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1066:Alford
1064:1950:
1053:Harvey
1051:1948:
1043:1947:
541:Blakey
536:Archer
224:Career
180:: 1988
174:: 2002
79:Weight
71:Height
1538:Cowan
1446:Blair
1399:Rodan
1391:Rodan
1378:Hayes
1276:Healy
1187:Marks
1087:Pratt
651:White
636:Smith
631:Sholl
606:Lucas
601:Lloyd
596:Loewe
546:Burke
144:Total
92:Years
48:Bluey
1420:Bate
1354:Hood
1138:Egan
1045:Dale
982:54.
976:53.
964:50.
958:49.
949:47.
943:46.
934:44.
928:43.
922:42.
913:40.
904:38.
898:37.
889:35.
880:33.
874:32.
868:31.
859:29.
850:27.
844:26.
838:25.
832:24.
820:21.
814:20.
808:19.
802:18.
796:17.
784:14.
778:13.
772:12.
766:11.
760:10.
586:King
571:Hart
463:2009
428:2009
397:2009
352:Bali
319:and
96:Club
748:7.
742:6.
736:5.
727:3.
721:2.
715:1.
325:VFL
124:(0)
1561::
521:–
451:.
436:^
417:.
405:^
386:.
374:^
335:.
192:,
120:7
118:00
61:)
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1014:t
1007:v
697:e
690:t
683:v
509:e
502:t
495:v
465:.
430:.
399:.
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