One of football's most famous families will equal another for most games, combined, between a grandfather, father and son at the highest level this weekend.
Jack Silvagni, playing in his 144th match of AFL football, will take the total amount of games played between him, his famous father Stephen, and Stephen's famous father, Sergio, to 695, a number matched only by the revered Kennedys.
It's the latest, timely reminder of the serendipity and romance attached to the father-son draft concession, and, it's as fitting a time as any to take a stroll down memory lane and appreciate the generational greatness that bonds families - players and fans alike.
***Disclaimer: this list is specific to grandfather-father-son or father-son lineages. Bands of brothers, such as the Danihers and Selwoods, cousins, such as the Riewoldts, and marital bonds, such as the one that famously joined the Tuck and Ablett clans have not been considered as one unit.***
10. Fletchers
Ken Fletcher served as Essendon's captain for three seasons in the mid-to-late 1970s, and won a Crichton Medal in that same period. He would don the sash 264 times, before a broken leg forced his retirement from the Bombers' backline.
Then along came his son, Dustin.
The lanky key back played 400 games for his boyhood club, claiming two All-Australian blazers, two premierships, and a lone best and fairest in Essendon's 2000 premiership season. He was recently inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame, such is his standing in the game.
Fixtures of their beloved club's defences for years, and universally respected for their no frills competitiveness.
