Magpie Trivia

[Johnson#26]

Number 1 and number...20?

[2 PIES IN CAIRNS]

I can remember him in 8 ...and I reckon he also wore a number in the 30's as well.

[Joel]

LOL! Seems a guessing game at the moment. Magpie Greg probably remembers.

[Daks]

A bit too long ago for me.

[Canberra]

Des carried number 30 early in his career. I think he went to 1 when he took over the captaincy. He wore 8 for a while as well. I was under the impression that he got 8 when he returned from the Bumblers.

[Mr Pieman]

Onya Canberra. That's close enough. As you said he began his career with no. 30 (62-65), then wore no. 1 as captain (66-69), moved to no.8 when he relinquished the captaincy (70-71), then wore no.1 again in 76 when he returned from essendon, and also wore no.3 in 77.

Therefore, the answer is 30, 1, 8 and 3.

[Daks]

Ah.... someone got it!. C'mon Canberra, a question that people younger than 50 would be able to answer..

[Canberra]

OK. An easy one. Give us the highest number ever worn by a player in a AFL/VFL game. Add the player and the club he played for.

[Mr Pieman]

Was it Shaun Renn...52 for the Crows?

[Cakewalk 90]

Not sure if other clubs had senior players with numbers higher than 60.
In 1987-1990 I think Collingwood had Terry Keays at least initially wearing number 60. I'm more confident that in 1991 Collingwood had Stephen Anderson wearing number 60. I remember he played in the drawn game against St. Kilda in round 4 at Moorabbin.

[Canberra]

Nope. Number not high enough.

[Mr Pieman]

Didn't Canberra wear no. 56?

[Canberra]

Good get Mr P but my AFL/VFL career resides in my imagination. By the way the number is even higher than mine.

[raymond35]

Did Liberatore wear 60 or 61 or something ridiculous when he first went to Footscray?

[Johnson#26]

Wasn't there a player who played for the Saints/Bears waring the number 60? Can't remember his name...