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Need help to solve office debate. What guernsey number did Brian Cunningham wear when playing at Port Adelaide?

Senor Moto Gadili wrote:Need help to solve office debate. What guernsey number did Brian Cunningham wear when playing at Port Adelaide?

1 when captain and 2 when not?

Before he became captain, Bucky wore #8.

Speaking of Bucky, here he is in the middle:

Rosewater Jumper??????????????

baggy8 wrote:Before he became captain, Bucky wore #8.

Spot on mate.

IIRC, when I first started following the 'Pies around '76, Bucky wore #8, Russell Ebert wore #1 and Chris Natt #7. Then when Bucky became captain & wore #1, Herb wanted his old #7 back, so Chris Natt took on #8.

And just for some useless trivia, some other skippers former guernsey numbers (IIRC) before taking on the captaincy are ;

Russell Johnston #25
Greg Phillips #20 (wore #22 before he played for Collingwood)
Stephen Williams #10
Tim Ginever #2
Daisy Borlase #16
David Brown #21
Darryl Poole #30
Tony Brown #2
Mark Clayton #10
Corey Ahchee #43
James Mieklejohn #19

Feel free to correct any of the above if incorrect.

PS; Yes, Fourth Estate, that's a Rosewater jumper - Andy Porplycia also came from the Bulldogs around about the same time.

FOURTH ESTATE wrote:Rosewater Jumper??????????????

Yes, of course!

Goat Herder wrote:

baggy8 wrote:Before he became captain, Bucky wore #8.

Spot on mate.

IIRC, when I first started following the 'Pies around '76, Bucky wore #8, Russell Ebert wore #1 and Chris Natt #7. Then when Bucky became captain & wore #1, Herb wanted his old #7 back, so Chris Natt took on #8.

And just for some useless trivia, some other skippers former guernsey numbers (IIRC) before taking on the captaincy are ;

Russell Johnston #25
Greg Phillips #20 (wore #22 before he played for Collingwood)
Stephen Williams #10
Tim Ginever #2
Daisy Borlase #16
David Brown #21
Darryl Poole #30
Tony Brown #2
Mark Clayton #10
Corey Ahchee #43
James Mieklejohn #19

Feel free to correct any of the above if incorrect.

PS; Yes, Fourth Estate, that's a Rosewater jumper - Andy Porplycia also came from the Bulldogs around about the same time.

And the great John Cahill was number 14 before he became captain, and the equally great Geof Motley was number 17 before he became captain and also when he was captain. Denis Errey wore number 1 when Motley was captain and then swapped to 14 when Cahill became captain.

I didn't think that Stephen Williams ever captained Port.

And Kym Kinnear was also a Rosewater plaer as was Bruce Abernethy and Ross Agius.

robranisgod wrote:And Kym Kinnear was also a Rosewater plaer as was Bruce Abernethy and Ross Agius.

Dont forget the late great Teddy Strawns! and others like George Fiacchi, Paul Belton, etc

Mr Beefy wrote:

robranisgod wrote:And Kym Kinnear was also a Rosewater plaer as was Bruce Abernethy and Ross Agius.

Dont forget the late great Teddy Strawns! and others like George Fiacchi, Paul Belton, etc

Trent Ormond-Allen, Che Cockatoo Collins and Jared Poulton also from Rosewater..

no we have the number sorted out ... was Bucky a left or right footer?

To this day I don't know ...

robranisgod wrote:I didn't think that Stephen Williams ever captained Port.

You're spot on mate. My error. He did lift the Thomas Seymour Hill trophy on 3 occasions though as coach (well, 2.5 times to be precise - 1996, just half a season).

Brian Cunningham also wore No.2 when he was vice captain under Ebert in 1983, his final year.

Mr Beefy wrote:Speaking of Bucky, here he is in the middle:

You in that photo Beef?

Yeah I'm the bloke on the left with the hat

I remember an article about Bucky in the late 70's early 80's in which he said he was a natural right footer but his hero was John Cahill so practiced every day kicking on his left foot so it became natural.

senor, you should know this. i also had number 8 on the back of my guernsey , loved bucky great footballer

bulldogs wrote:senor, you should know this. i also had number 8 on the back of my guernsey , loved bucky great footballer

WTF ? You're a one eyed North supporter you clown...

Thats interesting if he was indeed a natural right footer. I know he was great either side, but I would have bet money he was a left footer.

interested observer wrote:

bulldogs wrote:senor, you should know this. i also had number 8 on the back of my guernsey , loved bucky great footballer

WTF ? You're a one eyed North supporter you clown...

grew up baracking for the maggies, loved them with a passion, until that fateful day that i became a roosters player and knocked the maggies off in a under 17 GF in 87