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.***
9. Liberatores
The Liberatores are beloved out west.
Two hard as nails, old school footballers with no qualms about doing it their own way.
Tony played 283 games for the Western Bulldogs, with his 1990 Brownlow Medal, the defining accolade from his time in the game. He won a Charles Sutton Medal as the club's best and fairest a year later, joining his two Gardiner Medals (reserve grade best and fairest) and his Morrish Medal (underage best and fairest) in the cabinet.
Determined to not be limited by his diminutive frame, Tony's toughness would soon be recognised as a hereditary trait, with son Tom displaying the same tenacity.
Tom plays game 263 this weekend, drawing the pair equal with John and Marc Murphy for sixth on the list of most games by a father/son pairing in the game's history.
In his 263 games, Tom has crammed a best and fairest victory, and five more podium finishes (cheers, Marcus Bontempelli). He featured in the Bulldogs' drought-breaking 2016 premiership too, celebrating with the father beloved by he and his fellow Footscray faithful.
