Throughout the final years of the 1990s, AFL clubs across the land looked backward rather than forward, with selectors, historians and superstars converging to name their Teams of the 20th Century.
So, as we near the quarter-time mark of the 21st century, what better time to run the rule on which players are likely to feature when the selectors of tomorrow get together in several decades' time?
While every club has an array of deadset legends that can be called on, we here at Zero Hanger have employed the following rules of selection:
- Only statistics recorded and achievements accrued since the start of the 2000 AFL season will be acknowledged.
- All statistics and awards must have been accrued while playing for the club in question.
- Any player selected must have played at least 100 senior games for their respective club since the start of the 2000 AFL season.
Next up, we he to Arden Street to separate the the wheat from the Roos' chaff.
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Andrew Swallow (2006-2017)
3 x best and fairest (2009, 2011 and 2012)
224 games, 20.7 disposals per game, 78 Brownlow votes, 0.3 votes per game
During several seasons in which North played a part in the September action, Swallow led from the front, getting his hands dirty in the guts and serving his forwards brilliantly.
While underrated outside of the four walls on Arden Street, the former captain's trifecta of Syd Barker Medals act as the gild to a more-than-solid career.
