Geelong College: Best team of the past 50 years of AFL players

Geelong College has a rich history when it comes to top footy talent. But who are the best? See the team of the past 50 years.

Charlie Curnow came out of Geelong College. Picture: Getty Images

The prestigious Geelong College lays claim to having produced more than 100 VFL/AFL players over the years.

Geelong Football Club’s best-and-fairest award is named the Carji Greeves Medal, after Geelong College graduate, 1924 Brownlow Medal winner and two-time premiership player Edward ‘Carji’ Greeves.

A four-time Cats’ best-and-fairest and Geelong Hall of Fame member, Dick Grigg is also a Geelong College product.

The same goes for former Cats’ champion and 1962 Brownlow Medal winner Alistair Lord.

In more recent times, the school has also had plenty of stars.

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Excitement machine Charlie Curnow came out of Geelong College. Picture: AAP Images

David E. Clarke is another Geelong Hall of Fame member.

He won a club best-and-fairest in his debut season in 1971 and won two more as well as Geelong’s leading goalkicker award in 1979 as part of a career that spanned 202 games with the Cats.

Clarke was also a runner-up in the best-and-fairest four times at Geelong, before finishing his career with nine games for Carlton in 1982.

Former West Coast defender Will Schofield – a 2018 premiership player who played 194 games at the top level – is another Geelong College graduate.

Western Bulldogs 2016 premiership player Zaine Cordy is another player from the school who has gone on to achieve great things.

Other current AFL players to hail from Geelong College include Carlton brothers Ed and Charlie Curnow, St Kilda forward Mason Wood, Geelong livewire Tom Atkins, West Coast defender Alex Witherden and Geelong backman Lachie Henderson.