Revisiting the Richmond Team of the Century

[Monjike]

Career records[edit] I thought this might be of help...​

Statistic	Record	Player	Seasons inclusive
Most league Best and Fairest awards	2	Roy Wright	1952, 1954
Most seasons as league leading goal kicker	3	Jack Riewoldt	2010, 2012, 2018
Most All-Australian selections	5	Alex Rance	2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Most Brownlow Medal votes	191	Dustin Martin	2010–current
Most club Best & Fairest awards	5	Jack Dyer	1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1946
Kevin Bartlett	1967, 1968, 1973, 1974, 1977
Most seasons as club leading goal-kicker	13	Matthew Richardson	1994, 1996–1999, 2001–2008
Games played	403	Kevin Bartlett	1965–1983
Games played as captain	188	Trent Cotchin	2013–current
Games as coach	274	Damien Hardwick	2010–current
Goals	970	Jack Titus	1926–1943
Disposals	9151	Kevin Bartlett	1965–1983
Kicks	8293	Kevin Bartlett	1965–1983
Handballs	2736	Dale Weightman	1978–1993
Marks	2270	Matthew Richardson	1993–2009
Tackles	1033	Trent Cotchin	2008–current
Hit Outs	4304	Mark Lee	1977–1991
Clearances	1295	Trent Cotchin	2008–current
Inside 50s	1246	Dustin Martin	2010–current
Rebound 50s	1006	Joel Bowden	1996–2009
One percenters	1557	Alex Rance	2009–2019
Last updated 8 September 2021[74]

There should be a category for the most Dustin
Smiths...and Cotch leading in 3 categories shows how good he is.

 

[Monjike]

Career records[edit] I thought this might be of help...​

Statistic	Record	Player	Seasons inclusive
Most league Best and Fairest awards	2	Roy Wright	1952, 1954
Most seasons as league leading goal kicker	3	Jack Riewoldt	2010, 2012, 2018
Most All-Australian selections	5	Alex Rance	2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Most Brownlow Medal votes	191	Dustin Martin	2010–current
Most club Best & Fairest awards	5	Jack Dyer	1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1946
Kevin Bartlett	1967, 1968, 1973, 1974, 1977
Most seasons as club leading goal-kicker	13	Matthew Richardson	1994, 1996–1999, 2001–2008
Games played	403	Kevin Bartlett	1965–1983
Games played as captain	188	Trent Cotchin	2013–current
Games as coach	274	Damien Hardwick	2010–current
Goals	970	Jack Titus	1926–1943
Disposals	9151	Kevin Bartlett	1965–1983
Kicks	8293	Kevin Bartlett	1965–1983
Handballs	2736	Dale Weightman	1978–1993
Marks	2270	Matthew Richardson	1993–2009
Tackles	1033	Trent Cotchin	2008–current
Hit Outs	4304	Mark Lee	1977–1991
Clearances	1295	Trent Cotchin	2008–current
Inside 50s	1246	Dustin Martin	2010–current
Rebound 50s	1006	Joel Bowden	1996–2009
One percenters	1557	Alex Rance	2009–2019
Last updated 8 September 2021[74]

There should be categories for Most Premierships as Captain and Most Dustin Smiths...

 

[Wally Matera]

The changes I would make are Knighter and Raines out for Dusty and Cotchin in. Would then look at maybe putting Barrot on the bench for one of them (which would cause my old man to disown me).

Didn't really agree with Knights being in there when it was announced to be honest. Good player in a very average generation who gave his all, but stands out like a sore thumb in terms of quality.

Raines was a brilliant centreman but the way he left and the fact he was instrumental in 80 but had been displaced by Rioli in 82 immediately puts him on the chopping block for mine.

Richo v Riewoldt and Thorp v Rance are others I'd consider pretty closely.

This.

Knights was a joke of a selection when it happened. He wouldnt make our best 22 even since we changed to the AFL.

Dusty, Rance, Jack walk straight in. Cotch / Prestia l could be pursuaded.

 

[Freddy Swift]

It's interesting how our memory plays tricks on us. Our remembrances are much more emotional than accurate.

Jim Jess played for 13 seasons. We made the finals in 3 of them. And, yes - I associate Jim Jess with the 1980 flag, and the 1982 flag we should have won.

The days I was referring to was the whole era from late 60’s, through the 70’s and up to 1980/82. My school days and youth.
And in fairness I said we were ‘expected’ to make the finals every year, not that we necessarily did.


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