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 Alberton to assess which Port players stand above the pack.
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3. Warren Tredrea (2000-2010)
4 x best and fairest (2001, 2005, 2005 and 2009)
6 x leading goalkicker (2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2009)
4 x All-Australian (2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004)
1 x premiership player (2004)
217 games, 476 goals, 2.2 goals per game
Port through and through, Tredrea, a former Magpies premiership player, is the only Power captain to have saluted on the last Saturday in September after standing in for injured captain Matthew Primus.
While the South Australian never claimed Coleman Medals honours during his storied career, few rivalled Tredrea during his time at Alberton, with the spearhead earning eight leading goalkicker gongs, including six this century.
