SA Footy

I've often wondered what a best of team would look like by surname. By that I mean, a team of 'A's, 'B's etc. Obviously the first place to start is A, and here are all of the names to choose from:

Colin Aamodt North
Derek Abbott Sturt
Gordon Abbott Glenelg
Howard Abbott Port
John Abbott Central
Nigel Abbott South
Rick Abbott Norwood
Roy Abbott South
William Abbott South
Bruce Abernethy Port
Ryan Ablett West
John Abley Port
Kevin Abley Glenelg
Ian Abraham Woodville
Paul Abraham Torrens
R Absolom South
Cain Ackland Port
M Ackland West
Syd Ackland Norwood
Troy Ackland West
Fred A'Court West
William A'Court West
James Adair South Torrens
Charles Adams Norwood
Charles E. Adams Port
Colin Adams Sturt
Gregory Adams Glenelg
Ian Adams Norwood
Lee Adams Central
Malcolm Adams Norwood
Ronald Adams Torrens
Thomas F. Adams Torrens
Thomas J. Adams South Torrens
Brian Adamson Norwood
Brenton Adcock Sturt
Cecil Adcock South Torrens
John Adcock Torrens
Keith Addison South
A Adey North
Harold Adey West
Peter Adey Norwood
Paul Adler Norwood
Paul Adlington Glenelg
Merv Agars West
Frederick Agius West
Ross Agius Port
Corey AhChee Port
Dudley AhChee Sturt
Paul AhChee North
John Ahern Port
Ben AhMat Glenelg
Joe Ahmat Norwood
Matthew AhMat Norwood
Robbie AhMat Norwood
Norman Ahrendt Glenelg
Alfred Aikmann Glenelg
Norman Aikmann Glenelg
Craig Ainslie Norwood
Andrew Aish Norwood
Jesse Aish Norwood
Michael Aish Norwood
Peter Aish Norwood
Charles Aistrope Sturt South
Fred Aistrope Sturt
William H. Aistrope South
Graham Aitken South
Wayne Aitken South
Frank Alcock West
R Alcock Glenelg
Leslie Alcorn West
Alan Aldenhoven North
Ralph Aldersey Torrens
Ralph Aldersley Glenelg
Mark Aldridge South
Angus Alexander South Glenelg
Bob Alexander Torrens
Bruce Alexander South
Fred Alexander North
Frederick E. Alexander West
Garry Alexander Glenelg
Stephen Alexander Sturt
Daryl Alfred Port
Doug Algate North
Robbie Algate Sturt
James Allan North
Jeff Allan Woodville
Keith Allan Central
Nigel Allan North
Clifford Allchurch South
John Allen South
Robert Allen South
Rodney Allen Woodville
Ty Allen Glenelg
Walter Allen South
William E. Allen Norwood Torrens Sturt
William P. Allen Torrens
Clint Alleway North
James Allingham Port
Morrie Allingham Port
Harold Allington Norwood
Paul Allison Eagles Glenelg
David Allocca North Norwood
Stephen Almond Torrens Norwood
Anthony Altamura West
Chris Altman North
Ziggy Alwan Norwood
Richard Ambrose Port
William Amee Norwood
Les Amery Norwood
Peter Ames Torrens
Arthur Amos West
Barry Amos Central West
Richard Amos Torrens
Charles Andersen Port
Alister Anderson Sturt
Brenton Anderson North
Charles Anderson Port
Colin Anderson Glenelg
Graeme Anderson West
Greg Anderson Port
Hector Anderson West
Ian Anderson Central
John Anderson Torrens
Peter Anderson North Glenelg Woodville
Richard Anderson Norwood
Robert Anderson Norwood
Ron Anderson Glenelg
Ryan Anderson West
Stephen Anderson Central
Tom Anderson Sturt
Chris Andrew Central
Derek Andrew Torrens
James Andrews West
Lyn Andrews Central
Mitch Andrews Port
Oswald Andrews South
Ron Andrews West
Rowan Andrews Glenelg
Thomas Andrews South West
Jamie Andriske West
Bob Anesbury Glenelg
Damien Angove Port
Simon Angove Glenelg
James Angus Eagles
Hugh Angwin Torrens
Laurence Angwin Glenelg
William Angwin Torrens
Horace Annells Sturt
Adam Ansell West
Ian Anstey North
Jack Anstey West
Michael Anstey Woodville
John Antonio South
Anthony Antrobus North
C.W Aplin South
Daniel Apostolopolous Sturt
Peter Applebee Norwood
Stanley Applebee Norwood
Edgar Appleton South
Gavin Appleton Torrens
Doug Arbon North
Maurice Arbon North
Richard Arbon Woodville
Rhys Archard South North
F.L Archer North
Kyle Archibald West
Jonathon Ardill South
Peter Ardill South
Gary Argus Sturt
Eddie Arkitt Port
Michael Armfield Glenelg North
Roy Armfield Glenelg
David Armour Norwood
Barton Armstrong Glenelg
Ben Armstrong North
Edward Armstrong Glenelg
Jody Arnol Sturt
Damien Arnold Central
Paul Arnold North
Simon Arnott Central
Maxwell Arthur South
H Arthurton West
Ronald Ash Sturt
V Ashberger South
Bob Ashby Norwood
Graham Ashby North
Graham Ashby Torrens
John Ashby Central
John Ashby Torrens
Len Ashby Torrens
Richard Ashby Torrens
Ron Ashby Torrens
Deryck Ashcroft West
John Ashley Port
Matthew Ashley Port
Phil Ashmead Central Torrens
John Ashurst North
Ian Askew Glenelg
Des Askin West
Geoff Askin North
Herbert Asplin Glenelg
Michael Athanasiou Torrens
John Atkins West
Len Atkins South
Brodie Atkinson North Sturt
Dennis Atkinson Torrens
Don Atkinson North
Kevin Atkinson Woodville
Jeremy Aufderheide Central
Ben Aulich Glenelg South
Cecil Austen Glenelg
Craig Austin South
Dave Austin South
Graeme Austin Torrens
Henry Austin Norwood
Mark Austin Glenelg
Norman Austin South
Dane Avery Sturt
Noel Avery Glenelg
William Avery West
Michael Axon Eagles
Kevin Ayliffe Central
Walter Ayling Sturt
Mark Azzopardi Torrens

