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.***
6. Tucks
Michael Tuck won an astonishing seven premierships at Hawthorn, including four as skipper, and long held the all-time games record, finishing his career with 426 matches under his belt. He went out on a high, retiring at 38 after Hawthorn vanquished the West Coast Eagles in the 1991 decider.
Michael's eldest son Shane was overlooked as a potential father-son acquisition by the Hawks, but still forged a career of note for himself at Richmond, five times finishing in the top five of the club's best and fairest, in his 173 games.
Younger son Travis managed 20 games in the brown and gold after his drafting in 2005.
The Tucks played the game with a tenacity and an uncompromising team-first nature. Unfortunately, that tenacity came at a cost to Shane, who, after his 2020 passing, was posthumously diagnosed with CTE.
