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Had KT-31 then 7.Comment
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Always wore number 6.....
Charlie Sutton, George Bisset, Neil Sachse, Brad Johnson and Luke Dahlhaus.Footscray member since 1980.Comment
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I can't recall having numbers on the back but I think I might have had number 2 for Bernie Quinlan when I was very young and I probably could have been talked into number 31 for Kelvin Templeton but thought better of it.
I've also tended to view those numbers over the years as lucky ones for some reason.
As a side note, I always wanted to wear number 11 (for no real reason) when playing footy but I don't think that ever happened. Just liked the look of it.Western Bulldogs Football Club "Where it's cool to drool"Comment
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I had an old Western Police Football Club (mid week footy) jumper with Steve Kolynuik's original number on it as a kid. The next jumper my family bought was the Diamond Dog, I wanted the No. 8 on it because Danny Southern was my hero, we had the patch to sew on, but for whatever reason, probably that my parents were flat chat working and not worried about such things, it never got sewn on.
I was in my teens by the time I got my next jumper and had decided that I loved the Club and wasn't fussed about any individual player, so the absence of a number on all subsequent guernseys has remained the tradition and a symbol of Club > Individual. It has served me well through various retirements and defections.Time and Tide Waits For No ManComment
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I only ever had one jumper knitted by a relative when I was 2 years old and it had number 3 on the back - EJThere is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.
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I only had one jumper and it had 3 for EJ.
My daughters first jumper had 3 for Chris Grant, then when she was older she changed it to 25 because she thought Hargrave was hot.FFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.Comment
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As a kid was never fortunate enough to get guernsey, but I do remember back in 78 or 79 when I was a wee lad, they came out with these really sh1tty cheap footy action figures that came with some stick on numerals, and I got a Doggies one and put on the numbers 3 and 1 for my hero KT.Comment
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7 for DougieComment
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I always believed you should choose a young player and back them in to become a star. I had #7 in the mid 90's when our supporters were booing West for being a squib, then changed to #36 in 2005 when I needed a new jumper and thought Harris/Lake could be a star in the making. I don't have a jumper these days but maybe I should get one with #17![COLOR="#FF0000"][B]Western Bulldogs:[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR="#0000CD"][B]We exist to win premierships[/B][/COLOR]Comment
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Re: The number on your back.
First jumper had no number and then I had 31 for the great KT, but never really worried about numbers on jumpers after that.
Along the same line in was always a scurry to get your favourite players number when you played footy as a junior.
I was pretty lucky because not many Doggies supporters so I got 31 in junior footy and from memory number 7 playing for school.
Playing as an old senior up this way I wore Kretta's number 46 but that had more to do with the jumper sizes than the player.
Both my Pups started with 7 for Westy, then the oldest had 16 on his Doggies jumper and now it The Bonts.
The youngest went to 6 for Johnno and now has no number.It's better to die on our feet than live on our knees.Comment
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