Crichton Medals in the 70s, 80s, and 2000s.
And Caracella was obviously pretty handy, too.
Seems like a pretty good number to me.
Still, not saying Laverde shouldn’t have changed if he wanted to.
Yes young man,I did see the obvious, but thought I’d be a bit subtler with “three great players” and the history of 33.
Although most Blitzers won’t have seen Andy Wilson play - an underrated gem of a typically tough Essendon rover.
He was a ripping player Glenn Hawker. Beautifuly balanced, great mover and a fantastic kick off both sides. He was probably our most skillfull player of the great 80s teams. In 1986 he was at the height of his powers, we called him “brownlow” from the early rounds, he eventually lost to by 2 votes to Dippa and Williams. The centre line of Hawker/Baker/Neagle was a thing of great beauty.
Dippa and Diesel, best but far from fairest. Agree with all of the above. He had a unique running style as well, he held the ball really low, just above his knee, which aided his balance and meant he could always get a kick away. These days he would be considered too skinny.