These 5 players would have to be in the side, to kick off proceedings:

John Abley
Bruce Abernethy
Michael Aish
Greg Anderson
Tony Antrobus

I think Peter Aish and Brenton Adcock would be too.

GWW wrote:I think Peter Aish and Brenton Adcock would be too.

One position I'd find hard to fill is the full-forward position. Jody Arnol perhaps?

Atkinson won a Magarey medal so he would get a boost up the order on that count.

spell_check wrote:

GWW wrote:I think Peter Aish and Brenton Adcock would be too.

One position I'd find hard to fill is the full-forward position. Jody Arnol perhaps?

Yeah there doesn't seem to be that many options, only other candidate on your list is Gary Argus.

Paul Arnold probably a good candidate for FB.

Richard Anderson played State of Origin in the mid 80's so would probably get a position on one wing, with his namesake Greg on the other.

Great thread Spelly, should be a lot of fun.

I'll have a go, but this is a difficult exercise having not seen all the players of yesteryear, so the temptation is to go for players you've seen. Also, there will be a tendency to pick players from your own club because you know more about them than the others.

But here's my effort:

F: Peter Anderson, Merv Agars, Les Amery
HF: John Ashley, Brian Adamson, Greg Anderson
C: James Allan, Brodie Atkinson, Rodney Allen
HB: Ron Ashby, Fred A'Court, Bruce Abernethy
B: Brenton Adcock, John Abley, Peter Aish
Ruck: Alan Aldenhoven, Michael Aish, Tony Antrobus
Reserves: Syd Ackland, Maurie Allingham, Colin Aamodt, Andrew Aish.

Coach: Len Ashby
Captain: Michael Aish
Vice Captain: John Abley

I'm prepared to concede Les Amery for Maurice Arbon but I opted for Amery because of his goalscoring ability.

Good thread. I'm going to have to wait to some later letters though as there are too many blokes here I don't know enough about. However, I would argue that Abernethy is an elite wingman, unless you're placing him on a back flank for team balance.

