Retired Numbers

[raskolnikov]

In the NFL the numbers of club champions are retired after the player retires. Which numbers from your club would be retired if this was practiced in the AFL? For Essendon 5 (Hird), 10 (Coleman) and 31 (Fletcher).

 

[Delisted]

36 for the hawks

 

[Fabab]

Its AFL not NFL or NBA , why the need to want to copy every little thing other sports do?

 

[Rotayjay]

Off the top of my head, for the Crows it would be

32 (Mark Ricciuto

Mark Ricciuto

Age

49

Ht

184cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.1

5star

K

12.8

5star

HB

8.3

5star

M

4.4

4star

T

1.7

4star

G

0.9

4star

No current season stats available

D

16.2

4star

K

9.6

4star

HB

6.6

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.0

4star

G

0.2

3star

),
23 (Andrew McLeod

Andrew Mcleod

Age

48

Ht

181cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.8

5star

K

13.1

5star

HB

6.7

4star

M

3.1

3star

T

2.2

4star

No current season stats available

D

10.8

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

1.0

1star

T

1.6

4star

),
26 (Mark Bickley

Mark Bickley

Age

55

Ht

178cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.4

5star

K

11.7

4star

HB

7.8

5star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.7

4star

No current season stats available

D

21.2

5star

K

11.0

4star

HB

10.2

5star

M

3.2

4star

T

3.8

5star

),
9 (Tyson Edwards

Tyson Edwards

Age

48

Ht

178cm

Wt

81kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.0

5star

K

11.7

4star

HB

7.3

5star

M

4.5

4star

T

2.6

4star

CL

2.1

4star

No current season stats available

D

13.6

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

5.6

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

0.6

3star

/Rory Sloane

9

Rory Sloane

Age

34

Ht

183cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

23.7

5star

K

11.7

4star

HB

11.9

5star

M

3.5

4star

T

6.6

5star

CL

5.7

5star

D

15.3

4star

K

7.3

3star

HB

8.0

4star

M

1.3

1star

T

3.3

4star

CL

4.2

5star

D

22.2

5star

K

8.6

4star

HB

13.6

5star

M

3.2

4star

T

6.0

5star

CL

4.6

5star

),
34 (Ben Hart

Ben Hart

Age

50

Ht

190cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.0

4star

K

10.2

4star

HB

3.8

3star

M

3.8

4star

T

1.6

4star

No current season stats available

D

14.0

4star

K

9.6

4star

HB

4.4

4star

M

2.2

3star

T

0.8

3star

)
36 (Simon Goodwin

Simon Goodwin

Age

47

Ht

185cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

20.9

5star

K

12.1

4star

HB

8.8

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.5

4star

No current season stats available

D

9.4

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

2.2

2star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.2

4star

)
3 (Darren Jarman)
13 (Taylor Walker

13

Taylor Walker

Age

34

Ht

194cm

Wt

102kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.0

3star

K

9.0

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

5.7

5star

T

1.6

4star

G

2.3

5star

No current season stats available

D

8.0

2star

K

6.4

3star

HB

1.6

2star

M

4.2

4star

T

1.6

4star

G

1.6

5star

if and when he retires soon)

You could make a case for a bunch of others, but those guys are our most significant long-serving players who retired from the Crows (Tony Modra #6 and Eddie Betts #18 are absolute champions but finished their careers elsewhere - does that count?)

 

[BF Tiger]

I’m not sure that any Richmond numbers are retired and I’d be happy for it to stay that way.

 

[BF Tiger]

Off the top of my head, for the Crows it would be

32 (Mark Ricciuto),
23 (Andrew McLeod),
26 (Mark Bickley),
9 (Tyson Edwards/Rory Sloane),
34 (Ben Hart)
36 (Simon Goodwin)
3 (Darren Jarman)
13 (Taylor Walker if and when he retires soon)

Where does it end? That would be the Crows retiring a number every 3 to 4 years. It wouldn’t be long before Crows are regularly wearing numbers in the 50s and 60s.

 

[Rotayjay]

Where does it end? That would be the Crows retiring a number every 3 to 4 years. It wouldn’t be long before Crows are regularly wearing numbers in the 50s and 60s.

If you use a high threshold of only the very greatest players to have pulled on the club jumper, I'd go with Mark Ricciuto and Andrew McLeod - can't split them.

 

[Kappa]

Its AFL not NFL or NBA , why the need to want to copy every little thing other sports do?

I don't think he's suggesting we do it in the AFL..?

 

[deck]

42 Darren Millane for Collingwood is retired.

 

[Fabab]

I don't think he's suggesting we do it in the AFL..?

Our tradition is passing on jumper numbers to promising kids etc.

 

[raskolnikov]

Our tradition is passing on jumper numbers to promising kids etc.

Gee you'd be fun at parties. It's not a suggestion that we do it. It's a hypothetical.

 

[kickazz]

Ted Whitten once said that Gary Ablett Snr, in the discussion for GOAT, was the second best player to wear number 5 for Geelong.

So 5 for the cats surely. Probably 14 too.

 

[Fabab]

Gee you'd be fun at parties. It's not a suggestion that we do it. It's a hypothetical.

Maybe not as much fun as you and your enthralling cross fit stories.

 

[bradfisher14]

Carlton wouldn’t have any numbers left.

 

[raskolnikov]

No. 4 for Richmond would be retired.

 

[JPetro83]

The Crows should retire number 6.. everyone who has worn that after Modra has failed in it.

 

[NeutralFan]

I do think there are overseas trends we can implement but this one I don't agree with. Numbers 50+ are pretty ugly imo.
For retired greats like Dusty and Hawkins, I think it's fair to rest 4 and 26 for 2-3 years as tribute but continue the jumper number legacy afterwards.

 

[ioppolo]

Once Harley Reid finishes his 16th season at West Coast, #9. Ben Cousins, Nic Naitanui & Harley Reid from 1995-2040.

 

[benji2]

35 for Port has been retired since 2012 when John McCarthy was killed that off-season


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