The Western Bulldogs will next week announce playing numbers for 2016, with eight off-season recruits requiring a new guernsey number.

westernbulldogs.com.au recaps the history of our available numbers below (players who have played 50+ games).

Guernsey #1

Alan Hopkins (1925-1934) – 151 games, 205 goals

Hopkins was inducted into the Bulldogs Hall of Fame in 2010 after captaining the Club in 1929 and acting as coach/captain in 1930. He was awarded the Brownlow Medal in 1930 and was named in the Club’s Team of the Century.

Jim Thoms (1937-1946) – 120 games, 101 goals

John Kerr (1953-1958) – 81 games, 94 goals

Kerr was part of Footscray’s premiership side in 1954. Kerr was judged one of the best afield on the day, collecting 32 disposals – the most of any Footscray player.

Murray Zeuschner (1962-1967) – 64 games, 4 goals

Ken Greenwood (1967-1972) – 73 games, 7 goals

Ian Hampshire (1973-1980) – 111 games, 73 goals

Andrew Purser (1983-1987) – 112 games, 16 goals

Ilija Grgic (1993-1996) – 62 games, 92 goals

Farren Ray (2004-2008) – 75 games, 32 goals

Jarrad Grant (2009-2015) – 81 games, 83 goals

Guernsey #20

Albert Outen (1925-1930) – 65 games

Jim Greenham (1937-1941, 1943-1945) – 79 games, 47 games

Les Bartlett (1968-1970, 1972-1975) – 60 games, 18 games

Jim Edmond (1977-1985) – 154 games, 226 goals

Glenn Coleman (1990-1993) – 69 games, 51 goals

Patrick Bowden (2001-2005) – 50 games, 55 goals

Josh Hill (2007-2011) – 66 games, 75 goals

Guernsey #32

Marty McDonnell (1939-1941, 1944, 1946-1950) – 92 games, 2 goals

Harvey Stevens (1953-1957) – 72 games, 71 goals

Stevens played 126 games for both the Collingwood and Footscray football clubs during the 50s. He was the ruckman in the 1954 premiership side, and won the Club’s best and fairest in 1953.

John Reilly (1966-1969) – 55 games, 1 goal

Ian Dunstan (1973-1982) – 172 games, 135 goals

Peter Foster (1983-1993) – 163 games, 56 goals

Craig Ellis (1994-2001) – 107 games, 6 goals

Guernsey #33

Dick Wearmouth (1944, 1946-1952) – 100 games, 27 goals

Ivan Marsh (1963-1969) – 77 games, 33 goals

John Reid (1975-1981) – 78 games, 2 goals

Brian Royal (1983-1993) – 199 games, 299 goals

Inducted into the Club’s Hall of Fame in 2012, Royal is a Bulldog great. He was All-Australian in 1983 and 1986, and is a member of the Club’s Team of the Century.

Guernsey #34

Brian Gilmore (1952-1958) – 105 games, 61 goals

Gilmore was also part of the Club’s premiership side in 1954 – and was the player left with the ball in his hands as the final siren sounded.

Michael McKenna (1979-1984) – 80 games, 45 goals

Guernsey #36

Jose Romero (1995-2001) – 122 games, 71 goals

Brian Lake (Harris) (2002-2012) – 197 games, 32 goals

Brian Lake played 197 games for the Bulldogs between 2002 and 2012, before moving on to Hawthorn where he became a triple-premiership player. Lake was named All-Australian in 2009 and 2010.

Guernsey #40

Shane Birss (2002-2006) – 51 games, 20 goals

Jarrod Harbrow (2007-2010) – 70 games, 21 goals

Guernsey #41

No players over 50 games

Guernsey #44

Richard Osborne (1994-1996) – 51 games, 98 goals

Guernsey #45

Michael Ford (1985-1989, 1991) – 96 games, 19 goals