Can't wait until the K's...Get the Kernahans in their !!

Q, X, Y & Z may struggle !!

rogernumber10 wrote:Good thread. I'm going to have to wait to some later letters though as there are too many blokes here I don't know enough about. However, I would argue that Abernethy is an elite wingman, unless you're placing him on a back flank for team balance.

Abernethy played as much footy at half back as he did on the wing. IMHO, a more damaging player creating attacking rebound from the HB flank.

Adelaide Hawk wrote:

rogernumber10 wrote:Good thread. I'm going to have to wait to some later letters though as there are too many blokes here I don't know enough about. However, I would argue that Abernethy is an elite wingman, unless you're placing him on a back flank for team balance.

Abernethy played as much footy at half back as he did on the wing. IMHO, a more damaging player creating attacking rebound from the HB flank.

Fair enough. I'm just biased to the memories of him 79-81 when I was there, and wasn't watching him in SA when he came back.

Adelaide Hawk wrote:
F: Peter Anderson, Merv Agars, Les Amery
HF: John Ashley, Brian Adamson, Greg Anderson
C: James Allan, Brodie Atkinson, Rodney Allen
HB: Ron Ashby, Fred A'Court, Bruce Abernethy
B: Brenton Adcock, John Abley, Peter Aish
Ruck: Alan Aldenhoven, Michael Aish, Tony Antrobus
Reserves: Syd Ackland, Maurie Allingham, Colin Aamodt, Andrew Aish.

Coach: Len Ashby
Captain: Michael Aish
Vice Captain: John Abley

I'm prepared to concede Les Amery for Maurice Arbon but I opted for Amery because of his goalscoring ability.

Well done on spending the time to do a team AH, looks pretty good, the only ones that i might have a slight issue with are Atkinson in the centre, and James Allan on a wing before Greg Anderson, who i think in this team would be wasted on a FF.

GWW wrote:

Adelaide Hawk wrote:
F: Peter Anderson, Merv Agars, Les Amery
HF: John Ashley, Brian Adamson, Greg Anderson
C: James Allan, Brodie Atkinson, Rodney Allen
HB: Ron Ashby, Fred A'Court, Bruce Abernethy
B: Brenton Adcock, John Abley, Peter Aish
Ruck: Alan Aldenhoven, Michael Aish, Tony Antrobus
Reserves: Syd Ackland, Maurie Allingham, Colin Aamodt, Andrew Aish.

Coach: Len Ashby
Captain: Michael Aish
Vice Captain: John Abley

I'm prepared to concede Les Amery for Maurice Arbon but I opted for Amery because of his goalscoring ability.

Well done on spending the time to do a team AH, looks pretty good, the only ones that i might have a slight issue with are Atkinson in the centre, and James Allan on a wing before Greg Anderson, who i think in this team would be wasted on a FF.

Fair enough. When selecting the side, there was plenty of defensive talent but I needed to balance the forward structure. I considered Greg Anderson would be more able to kick goals than the other two. I saw Anderson play some very good football at HF early in his career at Port Adelaide.

Here's B:

