Got a question for you lot... what's a cursed number that has been turned around?
We are hopeful it will happen someday with 17.
16 wasn’t too well worn before Barnard. Such luminaries included Hanneberry, Banfield, Beddison and Hamilton.
Actually, it hasn’t been too well worn since Barnard either.
Beddison was said to be the best player out of the Wimmera.
But, like a lot of guys in those days, their duty to their family and working on the farmstopped their football careers
Number 1 hasnt been great for player retention, of late…
Neville Fields - South Melbourne
Merv Neagle - Sydney
Mark Harvey -
Andrew Ukovic - Collingwood
Mark Johnson - Fremantle
Jay Neagle - MacDonalds
Michael Hibberd - Melbourne
I rekn McGrath gets one of the numbers in the teens, then when Stants leaves, he inherits the #5. TBC moves to #1 (always viewed this number as a ruckmens number), Lang/Lav moves to #2 with the other Lang/Lav moving to #4 when Jobe retires.
I rekn McGrath gets one of the numbers in the teens, then when Stants leaves, he inherits the #5. TBC moves to #1 (always viewed this number as a ruckmens number), Lang/Lav moves to #2 with the other Lang/Lav moving to #4 when Jobe retires.
Crackers Keenan wore it for a year or 2 back in the 70s, so that’s 2 years out of the last 65 (Jack Clarke took it on in 1951), so yeah! Compelling argument for #1 being a ruckman’s number.
27 is no longer reserved for ruckmen, 19 just had 2 ruckmen. I think those days are over.