He'll always be that jumper number to me...

[Ashb23]

#5 Ablett
#7 Ben Graham
#15 Peter Riccardi
#26 Barry Stoneham
#31 David Mensch
#32 Garry Hocking

Mate, I'm sorry but 7 will always be couchy. And you forgot 16 - Billy forever!!!!

 

[quotemokc]

Because you starting following at that time?

People following Essendon from 40 years ago wudnt recognise 5 as Hirds number only.

Right now EG David Hille is the only 19 bomber i have ever known

 

[jefffff34]

#18 will always be Lloyd. Every time I see Hurley it just looks... wrong. I reckon he could've made 22 is own, despiten that he deserves the #18 guernsey.

I would have thought kicking more than 12 goals or whatever he has kicked would suggest he isn't up to Lloyds level just yet.

Dawes taught him how to play as a key forward for a half on Sunday. Hope he was taking notes.

 

[half_back_flank]

you mean #26 right?

Yep you're right, my mistake

 

[Altum Volantes]

Rowan Jones #18, probably just cause Dalziell actually resembles him from the back.

Same for me.

Dalziell is Rowan on crack!

 

[Trjn]

#44 - Nigel Lappin

 

[thedevilsowne]

34: Jeff White

yep that's what i was thinking,,

 

[Ed_Gein]

14: Paul Kelly.

 

[WoGiTaLiA]

Masten in #7 makes me think of Fletcher, runs similarly and butchers by foot similarly...

Outside of that, it's more when players change numbers than making me think of old players.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

#24 will always be Woosha.
#3 will always be Mainy (despite that other guy) as I had it on my back as a kid.
#30 will always be Roo.
Thought #17 would always be Bluey McKenna but Kennedy is filling it quite nicely.

 

[bobsyouruncle]

#43 Kouta

 

[RTBB]

7 - Brett Ratten,
every time I see the back of Eddie Betts I think of Brad Pearce...

Never think of Lance when I see Kreuz though. In fact I was watching an old replay recently and saw Lance and thought of Kreuz...

 

[shoe]

Its very strange seeing Cuz in number 32.. I recoil a little everytime I see it.

 

[Yero]

5 - Hird
18 - Lloyd
31 - Fletcher

 

[herecomesbilly]

25 Billy Picken
36 Rene Kink

 

[willoblue]

18 and 11 , always the first two picked when i play tatts .

you play tatts? how do you play that?
who has the most?
sorry don't get it.
anyway for me 26 is Clive, 25 is TI Stephen Michael & when I was a kid my fave was the flying seagull Peter Lauritson (not sure of spelling, he was my favourite when I was in grade 2 & I am 42 now) was number 22.
He used to take Trevor Barker type speccies at South Freo but I saw them live, not just on Sundays from 6pm to 7pm after Countdown on the Winners. Phil Manassa does a great run in the intros of that old b & w show which in my mind for the time was the BEST footy show EVER.
sorry, too much booze again.
while I am at it, I used to teach & tought an Indian girl called Manasa & I enjoyed thinking of the Winners, back when I was a kid & my VFL hero Jezza wore 25.

 

[willoblue]

Same for me.

Dalziell is Rowan on crack!

i will NOT comment on that team & illegal subsatnces.
live & let live

 

[stmookeyj]

From other clubs (That may not be there already)....

SYDNEY #47: Leon Higgins
ADELAIDE #6: Tony Modra
CARLTON #13: Mil Hanna
CARLTON #39: Ang Christou
ESSENDON #47: Ricky Olarenshaw
FREMANTLE/WEST COAST #46: Trent Carroll


From OUR Club
#49: Brian Cordy (Sorry Ayce)
#51: Michael McLean
#28: Paul Dimattina
#36: Jose Romero (even though he wore #11 in 1995)
#27: Stephen "Supa" MacPherson
#23: Simon Atkins (Long Sleeves)
#15: Scott Wynd
#18: Simon Beasley
#37: Danny Hargraves

 

[The Chiefton]

#18 - Wayne Carey
#26 - Clive Waterhouse
#4 - Stephen Kernahan
#36 - Sav Rocca
#4 - Gavin Wanganeen
#17 - Martin Leslie
#42 - Chad Rintoul
#15 - Winston Abraham
#39 - Adam Heuskes

 

[kwame]

5 is James Hird.

Why did they give it to Stanton? Why Bombers, why?

At Hawthorn, 23 is D Brereton.

essendon supporters said the same thing of hird when he was given terry danihers number 5. remember seeing an interview with hird saying he used to get hate mail over it.

 

[MacMum]

Aka...12

Bradshaw...36

 

[Tomfoolery]

#5 - That man Ablett
#32 - Garry 'Buddha' Hocking
#45 - Cameron Ling

 

[cammo78]

2 = Billy Kolyniuk
3 = The Rolls Royce
5 = Bubba Smith
7 = Dougie
8 = **** Kennedy
9 = Les Bamblett
14 = Luke Darcy
15 = Scotty Wynd
18 = The Pieman
24 = Steve Wallis
27 = Super MacPherson
29 = The (young) Rolls Royce
33 = Choco Royal
35 = Steve Kretiuk
39 = Libba
51 = Magic McLean

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Ricky Barham spend all but two or three years as number 1, but he'll always be number 43 to me.

 

[sydney_crow]

Sorry for the indulgence but I'm going to go back to watching the Port Adelaide Magpies as a kid...

#1 Bucky Cunningham
#2 Darrell Cahill
#3 Bomber Clifford
#4 Greg Phillips
#5 Tim Evans
#7 Russell Ebert
#18 Grave Danger
#21 Craig Bradley
#26 Greg Anderson

Also have to pay homage to one of our legendary mates from Uni who at footy practice would do push-ups by calling out the names - in order - of Carlton players.