Andrew Bachmann South
Lindsay Backman South
Brett Backwell West Glenelg
Frederick Badcock Port
Guy Bagshaw Sturt
Hartley Bagshaw Sturt
John Bagshaw Sturt
Paul Bagshaw Sturt
Wayne Bagshaw Sturt
Alby Bahr Norwood
Wilfred Bail Glenelg
Alf Bailey Glenelg
Claude Bailey Glenelg
Dean Bailey Glenelg
Doug Bailey Eagles
Frederick Bailey West
Ray Bailey Glenelg
Stephen Bailey Norwood West
Robin Bailhache South
Ron Baillie Glenelg
James Baird Norwood
John Baird Port
Roy Baird Torrens
Travis Baird South
Renz Bais South
Mark Bajcic West
Anthony Baker South
Brendon Baker Sturt
Clarence Baker South
David Baker Port South
David Baker Woodville
David B. Baker Port
Hillary Baker Glenelg
John Baker Sturt West
Keith Baker Port
Keith Baker Torrens
L.W "Bill" Baker Sturt
Noel Baker South
Colin Bald Port
Donald Baldock Sturt
Richard Baldock Glenelg
Marcus Baldwin Glenelg
Tim Baldwin West
Andrew Balkwill Central
Bob Ball South Torrens
Doug Ball West
Reginald Ball South
Ricky Ball South
Shaun Ballans Eagles
Fred Ballantyne South
Craig Balme Norwood
Neil Balme Norwood
J Balmer South
Colin Balnaves South
Grant Bamber Woodville
Barry Bamford North West
Max Bamford South
Scott Bamford North
Tony Bamford Port
Basil Bampton Port
Peter Bampton Port
John Bandy West
Peter Banfield West
Anthony Banik West
Edward Banks Sturt
John Bannigan Sturt
Moystn Bannister Norwood
Aldo Baraglia South
Stephen Barbaro Central
Barry Barbary North Woodville
Craig Barbary Sturt
Gordon Barbary Norwood Glenelg
Sam Barbary North
Matthew Barber West
Tano Barilla Central
J.J Barker West
John Barker South
Michael Barker Sturt Eagles Norwood
Norman Barker Port
Trevor Barker West
Jackson Barling West
A Barlow South
Paul Barlow West
Carl Barnden Sturt
A.John Barnes Torrens
Bobbie Barnes West
Cecil Barnes South
David Barnes Eagles
Garsham Barnes Norwood
John Barnes Glenelg
Peter Barnes Torrens
Ray Barnes Central Torrens
Robert Barnes North
Thomas Barnes Torrens
Trevor Barnes Glenelg
V.G Barnes South
William Barnes North
Aaron Barnett West
B Barnett South
Charles Barnett Glenelg
Transvaal Barnett Glenelg
Alexander Barr Port
Derek Barr Central
Jeff Barr North
Kevin Barr North
Kym Barr North
David Barraclough North
James Barraclough South
Darryl Barratt Norwood
Stephen Barratt Glenelg South
Steven Barratt Torrens North
Chris Barrett Port West
Cyril.R Barrett North
Dennis Barron Central
Norm Barron Sturt
Ronald Barron Sturt
Bill Barrott Torrens
Frank Barry South
James Barry West
Maurice Barry Norwood
Michael Barry West
Terrence Barry West
W Barry South
Donald Bartel Sturt
Matthew Bartemucci Norwood
A Barter South
Alan Bartlett Glenelg
Donald Bartlett Sturt
Jack Bartlett Glenelg
Kym Bartlett Sturt
Mark Bartlett Sturt
Maurice Bartlett Torrens
Sidney Bartley South
John Barton Glenelg
Michael Barton Glenelg
Robert Barton Sturt Norwood
R.K Bartram South
Frank Bartrum West
Darren Bartsch West Port
John Baruzzi Port North
Brenton Bascombe Port
Noel Baseby North
Nathan Bassett Norwood
Scott Bassett Norwood
Jason Bastian Sturt
Thomas Bastian Torrens
Donald Bateman Glenelg
Vic Bateman Sturt
Brian Bates North
H Bates West
John Bates Port
Hurtle Bath Port
Nathan Batsanis Eagles
Daniel Batson Port
Des Batt Woodville
Desmond J. Batt Torrens
Devon Batt Norwood North
Frederick Batt West
Murray Batt Port
Ron Batt Port
J Battams Glenelg
Matthew Battams South
Adrian Battiston Glenelg
George Battye Torrens
Hampton Bauer Sturt
Percival Baulderstone Sturt
Allan Baum Sturt
Colin Baum Torrens
David Baverstock Norwood
Mike Bavey Torrens
Andrew Bawden Central
Ben Baxter South
Chris Baxter South
Horace Baxter South Sturt
Ladislaus Baxter South
Ty Baxter North
Phil Bayes West
Clement Bayley Port
Richard Bayley North
Aaron Bayliss West
Geoff Baynes Torrens South Woodville
Reginald Beadnall South
S.Russell Beadnall South
