AFL Captains

[GWW]

I thought he did captain the Bears, but i think his claim to fame was being the first player to sign with the Bears. Looking on wikipedia before, he was VC at the time when Mickan was captain.

[Mr66]

WAYNE CAREY

Thank Christ someone can remember this bloke!
(Rumour has it he played a few decent games and may have won a couple of premierships)

Didn't know Wagga was in South Australia.

If Carey is a South Australian, then Graham Cornes is a Victorian.

(I think that last statement defeated my argument. )

[magpie in the 80's]

Was thinking......who from the SANFL has captained an AFL/VFL club ?
Here is a start...
CAREY

MR.66 CAREY did start in the S.A.N.F.L.

[SDK]

Quite a few then.
Was not sure about Bernie Smith...knew he won a Brownlow.
I'm sure Blight never captained North though !

[carey]

tony mcguiness ( i think i may be wrong tho.? )

[GWW]

I dont think McGuinness ever captained Footscray.

[westcoastpanther]

Crows & Power shouldn't count.
Do you think Non-South Australians EVER have a chance @ captaining these teams?

Van Berlo is a big chance to captain the Crows......

[bulldogproud]

If we are going to dispute Carey, we should possibly rule out Nathan Buckley too - he was originally from the NT and only spent a few years in SA.
Adam Goodes (Sydney) and Shane Crawford (Hawthorn) were both born in SA I believe.
Did John Platten ever captain Hawthorn?
Cheers

[bulldogproud]

Ignore my earlier post - we are looking at who from the SANFL, not who from South Australia.

Cheers

[GWW]

Did John Platten ever captain Hawthorn?
Cheers

I think Tuck would have been captain for most of the time Platten was with the Hawks, i'm pretty sure Platten was never captain.

[smac]

Was never appointed captain but was definitely vice captain - meaning he most likely acted as captain at some stage.

[bulldogproud]

That is what I thought may have been the case too, Smac bro. Shall we claim him as captain for the list?
Cheers

[smac]

Why not.

[HeartBeatsTrue]

Michael Tuck wouldnt have missed many as he did play about 5 million VFL matches. So no. Platten cant go on the list.

[smac]

He also had Ayres, Langford & Dunstall as captain in his time, not sure which years JP was vice captain, but I'm still claiming him...

[bulldogproud]

I can remember John Platten tossing the coin at least once so I will back Smac in claiming him.

[bulldogproud]

Btw, it was the great man's birthday yesterday - give him a belated b'day present and add him to the list!

[Mr66]

Was thinking......who from the SANFL has captained an AFL/VFL club ?
Here is a start...
CAREY

MR.66 CAREY did start in the S.A.N.F.L.

Did he play a senior game?

[SDK]

Buckley is a definate he won a Magarey Medal and his dad played here for quite a while.....Woodville.!!!!!!

[Dirko]

Probably find that Campo tossed the coin for the Blues at some stage maybe in 04/05 under Kouta.