Goodes was used in multiple positions during his career, starring in the ruck in the years he won the AFL’s highest individual ... a top-ten selection during 1997, with the mid-forward starring ...

In 1997, the AFL introduced the Rookie Draft which enabled clubs to list players between the ages of 18 and 23. These players could be upgraded to primary lists at a time when player lists were lodged ...

Adam Goodes of the Swans breaks away from Danyle Pearce and Steven Salopek of Port during the AFL Indigenous Round 09 ... Goodes, another legend taken in the ’97 draft, looks like he was another ...

1997 NAB AFL Draft This was Port Adelaide’s first regular NAB AFL Draft after receiving concession picks and uncontracted player selections in 1996, in preparation for the club’s long-awaited entry ...

WHO would you draft first from ... in the 1996 and 1997 national drafts. The names, and those players' deeds, are becoming more and more familiar. Others are still on AFL lists.

We're anticipating the mid-season drafts later this month, so a moment of reflection on AFL’s biggest draft steals should do us good. In 1997, the league set up the Rookie Draft as an ...

The AFL Draft, as we know it today, began in 1986. It was organized as part of the commission's objective of developing an even competition. This was a response to the League's projection of it ...