The Carlton Football Club’s latest recruits have been presented with their new guernsey numbers.
carltonfc.com.au, can announce that the Blues’ have presented its seven new recruits with the number, 10, 15, 16, 24, 25 and 34.
Number 10 - Matthew Watson
Premierships: 1914, 1915, 1938, 1945, 1947, 1968, 1970, 1972
Premiership Players: Paddy O'Brien, Jim Francis, Clinton Wines, Fred Stafford, Adrian Gallagher
Best and Fairests: Jim Francis - 1935, 1940, John James - 1955, 1960, 1961, Adrian Gallagher - 1970
100-Game Players: Paddy O'Brien, Jim Francis, Fred Stafford, John James, Adrian Gallagher
Number 15 - Jeremy Laidler
Premierships: 1914, 1915, 1945, 1947, 1970, 1981, 1982
Premiership Players: Ernie Jamieson, Charlie Fisher, Vin Brown, Phil Pinnell, Val Perovic
Best and Fairests: Bruce Comben - 1957, 1958, David Teague - 2004
100-Game Players: Jim Marchbank, Maurie Johnson, Vin Brown, Bruce Comben, Phil Pinnell
Number 16 - Andrew Collins
Premierships: 1915, 1945, 1968, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1995
Premiership Players: Charlie Hammond, Jim Mooring, Brian Kekovich, Jim Buckley, Scott Camporeale
Best and Fairests: Jim Mooring - 1942, Jim Buckley - 1982, Scott Camporeale - 2000
100-Game Players: Billy Payne, Charlie Hammond, Jim Mooring, Maurie Sankey, Jim Buckley, Scott Camporeale
Number 24 - Patrick McCarthy
Premierships: 1914, 1915, 1945
Premiership Players: Charlie Hammond, Billy Robinson, Ron Savage
Best and Fairests: Ron Savage - 1945, Matthew Allan - 1999
100-Game Players: Ron Savage, Matthew Allan, Nick Stevens
Number 25 -Luke Mitchell
Premierships: 1914, 1945, 1947, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1979
Premiership Players: Alf Baud, Jim Baird, Alex Jesaulenko
Best and Fairests: Alex Jesaulenko - 1975
100-Game Players: Jim Baird, George Ferry, Alex Jesaulenko, Brendan Fevola
Number 26 - Andrew McInnes
Premierships: 1914, 1938, 1945, 1947, 1987
Premiership Players: George Calwell, Jim Park, Jim Clark, David Rhys-Jones
Best and Fairests: Jim Clark - 1951
100-Game Players: Ray Brew, Jim Park, Jim Clark, David Rhys-Jones
Number 34 - Nick Duigan
Premierships: 1968, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1981, 1982
Premiership Players: Ian Robertson, Alex Marcou
Best and Fairests: -
100-Game Players: Ian Robertson, Alex Marcou, Ron De Iulio ,Simon Wiggins
In other jumper number changes, Kane Lucas will move from number 24 down to number 9, a number he wore as a junior. The move also sees him join six other first round draft picks in a single digit number.
And a Premiership family connection sees Brock McLean change numbers from 7 to 14. Brock’s Grandfather, Rod McLean, wore number 14 on 128 occasions between 1935 and 1946 including in the 1938 and 1945 Premiership teams, while his Uncle, Ricky McLean wore the guernsey number in 19 matches between 1966 and 1971.
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