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920:Campbell
910:Anderson
897:Essendon
824:Thurgood
810:Prentice
771:Campbell
756:Chadwick
747:Anderson
735:Essendon
732:–
431:See also
272:Football
259:Sandford
245:in the
172:201 (20)
161:136 (13)
156:Essendon
140:Essendon
1604:Toogood
1581:Merrett
1579:2023â:
1573:Heppell
1565:Goddard
1405:Webster
1389:Baggott
1365:Beckton
1333:Belcher
1317:Belcher
1301:Belcher
1253:Collins
1245:Stuckey
1236:VFL/AFL
1180:Vollugi
1170:Stuckey
1140:Kinnear
1135:Hiskins
995:Stuckey
985:Officer
975:Kinnear
970:Kearney
935:Collins
819:Stuckey
807:Parsons
803:Officer
795:Kearney
786:Grecian
766:Crebbin
566:The Age
411:in the
261:, near
249:(VFL).
1563:2016:
1539:1999:
1491:1982:
1485:Madden
1467:1976:
1443:1969:
1437:Fraser
1429:Clarke
1403:1938:
1397:Forbes
1395:1937:
1381:Forbes
1349:Barker
1331:1919:
1325:Baring
1323:1918:
1307:1911:
1299:1910:
1283:1906:
1275:1905:
1267:1904:
1185:Wright
1155:Martin
1145:Larkin
1016:Wright
1006:Vautin
980:Martin
960:Groves
950:Forbes
836:Wilson
833:Watson
829:Vautin
782:Forbes
778:Finlay
762:Clarke
662:
377:, and
253:Family
145:65 (7)
1549:Lloyd
1453:Davis
1357:Maher
1341:Ogden
1309:Smith
1269:Gavin
1120:Gavin
1104:Barry
1011:Waugh
1001:Sykes
955:Gavin
940:Croft
915:Barry
839:Young
814:Sykes
799:Nixon
443:Notes
419:Death
166:Total
158:(VFL)
142:(VFA)
119:Years
1600:Cain
1541:Long
1533:Hird
1469:Moss
1150:Mann
790:Hall
775:Dick
752:Ball
660:ISBN
386:1897
206:1901
202:1897
196:2 Ã
123:Club
1116:(c)
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