bradley into Charlie Curnow.
Collingwood: Paul Licuria into Steele Sidebottom.
Essendon: Mark Mercuri into Zac Merrett.
Footscray: Matty Boyd into Bont.
Fremantle: Paul Hasleby into Jye Amiss.
Geelong: Paul Chapman into Mitchell Duncan.
Gold Coast: Cheating this but Jack Lukosius into Touk Miller.
GWS: ? into Sam Taylor. %
Hawthorn: Luke Hodge into Lloyd Meek.*
Melbourne: Adem Yze into Fritta.
North Melbourne: Glenn Archer into the Warlord.$
Port Adelaide: Gavin Wanganeen into Mitch Georgiades.
Richmond: Mark Coughlan into Nick Vlastuin.
St Kilda: Robert Harvey into Cooper Sharman.
Sydney: Plugger into Tom McCartin.
West Coast: Juddy into Jake Waterman.

% Once he retires, Lachie Whitfield will be that player.
* Before my time and never have seen highlights but Leon Rice solely based on cousinship.
$ Honourable mention to an old yearmate into Aaron Mullett.

Daffy is my shoutout. Couple of years older than me but from my home town, my high school, my footy club.

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