He was a dominant player lol

Do the Sixers base this on longevity more so than anything else? They've had several top players, but have they stuck around for longer than 6 or more years?

Has there been much consideration for the likes of Phil Smyth, Paul Rees, Rob Rose, Darnell Mee, Kevin Brooks? Or are these all guys that haven't been around long enough for the honour, or perhaps not "great" enough?

Al Green is the only other player I would retire, otherwise I like it how it is, set a very high bar to retire player's jerseys.

Keep the others on the wall as noteable players.

S.Weigh some sorta record for minutes played here

Players that have had their singlets retired

Wood
Ali
Mckay
Green
Ninnis
Davis
Maher

Only Maher and Davis' have never been allowed to be worn by anyone else.

and Pearce.

Al Green

You want a retired jersey to mean something. I like the idea of the retired jerseys begin for the Club Legends, whereas those players who have played X games, or won two titles, get an honoured spot as a fist step to the retirement.

I have often thought that the Sixers could have jersey points around the stadium with a jersey number and who has worn it over the years. Could be something to make the stadium a bit more interesting and also a possible meeting point?

no they were most definitely retired

Back when the rules were that you could only legally use 00 then 4-15 , 20 - 25 etc etc the club realised that it was highly prohibitive having 4,8,9,10, 15 retired.

This coupled with Hemmerling's de 36er'ing of the Dome meant that the retired singlets and championship banners actually got mothballed for sometime.

"Hemmerling's de 36er'ing of the Dome"
Who and what was that?

All 36ers memorabilia bar the team posters mounted on the wall was removed and put into storage

Went to a Kings game recently and instead of having retired numbers they just had big banners who were considered legends of the club. I agree retire some numbers like Maher and Davis, maybe a banner honoring other 36ers great would be a good way to go.

"All 36ers memorabilia bar the team posters mounted on the wall was removed and put into storage"
Have they found that storage yet?

Paul Rees enough said

Pearce.....was awesome

Mark Davis
Brett Maher
Al Green
Darryl Pearce

That is all.

IMO there are five numbers on the wall that are missing.

#9 - Ray Wood
#13 - Darnell Mee
#14 - Bill Jones
#43 - Kevin Brooks
#53 - Paul Rees

I wonder if they'll ever retire Murray's #36? I mean, I've never before heard of a magpie knocking out a martial arts expert with a basketball :p

Here is a question. Which Lightning players should have their numbers up alongside Rachael Sporn's?

the singlets hanging on the wall were definitely retired, however those numbers can still be worn by other players.

"the singlets hanging on the wall were definitely retired, however those numbers can still be worn by other players."
You don't know what 'retired' means, do you?

There is a whole complicated back story to the pre Dome retirements. This is as i understand it.

Initially Bearcats achievements where incorporated into the 36ers history.

Depending on who you ask West Adelaide either folded with people like Green, Wood and Ali becoming 36ers as a result or the 2 clubs merged with the same results to the playing roster.

Some people then believed that West Adelaide didn't merge with the 36ers and so the achievement of the Bearcats should not translate to the 36ers. ( I dont know if this was on the 36ers side or the bearcats side)

Ray Wood for instance played just 78 games as a 36er so the question was asked why does he get his number retired when most of his career was at a different club.

Green for instance played 13 seasons only 6 of which were as a 36er. If the Bearcats history is counted then he has 10 years with the "club" an extra title and all the other accolades Al achieved in his first few seasons.

All of the numbers and names above were retired at one point but slowly the significance of the retired number wore off as players wore the numbers eg Farley , Brunson and many more

Personally i would like to see Pearce and Green retired and the others achieve legend status. I would also like to see some acknowledgement of 36ers who went to worlds or the Olympics honoured somewhere.

Guys like Bradtke and Cattalini were critical parts of the club at various points and that way they can be honoured without being retired per se

Yeah, I've often thought that would be a good idea for the Wildcats, too. Guys like Watterson, Torrance, Rogers, etc. deserve recognition, but not retirement.

Weren't the jerseys retired for the same number of years as the number on the jersey? Think that was mentioned on one of the docos Adelaide did.

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