Pearce Hanley will post a Lions century of a different kind tomorrow night – 100 games in the jumper number 11.
Having played his first three years and 12 games in the No. 42, the Irishman switched to No. 11 in 2011 when Justin Sherman left the Club.
This jumper milestone comes after Ryan Harwood, having played his first two years and 13 games in No. 26, played his 50th game last weekend in No. 2.
Hanley will be the 40th player in Brisbane Football Club's history to play 100 games in the same jumper number and the second in No. 11 behind Alastair Lynch’s 186.
The most games played in any one number by the same player is Simon Black’s 322 in No. 20.
Fifteen players have worn the same number more than 200 times. They are:
322 – Simon Black (20)
308 – Marcus Ashcroft (10)
283 – Michael Voss (3)
282 – Luke Power (6)
279 – Nigel Lappin (44)
273 – Shaun Hart (32)
256 – Jonathan Brown (16)
237 – Darryl White (33)
227 – Justin Leppitsch (23)
222 – Daniel Bradshaw (36)
215 – Chris Scott (22)
214 – Ash McGrath (9)
210 – Jason Akermanis (12)
206 – Jed Adcock (7)
205 – Chris Johnson (2)
Twenty-four others who have worn the same number more than 100 times are:-
195 – Craig McRae (4)
191 – Tim Notting (8)
188 – Matthew Kennedy (141)
186 – Alastair Lynch (11)
184 – Daniel Merrett (21)*
183 – Richard Champion (1)
182 – Joel Patfull (24)
164 – Roger Merrett (24)
146 – Brad Scott (5)
143 – Robert Copeland (30)
140 – Mal Michael (15)
139 – Clark Keating (27)
130 – Matthew Clarke (116)
129 – Jamie Charman (19)
129 – Jack Redden (30)
125 – Daniel Rich (10)*
119 – Jared Brennan (17)
119 – Tom Rockliff (38)*
111 – Michael Rischitelli (35)
108 – Matthew Leuenberger (23)
107 – Adrian Fletcher (6)
101 – Brad Hardie (5)
101 – Scott McIvor (7)
100 – Cheynee Stiller (32)
Lynch also wore No. 11 in 120 games for Fitzroy, giving him a career total of 306 in the same jumper for the combined Lions family.
Similarly, Chris Johnson also wore No. 2 in 59 games for Fitzroy for a career total of 264.
Jarrod Molloy played a career total 110 games in No. 7 for the combined Lions. He played 59 games for Fitzroy in No. 7 and later 51 games for the Brisbane Lions in No. 7 after he started in Brisbane in No. 20 after the merger.
Among other current players, Dayne Zorko has played 84 games in No. 15, Josh Green 68 games in No. 6 after starting in No. 42, Ryan Lester 65 in No. 35, Sam Mayes 57 in No. 32, and Rohan Bewick has played 54 games in No. 8 after starting in the No. 43.
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