History

A specially convened panel has come up with the top 60 players to ever represent Essendon. Each week for the first 15 weeks of season 2002, four names were made public and fans were asked to vote on them at the Bomberland website.

The results of those polls in conjunction with the decisions of the panel saw one player admitted into the top 25. Those players who finished second and third in the voting went back into the nominee pool while the player who finished fourth was omitted.

At the completion of 23 weeks we had 23 players who are recognised as Champions Of Essendon – the best of the best! The panel then used two wildcards to round out the top 25 players ever to play at Essendon Football Club.

With the final 25 players decided, the panel then re-convened and were asked to work through the difficult task of ranking the top 25 players. They were asked to find Essendon's best player of all time.

And in what was one of Essendon Football Club's most memorable nights, the Champions of Essendon – in order – were revealed at a gala event held at the Crown Palladium Ballroom on August 30th, 2002.