PICKING dream combinations is a habit of footy pundits. Whether official or fanciful, line-ups including the best of the best generate debate that is endless and passions that are fast-held.

Usually time is the bar to any of these outfits actually taking the field; Ditterich and Harvey could only ever play together on paper.

But in the case of Tasmanian football, and that state's golden age in the 1960s, only rules regarding representative games prevented one of the best teams ever lining up at the same time and at the same place.

Football writer Michael Winkler spoke to some of the Apple Isle's football experts and named what would have undoubtedly been one of the finest state teams ever assembled.

To view the line-up and the full story, visit 150years.com.au