Wayne Johnston donned the famous No.7 dark Navy Blue jumper and, for an all-too-fleeting moment, pondered the prospect of running out onto Visy Park.

Instead, the four-time Carlton Premiership player, dual club best and fairest and truly inspirational captain settled for a leisurely stroll across the sacred turf, to the half-forward flank he once owned as one of the great big-game players through the halcyon years of the 1970s and 80s.

There he shook hands with today’s Carlton Captain Marc Murphy, resplendent in the lightweight polyester and spandex guernsey specially struck for the Club’s 150^th year.

So much for the heavy acrylic/woollen number of “The Dominator’s” day, as Johnston recalled this week.

“The jumper used to sweat in the heat of summer and notwithstanding the mud (and remember how muddy this ground got), a wet jumper would weigh you down in winter,” Johnston said. “It was worse at Waverley. Thank God we had the tight shorts – they were the only things that didn’t expand – but the jumpers were a dead weight.

“We couldn’t change the jumpers at half-time either. Kenny Kleiman (the former property steward) was too tight to give us a new one – unless we were prepared to wear long sleeves - there were no spares.”

Sadly, for the sheer joy he brought to countless Carlton supporters who saw him lead the way with his trust left foot and pumping fist in premiership quarter after Premiership quarter, Johnston does not have one No.7 guernsey in his keep.

“I’ve got no idea what became of any of my guernseys. I reckon the won I wore in the ’81 Grand Final got knocked off, but I don’t know what happened to the others,” Johnston said. “Perhaps someone reading this may come forward with a No.7.”

While he rates the woollen guernsey he wore through 209 matches in 12 seasons as the superior garment, Johnston is in no doubt regarding the overall design.

As he said: “It was and still is the best looking jumper to wear”.