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Jamie duursma. First man to play for Melb, Syd. Brisbane.

Jamie was a gun in 1988. The whole year..
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    Laurie Fowler - tough defender who won a couple of Blueys

    Big Carl... sent a few hearts a fluttering, when going for a dash.

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    Bernie Vince of recent time. Dom Tyson if he can get his leg right could turn out a classy pick up too.

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    Lovett gets my nod as the best true recycled player. 235 games and handing us a future club champion in Jake Lovett as a father/son pickup!

    Jeff White came to Melbourne on big money after finding form at Freo, so I don't consider him as recycled.

    Ingerson was a great pickup from the Crows.

    One player that comes to mind as a handy recycled player was Craig Nettelbeck. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Nettelbeck

    Played a good season with us before an injury cut his career short.

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    We had some champion players play for us...but many were (well) past their prime. I suspect we could put a mighty team together of A-grade players who actually played for us but didn't actually do much. Such as, Phil Carman, Brent Crosswell and Kelvin Templeton. All superstars...but not with us.

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    Can't go past Brett Lovett for mine.

    Peter Rohde was very handy and did some great jobs on Brereton early 90's.

    Jamie Duursma, Mark Jackson (oi!), and I reckon Bernie Vince, Jeff Garlett of recent times - very important pick ups who have also excelled.

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    Brent Crosswell. Well perhaps not the best but certainly one of the more entertaining recruits. And also after checking Demonwiki (i've said it before and will say it again but my God what a brilliant site) he is outside the 30 year window, having retired in 1982 (at only 32 years of age).

    By the by Demonwiki notes Crosswell's son Tom Kavanagh played two games for the Demons in 1989 - something i didn't know or had more likely completely forgotten. There can't be many players who retired at 32 who had a sone play AFL footy only 7 years later.

    I really liked Steven Icke (who sneaks in to the 30 year window having retired in 1987 at 31) but it's hard to go past Brett Lovett for the reasons well outlined.

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    Brent Crosswell. Well perhaps not the best but certainly one of the more entertaining recruits. And also after checking Demonwiki (i've said it before and will say it again but my God what a brilliant site) he is outside the 30 year window, having retired in 1982 (at only 32 years of age).

    By the by Demonwiki notes Crosswell's son Tom Kavanagh played two games for the Demons in 1989 - something i didn't know or had more likely completely forgotten. There can't be many players who retired at 32 who had a sone play AFL footy only 7 years later.

    I really liked Steven Icke (who sneaks in to the 30 year window having retired in 1987 at 31) but it's hard to go past Brett Lovett for the reasons well outlined.

    interesting tom was selected at position 111 in '88 draft and brent played 222 games of afl

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