All Time Fantasy Draft: Eras

[BratPack]

Stupid Ossie and his taking of Stupid Roos


Oh well....





Dermott Brereton

There have been better all round footballers than Dermott Brereton, but few who have possessed both his flamboyance and his big game temperament.  Both traits were evident from the moment he made his Hawthorn debut in the VFL 1st semi final of 1982: Brereton booted 5 goals that day in a near best afield performance that helped the Hawks overcome North Melbourne, and over the years it would be his performances in finals that would do most to etch his name among the all time greats of the code. Much of Dermott Brereton's best football was played while he was suffering from injuries that other players would have found grossly incapacitating.  He played for a couple of years with a cracked ankle bone, for instance, while his heroic performance in the 1989 grand final - won by Hawthorn over Geelong - came after he had been pole-axed by Mark Yeates at the opening bounce.
Popularly known as 'The Kid', Brereton's body eventually sustained more in the way of pummelling than even he could take.  After missing the whole of the 1993 season with a serious hip injury Brereton crossed to Sydney in 1994, but neither there (7 games) nor at Collingwood (15 games in 1995) was he able to recapture his former brilliance, although the support he gave to the younger brigade while with the Magpies was invaluable.
Between 1982 and 1992 Dermott Brereton played 189 senior games for Hawthorn, winning a best and fairest award in 1985.  He was a member of premiership teams in 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989 and 1991, and represented Victoria in state of origin matches 9 times, gaining All Australian selection once.  Few if any players today come close to matching either the ferocity with which he attacked the football, or the level of dedication which he conferred on the Hawthorn cause.

Height/Weight 186 cm / 93 kg Position(s) Centre half-forward Playing career¹ Years Club Games (Goals) 1982 â€" 1992
1994
1995
Total Hawthorn
Sydney
Collingwood 189 (427)
7 (7)
15 (30)
211 (464)
¹ Playing statistics to end of 1995 season . Career highlights

   
• Hawthorn Premiership player 1983,86,88,89,91
• All Australian 1985

FB: Geoff Southby, Peter Burns, __________
HB: __________, Tom Fitzmaurice, Walter Scott
C: Bill Hutchinson, Russell Ebert , Wilfred "Chicken" Smallhorn
HF: Alex Jesaulenko, Dermott Brereton, George "Specka" Moloney
FF: William "Nipper" Truscott , Tony Lockett, Jack Moriarty
R: Graham "Polly" Farmer, Kevin Bartlett, John D. Daly
INT: Merv McIntosh, Graham Arthur, __________, __________

[c4v3m4n]

Getting through a few today...awesome!  ;D

[ossie85]

Wanted, took :)

[AFEV]

One of the finest wingmen ever, was a tough choice between he and 'Schimma' but in the end...


Robert Flower

• Melbourne Best and Fairest winner (1977)
• Melbourne leading goalkicker (WTF :o) (1979, 1983, 1987)
• Melbourne Captain (1981-1987)
• Victorian Captain
• 15 Victorian representative games
• All Australian (1980, 1982, 1983, 1984)
• Victorian Team of the Century
• Melbourne Team of the Century
• AFL Hall of Fame member

Journalists often used to refer to him as 'pound for pound the best footballer in the VFL', an assertion which generated little dissent.

Blessed with all the attributes of a born champion, Flower's particular trademark was his almost implausible evasive ability, a skill which stood him in good stead as he was often the target of unseemly opposition assaults. 

FB: Reg Hickey, Stephen Silvagni, Tom Mackenzie
HB: Kevin Murray, Albert Collier, Jack Hamilton
C: Charlie Pannam, Lindsay Head, Robert Flower
HF: _______, Royce Hart, _______
FF: Laurie Nash, John Coleman, Peter Daicos
FOLL: Len Thompson, Steve Marsh, Dick Reynolds

I/C: Harold Oliver, Peter Hudson, _______, _______

[Boomz]

Robert Harvey

As a player Harvey was recognised as one of the league's best midfielders of the modern era. He was known for his running ability and considered one of the best short passes of 15 to 30 metres in the history of the game. He holds St Kilda's record for most career games. At his retirement, at the end of the 2008 AFL season, he had played the third-highest total career games in league history, a total of 383 games.
Harvey won numerous individual awards and medals during his career. He won consecutive Brownlow Medals, the league's highest individual honour, in 1997 and 1998. He won St Kilda's best and fairest award â€" now called the Trevor Barker Award â€" in 1992, 1994, 1997 and 1998. He was selected in the All-Australian team eight times, with his first All-Australian award being in 1992 and his last in 2003. He won three E. J. Whitten Medals â€" awarded to the player judged best player on the ground for Victoria in State of Origin matches, the 1997 AFL Players Association Most Valuable Player Award (now known as the Leigh Matthews Trophy) and the Michael Tuck Medal for player judged best on ground in the 2004 pre-season cup final.

