They become the stuff of schoolyard legend. Theirs are the numbers adorning the backs of the fawning faithful. The true rockstars of our great game.
The high flyers.
It's part of the fabric of the code, is the hanger. There's nothing quite like the roar of a crowd when one of the men in the arena sits on the shoulders of another, and with velcro-like hands, plucks the Sherrin from the skies.
Take a look at some of those who have forged a reputation for themselves as artists among the clouds.
1. Jeremy "Howie" Howe
There could only be one, and it had to be Jeremy Howe.
He takes spectacular grabs with such a metronomic consistency that there's now a malaise, or at least a fatigue surrounding his grabs.
He's re-written the record books for most Mark of the Round, and was so egregiously robbed of a second Mark of the Year gong that the voting system changed so that salty supporters of opposition clubs had less of a say in awarding honours to players from clubs they don't like - namely, Howe's Magpies.
Now in his career's twilight, he's still doing it, plucking a sensational hanger in the dying embers of the Pies' victory over the Power on Saturday night.
The game could do a lot worse than name the Mark of the Year award after this most frequent of high flyers.
