Gavin Wanganeen and Bill Busbridge are the two wildcard entries into the Champions of Essendon. The judging panel consisting of Kevin Sheedy, Brian Donohoe, Ken Fraser and Tim Watson, selected the pair from the 37 remaining Champions of Essendon nominees. With the announcement of the two wild card entries earlier today - the 25 Champions of Essendon have been selected, however the order will not revealed until the Gala Dinner on Friday, August 30th, at the Palladium Ballroom. Who will be named Essendon's greatest player of all time?

The 25 Champions of Essendon (in alphabetical order):
Fred Baring, John Birt, Reg Burgess, Bill Busbridge, Wally Buttsworth, Jack Clarke, John Coleman, Terry Daniher, Barry Davis, Tom Fitzmaurice, Keith Forbes, Ken Fraser, Mark Harvey, James Hird, Bill Hutchison, Harold Lambert, Matthew Lloyd, Michael Long, Simon Madden, Graham Moss, Dick Reynolds, Mark Thompson, Albert Thurgood, Gavin Wanganeen and Tim Watson.

Now that the 25 Champions of Essendon have been named - it is your chance to rank the Bombers top five in order and win......
The Champions of Essendon have been named - the greatest 25 players ever to wear the red and black. The Champions of Essendon panel will now sit down to rank these players in order. And the BomberLand website is giving you the chance to name your top five players in order - the best ever Bomber through to your number five. All you need to do is take the players that in your opinion are this club's best five and place them in order on the form provided. The first entry opened that matches the order they are put in by the panel will win a Linen-covered Champions of Essendon Book valued at $200.

Enter the competition here...