The retirement of former captain and current key forward Taylor Walker has posed the question: who makes the top 10 players of all-time to represent the "Pride of South Australia"?

Walker finishes his 19-year career with more than 300 games played and 700 goals kicked, to go with an All-Australian selection in 2023, four All-Australian squad seasons, being a seven-time leading goal-kicker and two-time AFLPA best captain.

Adelaide has a long history of stars littered throughout its 35-year history, which includes two premierships across 1997-98.

Players from those glory years feature heavily, but who from the modern day, including the Texan, will make Zero Hanger's top 10 Crows of all-time?

Two honourable mentions fall to former captain Simon Goodwin and superstar Patrick Dangerfield, who would have arguably become number one had he not moved to Geelong.

9Tony Modra

1998:  Tony Modra of Adelaide jumps to markthe ball during the Round 20 AFL Football match against Geelong in Adelaide, Australia.  Mandatory Credit: Hamish Blair /Allsport
1998: Tony Modra of Adelaide jumps to mark the ball during the Round 20 AFL Football match against Geelong in Adelaide, Australia. Mandatory Credit: Hamish Blair /Allsport

The high-leaping forward had the talent to be further up this list, but his body failed him.

Modra was a freakish footballer who inspired the state of South Australia with his natural ability.

The 188cm key forward booted 440 goals from 118 games for the Crows, earning two All-Australians and winning the Coleman Medal in 1997. However, in a heartbreaking twist, the favourite son of Adelaide missed both of the club's premiership wins.

Modra also kicked an incredible 129 goals in his second season in the AFL.

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