Claude Beagley Torrens
Brian Beal Glenelg
Darryl Beale Central
James Beales Torrens
Ernest Beames Norwood
George Beams Norwood
Edward Beare Port
James F. Beasley Sturt
Arthur Beaton North West
Douglas Beaton West
John Beaton South
R Beaton West
Edward Beatty Sturt
Leonard Beatty Sturt
Owen Beatty Sturt
Robert Beatty Sturt
Reg Beaufoy Port
Alwynn Beck West
Gordon Beck Port
Lindsay Beck Port Glenelg
D.J Becker Sturt
Rodney Becker Glenelg
Barry Beckman Sturt
Gordon Beckman Glenelg
John Bedford Glenelg
Mark Beech West
Michael Beech West
Brenton Beeching Norwood
John Beeching North
Walter Beeching South Sturt
Bob Beecroft Woodville
Brett Beecroft Sturt
Harold Beer Port
James Begley Sturt
Bryan Beinke Port
A Bell Port
Benjamin Bell Central
Benjamin Bell Torrens
Brad Bell Glenelg
Chris Bell South
Corey Bell Central
Daniel Bell Glenelg
Dudley Bell Norwood Glenelg
H Bell West
John Bell Norwood
Nathan Bell Glenelg
Trevor Bell Norwood
David Bellchambers Central
James Bellhouse West
Jim Bellingham Sturt
Michael Bellman Glenelg
Robert Bellman Sturt
Marco Bello Central
John Belton Port
Paul Belton Port West
Eddie Bencic Woodville
Arthur Bender West
John P. Bennet West Port
Alfred Bennett Norwood
Andrew Bennett South
Bill Bennett South
Cameron Bennett North
Desmond Bennett West
Frederick C. Bennett North Norwood
Gerrard Bennett South
Greg Bennett Glenelg Torrens
J Bennett West
John Bennett Central
John T. Bennett Torrens
Michael Bennett South
Peter Bennett North
Phil Bennett Glenelg
Philip Bennett Torrens
Randall Bennett West
Ryan Bennett West
Craig Bennetts West
Edgar Bennetts West
Jeff Bennetts West
Lionel Bennetts North
Matthew Benson Sturt
Roy Bent Norwood
Greg Bentley Sturt
Jim Bentley North Central
William Bentley Sturt
Ron Benton West
Peter Berbakov Glenelg
William Beresford West
Morris Berg South
Steve Berggren Torrens West
Frank Bergin Glenelg
John Bernhardt North
Jeff Berry Torrens West
Justin Berry South
Leslie Berry Norwood
Ronald Berry Sturt
Rupe Berry West
David Bertelsmeier West
Warren Berto South
A Bertram Sturt
Leonard Bertram Norwood
Oswald Bertram Torrens
Robert Bertram Torrens North
Neil Besanko Central
Albert Bessell Torrens
Frank Best West Sturt
Kevin Beswick Port West
Norm Betson Glenelg
Stanley Bettison Port
James Betts South
Reg Betts Port
Thomas Betts Sturt
Jason Bevan South
Jeff Bevan North
Wayne Bevan Central
Andrew Beveridge Eagles Sturt
Aaron Bevis Central
Peter Beythien Central
Shayne Biacsi Port
David Biagi Eagles
Perc Bice Norwood
Kym Bickley Woodville
Mark Bickley South
A. "Ginger" Biddell Norwood
Roy Biddell Glenelg
Ted Biggs Sturt
Rhett Biglands Eagles
William Bigmore Torrens
Michael Bilacaglia North West
Lance Billett Sturt
Brenton Bills Torrens
John "Fred" Bills Torrens
Wilfred Bilney South
Arthur Bilsborrow Port
Craig Binder Norwood
Lloyd Binney West
Daryl Bird Central
John Bird Sturt
Peter Bird West
Fred Birrell Glenelg
John Birt Torrens
Aaron Bishop Sturt
Arthur Bishop South
Jack Bishop West
Jim Bishop West
John Bishop West Glenelg
John T. Bishop West
Matthew Bishop South
William Bishop West
Alan Bitmead West
Peter Bitmead West
Brian Black Glenelg
Colin Black Port
Daryl Black Port
Graham Black Sturt
Harold Black South
Douglass Blackburn Glenelg
Graham Blackeby South
John Blacket Norwood
Joseph Blacket Norwood
Donald Blackman North
Lionel Blackmore Norwood
Scott Blacksell Woodville
Alan Blagrove Port
John Blagrove North
Jason Blair North
Lee Blake Norwood
Ronald Blanchard Norwood
David Bland Norwood South
Ron Bland Norwood
Scott Blesing West
Geoff Blethyn Port
Claude Blight Torrens
George Blight Torrens
Horace Blight Torrens
Malcolm Blight Woodville
Fred Bloch North
Lucas Block Glenelg
Peter Blood Norwood
Dennis Blowes South
Don Blows Sturt
Max Blows Sturt
Milton Bluett Norwood
Norman Blum South
John Blunden North