FB: Kelvin Moore, Jack Regan, __________
HB: Shine Hosking, Dan Moriarty, __________
C: Tim Watson, Jack Clarke, Francis Bourke
HF: Barrie Robran, Wayne Carey, Bob Hank
FF: George Doig, Ken Farmer, __________
R: John Nicholls, Haydn Bunton Sr, Bob Rose

INT: Tom Leahy, Mark Tandy, Robert Harvey, __________

[DazBurg]

ok for my next pick there were still some great players left but i couldn't miss the opportunity to pick my all time favorite player
plus he works well for team structure

Paul Salmon

Essendon career

He made his debut in 1983 with Essendon, however it was during the '84 season in which he established himself as the league's leading full forward kicking 63 goals in 12 games. His effectiveness in the position was due to his athleticism and ability to win one-on-one marking contests using his height and mobility. Despite leading the goalkicking, half way through the season a serious knee injury which required a full reconstruction left him sidelined for over a year, he recovered to kick 6 goals 4 behinds in the '85 premiership side. From this point onward he would rotate between full forward and his favoured ruck position with all time great Simon Madden. He endured further minor complications with his knee injury and numerous soft tissue injuries over the next few years and was never allowed to settle in a specific role on field, despite this he played a vital role for the team becoming Vice Captain in '92 and culminating in 7 leading goalkicker awards and the '93 premiership where he kicked 5 goals. After serious injuries to his achilles and groins in '93 and '94, and with the knowledge time was running out, he decided his time as a 'Bomber' was over at 31 years of age so he requested a new home and was subsequently traded to Hawthorn, the club whom he supported as a child. He was selected in Kevin Sheedy's best team of his 27 years as coach and at number 26 in the 'Champions of Essendon' which was a list of the best of the past century who wore the red and black.
[edit] Hawthorn years

At the end of 1995, Salmon moved to Hawthorn, where he played from 1996â€"2000, and revived his career winning the Best and Fairest in '96 and '97 as well as the Most Consistent Award in '98. He became Vice Captain in '98 and also finished in the top ten in every best and fairest in each of his five years at the club. After 5 season's and 100 games with the Hawks he retired at the age of 35 and not long after was named in Hawthorn's 'Team of the Century'.

In 1997, Salmon achieved All-Australian selection after also gaining selection for Victoria that year as first ruck.

In 1999, he won the Michael Tuck Medal for a best on ground performance in the winning Hawk's night Grand Final.
[edit] Retirement and comeback

He was named in their Team of the Century and won two Peter Crimmins Trophys. At the end of 2000, Salmon announced his retirement after playing in two day and three night premierships and being selected as Best and Fairest twice.

But that wouldn't be the last of Salmon at AFL level. In 2002, he made a comeback, drafted by Kevin Sheedy in a fairytale move that would see him finish his career at his original club. He re-entered the league at 37 years of age, but was still one of the best tap ruckmen in the league, and helped Essendon to the finals, as well as teaching younger ruckmen such as David Hille the nuances of ruckwork.

At the end of his career, Salmon had amassed a total of 324 league games, 2 day premierships and 3 night premierships, 3 All Australian selections, 14 times a Victorian State of Origin representative, 7 times leading goalkicker for Essendon, 2 times Best and Fairest at Hawthorn, a Tassie medal and Michael Tuck medal were highlights. But maybe the most significant achievement of all was his standing amongst the best players for both clubs of the past century, Hawthorn 'Team of the Century' and a 'Champion of Essendon'.

There have been taller players than 205cm ruckman/forward Paul Salmon (though not too many) but arguably none who have managed to use extreme height to such potent effect, whether pursuing the ball around the field in the traditional role of knock ruckman, or providing teammates up field with an imposing marking target in he goal square.

A highly accomplished junior player, Salmon was a key member of Victoria's 1981 Teal Cup winning side, claiming the Larke Medal for best and fairest in the competition.

During the initial phase of his his senior career, Salmon was Essendon's leading goalkicker on 7 occasions as well as forming a formidable ruck partnership with Simon Madden.  A regular Big V representative (14 appearances) he won the Tassie Medal at the 1988 bicentennial carnival.

On moving to Hawthorn in 1996 after 209 games and 509 goals for the Bombers Salmon seemingly gained a new lease of life and was instrumental in the Hawks' return to prominence after a number of lean years.  He won his first ever club best and fairest award after his first season at Hawthorn and repeated the feat the following year.  He also gained selection in the 1997 AFL All Australian team exactly a decade after the first of his two selections as an old style All Australian.

