With a seemingly innate ability to measure flair, skill and intuition, players of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island heritage have had turnstiles ticking for decades.

High marks, flying runs and mercurial goals are what makes our game special and none are better performers and proponents than the descendants of the first Australians.

The role that Indigenous Australians have played in not only shaping Australian Rules Football, but also consistently looking to extend its boundaries cannot be stated emphatically enough.

This weekend, the AFL community will come together for Sir Doug Nicholls round. A chance for Australians of every creed, colour or denomination to pay respect to the games indigenous culture and champions.

Zero Hanger thought this would be the perfect opportunity to decide who every club's best Indigenous player is since the turn of the century.

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Melbourne

Neville Jetta

Jeff Farmer may be most people's choice, but having spent the better part of this century in the west, Neville Jetta gets our nod.

The 30-year-old is not only a sublime talent himself, but he also has the ability to blanket some of the competition's brilliant small forwards.

Across over 150 games, Jetta has allowed Melbourne fans to breath easy when the ball is in his capable hands.

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