Peter Blunden North
William Blunden North
Sean Blythe West
Greg Blythman Norwood
Jeff Blythman Norwood
Travis Boak Glenelg
Michael Boase Norwood
Nathan Bock Eagles
Jace Bode Sturt
Matthew Bode Glenelg
Olaf Bode Norwood South
Scott Boden Norwood
Mervyn Boehm Glenelg
Stephen Boehm Central
Mark Boettger Central
William Boland Sturt
James Boles North
Kevin Bollard South
David Bolton Woodville
Frederick Bolton South North
Adrian Bonaddio West
Albert Bond Sturt
Ashley Bond North
Max Bond Port
Shane Bond Port
Troy Bond Port
Don Bone Norwood
Randall Bone South
Richard Bone Glenelg
Derek Bonner Sturt South
Jack Bonnett Sturt
Zebulun Bonney Glenelg
David Bonshor West
Dean Bonutto Central
William Boon Port
Byron Booth West Sturt
Terry Booth Woodville
Ronald Boothey Glenelg
Kenneth Boots Glenelg
Ian Borchard West
Michael Borgas South
Scott Borlace Norwood
Daryl Borlase Port
Albert E. Boromeo Sturt
Ryan Borowski West
Dean Boscence Woodville
Glyn Bosisto North
Bob Boston Port West
John Bottomley Torrens West
Arthur Bottroff North Glenelg
Peter Bottroff North
Arthur Boucaut North
Fred Boughen Torrens
Ron Boulden Woodville
Terry Bound North
Patrick Bourke South
Errol Bourn West
Donald Bourne South
Phillip Bourne West
Lynden Bow Glenelg
Graham Bowden South
Ken Bowden North
Brian Bowe Norwood
Jake Bowen Sturt
Darren Bower Sturt
David J. Bower Port
David Bowes South
Glen Bowes Torrens
Brian Bowler Sturt
Garth Bowman Sturt
Lachlan Bowman Norwood
Reginald Bowman North
Robbie Bowman Woodville
Stuart Bown Norwood
Dean Bowtell West
Chris Boxall Central
Marcus Boyall Glenelg
Ray Boyanich Woodville
Sidney Boyce South
Dave Boyd Port
Greg Boyd Port
James Boyd South
Russell Boyd Port
Daniel Boyle Central
Francis Boyle North
John Boyle South Glenelg
Lance Boyle Glenelg
Desmond Boyley North
Richard Boyley North
Steven Bozicevic Norwood
Geoff Brabham Norwood
Gary Bracegirdle South Sturt
Darren Brackenridge North
Craig Braddy Central
Jim Bradford Torrens
Craig Bradley Port
David Bradley Glenelg
Jacob Bradley Glenelg
Lionel Bradley Torrens Woodville
Mark Bradley South
Phillip Bradley Glenelg
Richard Bradley Glenelg
Ian Bradmore Port Woodville
Darren Bradshaw West
Malcolm Bradshaw North
Bob Bradtke North
Hartley Bradtke Glenelg
Howard Brady Sturt
John Brady West
Fred Braid West
Glen Braidwood West
Lyall Braidwood Woodville
Tracey Braidwood Torrens
Chris Brain North
Kerry Brain South
W Brain Port
William Bramley Port
Colin Brand South
Greg Brand Sturt
Graham Branson Glenelg
Ronald Branson West
Heath Brasher Sturt
Michael Bratton Norwood Sturt
Dave Braunack North
Clinton Bravo Sturt
Eric Bray Torrens
Geoffrey Bray South
Jeff Bray West
Richard Bray Port
John Brealey North
Don Brebner Norwood
Mark Brebner West
Leslie Breen South
Greg Brehaut Woodville
Peter Brenchley Norwood
Ricky Brennan Sturt
Herbert Brenton Norwood
Jim Brenton Woodville
Peter Brenton Woodville
Thomas Brenton Glenelg
Justin Brereton West
Shayne Breuer Eagles
Ian Brewer Norwood
Arthur Brice Torrens
John Brice North
Robert Brice Torrens
Scott Bricknell West
Lionel Bridgland Norwood
Charles Bridgman Torrens Glenelg
M Bridgman Norwood
Rodney Bridgman Torrens
Robert Briedis Woodville
Jason Briggs South
Keith Brighton Torrens
W Brinsmead West
John Brittain North
Albert Britton Torrens
Ben Britton Central
Don Britton Sturt
Shayne Broad North
Austral Broadbent South
Blair Broadbent Norwood
Matthew Broadbent Eagles
Robert Broadbent Glenelg
Wayne Broadbridge Port
Bruce Broadstock West
Jack Broadstock West
Jack H. Broadstock Torrens
P Broadstock North
Alexander Brock Glenelg North
George Brock Port
Mel Brock Glenelg
Matthew Brockhouse Sturt
Andrew Brockhurst South
Mike Broderick West Port
Nicholas Broderick North
Patrick Broderick Torrens
Paul Broderick Port
Peter Broderick South
Peter Broderick West
