Peter Blucher
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He's going to be a big, big way.
Now, given the concentration of votes, salute to John Platten and Peter Matera there at 6 and 7 on 68 votes.
Youngest player to reach 100 games?
It's his own.
He started when he was about 13.
Kim Watson, he's the only one who got there before he was 21.
He was 20 years, 273 days of age.
That's
We do forget how good Tim Watson was, but that's a real sign.
A couple of old-timers, Ken Newland and Albert Collier were next best, Simon Madden, John Murphy, Lance Whitnall, Wells Ikey from St Kilda back in the, whenever it was, 100 million years ago, Chris Grant, Alan Martello, Robert Walls was the 10th youngest, Russell Green, and Gary Pert, the only other one below, before his 22nd birthday.
So only 12 of them got there before they were 22.
And oldest to get there.
Well, this is an interesting one.
Bill Proudfoot, who played for Collingwood in the VFA.
Then he was a member of their first VFL side in 87.
He debuted at 28.
He was the first Collingwood player to represent Victoria in 1894.
Collingwood captain in 1901.
Premiership player for a couple of years.
He played his 100th game at 36 and finished at 36 years and 35 days.