Salmon retired at the end of the 2000 season after 285 senior games only to be tempted out of retirement a year later by his old mentor Kevin Sheedy who was anxious to bolster Essendon's big man department.  After one last season in the 'big time', however, Salmon finally decided to hang up his boots for good.

And Salmon to this day still holds the record for most clearances in a game


see now i'll put him CHF with his height and fitness and he can rotate through the ruck with madden moving to CHF both great ruckman and both kicked over 500 goals each ;D

[Boomz]

oh right I forgot it's my pick :-X

I'll take James Hird ;D Going to slot him on the HBF rotating through the middle and up fwd.


FB: Kelvin Moore, Jack Regan, __________
HB: Shine Hosking, Dan Moriarty, James Hird
C: Tim Watson, Jack Clarke, Francis Bourke
HF: Barrie Robran, Wayne Carey, Bob Hank
FF: George Doig, Ken Farmer, __________
R: John Nicholls, Haydn Bunton Sr, Bob Rose

INT: Tom Leahy, Mark Tandy, Robert Harvey, __________

[AFEV]

Well...I figure a lot of teams won't have really good small shut down defenders...let alone 3...



-SANFL
•North Adelaide premiership player 1987
•North Adelaide best and fairest 1990
•North Adelaide leading goalkicker 1990
•North Adelaide Team of the Century 2001
•SANFL Hall of Fame (inducted) 2006
-AFL
•Hawthorn premiership player 1991
•All Australian selection 1992, 1995, 1996
•Hawthorn best and fairest 1995
•Runner-Up Brownlow Medal 1995
•Adelaide premiership player 1997, 1998
•Adelaide leading goalkicker 1998, 1999, 2001
•Adelaide Team of the Decade 1991–2000
•Australian Football Hall of Fame (inducted 2007)
•Adelaide Life Membership 2008

Considered by many to be one of the most skilled players ever.

Equally damaging in the centre, across half forward, or at the goal front, Jarman was an extraordinarily difficult player to contain, as if beaten in one position he could always move to another, with a strong likelihood of then succeeding.  In the 1997 grand final, for instance, he seemed out of sorts early when playing in the centre, but when shifted to full forward in the last quarter he responded with 5 immaculate and decisive goals for a match tally of 6.

FB: Reg Hickey, Stephen Silvagni, Tom Mackenzie
HB: Kevin Murray, Albert Collier, Jack Hamilton
C: Charlie Pannam, Lindsay Head, Robert Flower
HF: _______, Royce Hart, Darren Jarman
FF: Laurie Nash, Peter Hudson, Peter Daicos
FOLL: Len Thompson, Steve Marsh, Dick Reynolds

I/C: Harold Oliver, John Coleman, _______, _______

[ossie85]

1990s
BOOMZ, Sid, BratPack, c4v3m4n, ossie85, DazBurg, DazBurg, BOOMZ, Sid, BratPack, c4v3m4n, ossie85


^Surely that's a mistake for me yeah? I Should have picks 5 and 8, not 5 and 12?

[AFEV]

1990s
BOOMZ, Sid, BratPack, c4v3m4n, ossie85, DazBurg, DazBurg, BOOMZ, Sid, BratPack, c4v3m4n, ossie85


^Surely that's a mistake for me yeah? I Should have picks 5 and 8, not 5 and 12?

Yes that is a mistake. I'll fix that now os. Sorry :-[

[BratPack]

Hmmm looking at what's left on my team I need a defender and an attacking weapon to stick in the back pocket....And I know just the guy who fits the bill





