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1544:Stringer
1536:Stringer
1472:Monfries
1344:Cummings
1240:Buhagiar
1104:Mitchell
1080:Mitchell
1032:Mitchell
764:Moriarty
756:McDonald
748:McDonald
620:Thurgood
604:Thurgood
596:Cleghorn
368:Adelaide
287:loss to
222:Essendon
127:84 (216)
123:Essendon
1804:Coach:
1794:Sorrell
1758:Granger
1743:Blethyn
1737:Kinnear
1710:Gerlach
1678:Glenelg
1611:Toogood
1496:Crameri
1488:Crameri
1480:Crameri
1216:Primmer
1200:Blethyn
1168:Blethyn
1152:Blethyn
1120:Fordham
1112:Fordham
1024:Coleman
1016:Coleman
1008:Coleman
1000:Coleman
992:Coleman
984:Coleman
968:Leehane
824:Johnson
788:Jenkins
780:Jenkins
716:Lumsden
612:Hiskins
571:VFL/AFL
464:The Age
449:The Age
434:The Age
419:The Age
404:The Age
289:Carlton
240:in the
232:in the
228:(VFL),
224:in the
1609:2023:
1582:2024:
1574:2023:
1568:Wright
1566:2022:
1558:2021:
1550:2020:
1542:2019:
1534:2018:
1526:2017:
1518:2016:
1510:2015:
1502:2014:
1494:2013:
1486:2012:
1478:2011:
1470:2010:
1462:2009:
1454:2008:
1446:2007:
1438:2006:
1430:2005:
1422:2004:
1414:2003:
1406:2002:
1398:2001:
1390:2000:
1382:1999:
1374:1998:
1366:1997:
1358:1996:
1350:1995:
1342:1994:
1336:Salmon
1334:1993:
1328:Salmon
1326:1992:
1318:1991:
1312:Salmon
1310:1990:
1304:Salmon
1302:1989:
1296:Salmon
1294:1988:
1288:Salmon
1286:1987:
1278:1986:
1272:Harvey
1270:1985:
1264:Salmon
1262:1984:
1254:1983:
1246:1982:
1238:1981:
1230:1980:
1222:1979:
1214:1978:
1206:1977:
1198:1976:
1192:Noonan
1190:1975:
1184:Noonan
1182:1974:
1176:Noonan
1174:1973:
1166:1972:
1160:Noonan
1158:1971:
1150:1970:
1144:Noonan
1142:1969:
1136:Noonan
1134:1968:
1128:Noonan
1126:1967:
1118:1966:
1110:1965:
1102:1964:
1094:1963:
1086:1962:
1078:1961:
1070:1960:
1062:1959:
1054:1958:
1046:1957:
1040:Willey
1038:1956:
1030:1955:
1022:1954:
1014:1953:
1006:1952:
998:1951:
990:1950:
982:1949:
974:1948:
966:1947:
958:1946:
950:1945:
944:Powell
942:1944:
934:1943:
926:1942:
918:1941:
910:1940:
902:1939:
894:1938:
888:Forbes
886:1937:
880:Freyer
878:1936:
872:Forbes
870:1935:
864:Freyer
862:1934:
856:Freyer
854:1933:
848:Freyer
846:1932:
840:Freyer
838:1931:
832:Forbes
830:1930:
820:Forbes
818:1929:
810:1928:
802:1927:
794:1926:
786:1925:
778:1924:
770:1923:
762:1922:
754:1921:
746:1920:
738:1919:
730:1918:
724:Walker
722:1915:
714:1914:
706:1913:
698:1912:
690:1911:
682:1910:
674:1909:
666:1908:
660:Martin
658:1907:
650:1906:
644:Barker
642:1905:
634:1904:
626:1903:
618:1902:
610:1901:
602:1900:
594:1899:
586:1898:
578:1897:
505:
491:
248:Family
89:Weight
81:Height
1788:James
1782:Light
1773:Giles
1752:Woite
1719:Evans
1697:Ebert
1464:Lloyd
1456:Lloyd
1448:Lloyd
1440:Lucas
1432:Lloyd
1424:Lloyd
1416:Lloyd
1408:Lloyd
1400:Lloyd
1392:Lloyd
1384:Lloyd
1376:Lloyd
1368:Lloyd
1280:Ezard
1096:Payne
1088:Payne
1072:Evans
1064:Evans
912:Bryce
804:Vosti
740:Walsh
708:Kirby
700:Kirby
668:Smith
588:Moore
580:Waugh
374:Notes
352:SANFL
146:(104)
102:Years
1792:31.
1786:27.
1780:26.
1771:23.
1765:22.
1756:18.
1750:17.
1741:13.
1735:11.
1360:Hird
1352:Hird
1208:Crow
1056:Birt
732:Hall
676:Shea
503:ISBN
489:ISBN
340:1970
336:1976
305:1950
190:1977
165:(13)
152:1977
106:Club
1726:8.
1717:5.
1708:3.
1702:2.
1699:(c)
1695:1.
652:Yeo
311:to
303:in
161:11
142:33
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204:,
53:)
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1639:t
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547:t
540:v
192:)
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144:0
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