Centre
The centre player usually consists of a hard-running midfielder capable of feeding outside running teammates.
Notable centres in Australian football over the years include:
- Tom MacKenzie (West Torrens and North Adelaide, 1901-1913) Magarey Medallist 1902, 1905, 1906
- Jock McHale (Collingwood, 1903-1920)
- Edward "Carji" Greeves (Geelong, 1923-1933), inaugural winner of the Brownlow Medal in 1924
- Allan Hopkins (Footscray, 1925-1934), Brownlow Medallist 1930
- Allan La Fontaine (Melbourne, 1934-1945)
- Les Foote (North Melbourne and St Kilda, 1941-1955)
- Jack E. Clarke (Essendon, 1951-1967)
- Denis Marshall (Claremont and Geelong, 1958-1972)
- Ian Stewart, (St Kilda and Richmond, 1963-1975), Brownlow Medallist 1965, 1966, 1971
- Russell Ebert (Port Adelaide and North Melbourne, 1968-1985), Magarey Medallist 1971, 1974, 1976, 1980
- Maurice Rioli (South Fremantle and Richmond, 1975-1990), Norm Smith Medallist 1982
- Tony Shaw (Collingwood, 1977-1994), Norm Smith Medallist 1990
- Terry Wallace (Hawthorn, Richmond and Footscray, 1978-1991)
- Garry McIntosh (Norwood, 1982-1998), Magarey Medallist 1994, 1995
- Greg Williams (Geelong, Sydney and Carlton, 1984-1997), Brownlow Medallist 1986, 1994
- Paul Couch (Geelong, 1985-1997), Brownlow Medallist 1989
- Nathan Buckley (Port Adelaide Magpies, Brisbane Bears and Collingwood, 1991-2007), Magarey Medallist 1992; Norm Smith Medallist 2002; Brownlow Medallist 2003
- Michael Voss
- Mark McVeigh
- Mark Ricciuto
- Ben Cousins
- James Hird
- Shane Crawford
- Scott West
- Jobe Watson
Read more about this topic: Centre Line (football)
Famous quotes containing the word centre:
“Go anywhere in England where there are natural, wholesome, contented, and really nice English people; and what do you always find? That the stables are the real centre of the household.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“Freedom to think our own thoughts, freedom to utter them, freedom to live out the promptings of our inner life ultimated in this convention, was termed a monstrosity of the 19th century. What was it?—the legitimate out-birth of the eternal law of progress. This reformation underlies every other; it is the only healthful centre around which hope of humanity can revolve.”
—Harriot K. Hunt (1805–1875)
“Here in the centre stands the glass. Light
Is the lion that comes down to drink. There
And in that state, the glass is a pool.
Ruddy are his eyes and ruddy are his claws
When light comes down to wet his frothy jaws”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)