Not underrated, but overlooked. Who and why?

[Osho]

As a couple of clued up posters have said, Garry Wilson.

I'd even highlight the irony of overlooking Wilson for Quinlan, who was a great player and widely recognised already no doubt, and both were in the same team!

The footy world has mostly forgotten this little 70 kg gutsy skilled fellow who rarely played a poor game, took damage from bigger blokes, never backed down, never squibbed, never complained. Just played.

 

[Attempted Moustache]

I must say I like this thread. It’s nice to see a thread appreciating footballers (particularly players who don’t receive their dues) instead of saying they’re hype jobs, overrated or plain shit.

Some of the names mentioned has had me reminiscing about some great old days.

 

[joe444]

Maybe not overlooked that much because his name pops up in the over-attended Geelong-Richmond threads but if they were ignored I’d say Steve Johnson probably fits this category... He was a very, very good footballer in a team full of them

And Stevie J singlehandedly changed the game by introducing the round-the-corner kick to AFL. Hard to think of another modern player, or any player, who so patently changed the way every single other player plays the game since.

 

[FreoGirl]

Paul Duffield

Paul Duffield

Age

39

Ht

188cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.2

5star

K

12.8

5star

HB

5.4

4star

M

5.0

5star

T

3.8

5star

MG

232.4

4star

No current season stats available

D

23.4

5star

K

16.4

5star

HB

7.0

5star

M

5.8

5star

T

3.4

5star

- class player on and off the field

 

[Lingsface]

Brad Johnson

Brad Johnson

Age

48

Ht

182cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.7

5star

K

14.1

5star

HB

5.6

4star

M

5.9

5star

T

1.6

4star

G

1.5

5star

No current season stats available

D

12.8

4star

K

10.2

4star

HB

2.6

3star

M

2.2

3star

T

1.2

3star

G

0.6

3star

because of lack of premierships and probably Pavlich as well.

Also I really rated Luke Ball as a player as well and doesn’t get many mentions in the better players of that time.