Robert Brodhurst North
Herman Brodie West
Gerard Brody South
Dean Brogan South
Jason Bromilow Glenelg South
Graham Bronson Glenelg
Cliff Brooker Glenelg
Matthew Brookes South
Barry Brooks North
Clive Brooks Sturt
Justin Brooks Sturt Glenelg
Max Brooks West
Stephen Brooks Central
Graham Brooksby South
Phillip Brooksby South
Patrick Brosnan Port West
Steven Brosnan Port
Alb Brown Port
Andrew Brown West
Anthony Brown Port
Colin Brown West
Damien Brown Port
Darryl Brown Torrens Sturt
David Brown Port
Frederick Brown West Torrens
J Brown South
Jim Brown Port
Joseph Brown West
K Brown West
Keith Brown South
Kennedy Brown Sturt
Kevin Brown Norwood
Leslie Brown West
Max Brown North
Nathan Brown West
P Brown West
Peter Brown Glenelg
Philip Brown Glenelg
Rod Brown Woodville
Ron Brown Norwood
Roy Brown Torrens Glenelg
Stanley Brown Norwood
Tarquin Brown North
William Brown West
William G. Brown Port
Bruce Browne South
Michael Browne West
Nigel Browning Eagles
Alastair Bruce Sturt
Harold R. Bruce Sturt
James Bruce West
Percy Bruce West
Robert Bruce North
Mark Bruggemann West
Matthew Bruhn West
Raymond Brumby Sturt Norwood
Matthew Brunoli Norwood
Peter Bryan North
Leslie Bryant Norwood West
Matthew Bryant South
David Bubner Central
John Bubner North
Peter Bubner Central Sturt
Robert Buchanan South
Caolan Buckley West
David Buckley Central
Jim Buckley West
Mark Buckley Norwood
Nathan Buckley Port
Ray Buckley Woodville
Shaun Buckley Torrens
John Buckton Torrens
Joseph Buckton West
Craig Budarick Glenelg
Donald Budarick West
J Budgeman Port
Barry Budgen Glenelg
Lindsay Bugg Norwood South
Edward Buist Norwood
Eamon Bull South
Marc Bullen Port
John Bullock Sturt Glenelg
John Bullock Glenelg
Mark Bullock South
Paul Bulluss Torrens Eagles
Brian Bunce Port
Robert Bungay Norwood
David Bungey Glenelg
Howard Bungey Port
Peter Bungey Glenelg
Phil Bunn North
Haydn Bunton Jr Norwood North
Haydn Bunton Sr Port
Barry Burckhardt Glenelg
Marcus Burdett Port Glenelg South
Mark Burdett Sturt
Horace F.C. Burford Sturt
Michael Burford North
Peter Burford Sturt
Richard Burgan Glenelg
Tony Burgan Sturt
Rob Burgess Torrens
Robert Burgess Norwood
Tony Burgess West
Shaun Burgoyne Port
Peter Burgoyne Jnr Port
Peter Burgoyne Snr Port
Alistair Burke Glenelg
Brian Burke Norwood
Frank Burke Sturt
V Burke West
Gar Burkett West
John Burkett West
P Burness Port
Stanley Burnett South
Brian Burns North
David Burns North
Douglas Burns South
Herbert Burns North
Ken Burns North
Michael Burns North West
Robert Burns Port
Ron Burns West
Ronald Burns Central
Ronnie Burns Port
Scott Burns Norwood
William Burns Norwood
C.Eric Burrett North
Craig Burroughs North
Frank Burrowes Norwood South
Brian Burt South
Frank Burt Glenelg
Geoff Burt West
Leslie Burt North Sturt
Adrian Burton Sturt
Alan Burton North
Alexander Burton North
Alfred Burton Sturt
Brett Burton Eagles
Craig Burton West North
Darren Burton North
Dudley Burton West
F.J Burton Torrens
John Burton Norwood
Julian Burton Port Sturt
Maxwell Burton West
Rod Burton Port
Shayne Burton Central
Sid Burton North
James Bury Glenelg
Kevin Busbridge North
Alfred Buscomb South
William Bushell Sturt
Ray Bussenschutt South
Robert Bussenschutt North
Gil Butchart Norwood
Bob Butcher South
Ken Butcher South
Troy Butcher Glenelg Port
Chris Butler Torrens
Des Butler Norwood
Eric Butler Glenelg
Eric Butler Norwood
Ian Butler Glenelg
John Butler Norwood
Nick Butler Port
Ricky Butler Central
Sam Butler Central
Shane Butler South
David Butterworth Woodville
Ossie Buttery Norwood
B Button Torrens
Lachlan Button Glenelg
Luke Button Sturt
Neil Button Norwood
Ray Button Glenelg
Richard Buzzacott Glenelg
Aaron Byerlee North
Alan Byers North
C Byers Port
Gregory Byrne South
James Byrne Glenelg
John Byrne South
Simon Byrne West
A Byrnes Glenelg
David Byrnes West Norwood