Gavin Wanganeen

Gavin Wanganeen, who retired from top level football midway through the 2006 season after well in excess of 300 senior games, was undoubtedly one of the finest and most instantly recognisable footballers of recent times.  Originally from Port Lincoln, he played briefly with Salisbury North after moving to Adelaide, before commencing his league career with Port Adelaide in 1990, when his 24 games for the year included the winning grand final against Glenelg (reviewed here).  Crossing to Essendon in the AFL in 1991, he appeared to adapt to the big stage with consummate ease, and two years later was a crucial cog in the 'Baby Bombers' machine that won the flag in highly impressive fashion with a 20.13 (133) to 13.11 (89) grand final demolition of Carlton.  Earlier that year he had been a member of the South Australian state of origin team that secured the national championship in memorable fashion thanks to a 2 goal win over Victoria on the MCG.  The 1993 season was also memorable on a personal note as he became Essendon's first Brownlow Medallist for seventeen years. With his distinctive low to the ground running style Wanganeen combined exquisite talent with explosive, if occasionally wayward, aggression.  Most commonly used as a rebound defender, he was also, on occasion, a damaging on-baller, and had a keen eye for goal when used in the forward lines.  The sort of player who leads naturally by example, he returned to South Australia in 1997 when he was appointed Port Adelaide's inaugural AFL captain, a role he retained for four seasons.  If his form with the Power tended to be somewhat inconsistent at first he came good in no uncertain terms in 2003 when he not only landed his club's best and fairest award but came within a single vote of a second Brownlow Medal.  His proudest moment in a Power jumper, however, came the following season, when his 4 goals made a significant contribution to his club's first ever AFL flag courtesy of a 17.11 (113) to 10.13 (73) grand final victory over Brisbane.
In 2005, along with many of his team mates, Wanganeen appeared to suffer something of a premiership hangover, and in 2006 he managed just 1 game to bring up the magical 300 figure before eventually deciding that his body had had enough.  His final game of senior football came on 20 May 2006 for Port Adelaide Magpies in the SANFL.  Five times an AFL All Australian, Wanganeen was the first indigenous footballer to amass 300 games (127 with the Bombers, 173 for Port) at AFL level.  Even more significantly, however, he was revered, and will be remembered with affection and esteem, at two top level clubs, with the high regard in which he was held at Essendon in particular being emphasised by his inclusion, in a back pocket, in the club's official 'Team of the Century'.

Height/Weight 181cm / 83kg Position(s) Utility Playing career¹ Years Club Games (Goals) 1991â€"1996
1997â€"2006
Total Essendon
Port Adelaide 127 (64)
173 (138)
300 (202)
Career highlights

   
• Port Adelaide premiership side 1990
• SANFL Rookie of the Year 1990

AFL

   
• AFLPA Rookie of the Year 1991
• All-Australian Team 1992, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2003
• Essendon preseason premiership side 1993, 1994
• Michael Tuck Medal 1993
• Brownlow Medal 1993
• Essendon premiership side 1993
• Essendon Team of the Century (back pocket) 1997
• Port Adelaide captain 1997â€"2000
• Port Adelaide preseason premiership side 2001, 2002
• 'Champions of Essendon' elected 19th, 2002
• Second Brownlow Medal (equal) 2003
• Leigh Matthews Trophy runner-up 2003
• Port Adelaide best and fairest 2003
• 'Inside Football' Player of the Year 2003
• Port Adelaide premiership side 2004
• AFL Life Membership 2004
• Most Outstanding achievement in AFL 2004 (The Deadlys)
• Indigenous Team of the Century Half-Back Flank 2005
• Port Adelaide Life Membership 2006

FB: Geoff Southby, Peter Burns, Gavin Wanganeen
HB: __________, Tom Fitzmaurice, Walter Scott
C: Bill Hutchinson, Russell Ebert , Wilfred "Chicken" Smallhorn
HF: Alex Jesaulenko, Dermott Brereton, George "Specka" Moloney
FF: William "Nipper" Truscott , Tony Lockett, Jack Moriarty
R: Graham "Polly" Farmer, Kevin Bartlett, John D. Daly
INT: Merv McIntosh, Graham Arthur, __________, __________

[ossie85]

No............

[c4v3m4n]

I'll take my pick shortly, just gotta work out who to pick...  :-\

[c4v3m4n]

After a long and difficult decision...I have decided to choose...

...Mr. Inspirational and Captain Courageous, Jim Stynes.



Tall, mobile player from Ireland who went from knowing nothing about Australian Football to being one of the best ruckmen of his time. Played a record 244 AFL matches in a row.

Playing career: 1987-1998

Games: 264. Goals: 130

Player honors: Brownlow Medal 1991; Best & Fairest 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997; All Australian 1991, 1993; International Rules Series 1987, 1990, 1998; Melb Team of the Century; Victoria (10 games, 6 goals).



c4v3m4n's Titans

FB: Bernie Smith, Vic Thorp, Syd Coventry
HB: Craig Bradley, Ted Whitten, Geof Motley
C: Vic Cumberland, Barry Cable, Stan Heal
HF: Albert Thurgood, Stephan Kernahan, ________
FF: Jack Titus, Austin Robertson Jnr., Horrie Gorringe
R: Gary Dempsey, Leigh Matthews, Jack Dyer
INT: Jim Stynes, Jack Mueller, __________, __________



It's quite scary looking at the similarities between this team and my other All-Time team.  :o

[ossie85]

BUCKS!!!

plz. No reasons needed.

B: - David Dench, Wels Eicke
HB: Jock McHale, Paul Roos, Ron Clegg
C: Keith Greig, Colin Watson, Greg Williams
HF: - Doug Wade, Des Forthergil
F: Lou Richards, Bob Pratt, Dick Lee
Foll: Roy Cazaly, Ron Barrasi jnr, Nathan Buckley
Inter: Jack Sheedy, Harry Collier - -