This Sunday, The Crows Show celebrates its 100th episode on Channel 7 Adelaide.
And to celebrate, we’re taking a look back at some of Adelaide’s unsung 100-gamers.
The episode airs this Sunday at 11:30am.
Tyson Stenglein
Tyson Stenglein was the second player to join the Crows’ dual-premiership side in the 1998 draft.
Taken with pick 29, behind Brett Burton at pick 16, Stenglein played 106 games for Adelaide between 1999 and 2004.
The wingman returned home to Western Australia to play for the Eagles in 2005 and became a premiership player for West Coast in 2006.
The trade was complicated and needed a third side to make it happen, the Melbourne Demons.
Stenglein moved to West Coast, pick 12 went to Melbourne and the Crows were dealt future club champion Scott Thompson.
David Pittman
David Pittman clocked up 131 games in his AFL career, all of which were for the Crows.
The ruckman started his football journey at Essendon in 1989 but failed to play a game for the Bombers and was ultimately traded to Adelaide in 1991.
Pittman supported Shaun Rehn in the ruck and embraced a half-back role in the Crows’ premiership sides.
He retired at the end of the 1999 season and was included in Adelaide’s Team of the Decade for the 90s.
Andy Otten
Andy Otten will always be known as a stalwart of the Adelaide Football Club.
The 30-year-old was drafted to the Club with pick 27 in the 2007 draft - the same year Patrick Dangerfield was taken with pick 10.
Otten played just twice in his first year (2008) but enjoyed a breakout season in 2009, finishing second in the AFL Rising Star (behind Daniel Rich for Brisbane).
Despite lingering injuries, he has still managed to play 106 games in the Crows’ defence.
He played eight games in 2018 and 19 in 2017 when Adelaide finished minor premiers.
Kane Johnson
Kane Johnson enjoyed a long, 220-game AFL career.
The Victorian-born midfielder spent seven years with the Crows between 1996 and 2002, notching 104 games.
He played in both of the Club’s Grand Finals and was included in the Adelaide Team of the Decade for the 90s.
In his final year with the Club in 2002, Johnson averaged 23.3 disposals per game to help Adelaide to a third place finish on the ladder.
In 2003, Johnson returned home to Victoria and joined Richmond - where he eventually captained the side.
Robert Shirley
Robert Shirley is proof that taggers very rarely get the credit they deserve.
Technically a 150-gamer - finishing on 151 appearances - Shirley had to make any list that included the term unsung.
Greats of the game Chris Judd and Gary Ablett Jnr both once named Shirley as one of the toughest opponents they’ve played on.
In 10 seasons with the Club, Shirley averaged 13.7 disposals, 3.3 tackles and two one-percenters.