I think the followers division is fairly easy:

Neil Button, Craig Bradley, Haydn Bunton Jnr

Other walk up names would be Malcolm Blight and Paul Bagshaw. Mel Brock and maybe Craig Balme, should go in, too. And Geoff Baynes.

This is going to be a tough one Spelly. I've narrowed my squad to 69 players

Adelaide Hawk wrote:This is going to be a tough one Spelly. I've narrowed my squad to 69 players

Are those players I noted above in that 69?

spell_check wrote:

Adelaide Hawk wrote:This is going to be a tough one Spelly. I've narrowed my squad to 69 players

Are those players I noted above in that 69?

Yes, but a couple of them missed my final team. The "A" team almost picked itself, but this team really needs discussion. I just picked out 22 very good players and tried to place a team as balanced as possible, for the sake of discussion. Here goes:

F: Ron Brown, Roy Bent, Colin Brown
HF: Lindsay Backman, Malcolm Blight, Dave Boyd
C: Barrie Barbary, Nathan Buckley, Craig Bradley
HB: Mel Brock, Syd Burton, Marcus Boyall
B: Charles Bridgeman, Alby Bahr, Jeff Bray
Ruck: Neil Button, Paul Bagshaw, Haydn Bunton Jr
Res: Fred Bills, Peter Bampton, Ed Biggs, Norman Barron.

Coach: Neil Balme
Captain: Malcolm Blight
Vice Captain: Paul Bagshaw

I know something will come up in this thread regarding how long must have a player played to earn a spot, but Buckley did win a Magarey, so fair enough there.

I reckon the "M" team will be fairly strong when we get to it....McDermott, McGuinness, McIntosh, Marriot, Marker