Even though their primary purpose is that of a weapon, when quizzing the average layman about boomerangs, most would recognise these symbols of cultural endurance for their colloquial ability to return to their point of origin.
Apart from playing AFL football, each of the 10 names on this list have at least one thing in common – they all came back to their original clubs after spending time with another.
Although names like David Cloke and Warwick Capper completed their careers back at their first clubs and within the bounds of the AFL era, we have ruled them ineligible due to their peaks arising prior to 1990.
Like Elvis' love letters in the early sixties, these are the 10 best players that were returned to their senders.
1.
Gary Ablett Jr.
Geelong/Gold Coast/Geelong
Even those with the slimmest powers of deduction will have foreseen Gary Ablett Junior topping this table.
Although the son of God will always be intrinsically linked with the Geelong Football Club, it was his time on the Gold Coast that boosted his bank balance.
With the dual club champion only just calling time on his AFL career, there is little need to relay his narrative in its entirety. However, we will reiterate that any player that won All-Australian honours, league MVPs, B&Fs and a Brownlow medal at both of their homes was never going to have competition for top billing here.
Despite Geelong's second half fadeout in last season's decider and a shoulder injury cruelling his impact on the contest, Ablett's legacy is not diminished by missing out on a third premiership medal.
Even though his days in boots have ended, we are certain that there are many awards and honours that still await 'The Little Master'.
