New recruits allocated jumper numbers
Fremantle has allocated its six new players jumper numbers for the upcoming 2015 season
Of the six new jumper allocations, only the number 14 was worn in an AFL home and away or finals game during the 2014 season - by Josh Simpson in round four.
Lachie Weller, the club’s first pick in the 2014 AFL Draft, will wear number 14 – the number that 202-game defender Antoni Grover made famous at Freo.
Grover played 193 games in the number 14 after nine appearances in number 46 at the beginning of his career.
Connor Blakely has number 19, while Ed Langdon will hope he becomes just the third player at Fremantle to don the number 26 in an AFL game.
He’s also got a fair bit to live up to, with the other two representatives being fan favourites Clive Waterhouse and Kepler Bradley.
Josh Deluca has number 39, while rookies Ethan Hughes and Sean Hurley will take numbers 42 and 45, respectively.
If he can manage to make a debut, Irish recruit Hurley will become just the second Freo player since Gavin Mitchell in 1997 to wear 45 for the club in an AFL game.
Here are the new numbers along with the jumper number history for each:
14 - Lachie Weller (4 representatives, 238 games)
1995 – 1998: Kingsley Hunter (41 games)
1999: Paul Maher (2 games)
2001 – 2012: Antoni Grover (193 games *9 games in number 46)
2013 – 2014: Josh Simpson (2 games)
19 - Connor Blakely (4 representatives, 225 games)
1995 – 1998: Gary Dhurrkay (51 games)
1999 – 2007: James Walker (151 games)
2008 – 2011: Clayton Hinkley (22 games)
2013: Alex Forster (1 game)
26 – Ed Langdon (2 representatives, 174 games)
1995 -2004: Clive Waterhouse (106 games)
2008 – 2014: Kepler Bradley (68 games)
39 – Josh Deluca (3 representatives, 18 games)
1999: Michael Clark (1 game)
2002 – 2003: Daniel Haines (16 games)
2011: Casey Sibosado (1 game)
42 – Ethan Hughes (4 representatives, 155 games)
1995 – 1999: Craig Callaghan (84 games)
2001 – 2007: Robbie Haddrill (58 games)
2008 – 2009: Josh Head (9 games)
2013: Matt Taberner (4 games)
45 – Sean Hurley (1 representative, 36 games)
1996 – 1997: Gavin Mitchell (36 games)